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* Why is it that we see lots of stories with robots and lots of stories with fairies, but almost never stories with both? Seeing beings of pure science encounter beings of pure magic would be awesome.
** I'd like to see sci-fi and fantasy combine, without the sci-fi [[Doing in Thethe Wizard]]. [[Washington 213|This troper]] is working on such a story with elves, dwarves, etc. in an interstellar setting. Though I haven't seen anything similar.
*** There is the Shadowrun universe that combines fantasy and sci-fi although more cyberpunk than interstellar. It does include elves, dwarves and other fantasy elements however.
** Because "pure science" and "pure magic" are stupid terms and thinking of them as some sort of opposing force is a way to ruin a perfectly good story concept. Read Eoin Colfer's [[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]] series. (The science is utterly, utterly woeful -- we're talking "cannot read howstuffworks.com" level of woeful -- but it's got a fairy nation of elves and pixies with virtual matter weaponry and magma-flare-riding subterrainian aircraft.)
** You should watch ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''. Robots, gargoyles, and [[The Fair Folk]], plenty of magic and science to go around.
** ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]''. Fairies and robots.
** It's a fine line between "Our time has come" on the place of the magic (or, rarely, the technology) and fully-melded [[Magitek]], and most writers can't think of the justification to keep them separate but parallel without keeping them ''completely'' separate, like the borders in Peirs Anthony's ''Split Infinity'' or the "magic makes tech go haywire" "rule" in [[Harry Potter]].
*** [[Harry Potter]] didn't invent that rule. Not sure who did, but it's in a lot of places ([[The Dresden Files]], for one). Some people might say that's because magic makes tech go haywire in real life ...
**** Never said it was invented in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Just said it was used there. Same goes for the ''Split Infinity'' borders.
*** It kinda makes sense. If you could generate energy that allows you break the laws of physics, then theoretically some of that ambient energy might affect nearby electronics. Sometimes other electronics mess up different electronics.
** Probably because there is a very thin line between science and explained magic. Basically, once you start [[Magic Aa Is Magic A|explaining how stuff works]], you [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|jump off the slippery slope towards science]]. Because after all, science is basically just process of finding out what makes the world around us works. For example, [[The Dresden Files]] could easily redefine magic as the process of creating (through emotions) and manipulating energy. Its basically the lack of [[Expospeak]] and lack of explanation on why magical creatures work the way that keeps it rooted firmly in the "magic" area. A better rule of thumb would be if "[[A Wizard Did It|its magic]]" is the standard explanation for why crap happens in the story, its pure fantasy (in the sense of fantasy being magic and such). If it starts asking/explaining why, its moving closer and closer to science, [[Magic Aa Is Magic A|even if the rules of said universe may be different from our own]].
** Warcraft actually does this pretty well, in my opinion. Yes, it's still basically steampunk tech, but they do have sentient robots and technomages, and a lot of the Titan constructs seem to have an interesting blend of technology and magic.
** Because would ''you'' let a bunch of [[The Fair Folk|fairies]] get the opportunity to program robots? I'd run for the goddamn hills.
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