#sofia the first headcanons

[demigods-posts]

i have this headcanon that percy's personal hurricane functions like a skirt. it's impossible to notice when you're witnessing the hurricane from afar. but if you're watching it from above. each time he spins. it does a little twirl. and it lifts like a feather in the wind when he jumps off of buildings. this man is hurricane-skirt sea prince.

[sweetmariihs2]

Guys.

i noticed this some time ago but wanted to make this video instead of a post. oh my god.

[ushsblog]

Headcanons and Ideas that Episode “Through the Looking Back Glass” Left Me With

(Long post)

1. Wandless magic

First of all, every time I see the incident scene, I can't help but wonder about the magic without a wand. I mean the part where Child Cedric performs a spell with his bare hands, when he tries to fix Cordelia's hair.

That got me thinking because (and correct me if I'm wrong) I don't have seen another sorcerer or sorceress do magic only with their hands. My headcanon about this is that some wizards, with a long lineage of magic, can do some spells without a wand.

And, well, it makes sense to me knowing that Cedric came from a long line of wizards.

Anyway, I don't know if doing this kind of magic is somewhat advanced for a child. It caught my attention when Child Cordelia says: "But you can't cast a spell like that, Ceddy. You're too young".

And then, Cedric shows her he actually CAN do the spell. That, more than a headcanon, makes me wonder if Cedric was a prodigy in magic before losing his self-confidence due to the incident.

And it makes me a little sad thinking about whether Cedric could have had a brighter future if that incident had never happened.

2. Goodwyn being a terrible father

I always found it so unfair the way everyone treats Child Cedric when the smoke serum failed, and even more so, the way his parents let it happen. I know this doesn't even happen in the episode, but I think it's somewhat implicit that Goodwyn didn't defend or at least comfort Cedric. He doesn't even seem to forgive him for his "mistake."

I mean, if your son accidentally hurts his sister, I understand your anger at first. Maybe saying he shouldn't be playing with things he doesn't know or punishing him for his carelessness, perhaps. But eventually, you should tell him it's fine, that you know it wasn't his intention, right? I don't know, something like that, because despite everything, HE'S A CHILD.

Children make mistakes. Cedric's "mistake" was serious, of course. But I think that, as a father, anyone should not let it grow so much that it becomes social rejection. I don't know if I explain myself. But I mean that the way Goodwyn (and Winnifred) handled the matter was terrible.

This brings me to my idea: something was wrong in that family even before the incident. (Explained more in the later points)

Maybe not as bad as it sounds, but personally, I believe something was happening at least between Goodwyn and Cedric for Goodwyn to act like that. I could also say, my headcanon is that Goodwyn had all his hopes and expectations on Cedric. He was going to be his replacement, the new Royal sorcerer, even if he was a child.

I believe part of the way Goodwyn probably reacts and treats Cedric after the incident (I'm referring to all the scolding and interrupting him, as seen in the Mystic Meadows episode) comes from that idea of him disgracing his legacy. Sorry if it's a very basic idea, but this takes me to another point.

3. Goodwyn shit-talking about Cedric

So, similar to the part before, I think that even before the incident, Goodwyn was very hard on Cedric. For the reasons I explained before, I think Goodwyn put pressure on Cedric to get his spells right and that kind of thing. Because, surely even before everything, Cedric did not meet his expectations.

And one of the reasons I believe this is because of that part when Child Cordelia screams at Cedric during the incident: “This is all your fault.”

Because even if, at that moment, it definitely looked like it was his fault, why was Child Cordelia's first reaction to scream and blame Cedric? Because it's a learned habit.

From nothing more than Goodwyn. A child doesn’t learn alone; they imitate behaviors from their home and environment. He doesn't care to say it in front of Sofia (a girl who shouldn't be involved in it) in that buttercups episode, after all. That’s my headcanon here.

Cordelia saw the way her father scolded Cedric, and then, she learned to do it. The incident was only the trigger, so to speak.

It obviously got worse after the incident.

