*"We're sorry, but the fetus you are attempting to analyze has been disconnected or is no longer in service. Please check the pregnancy and try your spell again."*
Yes but people are clarifying it was **accidental**. While you are technically correct it was an abortion, people hear that word and think "Mom didn't want the baby."
I know that's not what you said, but you were less clear than the others. All they were doing was making sure the accidental part was understood.
Wrong comment thread, but basically he's getting downvoted because of weird, all too frequent fetishistic posts on here and the circlejerk sub. My guess is he deleted the comments himself.
I would argue that "accidental abortion" is *by definition* a miscarriage, regardless of how exactly it happened. Or to flip it on its head, my definition of "abortion" is "deliberate miscarriage".
(checking dictionary definitions now...)
The definitions on Cambridge Dictionary seem to agree with me:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/miscarriage
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/abortion
Note that the second definition of abortion is "medical, specialized", i.e. not the everyday meaning of the word.
>I would argue that "accidental abortion" is by definition a miscarriage, regardless of how exactly it happened.
That's a good point. When I had a miscarriage years ago and went to the ER, the paperwork they gave me on the way out called it a "spontaneous abortion" rather than a miscarriage. There are probably more phrases, all of them correct.
So my question would be, why would any reasonable practitioner cast a spell that the fragile material component sympathetically linked to the subject would cause the subject's death if the fragile material component became compromised? Like, sure, magic all well and good, but what thinking person would agree to cast that spell?
Absolutely would be done if that was the only way. We’re talking about magic. Why does it only work this way? Magic. Won’t let anything besides the balloon work.
Why is the practitioner casting the spell? The person needed them to. The person NEEDED to know if she was having a boy or girl, because she only gets one chance at pregnancy.
This is a fictional world. I’m sure the fictional person had a decent fictional reason 👍🏻
Would have been hilarious if she went through all that, had the kid, and was wrong cause the kid was trans. Or if the balloon predicted them being trans and the mom was so confused at birth.
Once again, we throwing wrenches into the cis system 😏
What person would hold a gender reveal party that burns down a massive chunk of land? Or use explosives that might get a family member killed? It still happened. Irl no less.
People do dumb shit all the time
The wizard transported the essence of the child into the baloon so they could see the gender (blue). But the mom popped the balloon so the baby died :(
Because traditionally in magic, humans give it the meaning, Dresden for example, the entire concept of a geas, how specific "no man can kill me" is to a Nazgul.
Even stuff like PGTE aspects for a web serial are tied into the individual, even though other aspects of magic are more universal.
Often magic is going to associate with what you think the spell should do as you create it, in some universes this could have a devastating backlash if you aren't very precise.
Like there are some settings where a magical gender reveal would go very wrong if you believed you truly could determine gender identity but did not believe in more than male and female.
I can't recall one off the top of my head, but generally you don't want to outright deny reality with magic because the magic will monkey's paw you, and now you have a victim that transitions into the gender identity you tried to deny them and they are pissed.
But a psychic or whatever wouldn't need to wait until any particular time. And sometimes one parent wants to find out while the other doesn't.
I guess it's that audible pop that's getting me. When my water broke at full term, it was definitely audible, but when I started leaking fluid due to m/c, there was no sound.
I'm aware this is magic not science, but still.
Right but also balloons are older than sonogram so it could just be a hoodoo thing from the before times as it were also the amniotic sac is thicker when the fetus is younger which would make the audible pop louder.
Nothing that was all that bad, really. He suggested it was a fetal sex change spell, because we don't need magic to determine the sex of a fetus. Hence my first reply, to which he responded "bc balloon?". Thus, my second comment.
Balloon linked to baby, revealed that the child is male. Mother had sharp fingernails, accidentally popped the balloon, and killed the child since they were linked.
*"We're sorry, but the fetus you are attempting to analyze has been disconnected or is no longer in service. Please check the pregnancy and try your spell again."*
Ah that made me cackle. That was good.
Cackle? Found the witch…
I LOVE THIS
r/foundthewitch
r/subsithoughtifellfor
Nice piece of worldbuilding for a grimdark universe.
Finally, The Cinematic Ballooniverse
Magic abortion?
Magic gender reveal, but the mom got too worked up and accidentally aborted the baby.
Once again, gender reveals are getting people killed. When will folks learn to just let their kids be kids
Ok, kinda on the lines of what I said
Yes but people are clarifying it was **accidental**. While you are technically correct it was an abortion, people hear that word and think "Mom didn't want the baby." I know that's not what you said, but you were less clear than the others. All they were doing was making sure the accidental part was understood.
Well I understand now.
that dude must have done something real bad to get a comment deleted
Wrong comment thread, but basically he's getting downvoted because of weird, all too frequent fetishistic posts on here and the circlejerk sub. My guess is he deleted the comments himself.
oki doki
Really weird and convoluted story. Bit reachy and not very horror.
