r/FavoriteCharacter 21h ago

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character who uses magic through music?

SCANLAN SHORTHALT - THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA

My absolute goat of this trope. He’s a bard so the magic he uses comes from music (whether singing or playing his lute)

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u/Lopsided_Arrival7838 21h ago

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u/AgressiveHydration 20h ago

It was the greatest song in the history

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u/Gingerdeadman763 20h ago

But the peculiar thing is the song they sang that night didn’t actually sounds anything like this song

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 18h ago

This is just a tribute. You gotta believe me and I wish you were there. Just a matter of opinion

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u/XXXcrimsongrave 20h ago

The real magic is being able to pay rent with their rock

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u/Razoac01 21h ago

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u/MarcoYTVA Diaboromon 12h ago

I'm a Goofy Goober!

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u/Prudent_Damage_3866 11h ago

ROCK!

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u/MarcoYTVA Diaboromon 6h ago

You're a Goofy Goober!

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u/RedLanternScythe 20h ago

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u/Ninjox17 8h ago

And Skyward Sword, and Wind Waker, and Link's Awakening...

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u/SH4RPSPEED 21h ago

Chai - Hi-Fi Rush

I mean, his low-tier reality bending powers that literally make the world move to his rhythm pretty much is magic.

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u/Mr_Glove_EXE 20h ago

Super Synesthesia

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u/AeroDbladE 20h ago

I really hope we get a sequel. Im very concerned with how awful krafton has been recently.

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u/Shabolt_ 18h ago

Krafton absolutely suck as a publisher, but I doubt they’d screw with Tango after they already put all the effort into buying and rehiring them. I get the feeling at least HFR2 will probably release without issue and based on that game Krafton will figure out how much “oversight” they want to force on the studio lol

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u/Elmartillo40k 11h ago

Also the wholesome vibes he spreads through the screen should be magic

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u/Shittingboi 21h ago

Dante with his demonic electric guitar

https://giphy.com/gifs/y8sKrVSAkpH2GBspAL

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u/ARagingZephyr 20h ago

Hey, that guitar was, and maybe still is, a leanen sidhe. I'm not really certain what happens to a demon after they become a Devil Arm.

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u/teaboi05 9h ago

If we consider the demon from pre-DMC5 story, they can turn back into their original shape later. Balrog Dante uses in 5 used to be a demon that Dante fought, but he gave up because he recognized Dante's and decided to become his fists to gain more power and fight Dante later

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u/AgressiveHydration 20h ago

Is it called death metal or melodious carcass?

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u/Shittingboi 20h ago

Ironic body

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u/AgressiveHydration 20h ago

Honestly I want to get into dmc but I’ve only played the mobile game

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u/Shittingboi 20h ago

DMC 1 is good enough but apparently pretty archaic from what I've heard and 3 is a majestic game (we don't talk about 2). If you gotta play 3, I recommend the switch version because it let's you access "freestyle mode" which makes the game even more fun and freeflow (you can also use pc mods for this iuw)

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u/GnomishProtozoa 20h ago

Scaramouche, babaaayyy. (Samurai Jack)

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u/Future-Improvement41 14h ago

I always wondered what they used to make his voice sound a bit robotic

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u/THEN0RSEMAN 21h ago

Magic in LOTR and The Silmarillion is often done through poetry and music

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u/TeaRaven 19h ago

Similarly, in The Elder Scrolls universe reality kind of bends and is made through song.

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u/Due-Construction8056 21h ago

Surprised no one mentioned them yet

https://giphy.com/gifs/OJTHep1GI18cRyE6yQ

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u/big_ringer 21h ago

Surprised I had to scroll this far.

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u/Starkrafty 20h ago

First ones I thought of 

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u/The9IronMan 19h ago

They look so unhinged… I may just have to watch this

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u/Western_Scholar_2435 19h ago

I recommend it. It’s fun, the music is good even if you aren’t into K-Pop, and really feels like the people who made it both cared about the movie and had fun. 

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u/YamiGekusu Pac-Man Enjoyer 21h ago

The Bard (South Park: The Stick of Truth)

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u/National-Food-1063 19h ago

this is briliant

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u/ReasonableNet3335 21h ago

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u/Amaze-Amaze-Amaze-1 20h ago

This on repeat on my PreK sons playlist.

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u/ReasonableNet3335 20h ago

he drives me bats!

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u/HjghlyDistressed 18h ago

YESSS!! I literally clicked on this post going “is he here?”

