#failed magical healing

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

This Rotten Work Has Been Published!

Do you like Carry On or NBC's Community? Do you like messy lesbians in an enemies-to-lovers dynamic? Do you want to know what happens to Chosen Ones after they defeat their villain? Do you wish for a version of Harry Potter that isn't transphobic, homophobic, antisemitic, and racist? (Did you enjoy the seventy million fics I wrote about the mentors coping with the aftermath of the Hunger Games?) Do you like messy background poly bisexuals?

Well, here it is, y'all: all of the edits are done and my book baby has been published! Rachel and Daiyu are finally here for y'all to meet! I'm ordering my own copies now (and will definitely update y'all with photos when they arrive, especially now that I can get a photo with BOTH of my books), but for now, I just wanted to give y'all the link so you can check it out. I'm going to put the blurb below to those who are confused as to what this might be!

Amazon.com: This Rotten Work: 9798879537734: Jenkins, Kenna: Books

The moment Chosen One Rachel Barsky finally kills her magical high school’s evil Headmaster, she’s out. No pressure, no politics, and certainly no more death tournaments for her. She ditches the Magical Realm for a far more chill Normie community college with her two best friends, determined to finally get some blessed peace and quiet—maybe even a good nap. It’s what she deserves after giving up her teenage years to a prophecy that nearly killed her more times than she can count.

But of course Rachel can’t catch a break. Her first day of classes, tragedy arrives on campus in the form of Daiyu Nightbane, Rachel’s archrival and the annoyingly attractive daughter of the now-dead Headmaster. Daiyu’s acting suspiciously normal, Rachel is pissed, and her friends are preaching forgiveness and peace. What gives?

Rachel expects to have to grit her teeth and soldier through the annoyance of her rival haunting her early retirement, but she quickly learns that expectations are never made to last. After an explosive duel that ends up with one of them knocked off of their feet, Rachel is forced to see a kinder side of Daiyu than she ever glimpsed during high school.

Over a school year filled with Shakespeare, lightning magic, and quite a lot of kosher BBQ, Rachel finds herself toppling head-over-heels into an unlikely romance with her rival while she struggles with nightmares, grief, and lingering questions from her high school years. Is it possible to finally make a life for herself? Can the Chosen One really have a happy ending with the golden girl that ruled the school?

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And to all those who have been following this saga (or liked my fics with similar premises/themes), I think I've managed to gather all of your usernames here for the official publishing!

[seeminglyseph]

I gotta say, these isekai anime where the premise is “healers are considered weak trash and so they are treated like shit and then they get revenge through OP non-healing healing magic” need to start experiencing MMO style healers and medics.

I mean, I’ve been a TTRPG and LARP healer before and like. “I’m not fixing that” became a catchphrase of one of my characters.

I don’t know where I saw the skit of “anime vs MMO healer” but I do desperately need one of those anime to experience one of those healers. Just like

“Your skill is so useless you’re going to be our slave now.”

“Okay I guess I won’t prioritize healing you in battle. Like. What’s your plan here? You want a functional healer or a dead party? Like what role do you play that’s so vital? DPS? If you aren’t the tank don’t fucking talk to me. If your speed or con can’t back up your damage don’t bother trying to pull aggro.”

[goth-emrys]

s5 e7!!!! Merlin heals Arthur of poison! Such a stressful scene with Merlin's history of unsuccessful healing magic but he's done it!

[kashilascorner]

the way the lotr movies didn't really bother to properly close (or acknowledge) Eowyn and Faramir's story arcs and they just kind of threw them in together at the end

[journey-to-the-attic]

think. apocalypse ik au. she's been through so much after living through basically the end of the world and she gets sent to the devildom and nothing really phases her. like huh. thats new. and then moves forward. i feel like ik would have gained a gun at some point to protect herself from zombies or whatever so basically ik with a gun and even more trauma au.

