Oh if only I could live thousands of years to see how xenoarchaeologists write about this era.

I really enjoyed that moment. It was an amazing scene and my friend’s jaw dropped when it happened.

🤯

I think truth magic is an interesting concept, but I feel it’s a hard thing to implement into a story in a way that wouldn’t dissolve plot tension. At least with high drama and personal angst prevalent in a lot of fantasy. I think it would introduce interesting dynamics though. What do you enjoy seeing when truth spells come out?

I agree with the time travel spells. I think even small ones (reversal of entropy, or rewinding) spells introduce complications. Like if you reverse time to bring somebody back to life (really dangerous application of magic for plot purposes), what happens to the person’s neurons or their soul when time is reversed (if you have souls as an explicit part of the setting).

Big time travel spells are even more unwieldy. I think the increasing popularity of multiverses mitigates some of that complexity, but even then, it can really dampen the stakes of a story.

I think it’s inevitable, assuming there are still people present in the time it takes. I think of a room full of switch boards. One end is ‘communism’, the other is ‘not communism.’ Each of the switches represents a different topic or issue that can be solved and they turn on and off depending on society and factors like education, public opinion, and material conditions in general.

I think somewhere down the line, communism, or a political model like that could come about and nearly all the switches would be turned to ‘communism’ and assuming it’s as good as we believe, there’ll be little to no reason to go back to another political system.

I don’t know how long it’ll take to get there, but on an infinite timeline, I think it would be inevitable to reach a system where humans get their shit together. Now if only we could have a habitable planet until that point.

I saw a quote about how fucked up it is that people are assigned ‘daddy issues’ as a punchline instead of putting blame on shitty dads/masculinity.

No, I just have some personal issues and I am vulnerable to people pleasing. I don’t want a guy to pick up on my ‘daddy issues’ and enter an unbalanced dynamic.

I think older people can be attractive without it reflecting anything unhealthy about the person appreciating them.

I’m sorry if I gave off vibes of stigmatizing or judging. I just meant I want to reflect on why I’m drawn to older men and seeing what energy I’m giving off.

I’m actively trying to unpack this. I don’t want to change it, just so that I can pick up on red flags.