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but tip of the top , cream of the crop , is mary po.ppins & there we stop ! my fourth & final character is the jewel of my heart , mary po.ppins who , honestly , is the ultimate Mom Friend . i’ve got influences for her from movie , stage musical , & even bits from the book so bare with me & here we go with the info under the cut !

PRACTICALLY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY !

known by all of us for her very long & hard to spell word , her lesson on what helps medicine go down , & obviously being the most famed & perfect nanny in the world . she typically blows in ( literally ) to wherever she may be needed with a strong wind from the east & will serve as a nanny to children of troubled families . she teaches lessons important not just to the children but their parents as well until the family is mended . at this point the winds will change , coming from the west , & mary will leave without a word , content that her work there is done . mary is quite the conundrum , though , if you put too much thought to her . why , how , & what she does is something she never explains . however , it’s not to worry about because why you may not have an explanation for it you can assume that whatever she is doing is the best possible thing to be doing . best thing to do is not question her & just accept her it makes things much more delightful with her !

MARY + PERSONALITY : mary is never cross nor cruel nor unpleasant in just about any fashion . she’s kindhearted , polite at all times & any place , no nonsense even when things have no sense about them , rarely judgemental , observant & attentive , extremely clever , & , really , the list goes on . one thing you can fault her on , however , is that she is quite vain as she is quite aware of how wonderful she is . she’s whimsical but yet still very proper & elegant . she’s a very refined person even when doing things you wouldn’t exactly call refined such as dancing atop a roof with chimney sweeps & you’d be surprised how polished she can still manage to even when her face is covered in soot . she’s , as the measurement on her personality tape measure tells her , practically perfect in every way . however , being practically perfect is not as effortless as mary makes it seem . the hardest part being that , as she says , “practically perfect people never let sentiment muddle their thoughts” . mary strays away from being sentimental & forming strong attachments . she knows , after all , that it would be foolish to grow sentimental to people she will inevitably leave once the wind changes . due to this she rarely gets extremely close to people . she’ll make friends , she’s wonderful at doing that seeing as she’s delightful to almost everyone , but she practically never opens up to people about herself & strays form lasting attachments as to not let her heart muddle her mind .

MARY + MAGIC : as we know mary is capable of some form of magic . what the full extent of her magic is , however , we don’t know . things mary has been shown to have done include but are not limited to giving objects sentience (she’s done this with jane & michael’s toys & , in the stage version , statues) as well as moving objects with but a snap of her fingers (some kinda telekinesis i guess is what you’d say that is) , flying (via help of her umbrella usually) , speaking to animals , creating solid structures from clouds (she’s sitting on a cloud the start of the movie & in step in time creates stairs to the sky from a smoke stack) , bringing drawings to life & going inside them as well as bringing others with her into the drawings , & transporting to fantastical worlds (bit more of stuff like that in the books) . also one of the most wild accounts of her magic is (and i’m not making this next part the fuck up) in the stage version , in the second act . mary returns to the banks household where they have replaced her with mr. banks’ old nanny , ms. andrews : a cruel & horrid woman who threatens to harm the children for running away & feed them disgusting medicine . mary has a sort of nanny face off with her & , without moving from the stairs , mary somehow controls ms. andrews to chug the entire bottle of her own disgusting medicine . afterwards the lights go red as a large , human-sized bird cage rises from the floor (or comes out the wall depends on what version you’re seeing) with smoke also coming out beneath it & mary controls ms. andrews to go inside the cage then the cage sinks back into the floor until it’s gone along with ms. andrews shrieking . again , mary never moved from the stairs during this she controlled ms. andrews entirely with her mind . so , yeah , shit i guess mary can physically control others with her mind as well as fucking ... damn people to hell ? because i literally don’t know what else you would call that ? point is while mary’s magic is usually used for fantastical & fun purposes . . . she is powerful & i suggest you not mess with her . from all that we’ve seen she’s done it can be assumed that mary possess potentially reality warping magic or something close to it & she has very good control over it .

