speaking more from my last post about shadow magic and its just. so interesting tbh. like the first mention of shadow magic comes from khrysalis when we enter the eclipse tower and it gives us interesting looks into how shadow magic as a whole is regarded in the spiralβ¦
its so insane to hear that its a forbidden magic and that grandmother raven and BARTLEBY of all people forbade it to be taught. raven i could probably understand, but considering we are now bartlebys scionβ¦ itβs hard to think about the possibility that he didnβt trust us before. an outsider from the spiral learning a forbidden magicβ¦
i think whatβs also interesting is the fact that the shadow magic the wizard learns is a wholly unique one. shadow magic corrupted the moon magic inside the tower, so thereβs a possiblity that our wizard only knows this specific subset of shadow magicβone thatβs been permanently altered by moon magic in the eclipse tower, and one that can only be taught by sofia darkside.
it makes me wonder if velma knows the same kind, or if hers and the wizardβs shadow magic is differentβ¦ is one more volatile than the other? or if thereβs no difference at all and im looking into it too much lolol
knowing this and knowing raven forbade anyone in the spiral from ever learning shadow magic, it would make a little bit of sense for how hostile she initially seems towards the wizardβ¦ if we take what we saw from the book of secrets, then we know that magic law states that nothing is an accidentβmagic is reactive and βsentientβ to a certain degree, so there was no mistake in the wizard freeing grandfather spider from his prison using magic, because thatβs what they wanted.
granted it was for other reasonsβ¦ but it doesnβt paint a pretty picture of any of us. the wizard learns shadow magic, the wizard frees spider, and then spider goes on to say that theyre his favorite.
i think what makes this particularly more tragic is the fact that the wizard didnβt even have a choice. sofia says this herself!
they need to learn it. the sword of kings isnβt enough. being a child of prophecy isnβt enough. they failed once before, and theyre not eager to fail again. theyll try anything, and everything, and that includesβ¦ freeing grandfather spider.
which, you know, speaking of backlash⦠sofia mentions it too lol.
which is interesting to meβ¦ i always complained that the morganthe fight needed a bit more oomphβwhich, i still believe it does, to some extentβbut i think how she died was a fitting end to her. crushed underneath the weight of her own powers, her own shadowβher backlash. she was the instrument of her own defeat, and, wellβ¦ that could have very well been the wizard. sheβs our reflection, our parallel. i think itβs why the wizard never mentions or claims that theyre the one that did her inβbecause they technicallyβ¦ didnβt, but they also did. which is cool!