4. Winnifred and Cordelia Relationship

I know it was such a short scene and maybe the animators didn't want to make a young Winnifred model, but where the fuck was Winnifred during the incident? It's your daughter's big special entrance; shouldn't you be in the front row to see her?

That was just a thought I wanted to share, anyway…

This episode, and others about Cedric’s family, gave me the headcanon that just as Cedric had a bad relationship with his father, Cordelia had it with her mother.

Maybe not as bad as Cedric with Goodwyn, but something like that. Let me explain my thought. When Child Cordelia needs comfort, she doesn't look for her mother; she runs to her father. (Well, yeah, because Winnifred wasn't there, so we don't know if Cordelia could have gone to her instead.)

I think Cordelia and Goodwyn had a better relationship because Winnifred always had a slight preference for Cedric that only grew after the incident. With Goodwyn and Cordelia attacking Cedric, Winnifred may have felt an obligation to be on her son’s side.

That probably would make Child Cordelia feel like her mother is betraying her. I mean, if your mother tries to defend the person that hurt you (that left you bald), you probably feel angry at her.

Even more so when she spends her time saying he's a “great sorcerer” despite everything he did. You live permanently bald because of him, and he's a great sorcerer? That's totally bullshit. (At least, that's what Cordelia must have thought.)

And, as it seems in “Cedric be good,” she also supports him in anything he does. Even when it’s something bad and a legit crime. I just imagine Winnifred defending Child and young Cedric for everything he did, even if, sometimes, it was really his fault. So, in part, that makes me understand Cordelia's anger.

Yeah, I made a headcanon to understand and empathize with Cordelia a little.

So, probably Cordelia got closer to her dad. I also can see them talking shit about Cedric while doing some activity together, lol. It's like their recreational time.

Summary: Cedric is a mommy’s boy and Cordelia is a daddy’s girl. (Is that expression well used? I don't speak English but I have seen some people use it. I'm a little afraid of using the wrong expressions and having something else understood.)

5. Sorceress/ sorcerer balls are a presentation to magical society.

Yep. That's my other headcanon. (And I think it's for any gender)

I belive this because of the other wizards we can see in the background. Again, I know it's because it's probably easier for animators to use the same models of other characters, but let’s leave that aside.

These wizards are the same as in the episode “Hexley Hall” during the song the other familiars sing to Wormwood. These people are academics from Hexley Hall and, apparently, very important people in the world of wizards. (Because of the number of portraits they have around the series and so on.)

I think the ball is a way of presenting the new little wizards who will join the world of sorcery. Also, I think that after 10 years old, is the time they enter Hexley Hall. So, it makes sense for people from Hexley Hall to come to these parties to see their future students and members.

I say it's from the age of ten because in Cedric's flashback in Hexley Hall, he already has white locks. Personally, I think Cedric was 8 or 9 during the incident, and that Cordelia is the older sister. In fact, I thought that was canon until I saw some people disputing it.

Anyway, that only makes Cedric's mistake more significant. Because he, in front of the eyes of the most important people in the magic community, looked like a failure. And maybe that's why he had such a bad reputation in Hexley Hall.

Plus whatever he did in his school years.

Thank you for your time! I would like to know what you think about it. I can't believe how interesting a scene that's less than five minutes long is.

[majoresca]

Headcanon: Cedric has repetitive strain tendonitis.

( I was talking to @sweetmariihs2 , and I ended up using an image that she had used as a reference for one of her fanarts, which are very beautiful by the way! So if you haven't seen it, go check out the work she posts! Again, thank you friend!)

Think, in most spells and potions, it is necessary for him to make some type of movement with his arms and hands.

And since due to the lifestyle he leads, he seems to do few physical activities other than what his work requires, then he would be more vulnerable due to the muscle weakness he has.

Whether moving the wand or stirring the cauldron, or, preparing the ingredients for use. Even with stretching and things like that, it would be exhausting repetitive effort over time.

And do you know what one of the treatments for tendinitis is? Compression gloves!

Which look like the kind he uses.

