| From: | Nexx3 <Nexx3@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Prometheus Unbound (was Re: Astral Magic) |
| Date: | Wed, 20 May 1998 17:12:50 EDT |
<< I'd also be willing to be that the number of "Double Domes" as the
Grimmy
calls them would be increasing, those individuals with a strong footing in
both magical theory and some physical science or other (likely physics I
would think). >>
In addition to the double-domes, you'd have a good number of kooks. What if a
trekkie were a latent mage? I'm not talking about an intelligent, reasonable
person whose hobby happens to be Star Trek, but rather one of the real wakkos
who speaks fluent Klingon (in three different dialects, and with two accents),
spends most of his time wearing the Klingon make-up, and gets his Starfleet
uniform pressed during practice with his bat'leth (I've known one guy like
this... he scares me). What if he were a latent mage, then began
understanding everything from the point of view of Star Trek technobabble?
He'd probably start pulling feats out of thin air that no one else had thought
of... not because they weren't possible, but simply because they weren't
thinking in that way. His magic is heavily grounded in science fiction
theory, and it would work just as well.
Nexx
