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While a straight "Life of Pi" daemon AU would be fairly boring and less whimsical than either half of its source material, I do think that anyone writing a daemon AU for a different fandom and finding themself in need of random supporting background characters should consider bringing in Pi Patel, Indian-Canadian Hindu-Christian-Muslim religious philosopher and zoologist with a giant Bengal tiger daemon and a wild backstory that's never directly relevant to the plot
#life of pi#daemon au#i just think hed fit in really well as a professor or Dust researcher or something#he doesnt really work as a protagonist in that setting but hed be great at delivering exposition#he can give a plot relevant lecture or help identify an obscure daemon or whatever#hes into animals AND religion those are like the two main components of hdm#also coming of age as signified by animals that are a metaphor but also literal#his daemon is still named richard parker for reasons that are never explained#richard parker may or may not have mauled a guy and/or his hyena daemon to death once its unclear#life of pi spoilers#i dont have any daemon aus in the works but i can picture the scenes featuring daemon au!Pi so vividly
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