#mundane and magic

[marlynnofmany]

A friend of mine had this idea, and I’d love to see it in an urban fantasy: magic is real and it stays secret because it looks like bad CGI. The fakest thing ever.

People who witness magic in person can always have their minds clouded, as they have been for most of human history, but all this newfangled technology has to be handled a different way. A video camera records exactly what it sees.

So, what it sees is … something that looks laughably fake. For any time period. The various secret magicians of the world make a point to keep their spells up to date with the current mundane trends — some of them even have running contests for who can make the most fake-looking spell.

I imagine they have a great time doing it. I sure would.

#writing prompts #magic #urban fantasy #secret magic #magic in the mundane world #somebody write this #it would be amazing #possibly a challenge to describe #but put a good narrating character in there and you should be set #‘it looked like somebody scribbled with MSPaint across the room’ #‘then the dude was suddenly on the floor’ #‘with stink lines or something coming off him?’ #‘then there was this new scribble that looked like a toothy face’ #‘and that’s when I bolted down the alley’ #‘if I’m gonna lose touch with reality I’ll do it from the safety of my own home’ #‘hiding behind the door. with a baseball bat.’

[grotesque-grimoire]

Magical correspondences are only valid within a magic belief structure and have little-to-no validity outside of that structure.

There may be reasons why an herb corresponds to xyz in some belief systems, but that doesn't mean that the herb has those abilities within chemistry and/or medicine.

Don't fucking consume an herb based only on it's magical correspondence.

Do not consume an herb without doing the proper research into interactions, contraindications, side-effects, preparation, and dosage.

Don't start taking herbal medicine without consulting your physician first.

"Witch" and "herbalist" are not synonyms.

"Herbalist" and "doctor" are not synonyms.

"Natural" does not mean "harmless".

Mundane > Magical, always, no exceptions.

#Witchcraft #Herbalist #Herbalism #PSA #Mundane Before the Magical #Mundane > Magical

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

#polls #tumblr polls #mundane #magic #ordinary extraordinary #magic in the mundane

[jasper-pagan-witch]

My best advice for advancing mages of any stripe: Get off of social media and out of the "New Age & Spirituality" section of the bookstore, as these things are so focused on the basic stuff. Don't hold yourself back at the 101 level forever.

Instead, find people you disagree with on how magic works. Discuss topics and enjoy your differences.

Use things for magic that other people won't understand.

Find or make up the most fucked up magic thing you can think of and work from there.

The more your craft, path, or other form of magic deviates from the "normal" 101 stuff, the better.

#jasper post #motivation #advancing #naturally you should be safe in a mundane manner while you do this stuff (please don't go out and punch bears) #but honestly? take some magical risks and make sure you cover your ass thoroughly

[wizardbusinesscomic]

#a day in the life #wizard business #joe wizard #magic #potions #webcomic #wizard posting #wizard #comic books #wizardry #wizard shit #gag a day #wizardcore #wizard x clown #claudia the clown #clowncore #pinkcore #magic in the mundane #2024 #boy oh boy coloring is hard

[moonlit-tulip]

A gimmick which I think would be interesting in a visual novel: small variation in the visual designs of the sprites and backgrounds based on who's narrating a given scene. Not large variations, mostly—buildings are going to have generally the same architecture, people are going to have generally the same outfits, et cetera—but lots of details shifting around on the margins, showing the texture of the characters' thought-processes through the visual design of the world as they see it, rather than only through the text of their narration.

So, for example, one could have one viewpoint character be unusually faceblind, and portray this by having all the sprites have Same-Face Syndrome when viewed from their perspective, even as they hold onto more variation face-wise in everyone else's perspectives. One could have one viewpoint character who's unusually conscious of the fine details of their physical environment, and portray this by drawing the environment-art with much more fiddly detail when in their perspective, showing wood-grain and electrical wiring and other such things which are abstracted away in others' perspectives of the same areas. Et cetera.

