fandomhigh | Magical Ethics: Week 3, Period 1

"Good to see you all didn't freeze to death" was the greeting from Alysha as the bell rang for the start of the class. She had spent the weekend being really freaking annoyed that charms couldn't get the stove working again, and she hadn't been able to bake. The pies coming through from her aunties had been charmed up the wazoo, but she'd eaten 'em anyway and then gotten an enormous urge to call each and every auntie. Too bad her phone didn't run out of charge.

"Today we're talking about restrictions on power usage," she said after checking who was there. "Sometimes it seems stupid, you won't hurt anyone or use your powers for darkness, but maybe others will and suddenly there's a whole set of rules. Sometimes they're imposed by the government if you're in the type of country that acknowledges power usage, sometimes you're forced to hide any extra abilities you have because other people might feel threatened. It happens, and probably all of you have experienced some version of it."

"For instance, my family's rituals are always held in a particular part of the forest that is easily defensible by those not taking part in the circle. It's a mild restriction, but one my aunties impose on the family because outsiders don't know how to channel the type of power that was raised in ritual and really really didn't know how to handle the side effects. But also because too many outsiders come through and see parts of the ritual, they start to wonder what else might be going on." After they got done screwing their brain out with anything that moved. "And people poking their noses in can cause problems. On a heavier note, my family doesn't tolerate those who raise and hold power. We believe power is meant to be channeled and holding it leads corruption and evil." She shrugged. "Again, a restriction but one we place on others and take responsibility for enforcing."

"So what I want you to discuss today is what restrictions have you experienced - or know about if you don't use magic or other powers -, if you feel they're valid, and what type of limits you think should be placed on people who can do 'extra' things whether it's magic, super abilities, telepathy, or anything else you can think of."

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Like you don't have any boundaries at all.

Take notes, pass notes, chat. Just be aware that Alysha's totally paying attention to the last.

"So what I want you to discuss today is what restrictions have you experienced - or know about if you don't use magic or other powers, if you feel they're valid, and what type of limits you think should be placed on people who can do 'extra' things whether it's magic, super abilities, telepathy, or anything else you can think of."

Any questions or clarifications go here. Do make the threads messy. Disagreement and discussion is how this one's going to work.

If they're there and ping in.

Who is there before and after class.

Also she has pie which will probably be shared.

No ending of the world before I get to go to Vancouver!

Raven

Edmund Pevensie

"I was taught to deny my emotions all my life," Raven said softly. "But to be an empath and to feel the emotions of those around me but not be allowed to experience those of my own was almost like torture. Since coming to Fandom I have thrown off that restriction and begun to allow myself to have my own feelings. It had been feared that my emotions would somehow twist my gifts and cause me to misuse them, and while I have made mistakes, I do not think it is entirely a bad thing for me to express my emotions."

Karla

Zack Fair

Restrictions on her gifts were something Raven was very familiar with, though she'd for the most part stopped wavering on whether she should experience emotions of her own or not. Mostly.

Alex Russo

Can we end it while you're in Vancouver then?

Karla took notes, though more about her classmates' restrictions than anything else. It was just so weird listening to people coming from a world where people who used magic weren't the dominant group.

If Zack had any restrictions on him at all, they were there because he had decided they ought to be, and so he spent the lecture listening thoughtfully and trying to think up examples that he'd seen with other people, instead.

Zack chewed his lip for a moment, and then offered Raven a lopsided sort of smile.

"There are some emotions that... aren't necessarily so great to feel all of the time, right? But whether or not you feel them should be something that you do on your own terms. Powers and feelings aren't the same thing, really. One might influence how you use the other, but denying a person emotions is a bit extreme, when you can just put rules on what is and isn't a misuse of power, instead, isn't it?"

Raven slipped a note to Karla. I received word about my father Sunday night. It was not good news.

No, she didn't ease people into bad news.

Karla just shook her head. "I've never had restrictions placed on my Craft, not like the kind you're talking about. There are things I should not do out of moral reasons, but it's not things I shouldn't do with Craft, it's just things I shouldn't do. Murdering an infant, for example, whether I do it with or without Craft isn't really an issue. But that's because, in my world, the Blood are the rulers and the caretakers of the land. So there's no real reason to hide it or to limit our usage, because everyone knows that it exists."

She drummed her fingers on her desk. "If I had to come up with something, it's the restriction against going inside someone's inner barriers without their permission. Consent in a huge deal for us, whether we're talking Craft or simply day-to-day living."

Karla read the note and bit her lower lip. Somehow I didn't think it would be, she scrawled back. What's up?

She vanished it from her desk and called it back onto Raven's.

"I agree," Raven said. "I did not know any better before I came here, but to be exposed to so many emotions, both good and bad, was difficult for me. I could not truly understand some of those feelings without knowing them myself. But I have tried to make my own rules. I will not force unwanted emotions upon another, and since I have learned some people like to cling to their pains, I ask before I attempt to heal someone. If they were unconscious or near death, however, I would not wait to ask."

Raven wished she could pass notes like that!

I was contacted by a sorcerer who said my father plans to cross into this dimension soon. He needs my help to stop this from happening.

Zack nodded, smiling broadly at that.

"I don't have the ability to influence the emotions of other people, but I do have access to some basic healing spells and potions, and even some items that can bring a person back from the brink of death," he shared. "I wouldn't just chuck a potion at somebody who was capable of making the choice themselves, either, even if it isn't easy to see somebody hurting. No harm is done by taking a moment to ask. But it's a different story if it's a matter of life and death, especially if you have the ability to keep someone alive who might have died otherwise."

...

Karla glanced up from the note and just looked at Raven.

I thought no one was supposed to know about your dad. How did this guy find out? And know how to contact you?

Someone's Black Widow senses were tingling.

Tony Foster

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