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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Breeze's Girlfriend?
« on: July 09, 2010, 02:12:01 AM »
I call Survivor of the Mistborn/Twilight slashfic!
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Miyabi > Question 4 clarification: When Raoden was in Elantris, Ien would insist on hovering near him, even coming to Raoden when he extended his hand.
FGR> what is the Shadesmare?
The same thing as regular lightning: static electrictricity generated by particulate collisions builds up until the charge difference between the cloud and the earth becomes great enough to cause a discharge across thousands of feet of atmosphere.
Man, now I wished there was more lightning in the Mistborn novels.