one of the most basic misunderstandings
and yes i am calling it that
that people with an amateur understanding of creating 'magic' in stories run into is
that they think that the 'magic' comes from the fantasy.
which is why you get salacious tv series that are violent soap operas with tanks and guns that are dragon-shaped, etc. but could not have less and wonder.
and why __--in which--is suffused with magic.
because the magic doesn't come from the fantasy elements.
the magic comes from the rules.
it comes from the limitations.
we live in a world and we know it as such; it has limits, we know or imagine those, too.
and magic--all 'magic'--happens at that border. once you're well in the territory; once you're in a world of (say) classroom politics just with spells...it really stops feeling magical. the rules are easy, accepted. it can be world-building, it can be imaginative, and it's 'fantasy' totes. it's genre.
but it's not magic.
_spirited away_ lives in this place
bluntly, the work of emily jane carmichael lives in this place
otherwise you're just genre. and genre is fine. but it's transportative effects are pornographic, fleeting, unconnected; it doesn't have threads that tie into your heart.
and yes i am calling it that
that people with an amateur understanding of creating 'magic' in stories run into is
that they think that the 'magic' comes from the fantasy.
which is why you get salacious tv series that are violent soap operas with tanks and guns that are dragon-shaped, etc. but could not have less and wonder.
and why __--in which--is suffused with magic.
because the magic doesn't come from the fantasy elements.
the magic comes from the rules.
it comes from the limitations.
we live in a world and we know it as such; it has limits, we know or imagine those, too.
and magic--all 'magic'--happens at that border. once you're well in the territory; once you're in a world of (say) classroom politics just with spells...it really stops feeling magical. the rules are easy, accepted. it can be world-building, it can be imaginative, and it's 'fantasy' totes. it's genre.
but it's not magic.
_spirited away_ lives in this place
bluntly, the work of emily jane carmichael lives in this place
otherwise you're just genre. and genre is fine. but it's transportative effects are pornographic, fleeting, unconnected; it doesn't have threads that tie into your heart.