witching-wise

[marycatelli]

Well, reading fairy tales confirms that there are a few ways to catch a witch.

One is the classic shape-shifting witch losing a paw -- hand -- which usually has a ring, which definitely does help on the identifying business.  You can get a good spooky tale about someone being hassled by a cat in a lonely place.

Or overhearing something they say, or even where they meet -- now the meeting is a real good chance, if the witches go and brag about what they've done.

I still think "ply them with strong booze" is probably your best bet when catching a witch.

Comments

[metaphorsbwithu.livejournal.com]

I suppose my favorite is the "turning of the tables" twist in Bell, Book and Candle where Gillian has cast a spell on a human, Shep, who "falls in love" with her but is clueless as to her magical powers in spite of the way it happened out of the blue (and just before his wedding day).

The twist is she gets "caught" in her own bewitching net (and loses her powers) by falling in love with him - although that's not supposed to be possible with witches.

Of course in fairy tales of various sorts anything's possible.

[marycatelli]

Yeah. Much depends on the level of realism you want.