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Oh my god all those tags lol!
But yeah, this is the result of literal years of thinking about this in quiet moments. I eventually decided to put it all together and see what the wider community thinks. To my knowledge noone else has gone this deep into working out the technicalities of Equestrian magic - and I was sorta known for doing it before now, considering i’ve been outright contacted by people who wanted to help me do it.
Call it a hobby. At any rate, I really look forward to seeing what everyone else thinks - what holes can be poked in it, what improvements can be made etcetera. And yes, I know - i’m overthinking it. But isn’t that half the fun? ;) (it is for me anyway…)
Edit: Looks like some of my editing broke down around the segment highlighting runes and their meanings (I guess that’s what happens when you rush out the last part of the image and it’s so large that your editing software breaks..) - it isn’t too off-putting, at least.
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Basically. They probably DO have the reserve magic to cast such spells, but it just isn’t economical for them, since they can’t “recharge” it like ponies do. A well-fed changeling could cast any spell they wish - but a limited number, and an intensive casting session would leave them starving.
So your saying that changeling don’t used copied magic as, even if transforming makes them psychically capable, they don’t have the reserve magic to fuel such?
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Sorry for the late reply.
No worries!
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Sorry for the late response. Stuff came up. Anyway thanks for clarifying the three parts thing. Three things.
No worries! So, magic comes in three parts. You have the gas, which is charged by exposure to emotions. This charged gas reacts to contact or proximity to runes, reading the commands the runes program into it and creating that effect. Charged magic should still be visible without runes, but would behave more like a chemical / standard gas than ‘magic’ unless it hits a certain critical level of charge/density where it starts to write its own runes.
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Before continuing, I’ve lost track of the connection between magic being gas and runes and which causes which. Is it that magic is a normally inert gas and rune are what charges/forms direct it into visible/usable forms? Depending on their connection I might have some thoughts on this and our other conversations.
The Tirek Conundrum: Remember, magic is a CHEMICAL which runes instruct. Therefore, Tirek is able to collect this chemical - and since magic in the air tends to condense down into small orbs, to recover you would likely have to catch and consume one of these orbs (or somehow digest gemstones) to recover.
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I’ve had some thoughts that might sell me on your rune theories.
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Magic can pass through solids, yes - but it has also shown itself to be capable of teleportation. The reflection still works if the substance is exceptionally bouncy when compressed, and can do so best on low-friction (e.g. reflective) surfaces. Another explanation could be that the gas follows some form of electromagnetic radiation, I suppose. Sci-twi does state that magic is electromagnetic, but even Sunset states that it operates differently beyond the portal. The nature of the substance may be entirely altered.
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