Abhorsen
Acolyte
Hello again all!
Thank you all so much for your in-depth analysis on my post about Hard Vs Soft Magic Systems! You're all too damn smart for a small-time writer like me haha
Anyway, another potential discussion topic I was just mulling over; In a fantasy setting, presumably full of magic and wonder, a world where anything can happen even just by chance. Yet, death is almost always abundant and unavoidable in most circumstances.
Has death itself become a trope?
Could it be avoided altogether through unique magic or even simple religions? Perhaps. But, what I'm wondering is; Have any of you ever built a world where there is a calamity looming far more destructive than simply passing onto the next world? Infertility, loss of magic, changes in brain chemistry, what're the dire consequences you set before your valiant warriors and resplendent witches?
What do you, the writer, torture your civilisations with?
How do you instill fear on a whole other world?
(On the off-chance I've not been able to convey this train of thought correctly I apologize, my brain is constantly running at a panicked million miles per hour so my typing and thought process can't keep in pace with one another. I hope you can understand it though, hearing all of your replies, differing opinions, and insights into your worlds truly solidifies your existence for me, people outside my home are just NPCs at the moment but you, the struggling artist with a million hidden problems, I see you. I see you and I hope you know that although I may be half a world away...I love you. Stay safe, sane, and keep creating.
The colour has almost left the world, save it.
Thank you all so much for your in-depth analysis on my post about Hard Vs Soft Magic Systems! You're all too damn smart for a small-time writer like me haha
Anyway, another potential discussion topic I was just mulling over; In a fantasy setting, presumably full of magic and wonder, a world where anything can happen even just by chance. Yet, death is almost always abundant and unavoidable in most circumstances.
Has death itself become a trope?
Could it be avoided altogether through unique magic or even simple religions? Perhaps. But, what I'm wondering is; Have any of you ever built a world where there is a calamity looming far more destructive than simply passing onto the next world? Infertility, loss of magic, changes in brain chemistry, what're the dire consequences you set before your valiant warriors and resplendent witches?
What do you, the writer, torture your civilisations with?
How do you instill fear on a whole other world?
(On the off-chance I've not been able to convey this train of thought correctly I apologize, my brain is constantly running at a panicked million miles per hour so my typing and thought process can't keep in pace with one another. I hope you can understand it though, hearing all of your replies, differing opinions, and insights into your worlds truly solidifies your existence for me, people outside my home are just NPCs at the moment but you, the struggling artist with a million hidden problems, I see you. I see you and I hope you know that although I may be half a world away...I love you. Stay safe, sane, and keep creating.
The colour has almost left the world, save it.