I’m not a fan of AI generative art or images, but I think it would be funny if, going forward, any instance in magical girl works (or any form of speculative fiction where characters are supposed to keep their activities a secret) of someone getting a photo of the characters doing their magical activities gets immediately rejected by other civilians because they “can just tell” that the photo is AI-generated.

It’s an extra layer that keeps the masquerade in place at least.

That’s what I had thought as well

Magical girls are lucky the authors don’t think about (or care about) the legal implications of the existence of magic and monsters the way superhero authors do because the one thing that’s certain is that if the justice system resembles real life in any way, the law would not be on the protagonists’ side if there was an incident involving them

If you still haven’t watched Netflix’s Hilda then please do so, you’ll never find a more charming urban fantasy anywhere else beyond Studio Ghibli. Anyway, this was one of my favorite episodes in the entire series. Jorgen and the other giants were a sight to behold and quite easy to like and relate to,(like most of the creatures in the show). I’ve always loved seeing giant otherworldly creatures being portrayed as friendly and/or wise beyond time. It’s both a humbling and comforting feeling since most other beings of this scale/nature are often reckless, narcissistic, sometimes even cruel. Just one of the many reasons I love this show so much, it could really use more attention.

Magic in the modern world is damn fun world building

Tax credits for switching to mage-friendly energy sources.

Were-animals lobbying for lycanthropy to be part of ADA so they can get the days after full moons off.

NDN activists being rightfully pissed off at white green-witches for appropriating their rituals.

Immigrant magic users struggling to adapt to the way magic behaves in their new country.

Practitioners of certain types of magic being profiled as more likely to commit crime, and all the bitter in-jokes that result.

Wind-workers employed at airports to monitor take-offs and landings.

‘Baby Merlin’ videos which claim to help little children develop their magical potential.

Medical schools teach little magics like sealing cuts and dissolving clots as part of the standard curriculum.

Spiritualists who make 90% of their income acting as witness that ‘yes, the coroner did get the victim’s permission before preforming an autopsy.’

Rivalry between special effects technicians who primarily use magic and those that primarily use technology.

Public service announcements about what to do if you’re approached by the fae.

Lawyers who specialize in magical contract law.

Magazines tailored towards vampires with articles like ‘Keeping the spark between you and your donor,’ and ‘fashionable cover-ups for day-time travel.’

Expanding specifically on the role of the fae~

Tabloids that talk about how the latest celebrity’s dreams are filled with his mother and what that might mean, ‘Shocking tapes of their dreams exposing their darkest secrets!’

Faerie drug rings. Sleep in a ‘fairy ring’ and dealers approach you in your dreams, offering ‘much deeper, more intense, fun dreams’ for the right price.

Faerie courts getting their own C-span like channel, politics as usual. Usual grandstanding accompanied by occasional ‘duels to the death’ (until the dead fae gets bored of acting and gets back up) and promises that must be sealed with an agreement and favors.

Fae psych-doctors, who interpret dreams by actually going into them, and once you’ve agreed to treatment, altering them to help make you healthier and happier

Man, I could go on.

Hermetic masters teaching Mathematics at prestigious universities–and what to do if you perform a certain calculation incorrectly. They’re always at office hours, in meticulously clean offices with a single cup of coffee on the desk. They’re stern but fair, and many of them reward effort.

Hermetic universities with emphasis on the “to know” of the motto “to know, to will, to do”, and so their students are well overworked but trained to proficiency in many different disciplines. There’s a very high dropout rate, but the few who make it through are basically archmagi in their own right.

The witch-psychologist who never, ever uses magical mental influences on her patients without notarized consent.

Standardized testing to determine possible magical heritage. The test itself doesn’t really matter; it’s given by highly-trained proctors who can tell a changeling’s frustration from a werewolf’s focus.

Exchange programs with Arcadia, the Nine Hells, Stygia, the Summerlands and other off-plane locations.

Ophanim-driven ambulances–in that the front of the ambulance is an Ophanim. None of their patients have ever been DOA.

Changeling couriers who take quicksilver paths to make sure same-day shipping arrives on time.