The Colours Are EEEEEEEEVIL!

Bright colours in Harry Potter are a Satanist plot!

Morons.

I have decided that, rather than just ranting blindly to an audience who, for the most part, agree with me that stupid of this variety should not be allowed to live, I would take the bullheaded by the horns and actually write a reply to these arseholes. Never mind the whole Satanism v Wiccan thing; never mind the short-sighted idiocy of a bunch of people who really believe that their children are going to be led down a path of evil by a series of books that is, at its foundation, all about morals and so forth. It's the very idea that bright colours are a tool of Satan that really, really gets to me. So here is my reply in its entirety.

( I'd have started 'Dear Arseholes', but decided I would stay polite. )

All told, people will find any godsdamned reason to pillory that which they do not understand. The worst part about it was the apparent research they'd done on godform creation and so forth that they then deliberately perverted to make their case, and yet there's a true, wanton ignorance of their own stupid faith screaming its way out of that mess!

Well, it's either that or they're completely taking the piss. However, I don't have enough faith in humanity to be convinced that this is a hoax. Not to mention the merchandise, the donations page and the rest of it...

Warnings, people, WARNINGS!

nadriel suddenly realised a few days ago that he would not be at the next Mage session because he is in Glasgow. I know he knew about Glasgow because he's been talking about it for weeks.

Now lokean rings dodgyhoodoo and says he can't make Changeling and that's just as well because he can't make Sundays for a month. Which means he misses at least one Mage session, probably two.

I appreciate that people have lives, and that things come up. Really. But for pity's sake, people, double-check your schedules for the big things and give me as much warning as possible! Honestly, one session would do! That way, I can manoeuvre the party into a position where I can write your character out easily. It's kind of hard to say, "Oh, they're not around" when they were last seen on a bloody bus to Salem with the others!

If I can't come up with something, Peter Grafton and Furubashi-san are getting kidnapped by Maeljin Incarna.

On the other hand, if lokean wants to come into Changeling after his month of whatever-the-hell, that would actually be useful to plot. So I guess it's not so bad. But still.

Fairy Tales

Changeling was a hoot. The group consists of:

dodgyhoodoo: Silas Creech, a Sluagh Grump of a hermitous bent who prefers books to people.
neonchameleon: Lesley Smith, a Sidhe Wilder of House Gwydion with bishie good looks and insatiable curiosity.
weaselbitch: Edward (never got a last name), a Eshu Childling who's far too cute to be allowed.

These three had been taken out of their freehold in Doncaster by a troll named Olaf (and Lesley's bodyguard) who, on news from Silas that the nobles of their freehold had been behaving oddly, did some investigation and found that the house was going decidedly Unseelie. There was talk of stockpiling cold iron weapons and at least one instance of an enchanged mortal being brought to one of the recent gatherings, probably against her will. Olaf thought it was his duty to get what freehold denizens he could to safety, and still hasn't given up hope on one or two others (so the way is clear if lokean wants to join in when he's back from Easter break), so he fetched the Childling, the Wilder and the Grump out of Doncaster and took them to London, where he had already set up a life for himself as a nightclub bouncer.

Not much happened, since it was mostly prelude and character gen. They discovered a magely type acting very strangely, apparently having some kind of bent against artistic expression, and Lesley got fed upon by Toreadors. Then they went to the Natural History museum and saw two kids being abducted by members of their old freehold. They apprehended their old comrades on a London-Doncaster train, but not before running into Silas' colleague at the library at which he has found employment, a possible Changeling-in-waiting named Ella. Of course, Silas didn't know this when he fed her a Glamour-riddled Pocky stick to enchant her and "prevent the need for convoluted lying explanations later" so that she could help on the rescue mission. In fact, even afterwards, when Lesley called attention to the possibility, Silas screwed up his Kenning roll entirely and thought she was a letterbox.

Anyway, Lesley made good use of Sovereign and prevented too much counterattack from the Satyr and Eshu who'd taken the kids, Olaf protected Lesley from a flung cold iron switchblade, Edward got the kids away from the other Changelings by explaining that they were like the witch with the gingerbread cottage (provoking many tears from the poor little seven-year-olds) and they got off the train at Stevenage, heading back to London with all due haste. They took the kids home, got Olaf to A&E and then Silas got the bright idea to take Ella to a Camden freehold to completely immerse her in the whole Kithain thing, figuring that was one sure-fire way to get her Changeling side to come out. If she does come over all Changeling, though, there is a problem: her boyfriend, a somewhat unpleasant, potentially violent Bible-bashing fundamentalist Christian of the worst possible kind.

Plus they still have the mage and their former freeholders to deal with.

Typical "run-by-thessalian session, really.