#Archive #Visual Novels #Premises #there's also some room once the pattern has been established on the small scale to go more intense about it #one character just sort of never seeing the building that's the big landmark for everyone else or something #but making that too prominent will end up leaving you with something less like this-idea-in-its-basic-form and more like saya no uta #and for all that i in fact liked says no uta itself it's definitely not particularly about the-thing-this-idea-in-its-basic-form-is-about #so there's a bit of a balancing act there #(the thing this idea is about being largely 'people vary widely in which bits of the world they tend to notice / pay attention to') #(in a mundane way as opposed to just a magical-perception-filtering way)

[llutik]

i think it's not my place to speak but the way johnnys disability was treated at the end of steel ball run feels wrong

he can walk a bit... as a treat <3 (the entirety of steel ball run is his physiotherapy)

#my art #jjba #jjba fanart #steel ball run #sbr #jojos bizarre adventure #johnny joestar #rina higashikata #jojo #jojo part 7 #man there's really fifteen different ways to tag jojo isn't it. #i really wanted to imagine cute scenarios with him and rina but he just seems too mean and awkward. #the johnny joestar legend in jojolion made their marriage seem so magical but i feel like the reality of it was much more mundane #he is still disabled for the rest of his life #he is defined by his stubbornness and drive to overcome it to me

[essektheylyss]

Also for the record my funniest but most useless headcanon is that the Dynasty has a unified theory of quantum gravity but also doesn't know what a hormone is. Meanwhile the Clovis Concord is building weather contraptions within the confines of Newtonian physics but also has a highly detailed understanding of biochemistry.

There's no reason for this except that it's very funny to think about what kinds of scientific research would never even register as a concern due to the reach of a region's most prominent arcane traditions.

#critical role #like who needs a theory of relativity when you're working with mundane weather patterns. #who needs to worry about medicine when you live in a magically imbued theocracy.

[shoulderholsterfreak]

Thrawn in the books (legends AND canon): there is an evil force, a nigh-unstoppable wave of doom coming to destroy or enslave the entire galaxy. I have devoted my career and my life to the prevention of trillions of needless deaths. I have sacrificed everything—including my own happiness and humanity—and sold my soul to the devil in order to attain the position and power necessary to protect those who depend on me.

Thrawn in Ahsoka: screw preventing an extra-galactic threat, I’m leading the zombie hoard to be that threat!

#thrawn #star wars #ahsoka #I’m surprised no one has mentioned this #it feels like professional rivalry at this point #Zahn does one thing and Filoni does the complete opposite #Zahn specifically makes Thrawn ‘mundane’ so as to not depend on the supernatural but by his wits and cunning and charisma alone #Filoni has his success dependent upon witches and zombies and ‘dark magic’ #‘we do not make war on civlians’ #‘all life is precious’ #Thrawn bombards a planet and kills thousands of people without batting an eye

[theantarwitch]

Some of mainstream but medical dangerous trends

Safety first kids, today I will remember you SOME of the things you should not do...

-   Drink water or any liquid that was in contact with stone/crystals: Minerals dissolve with water, my friends. Not in an amount that make it easy to notice with naked eye, but they do. And you drink the water with non-edible metals and stuffs (because there is not crystal that naturally be 10000% pure). 

Yeah, if you do it once will probably do nothing, but damn, don’t poison yourself. Put the damn crystal next the water, please.

And if you take a shower, don’t put it INSIDE the water. Put it in a side please.

https://www.crystalandstone.co/blogs/education/you-in-danger-gurl

https://www.quora.com/Are-Crystal-Elixirs-or-Gem-water-toxic

-   Carry SOME crystals as jewelry: Investigate well about your stones and crystals, a few of them react badly. For example, fluorite is pretty toxic if get wet and you know what sweat is? Water… Agate don’t react well with chemicals, so you should wear it with no contact of things like perfume or make up. Yeah, again, you are not gonna die for carry an agate, but still… basic google. Keep it inside a bag in your pocket instead.

https://www.gemsociety.org/article/gemstone-toxicity-table/

https://crystallographygems.com/crystal-education/crystal-caution-list-toxic-crystals-a-to-z/

https://www.finehomesandliving.com/how-can-crystals-be-dangerous-and-perilous-find-out-here/article_c766621c-0051-11ec-bc5b-f7e3a1288615.html

-   Burn any random herb: Please don’t. Unless you are 100% sure, don’t burn them. Smokes can be pretty dangerous. Example? Poison Ivy, the smoke is high toxic. Much less if you have a pet. If you HAVE to burn it, do it in a separate room apart of your pets, and be sure be well-ventilated so they can’t be affected after. 

