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To test the limits of magic.

For one, it'd be a great way to put her logical/ mathematical intelligence at the forefront of her characterization again, which would be must (better yet if you throw her interest in machinery and tech too in some shape or form, the girl did hack the door to Legerdomain with a computer once and magic and tech aren't supposed to mix).

For two, it'd allow the story to explore the lore of magic system and energy beings in a way that felt organic to the plot and not some random lore dump that we might need to know about to defeat the villain of the day.

For three (and this might not be a super popular take) I think it'd be a neat angle to explore Gwen's flaws, like- a 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' type of journey would fit her character so so well... she's an overachiever and loves to learn, she is stubborn to a concerning degree and doesn't know when to quit for her own or others' good, she has a great lack of emotional intelligence while insisting she can help anyone with no mistake and everyone just because her intentions are good, her college of choice has "horrors and nightmares" as its foundational pillar, just:

Imagine what this girl could do if she set herself to understand fully what the unique position of being an anodite practicing magic could entail.

Her wanting to understand more about her anodite heritage on it's own is also there of course, but I really want her to obsess over the ties between natural mana manipulation and magical practices, the limits of her corporeal limitations, I want to see her come up with theories and formulas of how spells and magical artifacts and whatever shit works, and what rules her bizarre case would allow her to break and where that would potentially lead.

I want to see her entertain the idea of doing some fucked up shit for the sake of learning more, understanding more, knowing more, to see her mentally bargaining with herself, dueling on if it's worth crossing her own boundaries if there are any and run the risk of potentially betraying her own morals to maybe discover something new, maybe creating something no one as seen before because so often who has that big deal of mana-based power won't offer their service for the greater good (Bazel, Adwaitya, the Dagon, anodites in general)- unlike her, what if she could help people with it? How many could she save if she just figures the right thing out?

I want to see her going deeper and deeper into denial of just how much of her drive comes from pain and trauma and self-indulgence because she's terrified of never belonging anywhere; too human to be amongst anodites, too anodite to feel at home on Earth, and she never knew whatever magical community once lived Legerdemain, nor it will ever know her- why not dive headfirst whichever way possible into all the different meanings she can find in and mold out of her otherness so she can make sense of it?

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It’s actually really fun challenging myself to prioritize feeling over form when I make art. I feel like I end up making something that communicates more what I’m trying to get across and it’s more unique.

Okay no hate on prev

I was gonna be woke and say “Maybe let’s not use that term bc we abuse it enough already” but then I go to check that I’m thinking of the right thing outsiders to the culture ain’t supposed to talk about and

Yenaldoshi isn’t a made up word for the show?? I thought for all my 20 years that they made a name for the wolf showing up and being the local tribes legend but no, they actually invoked this specific creatures name?

Yeah no, that's why I usually straight up refer to Kai's interest in Benwolf as 'skinwalker'- even though it did cross my mind that it'd be best to still address the supposed creature with its proper name. I just don't know how many Ben 10 fans (talking of those who bash her character) even gave enough of a fuck to look up whether or not a Yenaldooshi was an actual thing in Navajo folklore and if the description of "Navajo werewolf" they use in the show is actually accurate (edit: not saying this from a place of superiority, I myself didn't look it up until like- a handful of months ago and I feel terrible for not doing it sooner).

Mind you, when I looked up images for this doodle, I kid you not, half of the pictures were from that episode... it's really really bad.

#why Kai would want to tame what amounts to an evil witch that’s evil and taboo in her culture?#who knows. the context for the term has it make less sense#the only sense it does make is in them being shapeshifters and a connection to animals but that’s still not a monster??#it’s a term for bad people but in the show it’s just Monster

For the little I know (please take this with as much of a grain of salt as you can), Yenaldooshi represent the antithesis of all Navajo values, so I don't know if it might be Kai's childlike way to express interest in having a 'spiritual role' of sorts in her community, given they establish both her and Wes as fairly attached to their culture and tradition; I believe that women take on a spiritual leadership role in Navajo culture, but I've found different sources saying different things (though at most their societal structure seems to be based of gender equality with some elements of matriarchy)- nonetheless, maybe she meant the terms 'tame' and 'train' as means to purify or something, idk...

Bruce: I'm not like those other billionaires. I actually give back to the people.

I hate this so much. This is something that is so common in fandom: "they're adopted so it's ok".

To be honest, a part of me wonders if Stephenie Meyer is to blame.