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wakes up 2 hours later with this on my monitor

Fact: The spiky pineapple does not match this description

Thought: Grindelwald is a spiky pineapple because he's been twisted by dark magic

Theory: Dark magic makes people ugly

Reversed theory: Magic that makes people ugly is called dark

Explain?  In the middle ages physical deformities were thought to be a punishment from God, either for your own sin or your family’s sin. Though early wizards weren't religious they do appear to be heavily influenced by the middle ages, and if some magic made you ugly while other magic didn't it would be easy to suppose that the ugly-making magic was evil. In the present day we have no distinct definition of what dark magic is, so we can certainly suppose that dark magic makes you ugly is a confusion of causality and that dark magic is evil is a linked cultural belief rather than a documented fact.

Summarise: In magic, there is no such thing as good or evil; only power and those too vain to seek it

Now.

Imagine: Stay away from magic dear, you'll never find a husband if you look like a witch

Imagine: The mysterious saviour who always wears a mask, because they’re worried no one would call them a hero if they saw what magic did to them

Imagine: Don’t be so ambitious, child. Respectable girls and boys don’t cast those sorts of spells, they content themselves with the small magics that never leave a scar and never mess with things that could change the world

Are you with me? Then

Imagine: Two fingers up and a face full of acne, shit’s on fire and we started the flames

Imagine: Broken noses and missing teeth, thunder dripping from our fingers and lightning in our vicious grins

Imagine: Magic doesn’t wear a pretty face but our faces say we don’t fucking care what people think, we chose our path and we’ll rule it and we’ll make our beauty in the things we achieve with our lives

Magic that makes you ugly makes you evil? Please. Magic that makes you ugly shows you won’t bow to what society consider important. Magic that makes you ugly makes you dangerous. The first sacrifice you make for your visions and dreams is yourself, but you know you don’t need to look good when you’re going to be great.