ohhh the angst would be HEAVY with this one. lots of hurt/comfort too, i imagine it’d take a while for ik to get used to living normally again - with a bed to sleep in and hot meals to eat, without needing to be on constant alert, without constantly being at risk of being killed - and she’s almost certainly seen a lot of death that she hasn’t had time to recover from emotionally since she’s constantly on the go

ik with a gun... setting aside the jokes, i feel like there’s two ways we could go about that - 1. where she hates it and how easily she can kill with it, especially because she’s probably had to kill someone she knew with it, whether as a zombie or as someone about to turn - but still carries it to protect herself, or 2, where she’s ruthless and willing to use it whenever she deems necessary, which is its own tragedy because no child should have to reach that point

[chromaticray]

Played Pathfinder yesterday, and I just generally have pretty rotten luck with dice rolls when I'm playing Xanthiel but I am notoriously bad at rolling fortitude saves in particular

Xan gets poisoned (I think the DC was 21? it was low 20s, anyway) and I made a nervous laugh and said 'hey, I have +12 to fort saves now, I can give myself bonuses to the save with medicine checks, how bad can it possibly be THIS time, right?'

SIX ROUNDS LATER

[au-ra-babygirl]

Colette and Augustine have namedays within days of each other (one on the 27th and one on the 30th). As such, their parents tended to celebrate their namedays as one on the 28th. This is a habit that always irked them, especially once the family became wealthy and there was no reason to celebrate them together anymore.

Nowadays, they tend to celebrate their given namedays individually, but share a drink together on the 28th. The 28th is also when they got their matching facial tattoos.

[mobbothetrue]

I’m doing an honour mode run of Baldur’s Gate 3 (just barely into the underdark) and it’s been going great

I mean there have been some. Uh. Extremely dicey fights. Including one where I was three hp away from a tpk. but generally okay

One big exception though. So I’m playing a chaotic good tiefling, Sephira, so ofc she sympathizes with the refugees and goes off to the goblin camp to take em out. No problems. Gut gets korilla’d, Minthara I did try to keep alive but she was on 6 hp and the game showed me a button that said ‘hellish rebuke’ and uh. One thing led to another you know how it is. and. I don’t remember the third guy. Zirg? Zorg? Dror Raglzin? Something like that. He got barreled. No problem, easy peasy, let’s go to the grove and get our party :)

I walk in using Karlach, bc usually every time I go to the grove for the party Zevlor will NOT let me talk to any of the npc’s behind him and I wanna do that. So Karlach triggers dialogue and I break Sephira off from the group to chat with some npcs.

At this point, four things worth noting.

One: I (erroneously, it seems) recall there is a way to revive Minthara,,, but I left her body in the goblin camp.

Two: I intended, initially, to ignore the creche entirely and just go through the underdark… but the entrance to the underdark is in the goblin camp.

Three: after you kill the leaders, the entire goblin camp aggros on sight.

Four: I am on a voice call with a friend, meaning, instead of this being something I am thinking inside of my brain I am saying it out loud and as a visual aid to the story I have my map open and my cursor hovering over the fast travel point to the goblin camp.

I’m sure you can guess what I clicked by accident.

Thankfully, (ohmygod), because Sephira was separate from the group when I did that, only she went. Switching back to Karlach and triggering the party got Sephira out. Phew.

Do the party. Nearly accidentally romance Gale for the second playthrough in a row. Drinking, merry times, wheeeee!

Parties over. Next day. I have a bunch of loot to sell so I grab it and exit the camp.

Loading screen. Loading screen. Sounds of initiative being rolled. Loading screen paired with the worst sinking dread I have ever experienced.

It put me back in the fucking goblin camp.

By some sheer stroke of fate, despite the party being together, everyone else went to the emerald grove, but that thirty seconds I spent unable to see… holy shit. So fucking scary. Sephira gets the absolute shit murdered out of her.

How do I make sure this never ever happens again.

Be more careful? Make sure I don’t click things by accident?

I get to level five and proceed to slaughter the entire camp. I used the bridge as a funnel for em, set up a grease puddle to keep them back, had Sephira plant a cloud of daggers right in the middle for them to run into, Gale on standby with a fireball once enough of them clumped up, and Karlach hucking this cool spear I (found? Bought??? I don’t remember) to pick off the little guys.

