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[fiendennor]

Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?

Comments

[latkje]

Some people would say that's the same thing.

Where I'm from magic is pretty common. Seems like there are three types of worlds:
the ones with no magic, the ones where everyone who knows about magic is really secretive about it, and the worlds where you're more or less expected to know about it.

[fiendennor]

That seems like a fair description to me. Of course, the distinction between the first and second items... may not be a large one. There's no way to be sure one world that seems to be the first isn't actually the second.

[latkje]

Hey, you said it before I could.

[ He's definitely wondered… ]

[fiendennor]

It's a reasonable query. Of course, the idea that some worlds genuinely don't have magic can't be ruled out.

[latkje]

And how people remember things is at least as important as how they really were. My dad used to say that the gods can't change the past, but historians can.

[fiendennor]

To a point, that's certainly true. Of course, erasing all evidence of something is a tall order. I'll concede it's certainly possible, depending on how wide-spread this hypothetical use of magic might have been, though.