"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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On a serious metal kick as of right now....
As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
Killswitch Engage
Although in between those three I've been listening to Muse which really doesn't fit.....
Still, I'd love to see a version written by the same guy who adapted Northanger Abbey.
1. What did you want to be when you were little?
A Palaeontologist or Archaeologist.
2. What do you want to be? (Doesn't have to be what you're doing right now)
A Graphic Novelist among some other diversions (including freelance designer/illustrator and a concept artist etc, and hopefully volunteer in some way to look after the fuzzy and fluffy creatures of the world ... and promote love for sharks and river dolphins too...)
Like a little person getting drunk faster when drinking?
Yeah, exactly like that, a lower volume of alchohol is necessary to be drunk for smaller people, so - therefore maybe the metals of mistings of lesser size would last longer, because they needed to burn less of it to reap its benefit, than physically larger mistings?
I mean, I mainly raised this point when it occured to me that in situations involving Vin and another mistborn (or hey, a misting able to use atium...) where each were using a same sized portion of atium -- her supply might out last theirs.
Plus, by that logic she'd be cheaper to run in the long term.
Like... 'Economies of (small) Scale'
That is generally what I tell my wife when we run into any Mistborn anyways. "Always go through the pockets after you've killed them" lol. Personally I don't think he is dead, probably because I liked his character a great deal lol.
Sadly, I think he is dead, that poor crazy cutie~.
(ever so in mourning).
(I love it when I can love the bad guy.)