Astarion is back in camp hanging out with Withers in case things go wrong, but they don’t. In fact, things go so right that the only character to leave the fight worse than they entered is…. Astarion. somehow. Yeah I don’t know what he got up to when I wasn’t looking but he lost like 8 hp.

Anyway long story short: got a problem? Could being careful fix it? No. Wrong. Blender.

[grassbreads]

Monster of the Week is superior to all other ttrpgs actually because the rules for what happens when magic goes wrong are *super* loose, so I as the keeper get to do whatever the fuck I want.

It's awesome. Last session I turned a player's bones into spaghetti.

[cryptotheism]

What do you make of the rising interest in magick over the past couple of years? It seems like probably around 30-40% of the people that I’ve spoken with, myself included, have found themselves dabbling in it in some manner, ever since around 2020.

Its a lot of things. Declining interest in organized religion, the ever-present creep of modernity and alienation, literary or creative interest, and genuine scholarly interest. And like a hundred other things.

I'm oversimplifying here, but people tend to adopt magical or superstitious beliefs when systems they relied on have failed them. Religion not cutting it? Turn to vitamin supplements and healing crystals.

But recently there's been enough Occult Nonsense in the cultural milieu that there's been a genuine material need for people who study cults and pseudoscience and other occult-adjacent shit like that.

But also, there's serious occultists who treat it as genuine philosophy, and there's juuuiist enough of those guys publishing their work that you can find some genuine wisdom if you know how to look.

[blackwaxidol]

the scar Valin has on his jaw from when Drone had a muscle tremour shaving his face... the jagged black line along Drone's left palm where her blade cut into her silicone flesh so deeply it bounced off her titanium metacarpus.

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

Sometimes I just think of how Link disobeyed his ‘duty’ as Zelda’s knight twice and then he turned his back on his prophesied duty as the Hero.

He first stopped “watch duty” at the Spring of Power, after listening to Zelda berate herself and question what is wrong with her.

And then as the Calamity struck, he assessed the situation at the castle and decided to flee with Zelda instead of facing Ganon. It is likely that Castle Town was overridden at that point, so Link had the choice of bringing Zelda through that and getting to the castle, or turning right back around and fleeing into the woods.

As we know, they fled right into the woods, where Link ‘fails’ as Zelda’s knight. She trips and falls. Rather than getting her back up, Link slows, puts away his sword, listens to her, and then comforts her.

Before the Calamity, Link was a dedicated knight of Hyrule, but ultimately… he was devoted to Zelda. And from the Japanese logs, we know his main motivation after remembering their time together is to help bear the burden and see her smile once again.

Link is a Hero through and through, that much is true— but he will always prioritize Zelda.

In Totk, Link TOSSES the Master Sword away in the beginning. Why? To reach for Zelda.

“Oh, but it was destroyed of course he wouldn’t care.” A sword that MAGICALLY heals itself and is the only thing to seal the darkness away… cmon now

And then… Finding Princess Zelda. The quest that Totk is centered around. Because ultimately, defeating Ganondorf and saving Hyrule is just another thing on a to-do list. But finding Zelda and bringing her HOME… that’s his true motivation.

[multific]

Injury

Astarion x Reader

Summary: Astarion has a strong affection towards you, so when you get badly hurt during a mission, he is mad.

You woke to his yelling.

He was angry, perhaps beyond angry.

You heard him yelling and even stomping his feet. The others were dead silent. You assumed no one dared to speak up to the very annoyed vampire.

You were hurt, you went out with the team, assuring your Lover that you would be okay, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, you were hurt rather badly.

He was on his way back to your camp when he smelled the blood. Too much blood for his liking.

And he knew that sweet tint, a signature if you will, to confirm that indeed, the blood was yours.

And he saw red.

He stormed in and demanded an explanation.

You were badly cut during a surprise attack from a goblin. A cut deep and painful.

They tried to heal you with any potion, or magic they had but all failed. It was believed the sword which cut you was of a special material.

