Highly Magical Rituals

[beccaelizabeth]

Have been thinking about ritual magic and conventions.
Specifically, con dancing as magic.

Start with the Joe 90 theme song. Everyone dances in circles and shouts 'Change!' - clearly they're raising the cone of power.

But what does the power go into?



So in my head the magical battle goes:

Joe 90 powerup

evil mage pulls the plug on the system!

Stomp-stomp-CLAP, We Will Rock You, get the music back on. But disadvantage - the other side can join in and use the power just as well, for they can do the dance just like the rest of the hall.

Then: Swamp Thing.
*very evil grin*
Lets see them join in with that, if they can...
and of course we know what it does. The clue is in the name... though once summoned, what will it do? Probably be really annoyed at anyone who kills plants. Cuts down trees, say. Like: People with extensive libraries.

Quick, cut the power! Clear the dance floor!

... you know, I have trouble thinking of what this one should be. While it's entirely possible to clear the dance floor, any song chosen for it's cheesy ear breaky qualities will probably be a solid favourite with someone... Suggestions?


So what to try next... something to get people dancing again, something completely different, and something a little bit sneaky...

Tubthumping.
"I get knocked down" is promising, and targeted well would be amusing, but you'd have to live with "But I get up again. You're never going to keep me down." And probably the opposing mages would mock you. Pointless much? But wait...
"He drinks a whisky drink, he drinks a vodka drink, he drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink." And after all that he's well on his way to smashed and probably at severe penalties for spellcasting. And that's on the first chorus! He better leg it before the repeat... if he can move far while "I get knocked down" again...


Opponent vanquished, round one to the music mage.



Other things I'm not sure where they fit have to include the two guys who once promised to do the Macarena to every song the DJ played until the actual Macarena came on, and ended up doing it to Ace of Spades... that's got to be a ritual somehow...




So now I just need a story to put this particular battle in, and we're laughing.

I think everyone that goes to conventions eventually sets stories at them. They're just their own pocket reality; anything can happen there. Plus, put a writer in a queue for four hours a day and see what happens...


Which reminds me: must listen to Shadow of the Scourge again, this time without the bus noise. It was very good even with the bus, and the cold which makes the headphones fall out of my ears. It's probably excellent when I can hear all what's going on.

Comments

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Con dances as Magery? Yup, can see that, especially the Joe 90 Dance. Doctorin' the Tardis is sort of a non-spiral spiral dance too...

[shahar-amar.livejournal.com]

Never been to a con and experienced the dances, but I've often thought something similar about the concerts I go to. Large room full of people, all singing along with the band, raising their arms in the air, you just feel the energy that creates.