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Magic System Monday
by Magic System Monday
Magic System Monday is a podcast where we delve into, investigate, and rate magic/power systems in fiction as well discuss how they affect writing. You can make suggestions and send us stuff on twitter @MagicSystemMon.
Episodes
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Naruto's Legacy of Contradicting Itself
I'm sure no one here is a stranger to the many contradictions in Naruto. Despite this, many people still hold out believing that the magic system somehow isn't that bad. I've encountered many excuses and lies meant at justifying this, but nearly none of them are true. So lets talk about them.
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How Not to Ditch Your Main Characters
Sometimes we take side character development too far. When is that? when we forget what the main character was supposed to be doing.
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Stop Ditching Your Main Characters
Sometimes we take side character development too far. When is that? when we forget what the main character was supposed to be doing
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Revisiting The Original Criteria
It's been over a year on Magic System Monday, and I have had plenty of time to think about how I feel about my original claims in the key qualities of a magic system. Do I still agree with them? Well yeah, but I suppose I have some additions to make for the sake of being clear.
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The Writing Cards: Writer Restraint
No matter what you plans areas a writer, you have to actually refrain form taking part in things that are bad for your work. If you can't do this, no amount of writing advice can help you.
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Works Of Fiction Are Inherently Separate From Each Other
Works of fiction are generally considered to be separate. We all know this to be true, however there are occasions where our own opinions, preferences, or bias affect our ability to apply this notion in practice. Today's episode is a matter of recognizing this degree of separation, the...
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We're Not Doing High Guardian Spice
"As it turns out, low hanging fruit doesn't always go down so smooth." -- Isaiah, probably.
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The Ship of Theseus and A Letter To Those Who Care
Today we talk about the principal of "The ship of Theseus" and how it pertains to some aspects of world building as I have seen recently. We continue on and ask a serious question that the ship of theseus forced me to ask, in what may or may not be a tangent that doubles the length of the episode.
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Little Witch Academia's Method of Limits
On this episode of magic system Monday we will discuss my takeaway from specific aspects of the magic system in Little Witch Academia, specifically as they pertain to how the series addresses limits. It wasn't the most unique thing every, but the goal isn't always to make something completely…
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The Butterfly Effect and The One Percent Barrier: Steins;Gate's ideas on time travel
The concept of time traveling is a common one in fiction, giving rise and prominence to the concept of the butterfly effect. But is the butterfly effect accurate? And how much of a place must it hold in the case of writing time travel? Steins;Gate has entered the chat to put a lid on the matter...
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MSM Tweaking for Results - Featuring DnD's Invisibility
On today's episode of magic system Monday, we have an odd change of pace. We'll be discussing not the magic system as a whole, but a specific spell in dnd as well as an odd player made workaround surrounding it. The invisibility spell seems to have some clever players coming up with ideas that…
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Dramatic Magic, Formulaic creation, and Foci
People often say that a good magic system needs to have a cost, but what really is a cost? And is it true? Well that depends on your definition,which varies far more than reasonable. But perhaps another interesting question to ask would be wether or not your cost is too dramatic, as I've seen a...
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Pt3 - Earthbending
In this episode we will discuss the Earth elemental as well as it's expression within the series as a demonstration of the benefits of a hard magic system
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Pt2 - Waterbending
This is part two in the series on ATLA which covers water
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Pt1 - The Basics and Airbending
The first in the series of episodes covering A:TLA. Firstly we have an explanation for the the basics of how the bending works, what the Avatar is, as well as the the principles and origin of Airbending.
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My criteria for grading magic systems.
To day we start with some basic info: what a magic system is, why it is useful, and how I go about grading one.
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Magic System Monday is a podcast where we delve into, investigate, and rate magic/power systems in fiction as well discuss how they affect writing. You can make suggestions and send us stuff on twitter @MagicSystemMon.
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