Midnight Pals: Magic Systems
[at Unicorn Fuck Club]
Brandon Sanderson: hey robert what kind of magic rules do you have
Sanderson: in my fantasy world, there's 18 laws of magic
Sanderson: sorted into 23 categories and 65 sub-directories
Robert Jordan: huh
Jordan: well in my world, girls do girl magic and boys do boy magic
Sanderson: wait what?
Jordan: girls do girl magic and boys do boy magic
Sanderson: how does that work
Jordan: saidin is stored in the balls
Jordan: why, how does your magic work
Sanderson: ah well if you experience an emotion in my fantasy world
Sanderson: then a sprite representing that emotion with physically appear and dance around
Jordan: is that like Big Mouth then
Sanderson: what
Jordan: its a cartoon show
Sanderson:
Sanderson: oh idk maybe
Sanderson: i haven't seen it
Sanderson: i only watch saturday's warrior on loop
Jordan: look, i just think it makes sense
Jordan: that the fundamental mystery powers of the universe would bisect neatly along binary gender lines
JK Rowling: goddamnit!!!
Rowling: why didn't i think of that
Rowling: ugh, inssstead i only have magic dividing people into uebermensssches and untermensssches
Rowling: it could have been sssso much more!
Rowling: sssso in my world
Rowling: the sssuperior wizard raccce issss sssimply born knowing magic
Sanderson: right, right
Rowling: then they have to go to sssschool
Rowling: you know, to learn
Rowling:
Rowling: magic
Rowling: alssso there are bad wizardsss who want to exterminate non-wizardssss
Rowling: the bad wizardsss represssent queer people now
Rowling: that's why we need to get them before they get us
Rowling: anyway if you're an elected repressentative writing eliminationalisssst lawsss, feel free to reference my fictional booksss for jussstification
Tolkien:
Martin:
Rowling: i don't get it, that alwaysss getsss a big hand on mumsnet
Diane Duane: in my world, anyone can learn magic
Rowling: SHUT UP DUANE
Duane: from a book
Rowling: SHUT UP
Duane: you can get it at the library
John Bellairs: oh yeah i think i've seen that book
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Quick update on the progress of Until Dawn Shall Break: fic isn't dead! I'm just currently obsessively picking away at the next two chapters and rereading the fic to capture any plot holes I might have missed because I'm a paranoid perfectionist and my dumbass past self didn't leave anything in the outline for the last few chapters other than 'figure it out'
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Midnight Pals: Cyclical Time
[at unicorn fuck club]
Robert Jordan: thus as the wheel of time turns, so pass the ages of man!
Jordan: a new epoch of magic and mystery settles upon the land!
Jordan: it was an age of the distant past
Jordan: and an age yet to come!
Tolkien: wait a second
Tolkien: which was it
Jordan: the gleeman vish taral’bid came to seek the blessing of ai’shidoo
Tolkien: you’re dropping names like we should be familiar with them
Jordan: you should be, we’ve been over this before
Tolkien: we have?
Jordan: in an age of the distant past
Jordan: and an age yet to come
Jordan: it’s an epic tale of good & evil just like your lord of the rings
Jordan: but the selling point here is that time is cyclical
Tolkien: oh that’s interesting, i thought time was linear
Jordan: oh no not at all
Jordan: first you have to understand that space time is curved
Jordan: so nineva al’uvyf is all “oh you menfolk with yer dillying and your dallying! Guess it’s up to us womenfolk to fix this!”
Jordan: “what’s that there? mud on the floor? ooo and i suppose you menfolk expect us womenfolk to clean that up mm? Just like you menfolk!”
Jordan: just imagine every woman in this world is that one really annoying Irish chick in Star Trek the Next Generation
Jordan: of course men channel saidin for dude magic
Jordan: which is stronger, like how a dude is stronger than a lady
Jordan: but the lady magic of ladies? well that‘s better for working together
Jordan: the real magic is friendship
Jordan: let me tell you
Jordan: women, huh?
Jordan: who can understand them?
Jordan: bitches be chanelin’ saidar
Jordan: so perin was on an epic quest to the desert of yarbalno
GRR Martin: how smooth are the skirts?
Jordan: oh actually they’re kinda wrinkled
Jordan: better smooth ‘em out
Jordan: thanks for reminding me!
Jordan: wait a second
Jordan: are you making fun of me!?
Jordan: you know if that’s how you’re gonna be, I’m just gonna go over to midnight society!
Tolkien: you can’t do that, robert! You’re not telling a horror story!
Jordan: well, there’s a dark one, that’s pretty spooky
Jordan: you know what, just SHUT UP
[at midnight society]
Jordan: anyway that’s when i came over here
Barker: so how smooth are the skirts
Edward Lee: bro i don’t like to brag but
Lee: i been to tar valon
Lee: if you know what i mean
Koontz: i don’t know what you mean
Angela Carter: get off it, you have not been
Carter: you wouldn’t be able to find it
Tabitha King: oh ho ho! Zing!
Patricia Highsmith: i’ve been
Robert Jordan: Braids -- tugged.
Jordan: Skirts -- smoothed.
Jordan: Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
[at unicorn fuck club]
Robert Jordan: thus as the wheel of time turns, so pass the ages of man!
Jordan: it was an age of the distant past
Jordan: and an age yet to come!
Tolkien: wait a second
Tolkien:
Tolkien: whoa, déjà vu
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Tolkien: Sauron tool of dominion, oppression and corruption is a simple and plain gold ring with elegant runes.
Martin: Targaryen tool of dominion, oppression and corruption is a monstruous and hideous throne made of their conquered foes blades.
You gotta love how Martin is less subtle and more visceral.
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