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Movies and TV / Re: Dollhouse
« on: March 23, 2009, 05:14:55 AM »
Very good episode (a bit harsh in places--definitely not a family show). You can watch it on hulu.
"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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We live 1121 miles apart, you know.
Wait, you know Korean?
Otherwise you could do a morphological analysis. Anatopism is to anachronism as topology is to chronology.It's in the wrong place? It's the wrong shape?
Shards of Honor (the first half of the Cordelia's Honor omnibus) is one of my favorite books of all time, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone. The end makes me cry every time.