I will list two supernatural things in my fantasy:
1. The potion of antivenom.
- The potion of antivenom is made by mixing powdered alicorn (the horn of a unicorn) , the atter (venom) of a dragon and a bezoar (a stone found in the intestines of a ibex).
2. Ettin (giant) magicians have the ability to control the elements of nature.
- Ettins are human-skinned giants who live in nomadic tribes. Why do ettin magicians have the ability to control fire, frost and wind, but other races do not? The reason behind this is that the beliefs of the ettins are similar to the Orc shamans in Warcraft universe, the ettins worship the elements and their god, they worship fire and the god of fire, they worship frost and the god of frost, they worship wind and the god of the sky. They worship both elements and gods. Why do they worship elements and gods, but why elements specifically? They worship them because they want to manipulate weather for their needs, they worship gods to appease the gods so they don't cause snowstorms, thunderstorms and windstorms, the most important god to them although, is the fertility goddess, she is not a goddess of elements, but the Mother Nature that promises rain and food.
Don't get me wrongly, the ettins do not get powers from gods, they have developed this ability because of their traditions, they believe that they get magic from gods but that does not mean that they are right.
I have included supernatural in my fantasy, but I am obsessed with making it realistic. Its not that I need fantasy to be 100% realistic, but I just can't comprehend some concepts.
The biggest thing that bothers me in fantasy when someone creates things from thin air, I don't know why but its the most annoying thing that I have to deal with it.
I keep telling to myself why should I care when mythologies are full of utter nonsense, for example a Norse story tells that the Nine Worlds were created from the body of Ymir and that the tree Yggdrassil carries on itself all Nine Worlds. But to a modern reader this is just utter nonsense, the viewer would ask, how did the body of Ymir become a tree (Yggdrassil), there are no even explanations of that.
I am a too rational type of person, I think too logically and sometimes can't comprehend too unrealistic concepts such as shapeshifting.
Many of you people rely on creativity and do not rely on logic, so you don't have that problems, I am saying the problem is my personality, its like my personality sometimes conflicts with my wishes, for example pyrokinesis is cool, but I hesitate to include it because its "unrealistic".
To make my final point, I just want to say that there are two sides of my personality that produce a inner conflict:
1) the first side of me says to me, you can have supernatural elements, but don't go too far in unrealism, the first part of me says that shapeshifting and immaterial beings such as ghosts seem like nonsense that can't be accepted in my fantasy.
A magician creates fire out of nothing, the first part of me responds, this is just utter nonsense, you cannot create something out of nothing!
2) The second side of me says, why does it matter if there's shapeshifting or not you already added supernatural creatures such as ettins (which means that you already broke the rules of reality), why do you think that shapeshifting makes a difference? If its fantasy why do you care if it is realistic or not when neither yours world nor for example Tolkien's Middle-Earth could ever happen in reality. It is a product of human mind and never could such world exist in reality even if our Earth had a alternate reality.
1. The potion of antivenom.
- The potion of antivenom is made by mixing powdered alicorn (the horn of a unicorn) , the atter (venom) of a dragon and a bezoar (a stone found in the intestines of a ibex).
2. Ettin (giant) magicians have the ability to control the elements of nature.
- Ettins are human-skinned giants who live in nomadic tribes. Why do ettin magicians have the ability to control fire, frost and wind, but other races do not? The reason behind this is that the beliefs of the ettins are similar to the Orc shamans in Warcraft universe, the ettins worship the elements and their god, they worship fire and the god of fire, they worship frost and the god of frost, they worship wind and the god of the sky. They worship both elements and gods. Why do they worship elements and gods, but why elements specifically? They worship them because they want to manipulate weather for their needs, they worship gods to appease the gods so they don't cause snowstorms, thunderstorms and windstorms, the most important god to them although, is the fertility goddess, she is not a goddess of elements, but the Mother Nature that promises rain and food.
Don't get me wrongly, the ettins do not get powers from gods, they have developed this ability because of their traditions, they believe that they get magic from gods but that does not mean that they are right.
I have included supernatural in my fantasy, but I am obsessed with making it realistic. Its not that I need fantasy to be 100% realistic, but I just can't comprehend some concepts.
The biggest thing that bothers me in fantasy when someone creates things from thin air, I don't know why but its the most annoying thing that I have to deal with it.
I keep telling to myself why should I care when mythologies are full of utter nonsense, for example a Norse story tells that the Nine Worlds were created from the body of Ymir and that the tree Yggdrassil carries on itself all Nine Worlds. But to a modern reader this is just utter nonsense, the viewer would ask, how did the body of Ymir become a tree (Yggdrassil), there are no even explanations of that.
I am a too rational type of person, I think too logically and sometimes can't comprehend too unrealistic concepts such as shapeshifting.
Many of you people rely on creativity and do not rely on logic, so you don't have that problems, I am saying the problem is my personality, its like my personality sometimes conflicts with my wishes, for example pyrokinesis is cool, but I hesitate to include it because its "unrealistic".
To make my final point, I just want to say that there are two sides of my personality that produce a inner conflict:
1) the first side of me says to me, you can have supernatural elements, but don't go too far in unrealism, the first part of me says that shapeshifting and immaterial beings such as ghosts seem like nonsense that can't be accepted in my fantasy.
A magician creates fire out of nothing, the first part of me responds, this is just utter nonsense, you cannot create something out of nothing!
2) The second side of me says, why does it matter if there's shapeshifting or not you already added supernatural creatures such as ettins (which means that you already broke the rules of reality), why do you think that shapeshifting makes a difference? If its fantasy why do you care if it is realistic or not when neither yours world nor for example Tolkien's Middle-Earth could ever happen in reality. It is a product of human mind and never could such world exist in reality even if our Earth had a alternate reality.
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