Magick Chicks 10-06-10 Two Melissas - pg 7 of 10

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Re: Magick Chicks 01-06-10 Two Melissas - pg 7 of 10

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vampire hunter D wrote:Melissa was always so fashionable though. The look Lissa has taken is way too big a departure from base Melissa.
Looking good is always a balance between "sexy" and "not too blatant". I can quite believe that if you split out the light and dark sides of a fashion victim's personality, the dark side would overdo the "sexy". Logically, the light side might then overdo the austere elegance, with no va-va-voom to it; we haven't seen any particular sign of light-Mel dressing in perfectly cut white trouser suits and cropped hair, though.
Varanus wrote:How could she have thought going to school every other day was going to work long term? Or did she expect to eventually get caught and was just seeing how long it would take?
A seventeen-year-old girl with her brain running on evil? Her capacity for long-term thinking is probably just a little bit stunted...
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Re: Magick Chicks 01-06-10 Two Melissas - pg 7 of 10

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Ok, the Artemis staff I didn't expect to be a problem, but what about the Student COuncil. I'm shocked none of them said anything before now (Tandy should at least be snooping around wondering what's going on).
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Don Alexander wrote:So every other day, Dark Mel posed as Light Mel at, iirc, Chrybdis Heights??
Light Mel attends Artemis; Dark Mel attends Charybdis.

Also, I'm starting to think no one on this forum was ever seventeen.

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Re: Magick Chicks 01-06-10 Two Melissas - pg 7 of 10

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Ah, thanks for the correction.

An, no, I think it's just Fluffy. :P
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Fluffy wrote:No, seriously - what parent allows their kid go to school dressed like that?

And wasn't both Melissa's attending private schools, that have dress codes, anyway?

What is this desire to turn a seventeen year old girl into a sex kitten, anyway?
I can see Dakota objecting, but not Anastasia. Keep in mind what she was wearing back in her youth and she didn't have a problem with promiscuity. The only thing Anastasia might object to is if Melissa was dressing this way to please a boy. And while both schools have uniform policies both Melissas have the power to alter their wardrobe with magic and simply change clothes upon leaving.

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I'm curious as to why she would separate so much and go to two different schools :p

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brasca wrote:
Fluffy wrote:No, seriously - what parent allows their kid go to school dressed like that?

And wasn't both Melissa's attending private schools, that have dress codes, anyway?

What is this desire to turn a seventeen year old girl into a sex kitten, anyway?
I can see Dakota objecting, but not Anastasia. Keep in mind what she was wearing back in her youth and she didn't have a problem with promiscuity. The only thing Anastasia might object to is if Melissa was dressing this way to please a boy.
According to Jacqui, Anastasia has been acting like a normal mom, saying things like "Don't wear such a short dress..." (Jacqui also says she isn't one to talk, although Ana's only been shown wearing pants, oddly enough.)
JoybuzzerX wrote:I'm curious as to why she would separate so much and go to two different schools :p
She'd have to expend a lot of effort pretending to be her "good" half in an all-girls school filled with people who hate witches. She was already complaining about having twice as much homework. It seems she made her situation worse.

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tau neutrino wrote:According to Jacqui, Anastasia has been acting like a normal mom, saying things like "Don't wear such a short dress..." (Jacqui also says she isn't one to talk, although Ana's only been shown wearing pants, oddly enough.)
Well Dakota isn't pretending to be a man anymore so perhaps they've abandoned a lot of the normal family pretense.
tau neutrino wrote:She'd have to expend a lot of effort pretending to be her "good" half in an all-girls school filled with people who hate witches. She was already complaining about having twice as much homework. It seems she made her situation worse.
I think in Light Melissa's case it's to keep the peace with the cryptid hunters. Moreover, the Melissa of old only really exists when both sides are fused together. The good and evil side of Melissa seem to prefer schools that fit their nature. I don't think Light Melissa could really fit in with Charybdis any more than Dark Melissa could at Artemis. And dual homework is only a problem when they combine. Separately each Melissa can handle the workload.

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Don Alexander wrote:Ah, thanks for the correction.

An, no, I think it's just Fluffy. :P
Oh, I was seventeen once, long ago - however, I grew up in a time where teens weren't encouraged to sexualize themselves by dressing like hookers. There were some girls wearing shorts skirts/shorts/tops that showed their cleavage, sure - which could be seen as controversial to some (at the time), but nowhere near to this shameless degree depicted in the illustrations.

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy who sees no reasonable excuse to sexualize teenagers. :-??
brasca wrote:Well Dakota isn't pretending to be a man anymore so perhaps they've abandoned a lot of the normal family pretense.
Dakota was kind of forced to be rid of that charade after Melissa crushed the stone she used to put up the illusion; so, it's hardly by choice.

The only thing within that family that can be considered outside of the family norm is the fact that fighting/trying to kill each other is considered normal family squabbles in a house of witches/magic girls.
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I'm sure Dakota could find another charm that provides a male glamour for her. After all a lot of people she deals with on her expeditions would be curious about why he's suddenly a woman. Her home life is a different matter and since Melissa knows that she actually has two mothers and that they were mortal enemies there really isn't any point in pretending. As for Anastasia she doesn't have to pretend to be a happy homemaker and probably allows Melissa to dress how she wants as long as she's not debasing herself for someone else.

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Wasn't the male illusion just for Melissa? The other girls saw Dakota as a woman and were puzzled when Mel flipped out after crushing the skull. There was also the whole thing with Ace.
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People only saw Dakota as male if she'd specifically hypnotised them with the skull. It's not a hologram, it's a directed mental effect (with no bias for gender). Hence, Ace was bemused and confused to meet Dakota until she realised that she'd got sloppy, and hit him with the skull. Likewise, the other girls in that scene had evidently never visited Mel's home before.
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brasca wrote:I'm sure Dakota could find another charm that provides a male glamour for her. After all a lot of people she deals with on her expeditions would be curious about why he's suddenly a woman. Her home life is a different matter and since Melissa knows that she actually has two mothers and that they were mortal enemies there really isn't any point in pretending. As for Anastasia she doesn't have to pretend to be a happy homemaker and probably allows Melissa to dress how she wants as long as she's not debasing herself for someone else.
And yet, as someone has already pointed out - according to Jacqui - Anatasia is the typical homemaker type of mother, who gives kids milk and cookies and criticizes their state of dress if she finds they're dressing too provocatively.

So, how would she go from that kind of mother, to someone who would let her daughter dress however she pleased, even if the attire was not suitable for someone her age?
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Well, she doesn't need to pretend she's a homemaker mom anymore. Mel knows who she really is and what she did.
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That's an incredibly weak excuse, though. A woman doesn't suddenly change her motherly behavior because it was revealed she wasn't just a common witch, but a former queen of a demonic realm.
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