@KawaSeadrake Well, there's "alchemy" (my symbols and how I work with magic) and there's "magic" (how to build a magic system and work with it to better yourself). And most of what I want to talk about is the latter because once you understand that the former becomes kind of... implementation-detail-y? Like, you have to find the system that works for you, because this is such a personally invested space.
@literorrery @KawaSeadrake (and @Fuego)
I... hmm.
May I respectfully raise the point that I'm not sure the world needs yet another "magic is what you make of it, do what thou wilt!" text, and what it does need is more earnest and forthright EXAMPLES of how someone did that for themself?
Spirits know that if I had earlier access to the latter, I'd be a lot further along in my own personal figuring-out.
@literorrery @KawaSeadrake @Fuego
More to the point: HOW MANY tech projects have burned down, fell over, and sank into the swamp after someone uttered the dread phrase "Oh, that's just an implementation detail!"
@Fuego @KawaSeadrake @indi Oh, I'm not just ignoring the implementation! I want to show it as "here's how I got where I ended up from the theory." The details without the theory leaves anyone who can't make that paradigm work out in the cold. The theory, however, is not enough either, I grant you. There's too little there to grasp.
@indi @KawaSeadrake @Fuego ... Gah, double post, sorry.