Hi! What are the powers of each ro? what makes them "special" and mc?
I won't give a super detailed explanation since Rhea already went into all of it in Chapter 1 but a quick recap: You're either born with magic or you aren't.
If you are, you're a magician. There's three types; Soul magicians (magic comes from intentions/morals/beliefs, considered the most powerful, magic can have harmful effects on their body), Heart magicians (magic comes from emotions, less powerful, magic can visibly be seen in use), and Luck magicians (have magic in their veins but can't use it, since they still have magic the world seems to like them and 'lucky' things happen to them, hence the term).
BA has a pretty soft magic system, so you can theoretically do w/e you want with magic with certain limits. Soul magicians can't use magic at all if it goes against their beliefs + it can hurt their bodies. Heart magicians magic is as powerful as the emotions they're currently feeling. Heart magicians are also the only ones compatible with Death Creatures (ghosts, wraiths, poltergeists, etc), although that's pretty rare and no one knows why. With all that said:
Soul Magicians: Rook and Rhea
Heart Magicians: Beck and Lars
Luck Magician: Zoe
Not a magician: ??? and MC
Beck and Lars are both special because their magic is compatible with Death, but they're still Heart Magicians and so their magic is seen as weaker. Rook's magic...isn't strong, and Rhea's magic is average. ??? isn't a magician and can't use magic at all. What MC can do is up to you since there are a few options. You can find a magic item to use (making you a mage), you can get into necromancy, or you can pick the terrible decision to make a deal with something to use magic (making you a warlock). You can also not do any of that and remain without magic/death abilities. Each decision has their own unique consequences.
It should also be noted Death and Magic are opposites of each other, so necromancy isn't considered magic in this world. If anything, it's just blasphemy lol
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VegasPete and Body Language
Well, the title is a little misleading. What I mean to talk about is their height difference and its utilization throughout the VP storyline but putting that in the title didn't sit right with me.
Because the point I'm going to make requires me to examine how their height difference being portrayed/used actually helps establish their dynamic.
(But I also will absolutely talk about how their body language is utilized in the story, it's important after all)
God, I love this show so much.
Anyway, we all know that Pete and Vegas are approximately the same height, with Pete being like a cm taller. That helps a lot imo because it subconsciously gives away the message that despite how they may seem, due to their positions, they're actually equals. I feel that could also be true for KP but with VP, it's more needed in order to make their romance work.
So, we start off in ep 10, the first torture scene. Pete at first is hunched over, tied on the pillar but as Vegas goes closer to him, cables in hand, he straightens up and they end up being on the same eye level. This gives us the impression that while Pete is the one in a bad position, he's facing Vegas head on, unafraid and defiant.
He also has power in their situation, the power to not yield under Vegas' cruel torture methods. He's not powerless against him. He even ends up staring at him from above, as he rests his head on the pillar after the 1st electrocution.
In every torture scene we get in ep 11, they make Vegas stand at the same eye level as Pete, at the same position as him. Even in the dog bowl scene, which starts off with Vegas standing, having Pete on his knees ends up with him crunching to meet him and then shoving him into the bowl to force feed him.
The belt scene is also very important to take into account, because once again, Vegas lowers his body and stands on his knee to meet Pete.
It's also the first scene in which Pete shows hesitance and signs of being a bit afraid of Vegas, evident here when he's cowering a bit, which results to his head being a bit lowered in contrast to Vegas'.
(It's not that clear but to me it looks like he is, he's also trying to move away from him as far back as he can)
So, we arrive at the pill kiss scene, in which, the genius who directed the scene (don't know if it was Pond or someone else) decided to make them talk while at the same eye level. I cannot emphasize enough how glorious of a choice that is.
This is the point they truly connect. The point in which they see eye to eye. This is the point in which the audience learns that these characters have something fundamental in common; their assholes fathers and how they were treated by them. And their positions prove it.
Now, we arrive at my two favorite examples and the reason I wanted to make this post in the 1st place. The 1st one is their NC scene and, more specifically, the seduction that Vegas does on Pete.
Pete, sweet "I'm trying to resist but I want it so badly" Pete, doesn't hunch and doesn't hide; he's standing completely straight, making Vegas, who's doing the seducing, seem smaller and shorter than him. It is fascinating to witness.
He's still trying in a way to fight him, even though he "gives up" towards the end, letting Vegas take control. All that is shown only through a few lines of dialogue and his body language. I love that scene so much.
Which brings me to the next scene. Pete's breakdown scene, my beloved.
How wonderful of a choice having Pete be lower than Vegas was. Wonderful at showing the audience - besides Pete saying the things he said - that Pete is feeling vulnerable and beneath Vegas at that moment.
The show wants to make it so obvious to the audience that they have Vegas need to lower his head to reach Pete's forehead.
Pete feels like he's nothing, useless and not someone Vegas actually wants because it's him but rather an emotional projection to make himself feel better. He makes himself small in Vegas' arms, it's so beautifully tragic.
The same is happening at the Hum Bar scene. Pete isn't standing completely straight, making Vegas seem taller.
Pete here is feeling despair over the fact that Vegas is right; he can't shoot him, he can't kill him because he needs him now. He can't live without him. And not being in complete control of his body, which is sitting lower than Vegas', also proves it.
In conclusion, I don't know if BBB were directed to do those specific things or if they incorporated it in their acting but it doesn't matter. It's phenomenal and it makes VP shine with its complexity, since half of their interactions have minimal dialogue, especially from Pete.
The VP brainrot will never go away, I'm afraid. And it'll result in random posts at 3am like this one.
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