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This spells trouble!
^_^
Wonder if the those hunters saw him do that? So are some spells instinctual? That was never quite explained.
Poor Mr C is gonna have a conniption. Thing is, he can't keep changing his status back and forth so like it or not I suspect a girl he'll stay as far as the school is concerned.
Kim
Great story!
Great story, I am thoroughly enjoying what I am reading. Kelly might have been able to cast the spell because she witnessed her mother cast the same spell, so it was instinctive.
Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste.
Broken Irish is better than clever English.
lol
ha ha thats a pun :) great story and sorry kimmie but i couldnt resist being silly its is my b-day after all.
a guesstimate
So if i'd take a guess, born as a male the paths to magic were blocked. once a gal, the paths were opened again, and they refuse to be closed. But to remain opened, she has to remains a girl, and the magic takes care of that.
That's just my guess of course. I wonder how she'll deal with it later on. It feels like it could go either way, either she's really unhappy as a girl, or she's protesting just because it's the thing to do. I hope for the latter myself, but i'll just have to wait and see.
Thank you for writing!
I kind of hope for both :D
I kind of hope s/he gets to be both. That would have its unique problems, especially if s/he can't control the change. I always thought it was fun when the sudden gender changes happened with Ranma - it would be nice if something like that would happen in a TG fiction story.
Kelly also did magic as a guy - remember the boy who tried to kiss him? So it doesn't seem like the magic is blocked by being male, it seems more as if the magic keeps the transformation happening, and maybe the return too.
EOF, thank you for writing this captivating story, I can't wait for the next chapter,
Beyogi
I hope not.
It's a great comedic device but not so much for anything slightly more serious. I love Ranma, the the countless other gender switches on a dime stories, but I really hope that isn't the case here. Constant gender switch doesn't leave a story open for a conclusive end and it's main purpose is for serials.
Why wouldn't it conclusive?
Why wouldn't it conclusive? Is it that important to have the character decide that he/she preferes to be male/female? He apparently prefers to be male, but the magic pushes him to be female. So he'll either accept it and live happy ever after or doesn't and doesn't.
"I can deal with being female some of the time, because it can be fun too, and male the rest of the time", would be also a solution imho. Stuck apparently is such a major trope in tg fiction that stories that don't do stuck aren't accepted as serious.
In ranma the switches are a comedic device, but in a story like this one they would be a major problem. Being a gender bending martial artist may be fun, but being a gender bending magic user who has to hide that fact from the rest of the population would be something else entirely. Schadenfreude isn't fun in first person.
Because I've yet to see a
Because I've yet to see a gender bending story where they switch back and forth be conclusive and I've read them all. Furthermore, I've yet to see a gender bending story like that be anything but a comedy (or an ecchi). The stories seem cheap. In a situation where they look different when they transform it can be interesting watching them deal with different situations from a different gender's points of view, having to interact with the same people as a different gender can be interesting too.
However, in a situation where they look exactly the same nothing really happens other than having to hide that the main character has a penis when they're stuck in boy mode (since everyone already thinks he is a girl). That's far less interesting than having to deal with a permanent change to the body.
Besides that, switching back and forth takes a lot out of each chapter and if he keeps switching back and forth it's going to really stall progression.
The other question is if
The other question is if other people saw the magic she did, or they simply saw her shove Troy. Anyway, it's becoming really exciting! Great story~
Onlookers
Witches take great lengths to keep magic secret :)
good story
what will the granma think of her grandson or granddaughter does magic now will she talk more to her now that is she not a dud anymore.
Poor Kelly Girl
I think she is a girl now 100% & will stay that way but for learning Magic she's in the right spot to do so & from her grandmother at that if the woman will give her a chance & maybe Kelly & Tracy will get a chance to meet & talk for a bit & find out they are diffrent but similer at Tracy use to be Trevor Locke
Love Samantha Renee Heart
Hmm...
Well... given the physical description of Kelly (as a girl), I'm not sure how anyone could mistake "her" for a boy. The bust size you've described there is um ... pretty hard to miss. It's also not clear to me if that's consistent. Your earlier descriptions of Kelly (as a girl) didn't give me the impression she was that well endowed. However, the female version of Kelly in THIS chapter, definitely would not qualify as androgynous.
