Fill: Challenge #172 (Orig)

[shivver]

Another spur-of-the-moment fill, this time because I don't feel like working in general. :) This needs a bit of explanation, though.

In my origfic, one of the rules of thumb of the magic system is that using magic to directly affect someone else's mind is Bad Idea(tm), because anyone, even non-magic-users, resists direct mind manipulation and the effect is that it hurts your mind - intelligence or even sanity. Even something as simple as influencing the choice of ice cream flavor is harmful.

I don't know if I really plan to use "thaumaturge" to describe the type of magic user that Kit is, but it might be a good choice.

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Fill- Challenge 172 (original)

[romanajo123]

 ( First, I like that quote.  It's great and I think I get what it means) 

Mandy walks in on the first day of classes.  So many questions run throught her mind in those five minutes before the day begins. Little things like "Did I remember to bring a pen" or "Where is my jacket" to bigger things like "How am I going to pay for all these books" and "Why do I need this again?" .   As she sits on a bench, headphones in,  she starts to think.  This is her life now. 

She's survived the first part of the day; which included Brit Lit and Math .  Now it's a break until her next class. Chemistry.  

Chemistry over.  And that... wasn't what she'd expected.  A syllabus that was four pages long, a cumulative exam, and a test about every week.  Along with everything else she has to study this semester.  Maybe this was a bad idea.  Sitting in her dorm later that night, starting on her first assignment , Mandy came to a realization.  She could either quit now, or try and get through it. 

Challenge 173

[romanajo123]

 To say superheroes are big right now is probably an understatement.  I mean,  Ant-Man and the Wasp ( which I might be seeing this weekend :P ), Thor ,  Black Panther, etc.  ... 

But what if they didn't have their powers? 

Write a scene where someone ( say, a superhero or just a heroic character. Like the Doctor)  has to give up something temporarily - like their powers or something that makes him/her unique.  How can they deal with this? Is it an easy or difficult adjustment? 

(For example, if you're a DW writer,  think about something like Human Nature)