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** 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]].