MARY + ORIGINS : where did mary come from & what is she are questions that have haunted me for years . she has family . in the book she states that uncle albert is her uncle though , as many people refer to him as uncle albert , it’s unclear whether that is simply many people refer to him as their uncle or if he’s an actual relative of hers . he is shown to have some sort of magic , though , as he floats when he laughs & can cause others to do the same & , in the book , he makes a mention to mary’s mother saying that she would befriend cows which shows that uncle albert is close to her family & it suggests that mary’s mother had magic as well & talked to animals . mary possibly comes from a line of people with magic though she seems to be the most powerful & in control of them all . i’ve read a description once on a disney website that said mary was “a good fairy” yet in the book she does give some sort of explanation to her powers saying that all children are born with magic like hers but as they get older they lose that power & forget about it but she simply never lost hers. in effort to mesh these together i’ve come up with the idea that , yes , all have magic at birth but only the rarest few can retain it after childhood & that , in mary’s world , those people are what came to be known as faries . those who have kept their magic outside of childhood are thought to be faries since they were able to do that . so , while she doesn’t directly call herself it , mary is a good fairy . she also has a distinct connection with the wind as it seems to direct where she goes & when she leaves ... i don’t have anything for that perhaps it’s just being her so in touch with the world & magic . she also seems to have been doing her nannying job for quite sometime & has wisdom beyond her physical age . with that i’m going with that if you manage to retain a considerable amount of your magic into adulthood , your lifespan is expanded . not immortal , but expanded so that you’re younger longer as you age slower . so who knows how old uncle albert is or if her mother is still alive & how old she is & mary is much older than she appears . because that makes sense to me & i like it .

WHERE I’VE TAKEN HER FROM : after the story , & probably then some . she’s helped the banks & gone to other homes , wherever the winds take her , & now the winds have simply blown her here & they’re not changing . therefore mary believes this is just where she’s meant to be though this is the first time the winds have simply brought her somewhere with no job to do . with no charges to take care of she’ll still find her own things to keep her busy but , for once in her life , she doesn’t quite know what’s going on .

BULLET POINT RECAP !

mary is a very wonderful person but she is a bit vain bc she knows it

mary is “practically perfect in every way” but doesn’t let herself grow personally close to people nor does she let herself get sentimental bc “practically perfect people never let sentiment muddle their thoughts”

mary’s magic is fucking powerful

like she possibly has powers capable of reality warping

thank god she uses these powers to help children rather than like fucking take over the world holy shit

she sent a woman to hell yall what the fuck

mary comes from a magic family

everyone is magical at birth but you lose your magic & forget about as you grow

mary did not lose it or forget about

people like mary who dont lose their magic are what faires are in mary’s world so mary is a sort of good fairy

when you dont lose your magic when you grow into an adult you age slower making you younger longer so mary’s older than she looks & has been nanning probably for decades

mary knows she’s supposed to be here , as this is where she was taken to by the wind , but doesn’t really get why there’s no specific nanny job for her to do here .

THIS IS THE END ! TIME FOR SHORT HEADCANONS !

WHAT BERT IS TO HER : bert is , easily , the closest to mary . there’s still a lot he doesn’t know about her , as she does her best to keep him at arm’s length , but he does know her more than others & is who she spends most her free time alongside when she can . however , the more time she spends with bert the more she finds herself becoming fond of him , far more fond than she is of most . while she won’t admit it bert has earned a special place in her heart & she looks forward to those second tuesdays off when she , no children by her side , gets to see him & spend the day with him . she limits herself to only those second tuesdays to have this personal time with him , though , because any more time & sentiment may just muddle her .

MARY’S NEVER PHASED : she’s literally never shocked or surprised or lost for words . there’s only a few things that could possibly be capable of rendering her speechless . VERY few things . this isn’t just because she’s the most perfect person alive but also because she’s honestly seen & been put through some SHIT . she’s a nanny for troubled families & not all those troubles are limited to things like a father who ignores his children , is run by the stress of his job , & has no time for his family . whatever mary is , she is surely a saving guardian angel to some children out there who she’s been to .

MORE POSSIBLY COMING LATER !