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I own a copy of Dean's amulet, vintage Season one, the real deal, solid brass. I'm familiar with the reason Jensen wanted to stop wearing it--I've had it smack me in the mouth more than once when I was in motion. I had a copy of Dean's silver band with the single groove, until someone admired it, who would wear it more than I did. And I have a bracelet of wooden, skull-shaped beads. Supernatural isn't the only fandom where I've adopted trinkets--I had an IDIC patch, and I had a "Tyrell Corporation: More Human Than Human" patch on a jacket. I had a Blue Sun t-shirt, and another tee with Chewie and Han as Calvin and Hobbes, sledding. I'm a fandom magpie.

Seeing the onamori Alec gave to Magnus on Shadowhunters, I set out to explore exactly what onamori are small amulets for directed good wishes: love, success in business (or a school exam), good health, fertility, other aims and goals. I learned that the charm Alec gave Magnus was for protection, and for love. My fandom magpie kicked in, and I decided an onamori would be a good thing to have, and also a way to celebrate Malec and Shadowhunters.

So I set out to find a red onamori--so many! So many designs, all of embroidered red silk, but with different figures in the background, different characters embroidered on the front. I wanted one as similar to Magnus' as I could find.

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