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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

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      2/ I think that Tolkien sort of defines it. Hard fantasy SHOULDN'T, in my opinion, be hard about physics or math. Analytical ways of approaching things are antithetical to faerie tales. The kind of hardness that is appropriate for fantasy is >>>https://twitter.com/simplic10/status/1251571013613019136 …

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      eggwifeguy @simplic10
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      Is there such a thing as “hard” fantasy I wonder? What would be some candidates? Only thing I can think of offhand is maybe The Witling by Vinge. Eg, ppl can teleport, but they retain their momentum vector which has all sorts of consequences
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      3/ distinct from the kind of hardness that is appropriate for science fiction. "Hard fantasy" should be rigorous in the things that fantasy is ABOUT, not in the things that it is not about. Fantasy is about tradition, lore, hidden things, malevolent forces, etc.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      4/ So Tolkien obsessing about millenia of history, slowly evolving languages, ruins of once great nations, etc. is hard fantasy. But to be analytical about the magic system, for example, would be to sperg in the wrong direction. Faerie stories are not about analytical magic.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      5/ Wife has been telling about some F & SF author youtube videos she's watching, and a sub-sub-sub genre is people talking about how to design "magic systems". And ... oh no think this very bad idea / corruption / nonsense springs from being deeply unaware of roots of fantasy

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      6/ faerie stories -> Tolkien -> D&D / tabletop RPGs -> 1990s fantasy -> vidya RPGs and M:TG CTGC -> some modern fantasy so "magic systems" are about balancing white mana against black mana it's game mechanics crap, which is ENTIRELY anthetical to the core of fantasy

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      7/ like, yes, M:TG _needs_ a very good magic system and so do RPGs, whether TT or vidya ...but Merlin and Gandalf do not need magic systems ...and the more you try to write a system the more you depart the realm of fantasy. /exeunt

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

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      8/ yeshttps://twitter.com/ded_ruckus/status/1251586835987353601 …

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      Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus
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      FWIW I like a lot of books that have hard, spergy magic systems but they're not really fantasy, they're magic-world SF (just like Star Wars isn't really SF, it's space fantasy)
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Demiurgent 🥃 🖤

      9/ Did Gandalf's light spell have rules? Is the magic in Conan or Dying Earth self-consistent? The more rules and consistency you have, the less magic and the more engineering it is. ...which is the entire point I'm making.https://twitter.com/tr0g/status/1251590816210059265 …

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      Demiurgent 🥃 🖤 @tr0g
      Magic needs rules and to be internally self-consistent. Whether you define that as a system or not, you can’t handwave your way out of a plot hole and say ‘magic’! You don’t need to go all litRPG on it, but it has to have some structure. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1251573192671612928 …
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 18 Apr 2020

      10/ The absolute worst kind of "fantasy" is where the inside of castle or dungeon rooms are lit by crystals embedded with light spells cast on them. Fluorescent lights. Magical phlogistan instead of UV emitting arcs impinging on phosphor...but fluorescent lights all the same

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        1. "Astonishing Hero" in High Orc‏ @Astonishng_Hero 19 Apr 2020
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          Tolkien magic is about moral, not physical, consistancy.

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        1. Lawyer Dog‏ @TheClarksTale 19 Apr 2020
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          I like fantasy that takes seriously the smith's-eye view of making a sword. You don't need the chemistry, but you need a good grasp of the process.

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        1. Todd of Mischief‏ @AndToddsaid 22 Apr 2020
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          What's wrong with the mid-90s, low-budget Saturday afternoon Fox-affiliate fantasy dramedy aesthetic? Nevermind, I answered my own question.

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