So, you were bound to bed.

And not long after you fell asleep, you heard the yells of your Love. He was angry and rightfully so.

You wanted to call out to him, tell him to come to you and hug you, help you sleep, but you couldn't, you were too weak.

Soon, you heard the entrance of the tent being moved and a warm presence filled your room.

You felt already a lot better.

And when your eyes met Astarion's beautiful ones, you moved your hand for him to hold. He sat down next to you on the floor and held your hand gently.

"My Darling, I am so sorry. How are you feeling?"

"My head hurts." you replied weakly.

"I smelled the blood... I was so scared, Love."

"I'm so sorry for making you worry." 

"Then never leave my side ever again." you wanted to laugh but your side hurt too bad, so you only smiled.

"It will leave a scar." you let out a sigh.

"A scar is the last thing I worry about. Your well-being is much more important." he leaned over and placed a kiss on your forehead. "I'll let you sleep now."

"Don't leave." you said as you grabbed his sleeve. 

"I'm not going to. I'll stay here with you, I just think you should sleep." you watched as he got into more comfortable clothing, which for him means only a pair of pants and he soon laid down beside you.

You slowly moved closer to him as your back met with his front and his arms moved to hold you even closer.

"I promise, I will never go out without you. It was stupid and I nearly died. I don't want to die." you felt his hand shake a little upon your confession.

"I don't want you to die either, My Sweet." there was a moment of silence, during which you felt as if he wanted to say something more. "I told you I would be able to turn you."

"I don't have enough blood in me to have this conversation, Astarion. And we talked about this before."

"I know. I'm just scared to lose you."

"I'm too stubborn to die, you know that." you felt him smile into your neck.

"Sleep now." he said and you had no objections.

Maybe one day, you will become a vampire. Maybe one day, you can make the promise of forever to each other and truly mean forever.

But you weren't ready just yet.

And until the day comes, you are going to enjoy every second with him. Because even if you are injured due to your own fault, he still held onto you so sweetly, he still kissed your hair with such admiration and love.

You were going to enjoy every second for now, before your forever with him starts.

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Gale Voicelines: Healing/Helping/Buffing

A compilation of Gale’s voicelines when he’s healing a character with a spell, using the “help” action to free them from an immobilized position, or casting a buffing spell.

Healing (Negative Approval)

I suppose some help is in order.

There's always one...

Not this again.

Aren't we precious...

Pearls before swine.

If you insist.

[[There were apparently several other voice lines for this scenario, but the dialogue text files were glitched and couldn't be read.]]

Healing (Neutral Approval)

I have your back.

To the rescue.

Mystra soothes all pain.

The light of life.

Never fear.

My bedside manner is beyond reproach.

Let them do their worst.

Keep up! There's still a battle to be won.

Healing (Positive Approval)

I have your back.

To the rescue.

Mystra soothes all pain.

A little help from a friend.

You can count on me.

Allow me.

Let them do their worst.

Keep up! There's still a battle to be won.

Healing (Romantic Interest)

My life for yours.

I will keep you safe.

Let me take away the pain.

I've got you.

Take me by the hand.

Helping (Negative Approval)

In trouble? Small wonder.

A waste of my talents.

If I must.

How tedious.

How bothersome.

Don't fret, I'm on my way.

Yes, yes.

Fine.

No other choice, I suppose.

Two left hands, I see.

Helping (Neutral/Positive Approval)

A rather sticky situation.

No obstacle too great.

I'll take care of that.

At once.

No time to lose.

Let's remedy that, shall we?

Willing and able.

Quickly now.

Without delay.

A spot of bother.

To the rescue.

Help's on the way.

Helping (Romantic Interest)

I won't fail you.

Your knight in magic armour.

Hang in there, dearest.

Take heart, I'm here for you.

No time to lose.

To the rescue.

At once.

No time to lose.

Quickly now.

Let's remedy that, shall we?

Buffing (Negative Approval)

I have power enough to share - if I must.

One touch of magic coming up.

I'm indispensible, aren't I?

