08-19-2015, 03:43 AM
(08-19-2015, 03:33 AM)Umbra Wrote:(08-19-2015, 03:03 AM)SharpTeeth Wrote: While I do think going for a magic structure within a story such as this wouldn't fit the tone, I wouldn't necessarily call magic open ended. A huge portion of setting up a structured narrative comes from setting boundaries and allowing certain exceptions. There are entire pages on tvtropes dedicated to extraordinarily well defined/limited variants of magic. Even in science based stories, there are humongous amounts of gratuitous hand-waving, for example, if you could shoot out fire, you would have to mind thermal conductivity, the toxic mix of gasses generated by incineration, and avoiding having the user be cooked by extremely close use of a thermal weapon. A large portion of telling tales is knowing when to not to adhere to reality and instead have a little fun with what you got. Trying to pass off that reality bending as gospel, however...... that is another thing.
And we can't forget this gem of an explanation!
Considering Void energy is a similarly bullshit pseudo-science I made to explain things like gaining speed from Newtonian physics being applied to light, I think we basically have magic that is not magic but is but isn't but is science but is not but is limited but basically works with anything.
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