[shychick-52]

Does anyone else think it's interesting that Cedric was extremely negative and pessimistic (the exact opposite of Sofia), yet he always held on to the "sorcerer's secret" that his teacher taught him when he was just a kid struggling to learn magic- "Never give up the fight, keep trying until you finally get it right."

(And it was that very same determination that kept him going in trying to take over the kingdom throughout the show, despite all his failures... and then again, when he was determined to prove to Roland that he was a changed man in season 4's 'In Cedric We Trust': "I'll show you over and over! Sooner or later, you'll have to see I can be trusted... I'll lend a million hands / I'll bridge the great divide / Jump through a million hoops until you're satisfied /That I am on your side!")

It's ironic, considering just how pessimistic he is! It's one of his greatest qualities (when he uses it for good). Despite being a gloomy, grumbling, prone-to-anxiety guy with the worst luck in the world, he refuses to give up when he has a goal.

In fact, can you imagine just how much more broken Cedric would've been if that teacher- probably one of the only people who ever had his back and supported him, despite his horrible reputation ever since the infamous incident at Cordelia's sorceress ball- treated him like everyone else and gave up on him?? Who knows, maybe he would've committed suicide at some point in his life, probably before Sofia ever came to the castle; at the very least, his mental health would have been even more destroyed.

No wonder the memory of that teacher and his support always stuck with Cedric, defining him and giving him the bit of hope and encouragement he needed in life.

@moonypears-blog @bettathanyou @fantadym @cedric-my-beloved @sweetmariihs2 @omgselinabeckendorf @cedric-my-beloved @majoresca

[mushroomsie224]

Headcanon that because Cedric is absolutely terrified of beetles and other crawley things, they are therefore his least favourite potion ingredients so he keeps them in a special container so that they can never get out of on their own. When he is forced to use them he will never ever touch them directly, instead using his wand to make them float. and he will keep them at a distance, of course.

Based off of the scene here where he freezes up when the beetles crawl onto him:

Also, just look at Cordelia's face. She probably is very much aware of his fear and used it against him for tricks like this since they were kids.

Now, most people would hate having bugs on them but I think that sorcerers would be more used to dealing with them (and other things typically regarded as not very nice) since they do have to use them regularly in potions or spells. So Cedric would have been the odd one out here. He refused to go near the beetles during his potions class and of course, people noticed this and this just gave them more reasons to mock him.

[moonypears-blog]

Headcanon.

Sofia keeps a sprig of lavender on her bedside, she learned it from Cedric. She asked him about the ones on his when she noticed it, as his bedroom was void of any decoration. He told her it helped his insomnia, and he talked about how it was known to help you sleep and ward off nightmares. Hearing the part about nightmares, she decided to put some by her bed, it really did help. After a few weeks, she thanked Cedric for giving her the tip and told how she'd never slept as good.

[victorzhuzhakin]

I want to continue to live in my information bubble and think that cedfia ship does not exist

[a-lilac-lyric]

 Possible explanations for why King Roland made his first wish on the Wishing Well

Now all of these aren't so much theories per say as “throwing stuff on a wall and seeing what sticks” because the showrunners could not delve into topics like this in the actual runtime, and it probably wouldn't have been very relevant to the story that they were trying to tell anyway, so nearly every theory has an equal likelihood to be true more or less.

  (I'm also not going to mention this in my write ups for the possible reasons for the wish, and we have no way of proving this one way or the other, but I'm always inclined to prefer the thought that Roland II had discussed making the wish with Lorelei before he actually made it since it would be something that would affect both of them. Even if it only physically affected one of them. Because this just seems like the type of thing you should tell your partner about if you do it).

 This is a long post (Over 2000 words), so I'm putting it under the cut, but TLDR there are several different magical and physical reasons that are possible.

 General content warning for discussion of topics that are too dark/medical to ever be shown in a kids show. Spoilers for Forever Royal.

 We should first start off with what the wish was in the first place in case you don't know or need a refresher. Word for word, this is how it's stated in the flashback scene in the episode Forever Royal:

  “In the nearby castle lived King Roland the Second, who had wanted a family so badly he tried making a wish in a wishing well. The wish came true, and twins were born. But the Queen fell gravely ill….* The children were happy but never knew what it was like to have a mother.”

