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Published: 2016-04-20 01:20:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 1783; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 18
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Ivee suggested that I write a little more about the lore of magic in Tabira, and so this story was born: something that blends the viewpoints of witches with the reactions of most PokΓ©mon. At Tabira's inception, we wanted witches (rather than legendary PokΓ©mon for example) to be the primary antagonists, but understanding what makes a witch led to magic, and expanding upon magic led to what these lessons describe. In the future, there might be more, to go with the number of witches out there!
I've been having noticeable eye floaters for the past week or so now, including some flashing lights, so unfortunately I've played a part in holding up Chapter 3's release.
Our current goal is to release it by May, or some time shortly after; in the meantime, you can do any of the prompts you haven't already as per the FAQ, and I do apologize for the delay!
This story was written by myself, and illustrated by iveechan-art , although the source text of Lesson 5 was written by voyagerwitch . And of course, it's for .
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It's interesting to see how some witches are perceived here. Not all of them are bad, but how they use their magic is a different story every time, and they're usually not very good ones by the looks of it (At least, from the perspective of someone who has characters who don't actually use magic).
One thing is made clear though: To have magic is to have power. If you let it, power corrupts. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Lesson 4's annotations made me think of the Dark Side from Star Wars. Was that intentional?
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Not really. There's similarities, but shaping negativity into power is a pretty common motif in lots of fiction, including Pokemon itself.
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No, not just that, and looking closer, not just lesson 4. The stuff about negativity not being the only path, just the easiest, how using it that way corrupts you and everyone around you, how witches seize control and brute-force reality into another form to serve their purposes. It may have been unintentional, but that is a lot like how the Dark Side works.
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Even if there are similarities, I do hope our magic will turn out better and more interesting than the way the Force is written! Please keep an eye out for the differences in what we're going for, as well.
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Worry not. I know you're just getting started.
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Well, this seems kinda dire. So do all witches, generally, come about the same way? And is it something studied or more innate?
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It's possible to be predisposed to magic (Curry is a canon example, with her Gothitelle lineage allowing her to see lifespans and putting her on the fast track to telling fortunes). But generally speaking, it's studied, and it's a choice.
But there's a lot of ways for witches to come about. Even the witches shown here all came about for different reasons, after all.
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