#sam is the charisma but jammers the heart!!

[ghostlyeris]

hey do you think part of the reason evan respects that about jammer is because he trusts jammer to know who's safe to be around and bring into the fold

[sevilemar]

I'm gonna sort my favourite actual play ttrpg. If you don't know sorting hat chats, go and educate yourself. And if you love table top rpg and you don't know MisMag, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Sorting Misfits and Magic (because I can)

Whitney Jammer is the most badgery double badger that ever badgered. He does not understand at all how Evan could see walking away from the team as the right thing under any circumstances. Once you're in the squad, you're in the squad, and you solve your problems together no matter what. And you do not leave anyone behind as a matter of principle. But if you're not a part of the team, you're fair game (see wizards in general, and the trio in particular).

Jammer's magical talent is literally forming connections with other people, and it's such a beautiful moment when Sam sees theses delicate strands for the first time. If that's not badger secondary made literal, I don't know what is. He has a natural charisma that makes him the leader of whatever squad he is on, and he takes that responsibility without question or hesitation. That's the influence of his strong and comfortable lion model he lives in most days. But when shit hits the fan and a dragon lies dying, it's his friends and enemies that come to help.

Sam Black is a lion secondary who turned being herself into a literal magic of its own. Whether it's on a stream, in front of her whole house, confronting a blood snake or the demons possessing her friend, or distracting a dubious headmistress, Sam is always Sam: unflappable, calm, charming, kind, and a little bit naiv. It's beautiful, and a little bit frightening to see the impact she has on the people around her.

The way she takes Chimeron in hand in the epilogue lets you know where her heart lies: with her house and her community. Sam is a beautiful badger/lion, and I love her so much.

Dream/K is a lion secondary that very visibly grows into themselves through the episodes. They are so desperately trying to be what they admire, and it's so obviously uncomfortable that I couldn't help chuckling nostalgically once or twice. It's such a beautiful moment when they go full deranged Disney Princess in the end, and there is so much power in a lion coming into their own that it can make even a truly dark one become a princess for a moment. It was such a beautiful moment!

I don't know if K is a lion or a bird primary, but they are idealist for sure. They and Evan are the ones that mostly clock what's wrong with the wizarding world, and Jammer and Sam agree. There is not a lot to go on here, and I'm tending towards bird, but it could honestly be both, and so I'm leaving it open for now.

Evan Kelmp is a snake secondary if I ever saw one. He rolls with the punches and grasps whatever few opportunities come his way with both hands and no hesitation. He immediately swallows the owl pellet to go to the other side of the world just for a chance to get rid of his magic, he uses his burned hand to talk to Nurse Stitchnit about the removal, and once that's underway, he enjoys the limited time with his friends with everything he has. In Brennan's words, Evan is like a sponge that absorbs everything from his friends, from trash talk to how to be normal and not say weird things. I know it's very much a survival mechanism, but the joy both Evan and Brennan take from it when it's used for play makes it genuine snake sec face shifting.

Evan's primary makes itself known whenever he feels something is wrong with the system. Be it sorting and tracking eleven year old children, condoning bullies, or not making magic available to everyone, there is no way Evan will let any of it stand if he can help it. He knows in his heart that it's not right, and with his practical and practiced snake secondary and his friends behind him, the wizarding world won't know what's hit them in a few years. He builds a ferocious snake model for his friends, but Evan Kelmp is a beautiful, majestic lion primary.

Whitney Jammer: double badger with comfortable lion secondary model

Sam Black: badger/lion

Dream/K: idealist primary/lion secondary

Evan Kelmp: lion/snake with snake primary model for his friends