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The Corvidian:
The day started out average, but I knew something was wrong when the guy teleported into my office.
Nickeris86:
Muahahahhahaha i am an evil genius. finally figured out a way to introduce magic into my story with out making it forced or dumb sounding.
one word ladies and gentlemen: Gremlins.
more accurately trying to remove gremlins from your tv or stereo with out blowing it up.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on April 15, 2010, 06:35:25 PM ---one word ladies and gentlemen: Gremlins.
more accurately trying to remove gremlins from your tv or stereo with out blowing it up.
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You are aware that gremlins were made up out of whole cloth as a propaganda exercise, yes ?
By Roald Dahl.
mythcantor:
--- Quote from: neurovore on April 19, 2010, 07:27:02 PM ---You are aware that gremlins were made up out of whole cloth as a propaganda exercise, yes ?
By Roald Dahl.
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Actually Dahl wrote the book (thank you Wikipedia), but the stories of gremlins has preceded his writing. By about 18 years, actually. They were part of RAF lore before he wrote it, and inherited into the US Air Force. To this day, there are still believers in it, my uncle being one of them. The story of tricksters messing with aircraft and causing high-altitude failures that were otherwise inexplicable was popular because of the isolation one felt up there.
Patricia Briggs has a good explanation of a gremlin in her Mercedes Thompson books as being just a modern name for a much more ancient metalworking fae who can touch Iron unlike normal fae.
Nickeris86:
yeah they are my reason why tech fails around mages, because the gremlins are drawn to their magic and just start mucking with things.
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