#magic users

[randomencounters]

Encounter: adorable vampire piggy and adorable witch piggy

[puppetwoman17]

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*runs in the room*

Headcanon that whenever there’s an attack on the magic community and Captain Marvel defends them or is super worried for them, he calls them his kids.

*runs out of the room*

[andromaex]

merlin does not possess moral integrity, and the insistence on reading him as an uncomplicatedly “good” character requires a selective engagement with the text that the narrative itself does not support. what he has, instead, is an increasingly rigid teleology: a belief that arthur’s survival and ascension justify almost any action.

when confronted with multiple opportunities to allow uther to die—or to actively facilitate that outcome—merlin consistently intervenes to preserve him. this cannot be dismissed as mere aversion to killing. merlin does not simply refrain; he acts, repeatedly, to save a man engaged in the systematic persecution and execution of magic users. notably, the prophetic framework does not clearly prohibit uther’s early death. on the contrary, figures such as Kilgarrah explicitly advocate for it. merlin’s refusal, therefore, is not obedience to destiny but a choice to maintain a political order that is actively harmful to his own people.

the prophecy itself is articulated as a shared destiny: arthur and merlin, together, are meant to restore magic to albion. yet merlin systematically reconfigures this partnership into a unilateral arc in which arthur appears as the sole agent of restoration. this is not simply the byproduct of fear, though fear is certainly operative. it is also an exercise in control. by withholding his identity and suppressing his role, merlin ensures that the burden of revelation—and the attendant risks—never materialize. in doing so, he fundamentally alters the structure of the prophecy, converting a reciprocal relationship into a hierarchical one in which he operates invisibly, orchestrating outcomes without accountability.

his treatment of other magic users further complicates any claim to moral consistency. merlin does not merely defend camelot against clear antagonists; he adopts a preemptive logic in which potential or hypothetical threats to arthur justify intervention. this frequently manifests as sabotage, manipulation, or lethal force directed at individuals whose primary “crime” is existing outside the narrow parameters merlin deems safe. the ethical framework here is stark: the value of a life is contingent upon its relationship to arthur’s well-being. in effect, merlin reproduces the exclusionary logic of uther’s regime, albeit in a more selective and individualized form.

this logic extends into the curation of arthur’s public and private identity. merlin repeatedly interferes in contests, conflicts, and political situations to secure favorable outcomes for arthur, thereby constructing the image of an infallible and divinely favored king. these interventions are not neutral acts of assistance; they shape the narrative through which arthur is perceived, both by others and by himself. consequently, arthur’s legitimacy becomes, in part, an artifact of merlin’s unseen labor. merlin is not merely supporting the future king; he is actively producing the conditions under which that kingship appears natural and deserved.

deception is central to this process. merlin’s secrecy exceeds what is necessary for survival and becomes structural, governing his relationships with virtually every significant figure in his life. by monopolizing knowledge of the prophecy, of magic, and of the true stakes of various conflicts, he positions himself as the sole arbiter of action. others are denied the capacity to make informed decisions, including arthur, whose ignorance is both protected and enforced. this asymmetry of knowledge consolidates merlin’s power, even as it isolates him, and ensures that alternative courses of action are never meaningfully considered.

over time, there is a discernible shift in merlin’s ethical sensibility. early hesitation gives way to increasing decisiveness; moral conflict is not resolved so much as it is bypassed. actions that once required justification become routine. this is not character development in the sense of moral growth, but rather a narrowing of perspective. the horizon of acceptable action contracts until it aligns almost perfectly with arthur’s preservation. the question is no longer whether something is right, but whether it is necessary.

in tandem with this, merlin effectively limits arthur’s agency by controlling the information available to him. the possibility that arthur, if fully informed, might make different or more just decisions is consistently foreclosed. merlin’s silence is not passive; it is an active constraint on arthur’s moral and political development. by denying him the truth, merlin ensures compliance with a future that arthur himself has not freely chosen, thereby undermining the very ideal of a just and enlightened ruler.

finally, it is significant that merlin’s actions rarely coalesce into a broader effort to challenge systemic injustice. despite his power and proximity to the throne, he does not organize, advocate, or build alliances on behalf of magic users as a collective. his interventions remain episodic and selective, oriented toward immediate threats rather than structural change. the liberation of magic is deferred to a future moment that never fully arrives, perpetually subordinated to the more urgent task of safeguarding arthur.

what emerges, then, is not a figure lacking in feeling or conviction, but one whose convictions have been entirely subsumed by a single objective. merlin’s tragedy lies not in moral failure alone, but in the extent to which that failure is rationalized, systematized, and sustained. he does not abandon ethics; he replaces them with a calculus in which the ends are fixed and the means are infinitely adjustable.