-   Consume any random herb: Same. Some like Rue can do a lot of damage if you don’t use the specific low dose. Even well common and edible stuffs like oregano and nutmeg can do damage in overdose but well, even water in overdose is bad. Just go for the sure things and little.

https://www.rd.com/list/plants-you-didnt-know-could-be-dangerous/

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Poison-Path-Herbal/Coby-Michael/9781644113349

-   Consume or apply pure essential oils: NO PLEASE. Use a diffusor, dilute it, use the super small amount! Essential oils are not just oils, are mega concentrated version to an oil. Your skin and general organs are not made to process that. With some specific oils, even the use of the correct dose shows be linked to hormone-related health complications. 

Research has shown lavender oil to be associated with early breast development in girls: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31393563/

https://www.cnet.com/health/are-essential-oils-actually-safe/

-   Detox the body: I will be clear and simple. If you have a liver and two kidneys, you don’t need detox. They do the job perfectly and if they didn’t, the humans will not be here since at least 10.000 years. Anything detox is a scam, period. And A DANGEROUS ONE. Example: these “put a tube with warm water in your ass to wash your intestines”. You know what are you washing? Your gut ecosystem, which will give you a hundred of medical issues later. Want to “detox the liver and intestines”? Just eat more vegetables, it makes both works smoothly and your good bacteria in the guts will be happy. Want to detox your kidneys? DRINK WATER WITHOUT CRYSTALS MF.

https://www.aipono.com/blog/the-dangers-of-detoxes

https://frontlineer.com/10-detox-side-effects-the-hidden-dangers-of-detox-products/

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/detoxes-and-cleanses-what-you-need-to-know

-   The general “This Symptom is a magical thing”: Please don’t ignore your medical illnesses with the pretext is “angels calling” or “shifting” or any shit of that. Angels ringing your ears? From tinnitus to ear infection. You feel super sad? Is not an energy shifting because you are special, but mostly depression, get therapy please. Your hands are numb or tingle? Is not an entity grabbing you, but anything from a pinched nerve to thyroid issues. Some food suddenly make you feel sick? Mostly an intolerance or a gastroenteritis. 

I don’t say that nothing that you feel is not real, I mean that you first need to check the medical mundane possibilities first. Is better be sure and avoid get serious sick later.

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#witchcraft #witch #wicca #wiccan #witchy #baby witch #New Witch #witch beginner #pagan #paganism #crystals #stones #herbs #herb #green witch #plants #essential oils #detox scam #mundane before magic #witchcraft safety

[iamnmbr3]

harry definitely not heterosexual potter is the funniest thing to me because i literally cannot remember a single time in the book where he thinks “i should probably be nervous about draco trying to kill me because i am literally convinced that he is willingly working with voldemort.” no. he was like “oh draco? yeah he is definitely working for voldemort and he is so evil because did you see the way he is combing his hair now? probably switched shampoo. he would never change conditioner, that thing works wonders. what do you mean, this is common knowledge. anyway, he is so evil and definitely working for voldy. but of course he won’t kill me, are you crazy? who would he talk to across the great hall? like literally you don’t even understand.” and everyone just WENT WITH IT.

Hahahahaha I KNOW! Would he feel this safe around literally any other person who he suspected of being in league with Voldemort? I think tf not!

Even once Draco has Harry incapacitated and totally at his mercy on the train Harry at no point thinks that he's in danger. Even after Draco breaks his nose he doesn't think it. After that incident Harry still is all 'can't wait to break into the Room of Requirement BY MYSELF while Draco is in there so I can see what secret evil mission he's working on for Voldemort' and at no point does he worry that going in without backup could end badly. And HE'S RIGHT. When Draco has Harry at his mercy he never seriously harms him and risks everything multiple times in book 7 to protect him. This is NOT Harry seeing Draco with rose tinted glasses. This is Harry deeply and intimately understanding that Draco will not hurt him and feeling comfortable around him on an instinctual level despite every reason he has not to.

And let's not forget why Harry finally stops investigating Draco in 6th year. It's not because he decides he's wrong about his whole "Draco is a Death Eater on a mission from Voldemort" theory nor is it because he gets worried that since Draco is a Death Eater on a mission from Voldemort looking into this could get Harry or his friends hurt. No. He stops because his investigation leads to Draco getting hurt. And Harry is so horrified by this that he completely backs off and gives up trying to stop the super secret evil mission from Voldemort that Harry is sure Draco is on. Harry is like 'foiling an evil plot masterminded by Voldemort himself isn't worth it if it could lead to me hurting Draco.' He really said 'I can excuse putting myself in mortal danger on a regular basis to stop Voldemort's plots but I draw the line at Draco being upset.' In canon.

