Magic A Is Magic A: Difference between revisions

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[[File:MagicAIsMagicA 7655.png|link=El Goonish Shive|frame|Even [[Supernatural Martial Arts]] is part of this magic system.]]

 

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** Part of what helps keep the [[Whateley Universe]] canon stories straight is the secret "[[All There in the Manual|Whateley Academy Universe Bible]]" that only canon authors are allowed access to—this lays out every single "rule" for the storyline, canon characters, backstory, etc etc.

*** And, for another one of those 'secrets'...It's not been updated in about three years or so.

* [[The Slender Man Mythos]] is an interesting example; the character is shared between several projects by different groups, and one of the reasons he's so effectively frightful is that the most well-known Slenderblogs and vlogs keep things consistent. There's still wiggle-room for variation without angering the fandom, though: In [[Marble Hornets]], audio and video distortions show up when something bad is about to happen, whereas in [[Everyman HYBRID]], video usually doesn't distort unless Slender Man himself is both in the shot and very close to the camera. In [[Marble Hornets]] and [[Tribe Twelve]], being around Slender Man repeatedly tends to make people physically ill; [[Everyman HYBRID]] seems to be skipping that one.

** Actually, the main cast of [[Everyman HYBRID]] seem to be coughing up blood after each encounter with Slender Man.

* [[Hand Wave|Handwaving]] lack of internal consistency with extreme applications of [[Bellisario's Maxim]] is discussed in #3 of ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'''s [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026104202/http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-common-movie-arguments-that-are-always-wrong_p2/ 6 Common Movie Arguments That Are Always Wrong].

* ''[[Chatoyant College]]'': There are strict rules on what can be achieved with each type of magic.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Fairly Oddparents]] has consistent rules for making wishes, except in [[The Movie]] there is a magic muffin that allows a certain amount of unrestricted wishing for those trusted with it. The only wish that can't be made is for the magic muffin to taste better (yeah, the muffin is all powerful, but it tastes horrible).

* ''[[Mighty Max]]'' established how the portal system works that Portal A leads to Portal B and vice-versa. In order to travel the world they need to move through a series of portals to arrive at their destination, almost like a subway train map. In multiple episodes they show that the portal underneath Max's house leads directly to [[Big Bad|Skullmaster's]] cavern, and a portal overhanging a lava waterfall some distance away leads them to Australia, with the nearest portal on foot is 50 miles away.

** Magic A is the obvious magic, unicorn magic. Every unicorn has some limited telekinesis for lifting small objects, plus a suite of spells related to their main talent; ergo, a unicorn whose cutie mark signified a particular skill for baking would have spells for getting dough to rise, batter to come together, what have you. Twilight Sparkle is unique in that her talent is the use and understanding of magic itself, so she can potentially learn any spell.

** Magic B is pegasus magic, mainly cloudwalking and weather control, plus some tactile telekinesis for towing things while in flight.

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