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Looxond t1_jduil51 wrote

de ja vu i have seen this prompt before

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Aristocrafied t1_jdut28e wrote

I second this, not too long ago I believe

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Ketheres t1_jdwp5qq wrote

I think I saw it last summer, which is aeons in internet time. Good prompt nonetheless, I suppose

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archpawn t1_jduixph wrote

This is how placebomancy works in UNSONG. Someone did a study comparing praying for rain from a pagan deity vs from random letters pulled from a game of scrabble, and both worked equally well. Though placebomancy isn't the only form of magic in it.

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velocirapture1377 t1_jdx6li4 wrote

I CAME HERE TO SAY JUST THAT!! I'm so glad that series is so widely known. I also wish they'd called it bullshitism, theatermancy or some sort of joke about how throughly nonsense it is.

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frost5al t1_jdu5q8g wrote

This is how Sovereign Citizens think Law works.

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Captain_Nesquick t1_jdumsdb wrote

I think it's how magic should be, creating a magic system with strict rules to follow and learn makes it ressemble a science artificially, just because the author doesn't trust that the audience can't accept anything but logic. It also ressembles more closely old litterature magic, having sets of rules is a rather recent way to write magic

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siskulous t1_jdvg53h wrote

I swear I've seen this exact prompt before....

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LaserRanger_McStebb t1_jduuts4 wrote

Almost literally the plot of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

hugely recommend that book/miniseries btw.

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