killswithbrooms: (and if it kills me tonight)
Roll Light ([personal profile] killswithbrooms) wrote2017-11-20 08:11 am

MAGICAL PERSON MEME

THE MAGICAL PERSON MEME



Killer transformations. Adorable costumes. Fighting evil with the power of Truth and Love - Magical Girls sure have a life, don't they? Well, now YOU, too, can be one*, just by mixing and matching these prompts!
*Subjects need not be Girls unless they want to be. The skirts, however, are non-negotiable.

A) AU - You've always been one. Or, at least, they're native to where you live.
B) CROSSOVER - So you've never heard of them before (except in them animes) but now they're here. This Sure Is A Thing That's Happening To You Now.


1) NEW POWERS - A tiny little critter has come up to you and said you're the only one who can save the city! Turns out they can grant you magical powers, no contract required! There just, uh, may be a learning curve. And are you used to the outfit yet? Lucky, there may be a friend here with you in the same boat - or maybe they're the more experienced one, here to help you out!
2) MONSTER ENCOUNTER - Monsters are invading the hearts of men! Only you can beat them out with your special powers- just beware of property damage! At least there may or may not be another Magical Person nearby, ready to help (or hinder)!
3) SECRET IDENTITIES - Juggling a 'normal' life alongside this whole Magical Person business can be rough. Especially when you need to transform at an inconvenient time, like in a very public place...or, worse, a date! Are you managing to keep this a secret from those closest to you, or perhaps they've known all along?
4) FIGHT OR FLIGHT - Sometimes you're overwhelmed, sometimes you've defeated the villain and it turns out they locked the door behind you while pressing the self destruct button with their dying breath. Either way, it's time to get the heck out of dodge- are you lucky enough to have flying powers? Or maybe a friend...?
5) THE FINAL SHOWDOWN - It's all led up to this. You're finally facing the Big Bad- is it someone you know? Someone who's been in the shadows all along? Are you fighting together with your friends - or are you fighting a friend, someone who's lied to you all this time?
mothmansplaining: (believe in the power)

scream yes

[personal profile] mothmansplaining 2017-11-21 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Buford tenses. She looks sideways at Janine, and though her mouth stays shut, for a moment, there's surprise and a cornered sort of embarrassment in her eyes. It's only a moment, though, and almost immediately the fierce determination and confidence are back.]

That history has only strengthened my resolve to bring his reign of terror to an end!

[It's personal. It's so, so personal. Buford had not wanted to admit to her history, had tried to keep it a secret, but the whole mess had come out: how he had been the source of her original powers, how they had been partners, and how her mascot had tricked and used and betrayed her. There totally weren't panels where she held the hand he had shaken delicately to her chest, eyes shut, as flower petals blew by in the background and ethereal thought bubbles posed the question of whether it was wrong for a girl to love a triangle. There was nothing even like that. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

ANYWAY, Buford is going to be the one to take her ex-mascot down. She has new powers, thanks to the beautiful, courageous, kind Oracle, and she's been told it's her destiny. At least, she assumes that's what what the Oracle said means.
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Edited 2017-11-21 20:36 (UTC)
pterosaur: (💃My land is bare of chattering folk)

Re: scream yes

[personal profile] pterosaur 2017-11-21 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Janine folds her arms, her eyes unreadable under those huge goggles, hair decs - literally clips with false hair she bought for like ninety cents - waving in the dramatic wind. There is some gentleness in her tone.]

Buffie. Don't you know I can smell lies? [She can't, she's just a very precise observer of people.] He'll pretend at some point that he's changed and learned his lesson and your resolve will crumble.

Denial's just going to get us killed, and then if you live anyway you'll go into a tedious sulk about how it was all your fault and if I live I won't want to.
mothmansplaining: (I believe in ya)

[personal profile] mothmansplaining 2017-11-21 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh snap.]

Denial?

[Oh girl. Oh girl, no.]

You think I'm in denial?

[For someone who likes to present herself as entirely rational and unemotional, there is a whole lot of indignant fury on Buford's face.]

I know he won't change! I know that better than any of you! I spent three years trapped between dimensions because of him! Do you really think I'm going to forget what he put me through?!
pterosaur: (💃My land is bare of chattering folk)

[personal profile] pterosaur 2017-11-21 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Janine waves her hand - short, close-bitten nails on a callused working hand hidden under an illusion of luxury - dismissively. She is delighted, in a dark way, that Buffie's facade has cracked this badly this easily. Janine is, of course, the only really detached person.]

Girl, do you think I've never heard that before? You're human. He's got hooks in you. You're going to do something stupid and I'm going to have to do something stupider to pull you out.

There needs to be a plan that's not just rushing in, and I need to hear it.