 * The quote never says that she is dead in so many words, but the visual on screen is of the queen arranged on a bed with her eyes closed, holding flowers. There's basically no other way to interpret it except that she's been laid out for a funeral.

 Now, as a note, we never actually get to hear what her name is in the show, but the creator of the show Craig Gerber made a Twitter post saying that her name was Lorelei https://x.com/CraigGerber_/status/1038831208430370817?mx=2 (as a personal note I normally consider stuff that show creators or writers say on Twitter or other social media as secondary Canon, but I basically completely accept this because we don't have any alternative name, and it works. And I'm sure that they'd use it in the sequel series if they ever talk about her.) So I'm going to be referring to her with that name for the rest of this post.

 When analyzing this quote, it seems that “wanted a family” basically means “wanted to have biological children” since we know he already has a wife and family members like a sister and a mom. I just think it's interesting that they word it this way because it kind of masks what his actual wording would have been to the wishing well. Because in the episode “When you wish upon a well” the well did grant Amber’s second wish in a way that fulfilled the basic criteria of her wish, and yet caused an unintended side effect that deeply distressed Amber and put Sofia in danger. So, it could possibly be that the way Roland wished for children could also be interpreted as accidentally directly causing Lorelei’s death. But we don't know what the words were, so we don't know if that was what happened or not. “Fell gravely ill” is a vague enough statement that it can basically be interpreted to fit any kind of theory.

 So without further ado, here are almost all of the ways I could think of that could be motivation for making the wish. (AKA infertility theories.)

Magical reasons:

 In this world, magic is an everyday fact of life, so they could have been unable to have kids because of a curse! Now it could be a curse on either Roland or Lorelei, and then the curse was just too strong to be broken by regular magic, but the Well’s magic was strong enough to get past it, (permanently or temporarily). The possible motives could be basically anything. It could have been cast by a jealous ex-lover, or a person who thought that the union was bad for political reasons.

 But I did come up with a fun little theory that maybe it was a curse that was intended to be benevolent, behold: The Double Bloodline Curse!

 We know that the throne of Enchancia passes from oldest child to oldest child, and the same seems to be true for the royal wizard as well. Both lines are hereditary, and both are always parallel to each other. It makes sure that the reigning monarch always has a royal wizard and vice versa. But it is interesting because Roland the First and Goodwin the Great are approximately the same age, same with both of their sons, and both of their granddaughters to an extent, although the age difference is seemingly larger between Amber and Calista.

 Now this could be just a coincidence that the people in these families born for 3 generations are very close in age, but what if it wasn't? What if there was some kind of spell or curse set on the people from both bloodlines so that they wouldn't be able to have children until their counterpart(s) was/(were) also in a position to be able to have children. Let's say that Roland the Second married and tried to have kids, but both Cedric and Cordelia were not married or seeing anyone and/or just neither of them were interested in having children at that time. Therefore, the curse activated to prevent Roland II from having any children.

 And this curse was probably put on the line by an actual royal wizard from it, assuming that it would be better off for both families and the sake of the kingdom if the new monarch and the new wizard were always peers age wise so that they could both ascend to their positions at the same time. Is that flawed reasoning and ultimately going to hurt their families more than help them in the long run? Absolutely! But it wouldn't be the craziest or worst thing that someone from either of these families has done.

 It's definitely possible for it to be magical reasons and would be interesting to explore in fanfic, but this isn't the only possibility.

Biological reasons that are linked to infertility:

 The first one is what if Lorelei was unable to biologically have children.

 It's popular fan-cannon (and I have seen it used in several fan fictions), that Lorelei was too physically weak for her body to/she had some kind of physical condition that meant she couldn't bear children. But the wish overrode that condition and after giving birth she was so weak that whatever possible illness/birth complications/regular pregnancy recovery happened afterwards she wasn't strong enough to survive it.

