« Reply #14 on: Thu, 21 February 2013, 08:02:16 »
Even my 15-year-old daughter thinks that Twilight is utterly lame.
She is a huge Harry Potter fan.
I thought potter was lame.... magic is stupidly over-powered, and yet they refuse to really "USE IT"
That is bollocks, in a fantasy world the magic can be as powerful as the writer wants it to be. Also it is not supposed to be 100% logical and realistic, the magic provides a good frame work for a good story.
My favorite conception of magic is the way LeGuin used it in Earthsea, that is, a subtle force that certain sufficiently sensitive individuals are able to "weave" into the fabric of reality, and which must be constantly maintained, lest it unravel again.

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