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Magic And Marvels And Monsters, O My!
What's a monster to the world?
Oct 3 • 
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Remove Curse
Considerations on what it means
Oct 2 • 
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Lumping And Splitting The Lore
What was that thing?
Sep 29 • 
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The Fairy In The Tale
Fairy tales vs. fairies
Sep 22 • 
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How Much Magic Does A Fairy Tale Need?
The lore and the lack
Sep 12 • 
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Summer's Over
Seasons and time and magic
Sep 2 • 
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Pondering Punk As A Post-Fix
Technology in your fantasy
Aug 25 • 
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Calibrating Magic, Briefly
A question for magic systems
Aug 22 • 
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Mastery of Mankind
Why aren't elves ruling the world?
Aug 4 • 
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The Guild Of Wizards
Does this trope work?
Aug 1 • 
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Two Kinds of Magic
A different slice
Jul 30 • 
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The Philosophy of The Always Evil Beings
Can this trope work?
Jul 22 • 
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