#ask michi

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Mayodic

Knock, knock! What’s that? A single mayonnaise bottle stands in front of your door, adorned with a  pink ribbon. There’s also a little note attached to it. If you care to read it, you will find only three words written on it:“Stay healthy, kid.”

“Weird message considering it’s mayo, but thanks for the hair mask.”

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✏ :^0

looking rdy to plan ur own vacation!

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26-31?

Does your OC have good or bad posture? ridiculously good… embarrassingly good.  she’s pretty tall so she’s a little wary about possible back problems!also it makes her look better!  all the better 2 look down her nose at

Most despicable thing your OC has ever done?pair horizontal stripes with vertical onesit’s a bit of a tossup!  she’s accidentally insulted ppl she was working with (either through her mom’s fashion work or her own work) when she was still learning korean which was embarrassing when it reflected on her momshe tends 2 be a lil rude to peers in her work even with a shared language so it wasn’t as mortifying then

Is your OC a conspiracy theorist?no but if someone around her is she might pretend a little to get them to say things she thinks are kinda silly

Someone does something awful in front of your OC. How do they handle it?awful has a lot of meanings to michi so let’s make this the scenario: some1 walks up to her and says “beautiful day, isn’t it?” when she has a bit of a stomachacheshe silently fumes for a while, upset and angry that they can’t tell that something’s wrong, furious that they can’t be tactful, but responds as politely as she can (and then gets mad when they can’t tell she’s mad)

What is your OC’s favorite drink?citrus water!  she really likes fresh flavorsso shamefully she also likes drinks like sprite and mountain dew but she rarely drinks them

Does your OC prefer to sleep in a warm or cool area?cool rooms!  but not to the point where she needs more than one blanket ):

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4-10!!

Is your OC good at keeping secrets?most of the time she ends up keeping personal secrets because she tends to wait for opportune times to bring them up, so naturally she never does (no time is ever!! perfect enough for her!).  she’s a little standoffish to people as well, so she never gets to share.  when it comes to secrets from people she doesn’t know too well, they’re out without her even realizing she’s spilling a secret.  but shes only really gossipy with people she knows incredibly well (she takes her personal image very seriously!  she doesn’t want a reputation as a drama hound!)but when she gets gossipy she’s like a leaky faucet and doesn’t stop!  oops!

Your OC’s worst habit?definitely judging ppl/situations immediately and holding onto that judgement she’s not exactly swayable

Does your OC prefer tennis shoes/sneakers or flip flops?tennis shoes!  easy to walk in, easy to make look good (with shorts!  skirts!  cuffed jeans!), and not as ugly as flip flops.

What is your OC’s opinion on body modifications?bad… bad bad… she likes fashions but she thinks mods like tattoos/piercings are too permanent to be versatile and some have small complications so she doesn’t like them

Your OC is given a full-ride scholarship to any college they could want to go to. Where do they go and what do they major in?money’s not a problem for her so she’d be able to go to whatever school she wants after high school, but she wants to study medicine in japan (or korea, but preferably not anywhere else because those are the languages she speaks fluently!).  university of tokyo or seoul national would be her top choices!

What chore does your OC hate the most?laundry bc so many custom pieces that need specific launderingso she tends to have other ppl do it

Would your OC prefer to live in the city, the suburbs, or the country?city for sure, but she’d want a country home for fresh air from time to time

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i have a follow up question to the harry potter theory that you added to: i'm sure a bunch of other people made the 'ultimate' sacrifice to try and save loved ones from voldemort so why didn't their love work the same way as lilly's? i'm 100% sure she wasn't the first mother to use herself as a shield against him

This explanation might be a bit long, but it’ll be worth it. First let’s get some facts out.

THE KILLING CURSE

The most efficient way to kill someone with magic is the Killing Curse, which is forbidden. Most wizards frown upon using it. The muggle equivalent I’d say would be committing manslaughter with a bazooka. Why a bazooka? Because they are harder to obtain-- stick with me on this.