And yeah Harry cares about people in general but not to this extent. When Umbridge gets carried off by centaurs Harry doesn't even think of going after her. He's just like 'lmao bye bitch.' He straight up KILLS Quirrell in first year and when he finds out he's like 'well that sucks for him.' Tons of Death Eaters get hurt and maimed at the Department of Mysteries and Harry never even stops to check if they're ok. In second year he forces Lockhart to enter the Chamber of Secrets first in case there's a Basilisk waiting at the bottom of the chute.

But anytime he sees Draco in danger he does whatever he can to help without even thinking about it. From the time in first year in the Forbidden Forest when he immediately throws his arm out to stop Draco walking towards Voldemort to 7th year when he risks his own life and that of his friends to pull him out of the fiendfyre and reveals his presence while running through the battle so he can stun a Death Eater threatening Draco. And he does it automatically, without a second thought because Harry can't fathom a world where he wouldn't protect Draco.

#this ask made me lol so much. it's so. SO true. #(I'm now imagining Harry being like Doug from Up going “Squirrel!” but about Draco every time he sees him. Oh wait. That's canon.) #Shoutout to the time Harry sees Draco forced to torture Rowle and is horrified because of how upset and scared Draco is #and doesn't even think about Rowle at all. #Can you imagine him telling Rona and Hermione about it like 'it was horrible'. #'Yeah I guess even though Rowle is a Death Eater he didn't deserve-' #Rowle? Who cares about him? He was just getting tortured. The point is Draco felt bad about it.' #Also. Nose breaking is pretty minor given that 1) in the magical world mundane injuries can be easily fixed and #2) Draco is a literal Death Eater. #And later Draco risks everything to save Harry's life at the Manor. #He also alerts Harry to his presence in the Room of Requirement #tries to stop Crabbe & Goyle from killing or hurting him #and doesn't call Voldemort or tell anyone he's seen Harry. #asks #Draco Malfoy #Harry Potter #drarry #drarry in canon #hpdm #h/d #harco #harry x draco #harry/draco #drarry meta #drarry g

[jasper-pagan-witch]

Before asking "is this a sign" regarding stuff you've seen online, first ask "is this the algorithm". Usually it's the algorithm.

#jasper post #signs #technology #tech witchcraft #mundane vs magical

[mayasaura]

So many people are ready to defend to the death that it's much easier to accept a fantasy creature on your doorstep than a real live out of place animal. Why? Just because a walrus has a known range and fairies, being fake, can do whatever? Where are your imaginations? Where is your appreciation for life's infinite potential for chaos? Statistics are guidelines to trends, not immutable law. Embrace the truth that walruses, and indeed people too, can also do whatever.

Yes, answering the door to find a walrus is infinitely weirder than answering it to find a fairy. Like many weird things, it's also easily explained once you get past the initial shock of subverted expectations.

A walrus has a known range. Fine. Perhaps then it did not move itself. Perhaps it has an accomplice, or it is a victim of someone else's machinations. A walrus is too large to get to your apartment? A baby walrus can be as small as three feet long and weigh as little as one hundred pounds. Nowhere does the poll specify that the walrus is an adult.

Now tell me, which is a more likely possibility: Fairies suddenly exist, or your neighbor is secretly involved in the illegal trading of exotic pets?

#walrusgate #walrus vs fairy #this has really honestly been bugging me #that so many people are die hard about magic being easier to accept than mundane unusual behavior #It's true! it often is! #and I hate what that says about people's ability to accept violations of preconceived expectations #reject the normal! #embrace the walrus!

[willowcrowned]

rewatching hilda and it’s like yeah maybe life is about cucumber sandwiches and peppermint iced tea. maybe making soup for the girl scouts is as important as meeting a lindworm. maybe the most important thing about an adventure is the fact that you get to have pie with your family when it’s over

#the magic in the mundane……. #sometimes it’s not about the thunderbird. sometimes it’s about watching the fireworks with your mom #hilda #willow’s wastebin tagxon