1. Abuse it, of course. I'd make myself rich, kill people who annoy me, insert myself into fandoms, etc. The possibilities are endless.

2. Knowing myself, I'd probably go crazy and start doing random things with my magic, like conjuring a chainsaw and having "fun" with the next-door neighbors, or getting myself a harem. Then, after a long hedonistic spree, I'd try to find a way to obtain immortality and eternal youth.

 

Of course I would Abuse my powers. The right Imperio there, and a oblivate here and I could be living a good life. I guess I would also use my power to fix things like the government(Killing them) and would insert myself into power from behind he scenes.

The first thing that I would do would probably be Imperio a bunch of people and have them steal a bunch of money for me.

 

1) That depends on the perception, so probably insane.

2) Time manipulation Go to like 1682 [random], Rome and pretend to be the Devil [look like Hellboy] and convince the Pope [without imperio] that im God and other such fun.

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1] Abuse it, of course! But not for "good" or "evil", just to let me live the good life for as long as I please.

2] Probably go on a stealing spree: rob all the nearby banks, obliviate somebody and take their new car, that kind of thing.

Edit: On second thought, the first thing I would do is elliminate any threats to my misuse of magic (i.e. remove myself from government records and stuff, remove my house from maps, that kind of stuff). Then I would go crazy with abuse of power.

 

Abuse the hell out of it. I would use it to create the most massive mindfucks I could. Mostly for my own amusement, and partly for the greater good of society as a whole.

First on the list, breed miniature pink elephants who can talk. Then vampiric bunny rabbits, vegetarian sharks, and flying platypi (platypuses?). Then I can start getting weird.

 

I'd probably go evil because let's face it, being evil is such fun.

Of course I'd get rid of all the world leaders, as well as erase the existence of nukes. Either that or make them harmless so I could have mega firework displays.

I would reverse the damage to the environment. I'd also rid the world of all dangerous viruses and diseases.

But the first thing I'd do is to make my own private separate world, were I could resurrect all the people I've wanted to meet throughout history. They'd be my personal advisors allowing me to overtake the world without my power, thus keeping it as a back up while I create my immortality.

Litha

 

1. Most definitely, but again, not in the rule the world way. I would hate to be the leader and have to deal with assassins and paperwork. However, I would love the be the puppet master, controlling what happens from where no one could see me. Some judicious use of magic, and voila, no one will ever know.

2. The first thing I would do would be to make myself immortal. There is so much to do in this life, and I want time to do it all.

 

I would defintely abuse my power in the make life a little funnier way.

The first thing I'd do would be to imperio somebody into giving me a fully automatic paintball gun and just go around blasting things, then I'd erase everyone's memory of it.

 

1. Does building a harem count as abuse? Also I would kill some people that have pissed me off in the past. Also either steal a lot of a lot of money or conjure it.

2. Provide for my friends and family. Build myself a harem, have many massive orgies with my women for all of eternity, also find a way to stay young.

 

Ahh, magic. If only I had it...

First, I would make it dark and cloudy with the occasional downpour. Second, I would conjure a lifetime supply of butterfingers and twix. Then I'd run around my high school with spray paint and write anything crazy on the walls. Then I'd escape and turn every person's left ear blue after charming all the chairs, desks, and papers to be in a constant maelstorm that doesn't stop until the final bell rings. Then I'd throw dungbombs or something similar into the white house and replace all the guns in the stores with those spray painted squirt guns.

Then I'd hide in an underground lair and write all day while munching on butterfingers and twix.

Oh, and if I felt like it I guess I'd cause a little chaos. Yup, just abuse the power left and right.

 

You're all thinking too small. I'd use my magic to improve the current space technology we have so I and my new super nation could go conquer other planets. Who stops at the world? I'll take over the universe!

Plus, legilimency would stop me from being assassinated, immortality would need some work but it'll work out in the end. Then I could create alternate universes so I can take over them as well.

 

Aekiel, I don't see how legilimency would prevent you from being assassinated unless you took the time to read everyone's thoughts!

Me? I'd go back in time to the 14th century, give the Aboriginal's the same technology invented by the European's (in that time era) and unite them under one tribe. After that I'd just sit back and enjoy the show as the Aboriginal's and European's fight it out, evenly.

 

I'd probably look for the magical community and test if I could really do what I want or if there is someone able to keep me in check. Then I would go from there. It wouldnt do to end up in Azkaban after some hours of being magical, would it? Because I would probably crucio some people into oblivian and imperio others.

 

1. Im not sure if diving head first into demonology, and necromancy would count as 'abuse'. That and i'd make a harem. No guy is complete without a harem, or at least a concubine.

2. Summon a demon or create a golem. Then scare the crap outta people/maim people i dont like.

 

Ruling the world? Consider all these people turning to you to solve all their problems. All these people wanting to kill you, fearing you, stalking you (with cameras and in nude) and whatnot. You could have only so much fun, and then go 'Hack's dick hurt'. So, we'll just have fun for a time being playing politics, and then realise just how hard it is. And to work from behind the scenes you still need to work a lot, and probably harder than if you go rule conventional way.

Became an animagus and get eaten by a stray predator or even get crushed by someone's foot? Naw! And all there fleas.

Doing weird things seems like fun, but stupid. That'll get boring as hell over time, I bet.

I'd just settled to live in comfort with household magic, going public (in anyway) just don't strike with me. Eventually you'll face some unavoidable responsibility, like solving global warming problem or some other thing regarding environmental pollution, like killing off every oil magnate who prevents the advancement of alternate sources of energy. Things like that.

What I'd like to do is to became an archaeoligical adventurer who reveals mysteries of time, like what happened to Atlantis, who built the Pyramids. Set straight the records of written history (written history was never supposed to tell us what really happened at any given time). Went to live in different epochs, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mayas, Greece. Restored the lost languages. Went to Tibet and explored some. Learned how to wield a sword Learned about etiquette Introduced myself to Jesus (it's always good to have an intelligent conversation). Got to know the guys who invented Astrology. Maybe learned what happened to them, the civilization-forerunner I mean, if it ever existed (and if it hadn't existed then there're still people to get to know, like aliens, God). Hell, there're a lot of things to do for fun, you only need some magic, time-turner and a little imagination.

In no time at all I'll have think about longevity. Live without magic is so droll, you either work day and night and have no life, or have hell of a life but have not enough money to try everything you want. Noone in his right mind want to live for a very long time; but with magic: the possibilities are endless.

Styx here seems to think along these lines, too, I'd like to see his audience at the Pope's. Heh, and Olfrik seems like the most reasonable of us. Checking out first if you're the only one, indeed.

 

It is a common known fact that betrayal by people you know was/is the most common type of assassination. Generally its the people just below you trying to claw their way to the top. If I habitually read everyone's minds every time I see (everyone being the people I know) them I'd be able to keep check on their plans for world domination, and make sure they can't achieve them.

 

Isnt it murder in general rather than assassination?

 

No, assassination is an intentional killing of an important person. With magic, he would be important, and it would be an assassination.

If I killed you, and you weren't important, that's murder. If I killed you on purpose, and you were the President, that's assassination.

 

Aekiel, while I'm sure it could, would, prevent such things, I'm sure you'd get a major frickin headache from reading all those minds. Anyways, peoples motives can be read without resorting to such things and if they had to be, they would have had guard their thoughts pretty well, wouldn't you agree?

 

I always defined assassination as murder for political gain.