blades before babes

Obviously the first time Magnus watches the Princess Bride at the Mansion, it's with Dad and Dad and Hanguang-jun (and Wei Wuxian, who tagged along, and Alex, who has already seen it, but there's no way Magnus is going to not invite Alex to every viewing), and Magnus cries.

The second time Magnus watches the Princess Bride at the Mansion, Alex is busy, and it's with Galahad and Shen Yuan, in one of their rare bids for another guy's night, and Magnus laughs... and cries a little. He's also invited Secunit, but if Secunit comes, it's just in the form of its drones, which Magnus doesn't specifically look for. He also extends an invitation to Ophelia, because he gets the vibe that she'd be a great addition to Guys's Night, and shows Galahad how to work the VCR so that Galahad can watch it alone with Claudius later.

The third time Magnus watches the Princess Bride at the Mansion, it's with the Molotov Cocktail Crew, plus a few random additions: Gideon and Tally, because he's absolutely certain they'll have a lot of strong feelings about it; Mercutio, who will likely have strong feelings of a different way; Benvolio, who isn't fully a part of the Molotov Cocktail Crew but who comes in basically a two-pack with Mercutio these days; Gu Xiang, obviously; Gaheris, because Gu Xiang is coming; Alex, also obviously; and then Nina and Tress, who also aren't really part of the Molotov Cocktail Crew, but it felt rude not to invite them when everyone else was coming. Magnus laughs, and pretends like he isn't also crying a little.

The fourth time Magnus watches the Princess Bride at the Mansion, it's with Dad and Lancelot. Alex doesn't come, and Magnus pretends like he's not crashing on one of Dad's dates. He doesn't think to invite Susan; he mostly just wants to create an opportunity to quote Inigo Montoya at Lancelot for their next month of practices. Focusing on all the sword talk actually helps keep him from tearing up like he usually does!

The fifth time Magnus watches the Princess Bride at the Mansion is also the sixth. It's just with Alex, and they watch it twice in a row, and recreate every one of the kisses, and Alex teases him for crying again, even though Alex is definitely crying too.

In between -- and after -- those times (which happen in the space of one week), the VHS sits in the game room. Anyone has access to it.

Prose-react with your puppet's reaction to the movie! Say if they have a viewing with someone else, so that person can be tagged in... or if your puppet just stumbles across it and figures out how to make it play, that's obviously fine too!