The Killing Curse is difficult to nail down, even for a regular Dark Wizard. If you recall in The Goblet of Fire, when “Moody” is teaching the class about Unforgiveables, he blatantly states that they could ‘all point their wands at him, say the spell and he doubts he’d get more than a nosebleed’.

For Avada Kedavra to work effectively, the killing intent needs to be there and it needs to be strong. If either of these criteria are not met, then the curse is nowhere near as effective. You’d get maimed, perhaps, but you wouldn’t die unless the wizard casting it truly wants to kill you, passionately.

[Potter Fan]: “But Michi, SNAPE used the curse on Dumbledore! And he was on Dumbledore’s side the whole time!”

Excellent argument, Potter Fan. However I once again note the novels-- it is revealed in Deathly Hallows that Snape had to kill Dumbledore, who was already dying. Snape didn’t want him dead out of malicious intent, rather, he was pulling a Kevorkian-esque assisted suicide. He wanted Dumbledore dead to relieve him of his misery. He was already dying, after all. Snape had also made the Unbreakable Vow and we all know what happens if you break one of those.

Now that we have the Killing Curse info out of the way let’s move on.

A MOTHER’S LOVE

The meat of this argument is that Lily’s sacrifice placed a protection charm around Harry of the most ancient sort. Why isn’t this a commonplace thing though?

Because the circumstances to activate this ancient magic are very specific and terribly important. 

Plenty of mothers would die for their children, as we’ve seen in the series. Alice Longbottom, Molly Weasley, even Narcissa would die for her Draco. A mother’s love is ultimate. Honestly it’s difficult to comprehend unless you’ve been a mother yourself. Rowling captured it quite well because she feels it for her children. 

While not every reader would find themselves familiar with the sensation, it’s depicted well enough to comprehend. Most mothers instinctively protect their children and would gladly put themselves in harms way to protect them [ie: NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH].

Let me make it clear that I am not belittling other mother’s love for their children but I am pointing out that the circumstances in which Lily Evans died were exceptionally specific and rare.

Harry was an infant, barely a year old. His mother was in her early twenties. So we’ve got a young mother and a wee baby. Not only this but it’s written that she used herself as a human shield to protect Harry from Voldemort with no regard to her own life. She knew her husband was dead. He charged Voldemort with no wand. She knew she was going to die...

But least we forget, Lily Evans was the cleverest witch of her age. Perhaps she knew of the ancient magic and knew how to properly enact it. Whether this was through an incantation or certain circumstances, either way her sacrifice worked. Harry was protected [and subsequently made into a Horcrux, whoops] by her love.

There’s also the idea that Harry’s magic was not yet fully formed. Children’s magic is terribly unpredictable, so an infant’s would be more so. Perhaps the bundle of fresh and untapped magic within Harry influenced the situation.

So the facts we have are:

Harry was an infant - baby magic

Lily is clever -- possibly knew of how to activate this spell

She used herself as a living shield

Voldemort used the Killing Curse

These circumstances were rather specific-- from the individuals involved to the spell used to dispose of them. I feel that these factors influenced the ancient magic. Plenty of mothers died with their children during the reign of Voldemort [and Grindelwald, I’m sure] but how many died shielding their infant children from Dark Wizards? It’s a statistical rarity.

Perhaps this happened before-- but I don’t see it happening during the reign of Voldemort. Why kill children when you can take them in, mold them and have your worshipers raise them to see you as a god? 

Kill the mudbloods sure, but their parents aren’t magical-- perhaps they couldn’t activate that type of protection.

TLDR

Sorry if this all seemed long and roundabout. But essentially there are many factors that worked into the ancient magic being activated-- the spell used. the intended target, the witch it was used on and the circumstances in which it was cast. 

[tornadocondoc]

(leans on bar) Hey sexy wanna- (slips against the condensation and falls into a waiter, who drops his food into the laps of some executives, who stand up in outrage, scaring some old lady with her pet poodle, who runs out of her lap and bites the hostess, who screams and tries to get the dog away, falling backwards and knocking what suspiciously looks like a time-traveling Hitler off the balcony, 15 stories up. No body is ever found.)

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[tornadocondoc]

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I would be the tallest Tinkerbell at con. GIANT TINKER BELL.

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