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Keats ([personal profile] headlining) wrote2015-12-02 11:37 pm

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC (Permission Post for Keats)

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So, Keats is your average occult journalist for a third-rung magazine who actually doesn't really believe in the occult or supernatural himself. How ironic is that?

...What if I told you that Keats is a supernatural being himself, though?

Yes, Keats is what they call a Half-Life in the Folklore universe. He was created through the wish of a child to serve a purpose, so basically, he's like a glorified imaginary friend. Half-Lives can't be seen by all people, though! Although all children can see him without trouble (I'll say up to thirteen years old), some adults might not be able to see Keats at all if they don't believe in magic or the supernatural. This was demonstrated in game by a quest that Keats could do for such a person- they couldn't see him at first, but once he started doing things for them, they started believing in him and therefore they could see and talk to him as if he was a regular human being.

Keats has no idea what he is, though. Part of the fun from taking him from his current canon point is him eventually figuring out that he's not exactly human!

PLEASE COMMENT BELOW WITH YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME IF YOUR CHARACTER DOES NOT BELIEVE IN MAGIC.
Whether they're scientists/logical people/actually Agent Scully/what have you, if they don't believe in magic, Keats will just not exist for them. Of course, this may change later depending on how stubborn Keats is about wanting to be noticed, I just want to know it for reference as he gets integrated into the game!
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[personal profile] ninmu 2015-12-05 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
ugh I WANT CR WITH YOU BUT melan is pretty much a robot... it's not so much that he doesn't believe in magic as he doesn't even really have such a concept? like... i doubt he's thought about it. should he be able to see keats?
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[personal profile] digophelia 2015-12-12 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Despite hallucinating Wonderland, no, Alice doesn't believe in magic. Having hallucinations actually encourages her to be skeptical, so her first reaction upon seeing magic is to doubt her sanity.

I would say "Otherlands", in a sense, brings Wonderland into the world, but there's only two shorts so it's not a lot to go by.

SHUN THE NONBELIEVER etc
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[personal profile] digophelia 2015-12-13 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If he ends up turning into something non-human, that may go down the line of "oh, I'm hallucinating again". But I would not be opposed to that, either, to work it in.

"Otherlands" just doesn't explain how the hell she ended up using Wonderland magic in the real world, but apparently, it's a thing!