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« Reply #45 on: April 28, 2008, 03:29:15 pm » |
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I thought he said Lau was a brown bird?
Wren would be the classic Little Brown Bird, at least Britishly, but I can't see Lau as a Wren.
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« Reply #46 on: April 28, 2008, 07:25:48 pm » |
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Of course, being Australian, I don't know much about northern hemisphere bird life, and none of our local feathered friends fit Lau all that well, but then, they wouldn't, would they.
How about sparrows? |
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« Reply #47 on: April 28, 2008, 09:05:17 pm » |
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Wrens and sparrows aren't known for fierceness and tenacity.
I'm thinking one of the smaller raptors, like a kestrel.
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« Reply #48 on: April 28, 2008, 09:12:26 pm » |
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Speaking of being silly, Lau reminds me of one of DeLint's Crow Girls - in appearance only, needless to say; she's far too focused a person otherwise.
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« Reply #49 on: April 28, 2008, 09:49:00 pm » |
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Lau is a finch. Little but in your face gutsy.
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« Reply #50 on: April 28, 2008, 11:35:33 pm » |
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A smaller black (or mostly black) bird is the feel I got from that.
Of course, being Australian, I don't know much about northern hemisphere bird life, and none of our local feathered friends fit Lau all that well, but then, they wouldn't, would they.
I was thinking Magpie. (Which apparently has some varieties that are Australian, oddly enough, along with European and Asian ones.) Associated with bringing (bad) news, announcing arrival of guests, and an array of contradictory things that somehow seems Lau's style. |
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« Reply #51 on: April 29, 2008, 02:55:33 am » |
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I was thinking Magpie. (Which apparently has some varieties that are Australian, oddly enough, along with European and Asian ones.)
Associated with bringing (bad) news, announcing arrival of guests, and an array of contradictory things that somehow seems Lau's style.
Also associated with collecting shiny things. |
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« Reply #52 on: April 29, 2008, 01:20:25 pm » |
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I was thinking Magpie. (Which apparently has some varieties that are Australian, oddly enough, along with European and Asian ones.)
Associated with bringing (bad) news, announcing arrival of guests, and an array of contradictory things that somehow seems Lau's style.
Also associated with collecting shiny things. Like Brady? |
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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« Reply #53 on: April 29, 2008, 02:13:56 pm » |
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Also associated with collecting shiny things.
Like Brady? *splutter* This place is starting to remind me of the Good Old Days (TM) on alt.callahans. Never read posts here while consuming beverages or food.  |
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« Reply #54 on: April 29, 2008, 10:53:15 pm » |
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Lau is a finch. Little but in your face gutsy. Or a hummingbird? |
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« Reply #55 on: April 30, 2008, 07:49:43 am » |
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A smaller black (or mostly black) bird is the feel I got from that.
Of course, being Australian, I don't know much about northern hemisphere bird life, and none of our local feathered friends fit Lau all that well, but then, they wouldn't, would they.
I was thinking Magpie. (Which apparently has some varieties that are Australian, oddly enough, along with European and Asian ones.) Associated with bringing (bad) news, announcing arrival of guests, and an array of contradictory things that somehow seems Lau's style. Actually, for local birds, Lau would definitely be a Willy Wagtail ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wagtail), which is small, cute, *utterly* without the concept of fear*, and so amazingly maneuverable that you can't catch them in mist nets, 'cause the little buggers will just roll out of them. Our magpies are more like shrikes, in northern hemisphere terms, although we do have magpie-larks, which fulfill much the same role, as I understand it. (*) Seriously, I've seen a pair of them chase off anything up to and including a Wedge-tailed Eagle, for several hundred metres, and wagtails are roughly the size of a golf-ball, with a tail attached. |
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*watches his life get devoured like Dread Cthulhu snacking on a yacht*
Snacking, folks, snacking. I don't know where you got any other ideas, and frankly I'm not sure I want to know =)
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« Reply #56 on: May 01, 2008, 01:40:26 am » |
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Actually, for local birds, Lau would definitely be a Willy Wagtail ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Wagtail), which is small, cute, *utterly* without the concept of fear*, and so amazingly maneuverable that you can't catch them in mist nets, 'cause the little buggers will just roll out of them. Our magpies are more like shrikes... I believe, technically, they are: the correct name for the bird nicknamed the 'Murray magpie' is actually 'piping shrike'. I hadn't thought of willy wagtails for Lau! It doesn't fit my personal image of her, but it does fit the show's image of her. |
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« Reply #57 on: May 13, 2008, 01:27:54 pm » |
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How about sparrows?
Sparrow guarded fire for the Devil, you know. |
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« Reply #58 on: May 13, 2008, 02:30:56 pm » |
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Heh. |
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« Reply #59 on: May 13, 2008, 03:55:32 pm » |
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After "Overkill", I'm picturing a barnswallow. We used to have a nest of them in our barn (oddly enough) and they would swoop down and attack out semi-feral hunter-cat.
Overall, though, it doesn't fit her image. I might go for a catbird, to cover her socialness-as-armor. Though frankly, I'm beginning to think of her as a phoenix, (The bird, not the city.)
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"I wanted to tell you both. I've met someone."
"Danny, that's good," his mother said, sounding strange and strained and cautious. "What's--"
"His name's Grayson. He works for the State Department."
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