Pondering the use and abuse of magic.
It’s a common theme in fantasy that magic is unique to an individual and that the abuse of magical power leads to your downfall.
Lily’s magic runs in her family, it’s hereditary and tends to follow the matrilineal line - Mother to Daughter, but not always. Sometimes it skips across to a son, and sometimes it throws a wild card and turns up in an unexpected place - because that makes for great stories! An untrained magic wielder can cause havoc… Lily’s magic can also be gifted to another if the bond between them is strong enough and if the other person has some magical ability to start with. Kate couldn’t take it, it just wouldn’t work and it might even do harm. Anyway, she doesn’t want it.
That leads me to think about who Ametsam might have been, where his magic came from. Is he a wild card? Is there an opposing patrilineal (male) magic existing? Was he ever truly human? Was it the use of the magic that made him assume demon form? And the persistent question I keep getting asked, what, exactly did he do to Sam?
And what about Andrew?
Just a thought.
Then there’s Sam. Where did her innate magic come from? There’s Tom and Susan to consider too, do either of them manifest any innate ability at some point?
Thoughts and comments welcome, as always.