Although, I note you haven't added that particular tag to this chapter.
Kelly's reaction to Jack is an interesting complication. As a boy, Kelly seems to be/have-been pretty much completely asexual. Whether that's due to a delayed puberty or something else isn't really clear. Girl-Kelly on the other hand is pretty clearly post-pubescent. While learning to deal with sexual feelings and issues is a challenge for any teen, it's clearly going to be even more interesting for Kelly. You appear to be throwing Kelly into the deep end of the pool by changing her from a non-sexual (at least nominally) male to a sexual female (and ... apparently a heterosexual one at that, which I personally find much more interesting than the alternative). Watching Kelly cope will be veeeery interesting.
Where the heck were Agatha and Mary during this chapter? Does Agatha really ignore the teens in her household that much? Obviously Kelly is pretty self-sufficient, but ... that still seems a bit convenient a plot point to have them be gone at just exactly the time Kelly is hoping to avoid them. I was actually looking forward to Agatha's reaction to Kelly's retransformation.
Additionally, how long is Melissa really going to keep quiet if she thinks Kelly is a font of uncontrolled magic. One would expect Melissa would feel a duty to report the issue to the Coven (in general) and Agatha (in specific) sooner rather than later.
And ... is Kelly actually DOING magic, or ... is it the uncontrolled font thing that Melissa was wondering about? Is magical potential bubbling up inside Kelly and then leaping out at unsuspecting people when Kelly feels an intense emotion? Or ... is Kelly really developing magical powers "just like every other witch"? I'm sensing some ambiguity about what's going on there. I'm also wondering ... if Kelly's physical gender is ... an indicator of how built up the magical potential inside her is. If Kelly is male, is the magic at a low ebb? If Kelly is female is it bubbling close to the surface, about to leap out wildly? Has Kelly bled off enough magical energy that "she" is going to transform back into a boy soon?
And ... what about Diamond, the cat. Clearly, he (or is Diamond a she?) knows something. There seems to be a pattern to Diamond's interaction with Kelly that I haven't figured out yet.
And ... aren't we about due to run into Sophie again? I wonder which gender Kelly will be when that happens, and I wonder what she'll think. And, I also wonder what the heck she's up to, since I don't think her interactions with Kelly have been completely "innocent".
Fun chapter. Looking forward to the next one.
Questions
Always questions, never enough answers. You raise a lot of good points though and I will be addressing some of it as the story goes along. I got some great stuff planned. I left Agatha and Mary out of this one because I wanted them to play a part in the next one. I didn't forget about them though.
Diamond has his part to play though...that's the only tidbit about that that I'm giving away though ;)
aha!
Kelly now knows she isn't a dud.
As if she didn't have enough to worry about...
Maggie
All Right
Seems like someone is coming into their birthright. And she is really gonna have to learn control over her anger, as I suspect she is gonna be VERY powerful.
Dud no more
No doubt this is where Kelly's internal dilemma starts. He has no desire to be a girl, but on the other hand he's found being a dud very frustrating - especially as he's been surrounded by magic users all his life and he's been more-or-less largely excluded from that world. Now he's suddenly got the ability to do magic, which he probably believes will be tied to his girl form (after all, the vast majority of male witches are duds - the ability appears to be passed down the female line).
So on the one hand, he'd like to be an anonymous boy again.
On the other, the transformation may not be able to be completely, permanently reversed; and it does have compensation in the form of magical abilities...
...which he'll presumably need training in. Hopefully from Agatha - I doubt he'd willingly want Mary to teach him any magic given his quite understandable animosity towards her at the moment!
As the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only left-handers are in their right mind!
But would he trust Grandma enough to be her pupil?
Or his/her aunt either? Grandma was never warm to HIM, though she's not nice to Mary either. And the Aunt seems too accepting of the transformation, too encouraging of HER expressing as female.
Just the way they are or do they suspect something about the teen? Some greater purpose in the transformation and powerful magic abilities she now has?