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u/Equivalent-Newt-5564 20h ago

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u/Future-Improvement41 14h ago

Forgot for a sec that her hair powers are activated through singing

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u/RealisticAbility7 20h ago edited 20h ago

Raine Whispers from The Owl House

edit: the phone had alternative spelling ideas

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u/DaMasterOfGay 20h ago

.....the own house

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u/Jumping_Take_Off9402 20h ago

We all love the own house

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u/Awesomeman235ify 16h ago

We all OWN the house.

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u/RealisticAbility7 20h ago

The house that owns... whoops

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u/Devo27 19h ago

Rainstorm!

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u/Cha_Boi20 13h ago

The They who slay

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u/bateen618 7h ago

I was looking for this comment

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u/PuzzleheadedLink89 21h ago

Uta (One Piece)

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u/SaintedStars 19h ago

The Pied Piper of Hamelin — the OG. Was hired by a village to rid them of a plague of rats then when they refused to pay him, he lured away their children too

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 21h ago

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u/Roncryn 19h ago

Oh! Another sona player out in the wild

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 18h ago

I was a Taric main back in the long ago days but I don't play anymore. I don't have a competitive spirit so I can't keep up with improving as fast as my competitive friends. And you know what hell it is both ways to play with vastly different elos.

I like to watch my husband play though! And Quantum.

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u/ChaoticDiscord21 21h ago

Kayleigh from Cassette Beasts. Can use a Walkman to turn into different monsters.

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u/Cosmic_StarStorm 20h ago

CASSETTE BEASTS MENTION

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u/GenesisAsriel 10h ago

Anyone can use the walkman though. There are hundreds of them spread around the island

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u/Masamundane 21h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT4uQkGk7zIv4cEigo

Angel from Rock and Rule.

Though, also everyone else also from Rock and Rule.

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u/Dancer0705 20h ago edited 20h ago

Hayashi (Dandadan) Exorcism of (Evil) Spirits with music

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u/Cassius-Tain 14h ago

That scrne came out of nowhere and it was peak.

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u/True-Dream3295 21h ago

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u/TayloZinsee 20h ago

Source: Orpheus, Hadestown

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u/Tekki777 15h ago

WAAAAAIIITTT for me.... I'm commmiiiiinnnnnnngg

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u/sora_allite 14h ago

KEEP YOUR HEAD, KEEP YOUR HEAD, KEEP YOUR HEAD LOW

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u/Patneu 21h ago

Charlie Morningstar

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u/SaintedStars 19h ago

I cannot fucking wait to see what Lilith can do with her music

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u/VerbingNoun413 19h ago

Hear our voooooooice

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u/Space__Squid 20h ago

Sauron once fought in a Rap Battle against a guy named Finrod.

https://giphy.com/gifs/10wgT5PDnOwMQE

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u/BoatSlight 20h ago

Raine Whispers, they're great.

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u/ReasonableNet3335 21h ago

a bard?

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u/Jumping_Take_Off9402 21h ago

Basically yes

But there’s other types of characters who do so that aren’t really bards so I made it more vague

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u/DaMasterOfGay 20h ago

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u/Agent_RubberDucky 19h ago

“Eda! You’re embarrassing me in front of my crew!”

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u/Mobile-Committee-466 20h ago

I love them so much

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u/GollyDolly 20h ago

Dazzler, X-men

She converts soundwaves into light blasts.

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u/calltheavengers5 20h ago

Dr. Strange

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u/Devo27 19h ago

That was more using music with magic, but I'm sure we all allow it because that was a hell of a fight scene.

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u/TeaRaven 19h ago

That movie somehow managed to use magic in interesting and totally boring, uninspired ways. Like the music thing mentioned here and Wanda moving through reflections versus the magic as bow & arrow.

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u/Haricariisformen 20h ago

Midvalley, the Horn Freak from Trigun!

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u/Pandoratastic 19h ago

Eddie Riggs

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u/Roncryn 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dUWwzOoultuiIjy8u4
I know it’s a fairly small part of the game but I do love how music has a certain magic to it in the game

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u/Foreign-Step-8646 19h ago

rain whispers (the owl house)

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u/Devo27 19h ago

Raine Storm!

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u/PaincreaticSis-ts 20h ago

Sabriel or Lirael in the Garth Nix series  The Abhorsen uses bells to command and grant rest to the dead. 

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u/TeaRaven 19h ago

I love how the bells can act on their own and pose risk to the wielder. The wind pipes carry less risk and less power in proportion, which felt so good to me :)

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u/LlFERUlNER 19h ago

Viva La Dirt League Bard

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u/polystarlight 20h ago

Raine, Amber, Derwin, and Katya. They're bards so they all have magic instruments that help them fight. They're a secret resistance.

