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Westenev said :
So this is why you went on a spree of anti-magic threads?

The constant complaining about how 90% of the characters on every fantasy thread were mages in an environment where magic was supposed to be rare, and how magic users were almost always overpowered compared to non-magic users, didn't clue you in? Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

30-Mar-2016 00:22:49 - Last edited on 30-Mar-2016 00:22:59 by NotFishing

That leaves 90% of the population worthy of writing about. I think that's a decent number.

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30-Mar-2016 00:25:14 - Last edited on 30-Mar-2016 00:26:02 by Westenev

Westenev said :
That leaves 10% of the population worthy of writing about. I think that's a decent number.

Often times that 10% was me. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

30-Mar-2016 00:25:58

Well, aren't you the snowflake.

To be fair, the anti-mage or badass muggle is a staple in most magical or supernatural themes. Nobody complains about the rigged superpowered lottery in settings like the DC universe - the Arrow can fight the Flash on equal footing, and the Batman can take down Superman .

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30-Mar-2016 00:29:36 - Last edited on 30-Mar-2016 00:30:24 by Westenev

Bluefirecan said :
NotFishing said :
History and politics in a nutshell: Everyone looking back on and judging your decisions, their criticisms based almost entirely on hindsight.

It is also a basis of my frustration. You cannot know what I went through. Besides, in the era that thread took place in, marrying off a 14 year old was not uncommon. I mention that because I got so much **** for that and no one EVEN KNEW HOW OLD SHE WAS BEFOREHAND OH MY GOD GUYS I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IF I'D HAVE KNOWN

Even if you had known, regardless of age you were still selling a close family member (who was accustomed to a lavish life of wealth and luxury) to a bunch of tent-dwelling savages.

Honestly though, I think all those people were just pretending to be disgusted. They knew you didn't know and just wanted to make you frustrated. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

30-Mar-2016 00:30:15

30-Mar-2016 00:30:18 - Last edited on 30-Mar-2016 00:31:49 by NotFishing

Westenev said :
Well, aren't you the snowflake.

To be fair, the anti-mage or badass muggle is a staple in most magical or supernatural themes. Nobody complains about the rigged superpowered lottery in settings like the DC universe - the Arrow can fight the Flash on equal footing, and the Batman can take down Superman .

Maybe I'll just make a fantasy thread where all mages are locked away in towers, and if they start acting up we can get some religious crusaders hopped up on magic-negating steroids to genocide the entire tower. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

30-Mar-2016 00:37:43