This has nothing to do with the actual video, but I feel like wizards suffer from the same issue as super heroes and anime characters do.
Like, yeah, it’s cool what they can do. But also, they’re practically invincible. No matter what situation they get into, you just know they’ll have some spell / super power / forbidden technique to get themselves out of it.
That’s only a problem of bad writing. In good writing, even the most powerful beings can be threatened. Good writing has internal logic and conflict. You cannot have either with the shitty kind of, “I snap my fingers and fix it” magic BS you reference.
At the end of the day, ALL of fiction suffers from the problem. Outside of fantasy, Plot Armor still exists. Any poorly written character can become uncompelling.
Eh, the sourcerresses in the Witcher books, while powerful found themselves in situations where there was no chaos, a leftover from an event long ago around them to feed their spells from. And moving too large amounts of energy in a short time always left them physically weak and could even lead to injury if done hastily or wrong. I liked that concept.
This has nothing to do with the actual video, but I feel like wizards suffer from the same issue as super heroes and anime characters do.
Like, yeah, it’s cool what they can do. But also, they’re practically invincible. No matter what situation they get into, you just know they’ll have some spell / super power / forbidden technique to get themselves out of it.
That’s only a problem of bad writing. In good writing, even the most powerful beings can be threatened. Good writing has internal logic and conflict. You cannot have either with the shitty kind of, “I snap my fingers and fix it” magic BS you reference.
At the end of the day, ALL of fiction suffers from the problem. Outside of fantasy, Plot Armor still exists. Any poorly written character can become uncompelling.
Tolkien’s magic can’t do everything, and that’s its strenght.
Eh, the sourcerresses in the Witcher books, while powerful found themselves in situations where there was no chaos, a leftover from an event long ago around them to feed their spells from. And moving too large amounts of energy in a short time always left them physically weak and could even lead to injury if done hastily or wrong. I liked that concept.