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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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      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. John Markley‏ @johndrewmarkley 19 Apr 2020
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      I think another issue is in a lot of the foundational classics of fantasy like the works of Tolkien, Howard, and so on- magic is 1. fairly rare, and 2. mostly only used by either antagonists or enigmatic supporting characters. In that context, there's little need for a "system"

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 19 Apr 2020
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      yes ...and I think that's pretty good magic is potent (in a narrative sense) when rare

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