#help me bahlk fandom

[columba1234]

Hey Ben and Holly fandom, I need some help describing the show's Fairy Magic System please? I'm in the process of doing my Future AU and I need to properly understand it. I know it has:

An introduction post about the magic system in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

- Soft magic: It doesn't have much rules, but fairies need wands to cast spells, the wands can be sick and not waterproof, and no magic in No Magic Day. Moreover, the only magical limit I've seen is the number of spells the caster knows (which can be improved by further learning and practice).

- Appearance: Magic in Ben and Holly appear as white sparkles of light (can be compared to white glitter). In the winter or space, fairy magic would change into neon colours to stand out (which is a design choice that I love:

- Transformative: The characters use magic to transform something into the other. Eg: frogs, cats, other animals, etc.

- Unpredictable: How many times the magic went wrong in the series? I've lost count of it.

- Effects on the caster: Fairy toddlers have trouble controlling their magic, which makes it go haywire. Fairy kids and inexperienced casters have to use cast spells verbally, whereas experienced and adult fairies can cast them non-verbally.

- Spells and how to cast them: Rhyming and hand control are the most important aspects of a spell. A spell needs the right rhyming, clearcut meaning, and right hand gesture, or else it would go wrong. And all incantations is temporary, their effects will be worn off at some point.

- Wands: Strangely, the elves are the one who make the wands, and the general structure consist of a 6-pointed star head with faces, and a stick made from the fairies namesake plant, like this:

The internal structure of the wand consist of cogs and springs, truly a master of elven engineering to accommodate something as opposite and unpredictable as fairy magic. Inside the head has the structure that resembles that of a watch, with the faces eyes and mouth controlled by clockwork and magic (presumably from the wooden stick, since it needs to be specially grown). A spring in the stick's centre probably channels the wood's magic to the head, where it is used to control the cogs, then the wand's emotions, and being dispersed outside, in the form of fairy dust. (This is me attempt to explain wand mechanics, and for anyone who studies actual mechanics, please correct me for anything wrong). The internal structure looks like this:

Each fairy has a specific theme colour and has their clothes and wands in that palette and it does not have to be the same colour as the flower/fruit/plant, as shown by Holly (who should be red/green) and Rosie (anything but turquoise). In the reign of Vlad and Sharon, Millicent and Victor, (aka Granny and Grandpapa), the wands used to looked much bigger and crazier (with the exception of Mrs. Fig, whose wand looks normal). From King Thistle's reign to the present, all wands look like the model above, but with different colours and sizes depends on the fairy and their age.

- Healing properties: Fairy magic can cure anything but the common cold.

- Related to plants and life: the fairies' wands' handle is made from specially grown plants, which the fairies are named after). I think this is related to the transformative and healing properties of fairy magic, since plants grow and transform their appearances, and many of them are used medically. Plus, plants are life, and magical objects are sentient (Nanny's cookbook, the wands, etc) so it connects the plant/ life theme I guess 🤷‍♀️. Other observations from canon such as why the wands has faces, etc is in this ask by the blog @ben-and-holly-headcannon-blog (now deleted ;((()

This is the most I that I convey into words (my observational skills are not that good yet) . If you can describe it in more detail, please reblog me!

(Edit: I've accidentally made an introduction post about the magic system in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 😅)

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Babes is there a popular HC for Holly Thistle's full name that I'm not aware of?

[columba1234]

Does “Lily-of-the-valley” conform the plant-for-fairy-names rule in Ben and Holly. Because it is a plant but it’s like separate words together and “Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria” (if I follow @fsawt ‘s headcannon of using plant genus as surnames) doesn’t sound like a name. What do you think? Can plant names with more than 1 word can be fairy names?

[columba1234]

BAHLK fans, what would make Ben and Holly argue and not speaking with each other for days? Because I’m writing a fanfic about it and I’m cannot think for a suitable/sensible reason for this.

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Omg thank you sm for doing this I promise I'll help you out with your au once my board exams are over. Idk if it helps, but for my dark romantasy benolly enemies to lovers au(a mouthful, any ideas for a shorter name?) I'm planning on not changing any of the canon elements of the wands/magic system but instead modifying them(a bit?) or at least make it make sense(bc it definitely doesn't make sense many times in the show) it's probably one of the things I have to work hardest for the world rebuilding/modifying in my au, so when I do, I'll share my process so hopefully it helps!

Hey Ben and Holly fandom, I need some help describing the show's Fairy Magic System please? I'm in the process of doing my Future AU and I need to properly understand it. I know it has:

An introduction post about the magic system in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

- Soft magic: It doesn't have much rules, but fairies need wands to cast spells, the wands can be sick and not waterproof, and no magic in No Magic Day. Moreover, the only magical limit I've seen is the number of spells the caster knows (which can be improved by further learning and practice).

- Appearance: Magic in Ben and Holly appear as white sparkles of light (can be compared to white glitter). In the winter or space, fairy magic would change into neon colours to stand out (which is a design choice that I love:

- Transformative: The characters use magic to transform something into the other. Eg: frogs, cats, other animals, etc.

- Unpredictable: How many times the magic went wrong in the series? I've lost count of it.

- Effects on the caster: Fairy toddlers have trouble controlling their magic, which makes it go haywire. Fairy kids and inexperienced casters have to use cast spells verbally, whereas experienced and adult fairies can cast them non-verbally.

- Spells and how to cast them: Rhyming and hand control are the most important aspects of a spell. A spell needs the right rhyming, clearcut meaning, and right hand gesture, or else it would go wrong. And all incantations is temporary, their effects will be worn off at some point.

- Wands: Strangely, the elves are the one who make the wands, and the general structure consist of a 6-pointed star head with faces, and a stick made from the fairies namesake plant, like this:

The internal structure of the wand consist of cogs and springs, truly a master of elven engineering to accommodate something as opposite and unpredictable as fairy magic. Inside the head has the structure that resembles that of a watch, with the faces eyes and mouth controlled by clockwork and magic (presumably from the wooden stick, since it needs to be specially grown). A spring in the stick's centre probably channels the wood's magic to the head, where it is used to control the cogs, then the wand's emotions, and being dispersed outside, in the form of fairy dust. (This is me attempt to explain wand mechanics, and for anyone who studies actual mechanics, please correct me for anything wrong). The internal structure looks like this:

Each fairy has a specific theme colour and has their clothes and wands in that palette and it does not have to be the same colour as the flower/fruit/plant, as shown by Holly (who should be red/green) and Rosie (anything but turquoise). In the reign of Vlad and Sharon, Millicent and Victor, (aka Granny and Grandpapa), the wands used to looked much bigger and crazier (with the exception of Mrs. Fig, whose wand looks normal). From King Thistle's reign to the present, all wands look like the model above, but with different colours and sizes depends on the fairy and their age.

- Healing properties: Fairy magic can cure anything but the common cold.

- Related to plants and life: the fairies' wands' handle is made from specially grown plants, which the fairies are named after). I think this is related to the transformative and healing properties of fairy magic, since plants grow and transform their appearances, and many of them are used medically. Plus, plants are life, and magical objects are sentient (Nanny's cookbook, the wands, etc) so it connects the plant/ life theme I guess 🤷‍♀️. Other observations from canon such as why the wands has faces, etc is in this ask by the blog @ben-and-holly-headcannon-blog (now deleted ;((()

This is the most I that I convey into words (my observational skills are not that good yet) . If you can describe it in more detail, please reblog me!

(Edit: I've accidentally made an introduction post about the magic system in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 😅)