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What are your opinions on sentient animal characters? (Patreon)

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2018-12-28 19:11:03
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2026-06
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Do not read to much into this. It is related to my book, but more just kinda deciding if/how to approach this. ANY and ALL thoughts welcome. 

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Ticoyote

I kinda like them when treated like Huan in the Ballad of Beren and Luthien, it is clearly sentient, but does not "engage in conversation", makes it look more mature that way; at least to me.

Ticoyote

like R2-D2 and Chewie (I know he is not a pet, but it's function within the story is kinda like one).

Noshei

Sentient animals are only OK when their name is Hopper!

Connor Reading

I agree with Wiley, I like sentience but not when it's overt. Maybe more in line with the WOT with the wolves where only certain people can speak with them, rather than Narnia style where everyone speaks.

Ticoyote

Hi Connor, that is what I liked of Huan, uber wolfhound, and maybe Tulkas' horse, but that is not explored as much as Huan. WoT overcomes the campy talking animals with the "image language" Hopper's words were always Perrin's translation of his sendings, I liked that.

Mario Stöffler

I love them, my favorite would be Oy from The Dark Tower.

Ryan Ratchford

I really liked TenSoon in Mistborn & although not really a sentient animal conceptually you’re imagining the same thing (a talking dog) and I liked it a lot.

Colin Moore

I like it when it's more like a person trapped inside an animal. The main suspect tends to be a cat but that doesn't seem to get old for me.

Keelia Silvis

I generally enjoy them, as long as they are fully and obviously ANIMALS. Tamora Pierce does a great job of making her animals still seem like animals when they can talk, like Faithful/Jump the cat or any of the animals Daine talks to in the Immortals quartet.

Squidman1881

I personally don't like animal characters that much. They're a little too different for me, and usually serve to take me out of a story. It can be done well, I guess, but I really haven't seen many good examples.

okamichan6942

One of the things I wished I saw more of is sentient animal in the fantasy I've been reading lately.

Chris Hagans

I’m good with it unless the animal actually speaks. Being sentient meaning perceiving or being able to feel things (google definition). My favorite portrayal of this would be Guenwhyvar in the Drizzt series. Cannot talk but is a badass panther that can understand interactions and implications. I know you didn’t ask but I definitely like sentient objects - especially the portrayal of khazad-hea. I know this is a second Drizzt reference (I readily admit one of my all time favorite series) but the way that sword reacts and understands the bearer made a fun aspect of the series.

Nolan green (NoIIan on discord)

I don't mind them able to talk , but in a way that displays that their minds are not human. RJ nailed it with the wolves speaking in pictures and scent imo

KJ Reading

I really like the idea, but it has to be well done or it becomes silly. I love animals and I wish they would have a voice so we could comunicate with them.