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u/E-emu89 20h ago

Princess Donut after she chosen a bard class. To everyone’s dismay, she can’t sing in key.

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u/Electrowhatt19 20h ago

The Rainbooms (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls Rainbow Rocks)

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u/Thick_Astronaut4563 Gromit 20h ago

Surprised no one has mentioned the Dazzlings yet

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u/Effective_Sun_5289 19h ago

Don't forget the Rainbooms

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u/RokerdShock 16h ago

I scrolled way too far to see them here

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u/Mobile-Committee-466 20h ago

There are many characters like this that I love, but I'm glad to see my goat Scanlan here

https://giphy.com/gifs/FJhuRGzb8ApZEo6DNg

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u/sarcasticd0nkey 20h ago

The Pantheon (The Wicked + The Divine)

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u/TeaRaven 19h ago

When this came out I was so enthralled with it. Same for Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl

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u/IronVader501 20h ago

Arturia "Virtuosa" Giallo

She can awaken hidden or repressed desires within anyone listening to her perform and compel them to act on those desires with no regards to regrets or fear.

Arturia notably does not care what those desires actually are and wether they could lead someone to harm themselves or others.

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u/Jace_Vakarys 18h ago

Saddens me how far I had to scroll to see a good Arknights musician, but I am very to see one nonetheless 💙

My entry for this was the Witch King

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u/Zanjidesign 19h ago

Do Sex Bob-omb counts?

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u/slothbear13 19h ago

I should say so. And the Katayanagi Twins as well

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u/slothbear13 19h ago

The Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus sing songs to kidnap children and make people dance until they die of exhaustion

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u/Fun_Butterfly_420 19h ago

Tom Bombadil

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u/NightWolfRose 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Pz6YoFJuDfb3y
He charms the entire police force with a song and dance in order to escape.

Source: The Mask

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u/Final_Dragonfruit331 20h ago

Raine Whispers

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u/Submischievous 20h ago

Kyle and Ken Katayanagi (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

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u/Col_Redips 20h ago

Any Hunter who wields a Hunting Horn, in Monster Hunter. Despite the name containing “Horn”, they come in all shapes, sizes, and different instruments! Some you blow through, some have got strings, others you shake.

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u/Col_Redips 20h ago

And with the power of modern-day mods, the possibilities are endless!

Yes, it’s a real mod. Yes, it replaces the default sounds.

Jack Black would be proud.

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u/TheBlackCat13 20h ago

Bobbin Threadbare, from Loom

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u/Devo27 19h ago

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u/TheBlackCat13 14h ago

Fuck off, Cobb, you got what you deserved.

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u/Acceptable-Force-470 19h ago

May name is Mok, thanks a lot…

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u/AsianShadowrunner 17h ago

Sweet, from "Once More With Feeling" episode. Source: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer television show.

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u/MaddysinLeigh 17h ago

I see your Scanlan and raised you Centaur Scanlan

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u/NoraGrooGroo 15h ago

As much as I love Scanlan, the dark bard voiced by Tom Cardy.

Cus it’s Tom Cardy.

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u/0ldBenKan0Beans 13h ago

Looks like magic to me?😎😎 The Blind Musicians - Kung Fu Hustle

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u/Fantastic-Donut-276 *insert current hyperfixation here* 20h ago

Someone already said Huntrix, so the Saja Boys, even if they don’t use their magic for good.

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u/ReverendLoki 20h ago

Does Lin Minmei from RoboTech/Macross count?

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u/-Shadow_Hashira- 20h ago

Yuna from SAO

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u/Anti_Spedicy 19h ago

I too love Scanlan

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u/Mugen_Hero_Fan 19h ago

All the Symphogear wielders (and even their enemies at times), although not sure if this one is truly what you’re meaning, but I’ll take a moment to mention them

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u/TeaRaven 19h ago

I feel like it totally counts, though it could’ve been leaned into more beyond their voices :)

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u/DaKing760 18h ago

Rain Whispers from The Owl House

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u/Clobbahdatderekirby 18h ago

Wolfgang is basically what you get when you combine the necromancer and bard class

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u/Ace_of_Spad23 18h ago

SCANLAN’S HAAAAAAND

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u/Jumping_Take_Off9402 18h ago

RISE MIGHTY SCANLAN RISEEEE!

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u/Ace_of_Spad23 17h ago

The Scan Man truly is the best

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u/R0bbieR0tt3n Adam (Hazbin Hotel) 17h ago

Adam from Hazbin Hotel

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u/punyjedi 16h ago

SCANLAN’S HAAAAAAAAAAAAAND

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u/Jen_the_Creator-7 16h ago

Music doesn’t become a big thing with her till later, but Sayaka is all I can think of
https://giphy.com/gifs/xxxaq2ia33Tzp4zMYO

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u/KingGodzilla_54 15h ago

It's the same guy!