As to HER feeling ill when she was attracted to the boy, the rush of endorphens and she's not used to them -- he was fairly asexual as I recall -- or the conflict with her growning up male?
Whatever happens next a great chapter. You have us guessing.
Oh, and given something BIG is soon to go down in town, thus the other guys turned girls, is SHE a key player in this?
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
Kelly's Change
Her change is confined to her. I'm not sure what this "big something" that you're referring to is though.
I can see where John got the idea
With all of the stories written so far being based in such a short amount of time, it does give the impression of the world of the Unseen "gearing up" for something big happening.
On the other hand, I personally get the impression that this kind of thing happens around Ravencrest quite a bit more than we've seen emphasized even when things are peachy.
Of course, John has legitimate reason to worry. With the breaking of ranks among the Vampires, the discontent among the Weres, and the potential for interference from the Fey -- not to MENTION the drama to be caused by a young witch with a score to settle with the world and another who is just discovering his/her powers -- there's just too much going on for it all to end without a hiccup.
Melanie E.
Great Chapter, Enem!
I just don't see why some readers think Kelly is now permanently a girl. E's gone from M to F to M to F. It seems as likely that e'd be switching forms as stuck in one. In er 2nd M form, e maybe was not completely male; if e were a little F, that could explain the magic e apparently did in M form.
My guess is that er base form is now a girl; when switched to boy, it is only an appearance change. E is still enough girl inside to do some magic. E might have weaker magic in boy form, but still has some.
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
A fun chapter
I'm waiting for more.
Throwing up?
I was expecting that when she threw up, she'd switch back to boy.
Very much enjoying the story, and glad that Jack has another side.
There are a lot of curious little details in every chapter, like Chloe seeing that Kelly's male, but not minding.
Threw Up?
I don't think she actually threw up in this chapter. She wanted too but she was able to hold it in. I have a feeling that Boy Kelly will be back though...its too fun not to have her switching back and forth lol.
Right
I meant that if she did.
As always...
An excellent chapter. Looking forward to the next, my friend.
Peace be with you and Blessed be
I knew it!
I figured something like that would happen.
Great story can't wait for more.
Have a deliciously devious day,
kelly
this is a great story. i just hope you keep writing about kelly
Season of The Witch Part-10
So, Kelly has finally learned why things happen when she is angry. But I wonder if Kelly is a Zerophilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerophilia afflicted with an extra "Z" chromosome activated by that potion
May Your Light Forever Shine
why ?
why is it that nowhere in any of the story,s there is a former guy taking revenge for a while ?
i for one would like to read thet the guy took a bit of revenge by making the witch [in this case] a guy preferbaly hory as hell and no way to get himself off .
for lets say a week or 2 .
i like the story,s ,,but the sorry with a hug and everything is oke is getting a bit mutch for me .
''sorry for the spelling but i am dutch en engish lessens were 25 years ago ''
well...
You might try writing the sort of story you'd like to see. It's fun.
Kaleigh
In This Case
Kelly definitely doesn't know enough magic to pull off a spell like that and if she could, she never would. Never once was it established that she is a vindictive person.
However at one point I was going to write that Mary was punished and made to be a guy for a few days. Who knows, I still might write a story like that down the road :)Maybe not to Mary but there are other people in Ravencrest who might deserve such a punishment.
I honestly prefer it like this.
One of the things I HATE seeing in TG fiction, yet find all too common, is the use of gender switching as a punishment or just desserts type of situation. After all, most of us in our community have experienced the torture of such issues on a very personal level, and I for one wouldn't wish that kind of situation on my worst enemy, let alone someone I simply felt deserved to be taught a lesson.
If anything, I would like to see some form of empathic link put in place instead, so that the guilty party is forced to see what their victim has gone through from that person's point of view without being forced to suffer that pain from their own. Especially in the case of someone like Mary -- not truly Evil, but simply Selfish -- seeing what suffering their actions have caused in another should be sufficient to make them penitent, without the aggrieved party having to bring themselves down to the level of the perpetrators.
After all, if someone was evil enough that such an action didn't help, then all "punishing" them would do is justify their actions and give them reason to do the same type of thing again.
Melanie E.