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edwinisms · 4 months ago

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op this is how you make a lich. what have you done

This may be too supernatural for an actually pretty down to earth show that is dbda (when it comes to magic, abilities and power scaling), but I'd have a blast seeing the plot point of Edwin's soul's capability to be used for obtaining magical power make a comeback

What would be even cooler is if it was Edwin himself who became interested in using that power

I can see him researching what devices can be used for it, do they have to always inflict pain on him to work and if yes, then how far is he willing to go in order to get it

He'd never use it for any malicious purposes or to just possess power for power's sake, he'd use it in extremely dire situations, when he really needs a certain spell to be amplified in order to rescue Charles from danger

Which brings me to the obvious angst potential of Edwin hiding the pain, lying about the source of the amazing power and then ofc Charles finding out and oh

(It'd introduce more magic and actual combat power for the boys - which is actually the opposite of what the show is about, I know, aside from a wild use of Crystal's vast abilities, they really make a good job at showing that the boys were just normal humans (and now ghosts) who predominantly use their wits and knowledge gathered throughout the many years of being on Earth, so I wouldn't even expect them to go this direction (if they actually mention Edwin's soul's power ever again), but it's just a very fun concept to me)

#read the first few sentences and was like UH OH #except this is a very unique lich-adjacent situation where A) the magic user is already dead B) the magic user is a #strange wizard-making-himself-a-sorcerer kind of thing which is. actually an extremely interesting concept if putting it in a dnd context #a wizard forcibly turning himself into a sorcerer basically. that’s neat. and also horrifying #but yeah I imagine ghosts are not nearly as stable as living humans when it comes to corruptability– and on top of that edwin’s got so much #potential power in him that one wrong move or one step too far and I think he could destroy himself instantly #though what’s more likely and more interesting is- like op says- him getting more and more interested in utilizing his own power and #slowly but surely getting carried away- more invested in results than his own safety. at that point the only person who could save him would #absolutely be charles- because no one else would be able to say ‘I need you– weren’t we supposed to be together no matter what? we won’t be #if you lose yourself or wipe yourself off the face of the earth’#or something of the like #very good angst potential mmm #I don’t think the basic concept is too supernatural for the show tbh and it seems quite in character for him #especially right after the events of the s1 finale. the trauma of being used like that and helpless despite it being HIS power she was #extracting + being supposedly so powerful and not being able to use that to save niko. when it mattered most. + some protective/preventative #tendencies spiraling a bit into the extreme after the literal worst thing that could possibly happen to him– being dragged back to hell–#just happened and Yeah the night nurse and her superior say that he’s sanctioned to stay on earth but the night nurse ALSO reassured him #right before he was dragged to hell so how is he supposed to trust that? how is he supposed to feel safe ANYWHERE? what if this time instead #of just running he was prepared? what if he could Kill that fucking babydoll demon for good?#you can see why this train of thought would drive him maybe a little bit mad #so many threads from s1 could connect to this idea very very feasibly imo fr fr fr #ughghh hey show writers can we just. can we just get in the writers room please. we have ideas #rambling #edwin

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