"Who says it MUST have a price? Oh, for Wizards the price is paid up front, in study and sleepless nights. You're familiar with that price. But for Magical Girls...and you...it's just another inherited trait. You're not going to turn into a demon or die from overuse of your powers. I mean, what's the ultimate price of having red hair?"
I considered. "An increased tendency to sunburn?"
Wrote this after watching the final episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
On 5/30/21 12:50 AM, Dave Van Domelen wrote:
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"Who says it MUST have a price? Oh, for Wizards the price is paid up >> front, in study and sleepless nights. You're familiar with that price. But >> for Magical Girls...and you...it's just another inherited trait. You're not >> going to turn into a demon or die from overuse of your powers. I mean,
what's the ultimate price of having red hair?"
I considered. "An increased tendency to sunburn?"
Hmmmmmm, interesting. You could say that the price of this power is the >responsibility to use it well.
Wrote this after watching the final episode of Puella Magi Madoka
Magica.
Ahhhhhh, yes. X3
Drew "now that's a show with Opinions about power and prices" Nilium
Oddly, I posted a longer piece almost a week ago, and it still hasn't shown up.
Dave Van Domelen, learned a good percentage of what he knows about the Magical Girl genre from Drew's Tumblr.
:D eeeeeeeeexcellent~
dva...@eyrie.org (Dave Van Domelen) writes:
Oddly, I posted a longer piece almost a week ago, and it still hasn'tSorry, my bad. New keyword so it didn't go through automatically and I thought I'd approved it when I hadn't.
shown up.
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