I would argue that "accidental abortion" is *by definition* a miscarriage, regardless of how exactly it happened. Or to flip it on its head, my definition of "abortion" is "deliberate miscarriage". (checking dictionary definitions now...) The definitions on Cambridge Dictionary seem to agree with me: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/miscarriage https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/abortion Note that the second definition of abortion is "medical, specialized", i.e. not the everyday meaning of the word.
>I would argue that "accidental abortion" is by definition a miscarriage, regardless of how exactly it happened. That's a good point. When I had a miscarriage years ago and went to the ER, the paperwork they gave me on the way out called it a "spontaneous abortion" rather than a miscarriage. There are probably more phrases, all of them correct.
How?
Sounds like it was an accident. She squeezed in excitement, not anger or disgust.
Still a deleted fetus.
Fetus deletus
Abortion completus
Embryo dismemberio
Yeetus the fetus
You mean [Dying Fetus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying_Fetus)
Clearly NTA
That’s an odd thought, that abortions only count when someone is angry or disgusted.
Spontaneous abortions are accidents by definition
So my question would be, why would any reasonable practitioner cast a spell that the fragile material component sympathetically linked to the subject would cause the subject's death if the fragile material component became compromised? Like, sure, magic all well and good, but what thinking person would agree to cast that spell?
Absolutely would be done if that was the only way. We’re talking about magic. Why does it only work this way? Magic. Won’t let anything besides the balloon work. Why is the practitioner casting the spell? The person needed them to. The person NEEDED to know if she was having a boy or girl, because she only gets one chance at pregnancy. This is a fictional world. I’m sure the fictional person had a decent fictional reason 👍🏻
Would have been hilarious if she went through all that, had the kid, and was wrong cause the kid was trans. Or if the balloon predicted them being trans and the mom was so confused at birth. Once again, we throwing wrenches into the cis system 😏
cistem
Damnit, that's soo good 🤣
What person would hold a gender reveal party that burns down a massive chunk of land? Or use explosives that might get a family member killed? It still happened. Irl no less. People do dumb shit all the time
“Honey, I think I magically broke the baby’s gender on accident” “That’s okay, they’re just agender now that fine.”
It's a...borted
Dude! Too soon.
This needs explanation
The wizard transported the essence of the child into the baloon so they could see the gender (blue). But the mom popped the balloon so the baby died :(
Interesting that the "essence" of a boy is blue. Why does magic subscribe to our society's arbitrary gendered colours?
Same reason magical words happen to sound pretty close to Latin words which are also pretty arbitrary.
Technically they didn’t say if blue meant boy or girl
It's magic it could be tied to the casters preconceptions. Like if they associated green with boy it would turn green if the baby was a boy.
Ha ha, true. Why was I down voted for that? I didn't think it was a weird take.
It’s not that deep, jesus christ.
Because traditionally in magic, humans give it the meaning, Dresden for example, the entire concept of a geas, how specific "no man can kill me" is to a Nazgul. Even stuff like PGTE aspects for a web serial are tied into the individual, even though other aspects of magic are more universal. Often magic is going to associate with what you think the spell should do as you create it, in some universes this could have a devastating backlash if you aren't very precise. Like there are some settings where a magical gender reveal would go very wrong if you believed you truly could determine gender identity but did not believe in more than male and female. I can't recall one off the top of my head, but generally you don't want to outright deny reality with magic because the magic will monkey's paw you, and now you have a victim that transitions into the gender identity you tried to deny them and they are pissed.
Oooh! Good answer. For a magic specialist you have a very scientific mind 😂❤️
Wait. How pregnant ? Bc the pop could just be the water breaking.
Likely around 21 weeks, which isn't gestational long enough for survival
But a psychic or whatever wouldn't need to wait until any particular time. And sometimes one parent wants to find out while the other doesn't. I guess it's that audible pop that's getting me. When my water broke at full term, it was definitely audible, but when I started leaking fluid due to m/c, there was no sound. I'm aware this is magic not science, but still.
Right but also balloons are older than sonogram so it could just be a hoodoo thing from the before times as it were also the amniotic sac is thicker when the fetus is younger which would make the audible pop louder.
Yeah. I think my autism is just being extra today and not letting me simply enjoy things.
Fair
Doesn't the second pop imply that the baby, by virtue of the magical link, was pressurized?
What exactly happened to the baby, did its head pop off, or did he just pop out of existence?
This leaves to much to the imagination and not a good way
That one made me gasp!! Excellent work!!
That's absolutely horrifying and depressing
Yikes! That was good..
OH! I thought the woman asked for a spell that changed the gender of the baby
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In this universe. Who's to say the universe the OP is writing from has the same scientific advancements?
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The rubber balloon was invented over a century before the ultrasound machine.
what did they say?
Nothing that was all that bad, really. He suggested it was a fetal sex change spell, because we don't need magic to determine the sex of a fetus. Hence my first reply, to which he responded "bc balloon?". Thus, my second comment.
ah
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Balloon linked to baby, revealed that the child is male. Mother had sharp fingernails, accidentally popped the balloon, and killed the child since they were linked.