Challenges 16 - 20: The Horror Collection

I knew going into this challenge that I’d eventually do something horror-themed because I’m a huge fan of classic horror, and many of my favorite musicals are based on those stories. It also fits with October being Spooky Season. Last set was inspired by my student characters; this time it’s my adult rpg characters’ time to shine. All songs come from a horror-themed musical, and the prompts are all magical objects, tangible or otherwise.



Challenge 16: Mirror of Erised

A new life -
What I wouldn't give
To have a new life!
One thing I have learned
As I go through life:
Nothing is for free
Along the way!

- A New Life; Jekyll & Hyde


Colors used: sky blue, magenta, pink/purple/blue/white tie-dye, red gradient

Inspiration: Katja Westergaard was one of my former ministry characters and my first ever SSRPG character. She was a member of a despised Danish wizarding family, and like Lucy from Jekyll & Hyde, she wanted a better life for herself… which she eventually achieved through her years in the DIMC. I chose this song and this prompt to reflect both characters’ desire for something better. I used Katja’s favorite colors, blue and magenta, and red to match Lucy’s costumes in the original Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde. I didn’t have colors to match the Mirror of Erised exactly, so I used white because it’s a color that reflects light, similar to a mirror reflection. The white strand also had shades of blue and magenta too.





Challenge 17: Time-turner

The moment time stands still
Is the moment that the writing's on the walls.
The words are clear as ringing bells
That pride is present right before the fall

- Sail Me Away; Lestat


Colors used: gold, yellow gradient, red gradient, sandy brown

Inspiration: Like the title character of this musical, my former shopkeeper Vitani Kama had a taste for the finer things, and like the show itself, she wasn’t as known as she deserved to be. Prior to her Diagon Alley career, Vitani was a famous artist until she was cheated out of her money and notoriety by a dishonest partner. I thought the time-turner fit her because all she wanted was to go back to the life she had before, and this song comes at a point when Lestat, like Vitani, has lost everything. I used a lot of gold and yellows for this bracelet because gold is Vitani’s favorite color, and the time-turner was gold in the movies. The sandy brown is a reference to the sand inside the time-turner and the sandy desert climate of Senegal, Vitani’s birthplace. The red represents Lestat’s costume color palette in the show, his appetite for blood as a vampire, and Vitani’s anger at her loss of notoriety.





Challenge 18: Elder Wand

Demons will charm you with a smile
For a while
But in time
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around

- Not While I’m Around; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


Colors used: orange gradient, red gradient, burgundy, brown

Inspiration: Normandie Carton, my current Ministry character, grew up believing she had no living family. She had to learn to defend herself at a young age, and she always wanted to put those skills to use by becoming an Auror like her dad. I thought the Elder Wand was a good match for her strength and desire to vanquish enemies, and this song fits with her protective nature. For the bracelet colors, I used reds and oranges to match her red hair and fiery personality, burgundy to match her dad’s post color as a nod to her desire to follow in his footsteps, and brown for the wand wood. The elder wand is kinda knotty-looking in the movies, so I added a series of knots to this bracelet.





Challenge 19: Unbreakable Vow

To dim the sun before the summer ends,
to burn the castle down,
Before the princess is awake,
To kill our love when it`s still so alive,
I`ll keep my word and
My heart will break

- Before the Summer Ends; Dracula: the musical

Colors used: red, burgundy, blue, black gradient

Inspiration: I originally had this song in mind for a different character but thought it was a better fit for my current professor, Norman Carton. He started teaching at Hogwarts the same year the Neo-Alliance took over. Although he’d never willingly show any vulnerable emotion, he blamed himself for failing to protect the students, and he was so guilt-ridden that he vowed to stay at Hogwarts until all the students present that term graduate so he could protect them from further trauma. This song from Dracula is essentially a promise Jonathan Harker makes, and the Unbreakable Vow prompt refers to the promises made by both men. The Unbreakable Vow is described as fire-like in the books, so I used red and made the bracelet a wrap-around design to represent the way it wraps around the participants’ hands. The burgundy matches Norman’s post color, and it looks similar to Ilvermorny’s (his former school) cranberry, Blue represents the other Ilvermorny color and Ravenclaw, of which Norman is Head of House. Black is commonly associated with evil, sadness, and loss, all of which fit the mood of his first term at Hogwarts that led him to make that vow.





Challenge 20: Blood Pact

However far you roam
Or what you do
There always is one person
Who believes in you
It matter not the road you choose
For one thing you can never lose
You’ll always be the light that shines
Within your father’s eyes

- Your Father’s Eyes; Frankenstein: a new musical


Colors used: black gradient, blue gradient, pink gradient, red gradient

Inspiration: When I heard this song, my thoughts immediately went to my former charms professor, Gaston Marchand. He was known for his nurturing, fatherly nature, and these lines sound exactly like something he’d say to his daughter. Funnily enough, the actor playing Alphonse Frankenstein on the soundtrack, Richard White, is also known for voicing the Disney character who inspired my professor’s name, so this was meant to be! In this case, the blood pact prompt was meant to represent the bond between parent and child, and the double-strand design was meant to resemble an infinity symbol. There’s a lot of blacks, grays, and white on the Frankenstein logo, so I used gradient threads that had those colors. I added pink to represent Desiree (her favorite color) and red for cohesiveness with the other bracelets in this set and as a reference to the wizarding world version of a blood pact. The blue is Gaston’s favorite color, and it also matches his eye color, which alludes to the song title.