Spelllllllzzz.

[Joe Wordsworth]

I got casted on, today. Cursed, in fact.

Oh, heaven's no!

 

[English Lady]

You're a bit of a spell magnet aren't you?

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

You're a bit of a spell magnet aren't you?

It was the most bizarre moment. A friend of mine called me up to tell me that one of her coven was cursing me. I'm at work, mountain of paperwork ready for some delicious processing, and I get a call informing me of an impending magical attack.

I just...

Wow.

 

[FallingToFly]

Magical Malfeasance

And if you have to let someone know you're cursing them... you don't know what you're doing.

I think it's still prosecutable under some of the old New England laws. Cursing someone, I mean.

 

[Guest]

Ummmm
If I was cursing... I wouldn't call and tell the person I was doing it....

*mutters under her breath*

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

It was more "her coven-mate ratted her out".

Biz-arrrre.

This... right here... this is why burning wasn't a bad idea.

 

[FallingToFly]

It was more "her coven-mate ratted her out".

Biz-arrrre.

This... right here... this is why burning wasn't a bad idea.

Bite your tongue, warty. I have little witches to raise still.

 

[Pure]

well, your gonna hafta tell what ya did so we can tell if you deserved it!

 

[Aurora Black]

*sits Indian style with popcorn at the ready*

 

[English Lady]

It was the most bizarre moment. A friend of mine called me up to tell me that one of her coven was cursing me. I'm at work, mountain of paperwork ready for some delicious processing, and I get a call informing me of an impending magical attack.

I just...

Wow.

delicious processing? Okay, I now have an image of you eating your paperwork *laughing*

You have a habit of upseting witchy types -or is this the same one as the last time you got cursed?

Has anything dropped of yet? Feeling queasy?

 

[impressive]

Has anything dropped of yet? Feeling queasy?

BWAH!

As for why? Well, if belittling another's belief system isn't enough ...

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

BWAH!

As for why? Well, if belittling another's belief system isn't enough ...

...rather, though? If it is enough, the line at the Department of Un-Cursing is wrapped around the block with Lit'sters in general.

No, we had a fling a few years back and she's been weird ever since.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Oh no! Nothing quite says lovin' like somethin' from the coven, now does it?

I can sympathize, got into a rather nasty dispute with gypsy neighbors about ten years ago. They slapped me with a wide array of curses, which I didn't believe were working until I got into two wrecks within a month and some other bad stuff. I'm still not sure if it became a self-fulfilling prophecy or if it really worked. Just to be on the safe side, I consulted a witch(my aunt), who helped me out and claimed to have removed any bad shit working against me. Whether or not she really did anything is beyond me, but it's been working so far. If the curse had been "Thinner!", I might have left it in place.

 

[Recidiva]

It was more "her coven-mate ratted her out".

Biz-arrrre.

This... right here... this is why burning wasn't a bad idea.

My favorite is Agnes Nutter in "Good Omens" who concealed explosives in her clothing when burned at the stake.

Go girl.

 

[English Lady]

...
No, we had a fling a few years back and she's been weird ever since.

Ahhhhh *nods* my hubby suffers wiith several of the same kind of problem -or did. We've moved away from alot of 'em now. I don't think he's been cursed though, that we know of anyway.

 

[FallingToFly]

Curses are curses, whether you believe in them or not.

Dealing them out or dealing with them is an entirely different matter.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

Curses are curses, whether you believe in them or not.

Dealing them out or dealing with them is an entirely different matter.

You know, I am a person who doesn't believe in a damn thing, but when cars start crashing into me, my store gets robbed, things start to catch on fire and break for no reason at all...I'm inclined to give it serious consideration.

 

[FallingToFly]

You know, I am a person who doesn't believe in a damn thing, but when cars start crashing into me, my store gets robbed, things start to catch on fire and break for no reason at all...I'm inclined to give it serious consideration.

I learned belief early on. Belief in Diety, by whatever name you choose to call it, although I'm more of the "Yes, the higher power exists, but they ultimately are neutral and benign unless severely taxed" school of thought. I show respect to what is, no matter whether its high or low, and do my best to leave well enough alone. But having had occasion in the past to work something that, if it doesn't fall in the black category certainly gave grey a whole new meaning, I don't discount anything. In some situations - well, let's just say that when the physical won't defend and protect, the metaphysical needs to step in.

 

[Recidiva]

I learned belief early on. Belief in Diety, by whatever name you choose to call it, although I'm more of the "Yes, the higher power exists, but they ultimately are neutral and benign unless severely taxed" school of thought. I show respect to what is, no matter whether its high or low, and do my best to leave well enough alone. But having had occasion in the past to work something that, if it doesn't fall in the black category certainly gave grey a whole new meaning, I don't discount anything. In some situations - well, let's just say that when the physical won't defend and protect, the metaphysical needs to step in.

You can have a certain level of immunity as well, if you have it naturally or build up to it. Sometimes, just like physically, immunity is inherent or you build it up with practice.

A particularly virulent form, though, can catch the naturally immune and knock 'em around a bit, but that's pretty rare.

You're also more prone through bad habit or having way too many ways to be hooked.

 

[TheEarl]

Take comfort in the fact that what goes around really does come around on the magical arena. Curses come back and kick you in the teeth, as it's not what magick's for.

The Earl

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Magical Malfeasance

And if you have to let someone know you're cursing them... you don't know what you're doing.

I think it's still prosecutable under some of the old New England laws. Cursing someone, I mean.

Yeah, it's still on the books, and if you get a good attorney, you may just wind up two goats and three chickens to the good.

Q_C

 

[MissBri]

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

Follow-up... I was cursed two weeks ago, today. My friend "waited a fortnight" before telling me--I really didn't understand why, but it was significant, somehow.

I don't feel ill.

But, then, does lack of belief in magic render one immune to magic? I don't know the rules and regs for this sort of thing.

 

[Recidiva]

Follow-up... I was cursed two weeks ago, today. My friend "waited a fortnight" before telling me--I really didn't understand why, but it was significant, somehow.

I don't feel ill.

But, then, does lack of belief in magic render one immune to magic? I don't know the rules and regs for this sort of thing.

Dion Fortune says that the best defense is not believing. I agree.

And it's pretty much true, I think, that you have to be "sensitive" to it in some way to be affected. Rather like a high pitched whistle will affect dogs and not humans. If you can sense it, it will fuck with you. If you can't...you probably won't notice.

It also depends on whether or not the person doing the curse has the slightest idea how the mechanics of this stuff works.

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

Dion Fortune says that the best defense is not believing. I agree.

And it's pretty much true, I think, that you have to be "sensitive" to it in some way to be affected. Rather like a high pitched whistle will affect dogs and not humans. If you can sense it, it will fuck with you. If you can't...you probably won't notice.

It also depends on whether or not the person doing the curse has the slightest idea how the mechanics of this stuff works.

Wooo! Immune to Magic! Take that, Hogwarts!