[moonlightcycle571]

So we’ve all heard of Magic Users avoiding Captain because of Champion of Magic stuff, but what if it was the other way around?

What if, instead of being intimidated by Marvel and thus actively avoid being in his presence, they seek him out, or at least his magic out.

His magic is straight out of the Rock of Eternity, the source of all Magic. For a magic user or being, it would feel like going home.

Whilst every magician has their own magical signature which makes them them, this magic is unfiltered, raw and by all means, pure. So much so it’s blinding, it feels good to be around, and long exposure would bring some effects.

And what if Billy got bad experiences of magic users getting hooked on his magic, that he had to physically keep his distance, or put in wards or magical warnings of those who come too close for no reason.

It could explain why Fawcette has a magical population but not so much many magic users. Magical Creatures are welcome, they themselves are also creatures of magic, and so don’t feel as compelled to seek it out once exposed. If anything, it just makes them nicer to Cap.

Billy has been here since the 50s, and the Champion of Magic has been here longer. It’s entirely possible, even probable that he had to deal with magic users slowly becoming obsessed with his magic. Maybe give him a scenario where he has a mentor who was teaching him magic, and over time, have that mentor loose himself and become obsessive. A mentor he had to fight and later died because he wanted Billy’s magic.

It’s why he only uses magic when necessary.

It’s why he keeps his title a secret.

And why he can’t afford to spend too much time with the JLD, Raven or other magic users he likes. He doesn’t want a repeat of what happened.

[dungeon-vault]

[dc-dorito]

HEADCANNON

You know how workers and students HATE Mondays because it means going back to doing grueling work? You know the phrase "It's been a Monday" or someone exasperatingly sighing the word "Monday..." as if personally held weight? Great now hold that thought

Magical People in DC? HATE Weekends. It's when all the naive people become unsupervised and brave.

Think about it! the weekend is when sleepovers happen, with at least 4 kids summoning a demon with a Ouija board at 2 AM because of course Sarah dared them too. Zatana has 2 bottles of 5 hour energy shots, one is just for JL emergencies and the other has "THE ENDS" ominously scribbled on it after the time she spent 48 hours strait from Saturday to Sunday with John fighting demons with middle schoolers screeching behind her and a 8ft demon screeching in front of her. Once she just downed both because a JL Emergency happened on a Friday, Luxembourg has still not recovered.

John had to switch to his iconic brown colored trench coat after the nth time having to save a 16 year old who decided that the weekend is the perfect time to explore a heavily haunted, very dangerous and mold infested factory that hasn't seen a cleaner in at least 4 decades to jumpstart his ghost hunter career. He used to wear a nice grey trench coat, but nooooo, he has to wear a brown one because every weekend some idiot just HAD to explore that cursed burial sight. If he hears someone say "Imagine the views man" as he is actively stopping a banshee from bursting his ear drums, he will in fact just let the banshee burst them.

Captain Marvel also lothes weekends. Do you know how many people trip into a Fae ring because they decided to go hiking on a Sunday? Do you know how good he had to get at calming down an angry fae at 4 AM because a hiker thought a ring of mushrooms was the perfect place to stand to watch the sun rise? Have you enough patience that after 3 hours of talking a mad Fae into calming down only for the idiot to ask the Fae to move because "He's right in front of the sunrise dude" ? Have you?

[whump-galaxy]

The whumper training their child/apprentice to use spells on the whumpee. The whumpee is as obedient as possible, but it’s so difficult seeing the whumper be so kind, so loving to someone. And that someone, in all their innocence and naïveté, being kind to them, the lowly whumpee. Only after lessons though, of course.