i put a spell on you

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The Witch's Curse


A fantasy AU meme where witches are real, and they are vengeful. Specify your character's role: the witch (or sorcerer), the subject of the curse, or the curse breaker. Tag around and pick or RNG a curse.

1: Change of Form: human turned animal, mythical beast turned human, human turned inanimate object, human made older/younger, the possibilities are endless

2: Obeisance: you are now cursed to follow the witch's every command and it's useless to resist, or perhaps you simply have to obey every command given you no matter who gives it

3: Curse of Sleep: like princesses before you, you are cursed to sleep for all eternity, or at least until your one true love finds you

4: Possession: be it a demon or any other kind of spirit, your body is no longer your own

5: Isolation: some witches use towers, others use forests of thorns, but either way the message is clear-- you are never seeing the outside world again

6: Resurrection: even death is not an escape from the witch's power, for some can raise the dead

7: Bad Luck: some curses are more minor, only causing you to stub your toe or drop your books, but they're still annoying

8: Defects: you weren't turned to an inhuman shape, but were somehow made hideous, clumsy, or repellent in some way-- maybe you smell terrible, or maybe people who get near you just feel uneasy and want to leave

9: Wounds: you have a wound that simply won't heal-- maybe it's slowly killing you, maybe it's just annoying, but it's not going away

10: Monster Magnet: wherever you go you're always being attacked by creatures, demons or monsters or ghosts, etc, that want to kill you

11: Never to Meet: you become an animal during the day while your true love is human, then you switch forms at night, so you can never both be human at the same time again

12: Death: your death is approaching and you need to find a way to avert it or remove the curse entirely

13: Objectification: you didn't avoid the death curse, and now your soul is bound to an inanimate object, perhaps to provide more power for the witch, to bind a spell to the object and give it power, or maybe just so you can't move on to your next life

14: Cursed Object: maybe it wasn't the witch themselves, but something that used to belong to a witch that put the curse on you, and now you must find a witch who can remove the curse

15: Cursed Ground: your house is built somewhere it really should not have been, and now you have to deal with ghosts or demons or the undead, which will really ruin your property value

16: Wildcard: choose your own adventure!

[adapted from original found here]

Comments

[outstandingbalance]

Why wouldn't we be allowed to talk about it? If we're a mom and a dad, what does that make us to each other?

[elcapitan]

I don't- - Did we get married?

[ they must have gotten married before having a child. ]

You're her mother and I'm her father, so we've got to be...

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha shakes her head. That doesn't seem to be a question she has an answer to.]

I don't know. I don't think...[She finds it hard to believe, but when she looks down at her floral dress, she finds it hard to remember why.] Do you want to be married to me?

[elcapitan]

I could ask you the same question about me.

[He squeezes her hand gently.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Her expression softens at that, though she's not entirely sure how to answer. She came here for Steve, didn't she? She cares about him.]

I don't know.

[elcapitan]

Maybe we should keep thinking about our daughter instead. She's more important than anything else.

[outstandingbalance]

You're right. That was selfish of me...

[elcapitan]

It's all right. That's why there's two of her. [He combs his hands through his hair.] I hope you'll remind me about what's important if I ever slip.

[outstandingbalance]

I tried to, though. [Natasha looks out at the oppressive thorn forest.] This is nowhere to raise a daughter.

[elcapitan]

I know. That's why we're going later. We can't uproot her before her birthday. We'll go in May like we planned.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha settles a little more at that. That seems like a reasonable compromise.]

In May then.

[elcapitan]

Are you ready to go back inside? She shouldn't be left alone. She's perfect.

[outstandingbalance]

If she's still napping, we can join her.

[elcapitan]

She's so beautiful when she's sleeping.

[He leans in to kiss Natasha's lips, ever so gently. If they're married, they must have done it before.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha doesn't think they have. She'd remember if he had kissed her, wouldn't she? But she returns it like she's testing it out, trying to figure out if they really are a couple.

It does stir a memory of... something.]

[elcapitan]

[He thinks he remembers it too. The rest of their hesitation is probably something that can be easily ignored.

But once they've kissed, he doesn't take it further than that. It's almost as if his ideas are limited to a child's version of what it is mommies and daddies do together.]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha leans into him a little before sinking back on her heels, bowing her head. She walks back into the cottage beside him, subdued.]