Midnight Pals: Magical Systems (Patreon)

[at Unicorn Fuck Club]Brandon Sanderson: hey robert what kind of magic rules do you haveSanderson: in my fantasy world, there's 18 laws of magicSanderson: sorted into 23 categories and 65 sub-directoriesRobert Jordan: huhJordan: 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 magicSanderson: how does that workJordan: saidin is stored in the balls

Jordan: why, how does your magic workSanderson: ah well if you experience an emotion in my fantasy worldSanderson: then a sprite representing that emotion with physically appear and dance aroundJordan: is that like Big Mouth thenSanderson: whatJordan: its a cartoon showSanderson:

Sanderson: oh idk maybeSanderson: i haven't seen itSanderson: i only watch saturday's warrior on loopJordan: look, i just think it makes senseJordan: that the fundamental mystery powers of the universe would bisect neatly along binary gender linesJK Rowling: goddamnit!!!Rowling: why didn't i think of that

Rowling: ugh, inssstead i only have magic dividing people into uebermensssches and untermenssschesRowling: it could have been sssso much more!

Rowling: sssso in my worldRowling: the sssuperior wizard raccce issss sssimply born knowing magicSanderson: right, rightRowling: then they have to go to sssschoolRowling: you know, to learnRowling:Rowling: magicRowling: alssso there are bad wizardsss who want to exterminate non-wizardssssRowling: the bad wizardsss represssent queer people nowRowling: that's why we need to get them before they get usRowling: anyway if you're an elected repressentative writing eliminationalisssst lawsss, feel free to reference my fictional booksss for jussstificationTolkien:Martin:Rowling: i don't get it, that alwaysss getsss a big hand on mumsnetDiane Duane: in my world, anyone can learn magicRowling: SHUT UP DUANEDuane: from a bookRowling: SHUT UPDuane: you can get it at the libraryJohn Bellairs: oh yeah i think i've seen that book