 In my opinion this one seems plausible, but I personally do not like it and do not think it makes sense for the characters. If she seemed medically unfit to give birth before the wish, then it would be ludicrously irresponsible for Roland II to make a wish for her to have the kids that didn't also strengthen her in a way that she could have them and survive. Additionally, I believe that if there was a lot of worry throughout the pregnancy that she might not be able to survive it, that Roland would have just made a second wish for her to be strong enough.

 Some may argue that it wouldn't have been possible to strengthen her enough to be able to survive giving birth, but may I point out that the wishing well has the ability to turn a regular human girl into a cat. Like literally change your species. Strengthening someone enough so that they can survive a pregnancy seems pretty minor compared to turning someone into a cat.

 And Roland is normally pretty good at noticing when people he loves are in distress, he'll stop what he's doing and talk with them and try to make the situation better. Now if Lorelei was hiding her physical symptoms from everyone for whatever reason, it could be possible to do that with others especially servants who she didn't spend much time with, but considering how much time Roland spends with Miranda he probably spent the same amount of time with his first wife. If they were in close proximity to each other that often for months on end he would notice if something was wrong and ask her about it and try to solve the problem. Therefore, I personally don't subscribe to it in my own headcanons.

 Another interpretation of this is that Lorelei was the one who is unable to have children, but it was because of some type of condition that was not due to weakness but another type of biological factor(s). The wish allowed her to have the kids, but then she died because the Well directly took her life as a price for the wish/because of how the wish was worded. Or she just happened to get unlucky and die from one of the several medical reasons that a person can die from giving birth no matter their physical strength. It's pretty similar to the first one but I am much more inclined towards it.

 But what if Roland was the one who was biologically unable to have children?

 This one doesn't seem to be explored in any fan fictions I've seen but I think this one is interesting to consider as well. I think most people's reasoning is that if Lorelei died from the wish, then the wish must have just physically affected her and therefore cause [wish] equals effect [death], but if it was going to take her life as a price/consequence for the wish anyway, it may not have necessarily needed to have affected her physically at all. Or the Well never took her life at all, she just got really unlucky and died from random chance. And there's plenty of medical reasons that men can be unable to have children. We don't know what kind of medical knowledge they have in Enchancia, but it may not have been advanced enough to find a solution for Roland or even know that he was the one who was infertile.

 He could have caught an illness as a child that had adult infertility as a side effect (angst potential. If he was also isolated for a long period of time away from other kids this could also partially explain why he became estranged from Cedric). Or it could be a genetic reason, like being intersex (I say as I read that one of the most common noticeable effects of Klinefelter syndrome is being tall. And it would fulfill a certain letter for possible LGBTQIA+ headcannons). Or he could have been severely overworking and under eating (there are a few times in the show where he does this, albeit not to a self-destructive extent, and that’s after he’s had kids and been king for years, also angst potential).

 If this was true, then it could also be possible that he was only temporarily able to have kids depending on how the wish worked. Or depending on the wording of the wish he might only be able the have kids with Lorelei exclusively. So if he and Miranda wanted to make a kid together, they might not be able to (more angst), unless another wish was made (but I doubt he would risk it).

 And a really dark possibility for Roland being infertile is that maybe the wish did NOT make him fertile but instead had a, what I am going to describe as a “love potion” effect on Lorelei and she got pregnant from someone who was not Roland. Now I think that this possibility is really horrifying for a number of reasons, but I've never seen it used in a fanfiction before and I'm not sure if anyone else has ever thought of it, but it exists now. I say that Amber and James do look like Roland, but I would also say that they definitely look more like Lorelei than him, so if you wanted to do a horrifying big drama fanfic this is a possibility for that.

Biological/other reasons that are not infertility:

 But what if their trouble with having children wasn't linked to infertility?

 There is the possibility that Royal Prep/other schools they had gone to had such a terrible sex education class that neither of them knew how to get pregnant and at this point were too afraid to ask. So they wished for it instead. I think this one only works if you're going for an adult humor fanfiction because, this just seems really unlikely to me. Even if they hadn't been educated in school, they would probably still ask someone or have been told by someone or have read it in a book by this point. Especially since part of their job as ruling monarchs is to produce heirs, I'm sure someone in the court would have explained it to them if they didn't know.

