Favourite Type of Magic?

[DavidJae]

Which is your favourite type of magic? The Oriental style or the European, more medieval form of magic?

I prefer the Oriental style personally, for the greater physical discipline and more subtle magics.

I would be interested in what other people think.

[edd]

i am not really sure what type of magic i like but i tend to lean on the side of exaggerated stuff.things that would say wow its the end of the world stuff.

[Ophiucha]

I feel like those are two very vague ways of dividing magic, and that each of those has a thousand divisions and there are things that fall outside of either definition (indigenous American, African, etc.). But if I have to choose between the two... European?, I suppose. If you mean, like, latin words and magic wands as opposed to something like Naruto or Avatar: The Last Airbender/Legend of Korra. I like both (I am freakishly obsessed with Korra right now), but I do prefer the versatility of the European system to the more defined Chinese 'magic system' used in these shows.

But, I mean, there's no reason you couldn't create a European-style magic system with an emphasis on discipline, nor an Eastern-style magic system with an emphasis on magic words and grandiosity.

[Shockley]

I've always operated under the idea of magic as a universal entity (I don't believe in it, of course, but taking a philosophical stance that it exists for the sake of this argument) with different facets, so I don't divide between 'western' and 'eastern' types.

It's all awesome. It's all cool.

[Devor]

I've always operated under the idea of magic as a universal entity (I don't believe in it, of course, but taking a philosophical stance that it exists for the sake of this argument) with different facets, so I don't divide between 'western' and 'eastern' types.

You - you don't . . . believe in magic?

[Hans]

You - you don't . . . believe in magic?

Do you believe in magic?
Yeah
Believe in the magic of the young girl's soul
Believe in the magic of-a rock and roll
Believe in the magic that can set you free
Ohh, talking 'bout the magic
-- The lovin' spoonful - Do you believe in magic

[Sheilawisz]

As a European I always prefer European culture over any other, and about Magic, I agree 100% with edd: I am in love with super powerful, unrealistic and reality-shattering Magic, stuff that would leave people in awe screaming: It's the end of the world!! Yeah, that's my style of Magic =)

[Queshire]

Personally, when it comes to the most magical type of magic to me, I think I have to go with the Japanese Onmyodo Onmyodo - Television Tropes & Idioms mainly because I have no clue how it's supposed to work or what it can do. It's mysterious and exotic to me. I think this is partially a cultural thing. Most stories featuring Onmyodo are writen in Japan for Japanese people, where they have a better cultural understanding of what it is meaning authors don't have to spell out how it works or what it can do.

[Shockley]

You - you don't . . . believe in magic?

I've seen no evidence that it's real, even though I know plenty of people who insist that it is. I did stage magic professionally for a few months, so a lot of the 'real' stuff people gush about (Uri Gellar, for instance) isn't that impressive to me.

But I like to think that we live in a world of unlimited possibilities.

[Queshire]

I believe we make magic. I mean, just take a look at what humans have acomplished.