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needless masturbation? As opposed to "purposeful?" *NM* Aeryn Send a noteboard - 05/11/2009 06:54:27 PM
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What is the purpose of a "good" magic system in fantasy? Ouranid - 02/11/2009 05:15:29 PM 1097 Views
For me at least, it changes with each story, and each telling. unr3stricted - 02/11/2009 07:47:59 PM 787 Views
Well, the Dying Earth genre can do this quite effectively. Ouranid - 03/11/2009 04:08:45 PM 663 Views
Well, sure, magic is by definition unscientific. Ghavrel - 02/11/2009 08:21:38 PM 759 Views
A "good" system can enhance the otherness of the world or characters. Jacob - 02/11/2009 08:34:02 PM 744 Views
Warbreaker felt like it had a lot of untapped potential beetnemesis - 03/11/2009 05:55:23 AM 663 Views
A part of that is planned, and another part is due to a growing author. Jacob - 03/11/2009 03:11:58 PM 846 Views
I think it takes a couple of things to make a good magic system random thoughts - 02/11/2009 09:25:42 PM 658 Views
Concequence is certainly interesting. Ouranid - 03/11/2009 04:02:58 PM 705 Views
Indeed. Jacob - 03/11/2009 04:16:41 PM 708 Views
Sounds interesting. Ouranid - 03/11/2009 04:30:37 PM 661 Views
Have you described this here or at Wotmania before? MightyYT - 04/11/2009 09:25:01 AM 739 Views
I wrote a little about it at wotmania when Danu was having her last big writing contest. Jacob - 04/11/2009 02:34:51 PM 641 Views
Novelty and verisimilitude, for me beetnemesis - 03/11/2009 05:51:22 AM 677 Views
Heh, yes. Ouranid - 03/11/2009 04:05:37 PM 723 Views
I really don't care as long as it is not horribly inconsistent. jh - 03/11/2009 07:47:48 AM 701 Views
The problem with heroes is they are just making it up as the go along random thoughts - 03/11/2009 06:49:25 PM 669 Views
That is not without a whole lot of precident in comics. *NM* Jacob - 03/11/2009 08:04:48 PM 287 Views
It doesn't really make a for an internally consisnt magic system OR plot, though. *NM* Darth_Katie - 03/11/2009 08:14:59 PM 322 Views
yes but comics run for decades *NM* random thoughts - 05/11/2009 09:19:05 PM 287 Views
Although this is technically SciFi... vandevere - 03/11/2009 08:23:27 PM 702 Views
Hmmmm. Camilla - 05/11/2009 04:34:03 PM 685 Views
needless masturbation? As opposed to "purposeful?" *NM* Aeryn - 05/11/2009 06:54:27 PM 329 Views
*insert gender joke here* *NM* Ghavrel - 06/11/2009 01:39:47 AM 288 Views
Yes. I actually believe it can be very purposeful. *NM* Ouranid - 07/11/2009 04:48:27 PM 275 Views
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