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« on: July 08, 2015, 01:49:30 AM »
sometimes I think about how all of Clef's other students spent years under his tutelage learning how to awaken and harness their magic. it's absolutely a skill though I do think like all skills, most people who excel in it have a natural talent for it already. but the Knights not only spent basically zero time learning how to use magic, they also didn't really believe in it as a real thing until the moment their magic was awakened by Clef. I dunno, to me that just speaks to how these girls not just had an existing predisposition to magic, but that they are, because of their role as Magic Knights and the need for them to act quickly, very very talented at it, because they basically taught themselves everything via their strong wills and the need to get better.
I like to think that once things settle down, Clef finally has time to take the girls under his wing and actually teach them properly. cause their use of magic is really raw, not refined, I'd think. basically they got so good just because they had the drive to be, not because they were taught to do it right. like when they get really angry they might let off bursts of it and especially with Hikaru that can be super dangerous. and he teaches them how to do more refined things like, Hikaru can warm up her drink if it's gotten cold, or Umi can manipulate physical water around her, or Fuu can levitate small things for short periods of time. or better ideas someone else might have? because the girls are incredibly talented and strong and powerful so they can kick ass with their magic, but Clef could teach them how to really make it part of who you are, how to really be your magic.
and it would be so nice??? for Clef to just spend time with the Knights. he loves his students so much and I think that's a major way for him to bond with people, is through coaching them in their magic, so the girls just grow closer with him as they get better with their magic.
(I also headcanon Clef as being really bothered by sloppy technique, there is a WAY to do things CORRECTLY and it is an ART FORM but the Knights are pretty much totally self-taught so he's trying to fix their bad habits and tbh has the same problem with Ascot haha)
ALSO somewhat related and because I'll forget to mention it later, do you consider the Knights' magic to be the literal element they work in, or do you think Hikaru uses like "magic fire" which isn't literal physical fire but magical energy that behaves like fire? or is she literally able to manifest actual flames with her pure will? I mean I have no doubt magical fire can cause a physical burn. but if they do use magical energy and not physical elements could Umi still manipulate physical water? maybe yes because the magical/physical elements both have the same sort of properties that she could tap into??? I JUST LIKE ALL THE POSSIBLITIES