witchcraft, crazy witchcraft

[kleenexwoman]

I used to think I was weird because I wanted to be a witch when I was thirteen. Recently, people have told me that no, most girls go through this phase at some point in their adolescence. (I could ramble about the psychology behind this, but I think that it should be pretty obvious if you are a girl or know girls or have read books about them.)
Do all girls think this makes them weird? Why isn't this some sort of girly bonding thing?

"Hey, Heather, were you into witchcraft too when you were, like, in middle school?"
"Oh my gawd, I totally was! I went around, like, blighting crops and cursing cows to not give milk!"
"I put the pox on people! Oh, man, we were such dorks!"

Comments

[anivad.livejournal.com]

With Harry Potter around, I think it's now a phase for both girls and boys.

[kleenexwoman.livejournal.com]

I think it's more specifically that Harry Potter-obsessed kids just want to go to Hogwarts. I knew a few boys who thought they were warlocks and went around trying to "feel leylines" and cast Magic Missile on the jocks, but this was before Harry Potter. (They were really into Magic: The Gathering.)

[drworm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but this was a thing even when I was 11. It's how Silver Ravenwolf makes a living.

I blame The Craft for the upsurge of it in the 90s, though.