 Another slightly more reasonable but still unlikely reason is that maybe one or both of them was asexual. So they needed another way to start the pregnancy and decided magic was a good way to do it. I feel like if this was true then they could have just solved this by going to an actual wizard or doctor and getting help from them, so I don't think this is very likely but I'm trying to go through all the possibilities here.

 But on a far more serious note there as been a possibility I've been thinking about lately that does seem likely considering how often it happens in real life. It could be possible that Roland and Lorelei had already tried to have children, and she was able to get pregnant, but it ended in a miscarriage or a stillbirth. Maybe she was already pregnant by the time Roland made the wish, and he wished that this time it would be a successful pregnancy. The way he looks in the flashback makes it seem like Roland is really sad and kind of desperate about the whole situation and if this possibility was true, then it adds an extra layer of sadness to the whole ordeal.

 ****Also, this isn't attached to any single theory but I wanted to add this: I think that whether the wish caused Lorelei’s death or she died from completely natural causes, it must have happened fairly quickly. If the illness that she got after giving birth lasted a long time, then wouldn't there have been enough time for Roland to have made another wish to save her? Meanwhile if it happened very quickly or without much warning then he may not have had enough time to save her. If it happened quickly, it would also mean that there was less of a chance for the doctors or midwives or sorcerers to do anything to save her.

 *****And regardless of whether it actually was the magic of the wish that killed her or it was from the same causes that any non magical birth can suffer from, I think Roland believes that it was his fault that Lorelei died. He probably doesn't know for sure whether it was the wish that did it or not, but that wouldn't matter if he felt like it was his fault. His exact words to Amber about it were: “My wish didn't turn out so well either.” But we know that he loves Amber and James, and he's very proud of them, so the quote isn't about being a father to them or their existence. So the only other possibility for him saying that it didn't turn out well is what happened to Lorelei.

On that note, those are all the reasons I could think of. Feel free to say in the reblogs or comments which one you think is most likely and/or which one is your favorite. Here's a cookie for getting to the end of this post 🍪

[all-myloving-hunny]

Cedric elf hc

(I'm obsessed with elf Cedric so I'm writing some self indulgent hcs 😋)

• Elf lifespan is basically 2x the average human lifespan (Average human lifespan is 80 years and average elf lifespan is 400-450 years) and they reach the age of maturity around 80 years old. Cedric is still as old as he is in canon (41 y.o) so this makes him a very young elf, but due to stress from everyone's judgement of him and horrid sleep schedule he looks older than he actually is!

• He can wiggle his ears! Not every elf can do it but some can and his ears usually wiggles whenever he's irritated or excited.

• (pre-sorceress ball incident) Young king Roland was fascinated with Cedric's ears, young Cedric, who is aware of this fascination, would wiggle his ears to entertain him. Young king Roland would find this very amusing.

• Elves are far more slender than humans but Cedric is considered underweight for elven standard.

• He sees Sofia and the other kid characters as practically babies because of the elf age lifespan.

• During his time as student in Hexley Hall he's actually one of the top students and is academically well off, his top subjects is potion brewing.

• When he's flustered the tip of his ears turns bright red and his cheeks get hot!

• He's considered ugly in elven standard.

• His ears are particularly sensitive, he found this out the awkward way...

• When they were teenagers greylock teased Cedric a little too hard and accidentally grabbed Cedric's ear. This resulted in greylock getting a slap on the face and a very flustered Cedric.

• his family consists of pure elves (not mixed race between human and elf), pure elves have slightly longer and pointier ears, which is considered attractive.

(srry if the hcs format is kinda weird this is my first time writing headcanons 😭)

[princess-ibri]

Any other details on Fairy Queen Aurora?

