@thegildednight's post got me thinking abt wha gempearls...... Many Thoughts.
okay i'm going to yap. hmm.
i LOOOOOOOOVE the idea of pearl forced into using forbidden magic..... branded with transformation runes...... i also kind of like the idea of her having had her memory erased: the rune tattoo destroyed, her mind wiped of any knowledge of what was done to her. possibly dumped at a hospital to recover and then just left there? a witch, with no memories of her past, still knowing abt magic but with no one to teach her, tended to by non-magical healers who of COURSE she would befriend. and maybe knowing those healers, seeing them struggle to do what magic could achieve so easily, maybe that would send her right back down the brimhat road?
i think the difference between pre- and post-memory loss pearl would be pretty stark. pearl with her memory gone would be a whole lot more carefree and happy-go-lucky than how she was before. she might not even want to seek out any knowledge of her past bc she doesn't feel like she's missing anything. there's this odd feeling of dread in the pit of her stomach when she tries to think back......
i also REALLY LIKE THE IDEA of brimhat gem!! totally stealth with it because like, she still wants to live in witch society, take apprentices, visit the assembly, but she just doesn't see the point of the laws, and will break them if she wants. i think she would know a bit of healing because of that
(my alternate idea for gem is that she's actually just an unknowing, working at the hospital, who finds out how magic is done by observing the witches around her. bc honestly some of them are just careless?? coco figured out the big secret just by peeking through a window?? i reckon gem could figure it out)
idkkkkk this is all very silly and unthought through. my main goal is to put my gempearls into cool outfitssssssss ✌
I never stopped thinking about this, by the way ...
I REALLY REALLY REALLY WISH I COULD DRAW THEM PROPERLY, but I can only do doodles for now
I LOVE THE IDEA OF AN UNKNOWING GEM SO MUCH, especially one that's in the medical field
I think part of the reason not many unknowings turn into witches is because they need magical ink but they don't know that, so when they ty it with regular ink, they fail and go back to thinking only witches can draw magic
I think gem would find out the secrets of magic because she's just a bit too curious and a bit too competent to be kept in the dark around wounded and wreckless witches
I MIGHT BE WRONG BUT I DONT THINK UNKNOWINGS KNOWS WHAT BRIMHATS ARE
so gem would know *just* enough to do magic herself but since no-one can know, no-one really taught her the rules and what the brimhats are. To her pearl would be a regular witch that's competent enough to do the things the pointed caps wouldn't
Oughhfhhhhh witch hat atelier gempearl au, I need you so bad, if the stars align I might write and MAYBE make short comics about it 💔💔
GPWHAU
ALSO I CANT EXPRESS THIS ENOUGH, YOUR CHARACTER DESIGN IS SO GOOD THERE'S TEARS IN MY EYES
My witch hat atelier hyperfixation is mixing with my gempearl interest...
CAN I RANT? CAN I RANT, CAN I???? maybe spoilers I'm not sure
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OKAY OKAY, SO I'M THINKING PEARL WOULD USE FORBIDDEN MAGIC, I'm also thinking that she got FORCED into forbidden magic by having transformation magic carved into her skin permanently
I also think that pearl's speciality would be either a weird branch of healing, terraforming (like sand and dirt and stone), wild life control, or creature manifesting
↑ because she's good at manuvering wardens, ravages, any decked out mobs + having a wolf army + murder camel + anything else i missed.
I think gem would have done all 5 tests, or at least is trying for a 5th test, since I think she'd want to teach her own apprentices
With her speciality being nature magic (trees, foliage, vines, roots) and a small mix of crystals
WHATEVER WHATEVER I HAVENT THIUGHT ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT MORE
This might not be what you invisioned, but when I read the ask I thought about Saint pearl in reference to Madoka and world hopper gem in reference to homura
Maybe she tried really really hard to find a way to not let pearl die, but she kept dying over and over again wether it's in the fire or some other way (I guess kind of... Exactly... Like sausage from empires)