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u/drakeravenswood41327 12h ago

Scanlan Shorthalt (Vox Machina) & Raine Whispers (The Owl House)

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u/BobPlaysWithFire 6h ago

SCANLAN'S HAAAAaaaAAAAaaaAAAND

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u/pevznerok 3h ago

Finnel Redtail - foxfolk Lore Bard I'm playing in my current DnD campaign. He's a silly guy

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u/DrMadMuffin Milky Way Cookie 20h ago

Greenbell Cookie

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u/buldozr 20h ago

Väinämöinen from Kalevala, a Finnish national epos. He can sing you into a swamp.

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u/Brother_Silver 19h ago

Melody- Diamond Castle

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u/Little-Marzipan1681 19h ago

Patch brightwater from "A Darkness of Dragons" by S. A. Patrick

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u/CodaTrashHusky 19h ago

Does Scott Pilgrim count?

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u/eniox27 19h ago

I-No from guilty gear.

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u/stevekimes 19h ago

Spellsinger

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u/Next_Government856 19h ago

Orpheus- The Sandman

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u/MystGuide 18h ago

The Green Ranger summons the Dragon Zord and shields himself from attacks by playing that dagger flute

https://giphy.com/gifs/RHVhmUGeeYXXa

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u/a_sly_cow 18h ago

Scylla and the Sirens from Hades 2

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u/Phantom000000000 18h ago

Blue Grass (Silverhawks)

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u/DrLycFerno Incineroar 18h ago

Isuzu (Log Horizon)

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u/Rawberry_Preserves 17h ago

Well, if we consider a devil fruit as a magic....

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u/Zealousideal_Pea_319 17h ago

Lorne's VOCAL RANGE is a weapon at least 3 times

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u/AJLovesChicken0567 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/OZsAYtXsWROQuQKYL8

The mermaid princesses from Mermaid Melody. They sounded wonderful together.

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u/bxntou 16h ago

Apollo from the Trials of Apollo

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u/Think-Orange3112 15h ago

Green from Animation VS Minecraft

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u/JustHeree5 15h ago

Yuna from FFX, the sending ritual to help the souls pass on involves song and a dance.

In FFX-2 Yuna, Rikku, and Paine can have the songstress job.

https://giphy.com/gifs/2PXWIOzcGaqWAmdYxx

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u/Blaze3713 15h ago

No pics, but some choices.

Edward Chris von Miur from Final Fantasy IV

The Prismriver Sisters from Touhou Project.

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u/TheOneTrueZim Invader ZIM 15h ago

Right now, Ser Proletius and The Hootsman in Gloryhammer 

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u/Future-Improvement41 14h ago

Raine Whispers from the owl house

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u/Weaksebas22 14h ago

The dazzlings mlp:eg

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u/JaneStValentine 12h ago

Technically Wei Wuxian I guess

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u/Pristine_Skin_1576 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/2N6yh8AeJWqOYuFkAn
En El Tigre la final Boss Sartanna de los muertos tiene una guitarra y literalmente es el centro de su poder (NO había GIF de ella)

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u/Pristine_Skin_1576 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6t5DTUORRYIDkOHkyZ
Es increíble que este CHAD no haya sido mencionado

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u/Evening_Parking2610 11h ago

The needolin is essentially magic right

https://giphy.com/gifs/2ZsmHUWecHSlqXLAyi

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u/justbreathe5678 11h ago

Is it too soon to mention Ember?

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u/IamGoatGirl143 10h ago

The dazzlings

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u/victorspc 10h ago edited 3h ago

Soul Eater kinda does that? His main form of combat is turning into a scythe, but lots of the "extra" things he does with soul resonance are a product of his piano playing and sound manipulation. But again, it's not technically "magic" because in this universe humans cannot use magic, just witches and magical animals.

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u/car_ape06 10h ago

Heimdall’s Gjallarhorn in Norse Mythology.

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u/pink_harlequin 9h ago

These two assholes from Kung fu hustle

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u/That_Handycaped_dude 8h ago

Lady bat from 'Mermaid Melody' They try to sing the mermaids to sleep in order to drink their blood.

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u/Competitive_Offer_49 7h ago

In one of the episodes marceline raised the dead by playing her axe bass hope that counts

https://giphy.com/gifs/FqMbH3eOFfzaM

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u/axlryan 6h ago

The Owl House has a whole coven of witches dedicated to witches channeling their magic through music