Sure! So she earns the role after fulfilling a quest on behalf of the former fairy queen Titania, which enables her to reunite with King Oberon. Aurora agrees to become the new Queen after she’s lived a full human life alongside Phillip

They have a long and happy life together, raise their two children and see their grandchildren grown, and then walk into the Enchanted Forest hand in hand into the Fairy Realm, where they regain their youth and gain basically immortality .

Aurora rules as the Fairy Queen Briar Rose from then on into the future of the EverRealm (queen of the fairies on the continent they’re on. She’s basically the High Queen and there are lower different fay monarchs, such as the elf queens seen in Sofia the First, the Neverland Fairies and Queen Nicnaven, seen in my Brave sequel idea)

Also here’s some of the High Fairy Council that advises Briar Rose (named them after the fairies in the Sleeping Beauty Ballet)

[mg-makintosh]

big fan of the overprotective cedric idea but also thinking sofia is overprotective of him. like she would be PISSED if anyone hurt him

[sweetmariihs2]

Coming back here to remind you of the fact that Cedric shaves his beard constantly - and that he has facial hair because he's a grown man. It's hard to wrap my mind around this fact. I hope you have a great day.

he's like "of course i do i'm 40 what were you expecting"

[ushsblog]

Cedric's dark robe

I know the way Cedric's robe looks almost black is because of the animation, but I like to think that in fact, in season four he was starting to wear a darker shade of purple.

Like, the darkest shade of purple he could find because they wouldn't let him wear black.

He's in his emo phase.

[majoresca]

I was rewatching the episode Cedric's Apprentice, and I had a question.

When Sofia accidentally drops a potion, not only makes her dizzy, but turns her into a lizard.

I wonder why Cedric would have such a thing?

Apparently, that wasn't part of his plan. Since when she transformed, he was desperate to get her back to normal.

So why would he leave a "lizard-turning" potion,if he didn't plan on using it?

I think that perhaps it is not literally a potion for that purpose, but rather a regeneration potion.

For example, since some lizards can regenerate parts of their tail,perhaps the magical equivalent of their natural ability, could be used to regenerate an injured part of the body.

It would be very useful for him to have something like this, since Cedric himself keeps causing accidents that hurt him and could also hurt others.

But in this case, it's such a potion it should be a very strong extract, having to be used in small doses. Because on the contrary, it would turn an entire person into a lizard.

Therefore, the spell to reverse its effects must have been one of the first to be taught to Hexley Hall students, in case of side effects due to excessive use.

So that might be why Cedric is so good at immediately reversing the spell. Because besides being a simple spell for him, it was a safety issue for whoever used the potions.

I imagine that Cedric must use this potion with worrying frequency, since he keeps getting blasts right in his face. In addition to burns, a flash of light would cause temporary blindness, a bang might make him deaf, the shock wave would knock him away. Not to mention the objects that would be launched, which would become dangerous projectiles depending on the speed.

So, it is possible that in order not to worsen his conditions, he uses regenerative potions with a certain frequency, to reverse and heal his own work injuries.

[shychick-52]

So, you can't tell me Roland didn't blame Cedric for being unable to save his first wife when she had complications from giving birth to the twins (he probably tried a potion or spell, but it was likely too late). I imagine that must have caused an even greater rift between them.

And it's also a big reason Cedric hates being compared to his own father, who saved Roland's dad's life nine-and-a-half times. In 'Cedric's Apprentice', he says to Sofia bitterly "I've never saved anyone's life, not even once! Not even half!" And then in 'Mystic Meadows', Cedric had to listen while Goodwyn bragged to Sofia about how many times he saved her grandfather, which likely triggered Cedric about how he failed to save the former queen.

I can see Cedric feeling genuinely guilty he couldn't save the first queen, and not just because he's so desperate for recognition and to be seen as useful- but also because of the part of him that still saw Roland as his friend and cared about him.

I know it's a Disney Jr. show, but it would have been really interesting to have that explored more. Oddly enough, I haven't seen it addressed much in the fandom, including fics.

In fact, I can see the twins' birthday an incredibly sad day for Cedric, and very bittersweet for Roland.

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