[[There were apparently several other voice lines for this scenario, but the dialogue text files were glitched and couldn't be read.]]

Buffing (Neutral Approval)

I have power enough to share.

An essential incantation.Use it wisely.

A little pick-me-up.

Easy - and effective.

Let me make myself indispensable.

Give them nine hells.

Let's put on a show.

They won't see this coming.

Buffing (Positive Approval)

I have power enough to share.

An essential incantation.Use it wisely.

It will be my pleasure.

This should do you some good.

Let me make myself indispensable.

Give them nine hells.

Let's put on a show.

They won't see this coming.

Buffing (Romantic Interest)

My best is yours.

Hand in hand.

Make me proud.

Together as one.

A token of my appreciation.

Go on - excel.

Give them nine hells.

Let's put on a show.

They won't see this coming.

[temptaetions]

spellbound secrets ✩ stray kids (m.list)

welcome to the spellbound institute of magic! have a look around, but don't peer too much — you could end up in a sticky web of secrets, lies, and love.

general content warnings: fluff, smut, angst, possible darker/heavy themes. warnings for individual fics vary, please read them accordingly before proceeding.

˖⁺‧₊ angel eyes - bang chan ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @temptaetions

✩ pairing: bcc x reader

✩ specialty: healing | memory inducement

✩ genre: teacher x student | strangers/idiots to lovers

✩ synopsis: you’ll think you’re in paradise, and one day you’ll find out he wears a disguise, don’t look too deep…

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ one's elixir - lee minho ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @felixitate

✩ pairing: lmh x reader

✩ specialty: alchemy | potions

✩ genre: acquaintances to lovers | academic mentor

✩ synopsis: you’re a walking disaster. not just in minho’s eyes but for anyone in the academy so when he was asked to supervise you, he had to agree to ensure everyone’s safety. but is it worth the risk to involve himself in something that even you can't control?

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ sweet escape - seo changbin ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @temptaetions

✩ pairing: scb x reader

✩ specialty: interdimentionalism (pocket dimension creation) | empathic transference

✩ genre: friends to lovers | secret admirer

✩ synopsis: forever, perfectly together…and tell me, boy, now wouldn’t that be sweet?

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ fleeting mirage - hwang hyunjin ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @felixitate

✩ pairing: hhj x reader

✩ specialty: illusionism | phantasmagoria

✩ genre: rivals to lovers | childhood sweethearts?

✩ synopsis: as both the top students in your program, getting along should always have been maintained between you. however, something always sparks any feud, hindering your cooperation by whatever means necessary. would you be able to put it aside when your positions start to get threatened?

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ cherry bomb - han jisung ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @temptaetions

✩ pairing: hjs x reader

✩ specialty: fusionism | sentimental awakening

✩ genre: coworkers to lovers | mutual pining

✩ synopsis: lips on my lips, hearts beating as one…but you slip out of my fingertips, every time you run.

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ in bloom - felix lee ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @felixitate

✩ pairing: lyb x reader

✩ specialty: floramancy | herbalism

✩ genre: classmates to lovers | forbidden love

✩ synopsis: watching him from afar while he tends to those flowers never fails to make your heart flutter. but for the sake of your secret, you’ve kept your distance. until when can you avoid him before he notices the signs of your waning abilities that only he can maybe help with?

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ silver springs - kim seungmin ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @temptaetions

✩ pairing: ksm x reader

✩ specialty: catoptromancy | empathic transference

✩ genre: exes to lovers | semi-first loves au

✩ synopsis: i know i could've loved you, but you would not let me, i'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you.

✩ read here!

˖⁺‧₊ shifting feelings - yang jeongin ₊‧⁺˖

✩ sorceress: @felixitate

✩ pairing: yji x reader

✩ specialty: polymorphy | divination

✩ genre: enemies to lovers | soulmates

✩ synopsis: he’s an enigma. with enchanting eyes that became everyone’s whispers each time he passed by but you’re not shaken. who’s to say you can’t unravel the truth when he slowly reveals this part of himself that he’s been persistently guarding the more you pry?

✩ read here!

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