#found it it's the magician's house by meghan mccarron
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love an eccentric wizard and their nonmagical apprentice. you love to see it
#random thoughts#my favorite fantasy category :)#thinking about this specifically because i was watching some videos on wish da movie#like the videos which rewrite the songs? so good#anyways there's this duet between the main character and her mentor which was definitely originally meant to be a romantic duet#but they definitely don't have that dynamic in the movie#and THAT got me thinking about a two parter from strange horizons#let me see if i can find it hold on#found it it's the magician's house by meghan mccarron#it's about this girl who is being mentored by this wizard and they have sex and it's super weird#it's been a while since i've read it but i really liked it#from what i remember the author seemed to have been really interested in fantastical age differences and power dynamics?#because i think they had another story where there's this bit where the mc is in a car with a vampire#and he's listening to music and she's like 'eww this is music my mom would listen to'#and it recontextualizes how she views the vampire. like he's her mom's age and he's hanging around high schoolers#ANYWAY. love the idea of a wizard's apprentice having a crush on their mentor and the mentor being secretly evil#and manipulating the apprentice into doing evil stuff knowing their true feelings for him#and at some point everything is revealed and the wizard is like 'join me and become my evil queen'#and the apprentice at the very least considers it#because. you know. you gotta#god i need to reread the magician's house#the second half is so good when the magician's wife finds out they're having sex and it's so fucked#they have sex allegedly so she can start to tap into her earth magic but the magician was DEFINITELY having some kind of feelings abt it#and the ending where they're in the tunnel and she doesn't hold his hand. SO GOOD!!!
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