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So, I've been thinking about a couple story ideas over the last few weeks, and one's keeps coming back up. Something that's out of character for me and my stories, an isakai story.

I usually don't like to embrace tropes in my stories that much, but this idea just felt fun to me.

I tried to write the first chapter, a snippit, earlier today and couldn't figure out where to start it, so I plunked down the premise to try and sort things out in my head. It didn't work, but while I was working on it I had a chat with a couple friends, and they gave me a really good idea for the first chapter/introduction.

So, my question to you all would be: If I started writing this occationally, would you be interested? I'm not 100% happy with the premise so far... one of the most important events in the story is supposed to be the MC loosing her magic core (or whatever I plan to call it) and figuring out how to cast with it being completely crippled. I want to completely remove/rewrite the last paragraph to make that more clear, but I'm jsut not sure how to do that yet.

Anyways, without further ado...


The margrave's manaless mage

Premise:

When she was young Lana Hughes often dreamed of being swept away to a fantasy world where she’d do battle with some ancient evil and become a true hero. However, as she grew up and became busy with school, and then work, those dreams quickly became nothing more than distant memories; Childish fantasies she could laugh about with her family and friends. People didn’t ACTUALLY get Isakai’d to other worlds. Those were just stories.

At least, that’s what she told herself, right up to the eve of her twenty sixth birthday when she was accidentally pushed off an overpass, struck by a suspiciously well timed truck and then, in the most stereotypical twist possible, reincarnated in a new world.

While many people would have been thrilled to live out their childhood dreams Lana, now Serena, was not one of them. Going from a modern, tech driven lifestyle, to the daughter of a minor noble house would have been bad enough, but her new family were vassals of the Winsor Margrave family, shield of the west, first line of defense against the horrific monsters that wandered the mana wastes. She’d be risking her life everytime she took a step outside the family’s estate.

What’s worse was, reincarnation wasn’t even that rare in this world; In fact it was fairly common, with the gods each choosing a champion once a generation. While that was great, in theory, the problem was SHE wasn’t one of the chosen ones. Another soul chosen from Earth, her twin sister, Mariebelle, was; Somehow she just got brought along for the ride.

With no blessing, no special skills, and no prior martial knowledge it might have seemed like Serena was fated to die young, but thankfully her new family is anything but ordinary, and they plan to teach her how to survive this brutal new world, whether she likes it or not.

While she has a long, hard road before her at least there’s an upside. Magic doesn’t just exist here, it’s common, and the margrave has some of the strongest battlemages on the continent working for him, so as long as she survives that long finding a teacher should be fairly simple. 

What could possibly go wrong?

Comments

White Neko Knight

Don't worry about the isakai trope. Finding yourself in another world has been a staple of fantasy sense before the term Isekai was popularized. The premise for this story sounds good. Hopefully she's on good terms with her Twin. It'd be nice if the sister was upset MC wasn't chosen with her. A possible way she could learn to use magic again. There's a Manga about a character how grew up in a family of mages. He was born with practically no mana, but his family trained up his mana sensitivity and control. It got to the point where he could take control or deconstruct of spells people cast and use the mana to cast his own spells. Casting impressive spell with his insane mana control. You could do something like that, make her a spell blade that steals spells cast at her.

Horty

I like that she is 26. There are too many books with super young protags. Does the name change mean, that she gets reborn as a baby tho? That would be annoying. (But not a deal breaker) A plus would be if the new family isn't ass and just forces her to do things without seeing the person, just a tool. Also a complicated, but still caring relationship to her twin sister. Maybe her twin got the magic reancarnation bonus from her sister too and is really op because of it? With the twin having some guild in "takeing" from her sister. Overprotective sister can be a fun trope.

Nowa

Hoping her twin sister, Mariebelle still love her in this new life, also since reincarnation is common, those people could cause their own problems despite being chosen ones.

Dylan

Has potential, some thoughts: have her be good at parkour, enough that Truck-kun has to call in his buddies to corner her, finally taking them both off a 50-story shopping tower :P In contrast, Mariebelle gets gently tapped by a cute little moped-kun, almost painless. So is she born, takes over a body what? Imagine living in that world, knowing low but possible chance you get evicted from your body by someone from another world at any time in your first 18 years..think uou got lucky, then at 26, ouch... Core loss thoughts: Maybe like Bleach, more of a case that her body doesn't need it, for others a safety filter, for her a blockage, lots of re-learning how to use magic the unsafe way. Perhaps she chose to sacrifice it to save a family member or the visit Margrave etc, part of why the determined to help her. Also she finds that magic via cores much easier and safer for all others, with core, it's far more wild, powerful, but also she gets feedback from the magic, eventually hears voices.... Kinda like not having a phone in our world, not having a core is very very rare, so 90% of daily tech doesn't work, like automatic doors, most appliances, magic scanners and cameras can't see her, pro's and cons. Perhaps also semi-invisible to the monsters? Also be cool to have her new body be bi, let her explore things she had to repress in old life. And some funny new issues to deal with.

Robert Apgar

One of the things that happens in 'workaround' plots is that its really hard to balance. You either discover the root of all magic and snowball from there or you use outside means and scrape by via pure skill(returners magic should be special).

Wombat's Writings

Is true, I might have to jump through hoops to make it worth. Still, is an idea that's been scratching around muh brain.

Wombat's Writings

It's full reincarnation, reborn as a baby, but it's extremely common there, so most people aren't THAT suprised when they find out. Also, I'll think about your other ideas if I end up going forward with it as a series.

Wombat's Writings

Oh, I plan on them having the traditional 'fight because siblings but still care for each other' relationship. And yeah, she might be a little sour about not having a blessing, but she's not going to let her hold her back

Wombat's Writings

I know right? Like, I understand that kids can better relate to a young protag, but dying and being reborn when that young... I don't like that idea.

Wombat's Writings

It's true, there plenty of ways to get to another world. I just never saw myself writing isakai until I came up with this specific idea

Dylan

That could lead to some hilarious old wives tales... And weird complaints or boasting from other mums, 'my kid used to be an 80-year old world leader' 🤣

Robert Apgar

Obviously if you have the motivation thats 95% of the battle. Dont let cliches and tropes stand in your way! Hide everything in K drama fashion and character development! All that's left is finding a justification and the right amount of complexity on her powerset so it isn't pushups make me go brrrrrrt or sub-tonystark intellects need not apply.