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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-10-27 05:33 pm

[ SECRET POST #5044 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5044 ⌋

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Re: Do you have an example, OP?

[personal profile] lilacsigil 2020-10-27 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they should explain enough so that the reader can extrapolate. For example, if you have a magic system, the reader should have some idea of what's normal, what's unusual, and what's considered impossible, at least in the characters' minds.

David Eddings: magic is rare, costly and difficult to use, but can do just about anything at a price.

Dragonlance: magic is a scholarly discipline, not uncommon, but pretty limited in most cases. Oh, here are some really powerful wizards doing crazy and damaging things, after years of study. Even regular wizards are scared of them!

Tolkein: magic is mysterious and grand to ordinary people, even though its remnants are everywhere, and you can't predict what any given magic will do, not even if Gandalf is allegedly on your side.

Re: Do you have an example, OP?

(Anonymous) 2020-10-28 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
nayrt, but oh man it's been so long since I thought about Dragonlance. I used to be so into it. I vacillated wildly between thinking Raistlin was the coolest and wanting to smack him around the head/force him to go to whatever form of therapy Krynn has