This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.
The human mind is not a terribly logical or consistent place.
Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate.
...you look like you fell out of a crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.
Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.