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What do you wish would be done MORE in urban fantasy?
Quantus:
--- Quote from: The Corvidian on January 31, 2008, 10:06:24 PM ---Couldn't was Micheal does be called Theurgy, as opposed to Thaumaturgy, which is was Harry does?
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Thaumaturgy is just one school of magic that Harry practices. Its the voodoo doll side of it; Little Chicago and the tracking spells mostly. He also does a good bit of evocation, for example, and has dabbled in Necromancy. And Molly's viels would be an illusion, which is likely a separate school. Theurgy would be as good a term as any, but I dont see how its a separate thing.
The Corvidian:
--- Quote from: Quantus347 on January 31, 2008, 11:24:24 PM ---Thaumaturgy is just one school of magic that Harry practices. Its the voodoo doll side of it; Little Chicago and the tracking spells mostly. He also does a good bit of evocation, for example, and has dabbled in Necromancy. And Molly's viels would be an illusion, which is likely a separate school. Theurgy would be as good a term as any, but I dont see how its a separate thing.
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The so-called voodoo doll was inspired by poppet magic.
hamiltond:
I would love to see an urban fantasy were the hero doesn't continually get more and more powerful each freaking book!! Jim does a good job of this since Harry only gets stronger through time and Tavi's powers a not special at all considering his father and mother.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: hamiltond on February 01, 2008, 02:03:58 AM ---I would love to see an urban fantasy were the hero doesn't continually get more and more powerful each freaking book!! Jim does a good job of this since Harry only gets stronger through time and Tavi's powers a not special at all considering his father and mother.
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The power creep is pretty integral to any hero development. I mean, a hero who doesn't improve is just plain boring. And a hero who is supposed to be interesting over the course of multiple books has to improve somewhat because the challenges they face in each subsequent book needs to be challenging and more difficult than the last, else why are we interested in this characters development?
Now if your looking for a character who does not become "world-class" or even in the top tier of power, I recommend the Assassin's Quest Series. The main character is full-out stunted in his magical development, but he still plays an integral part in the survival of the world
OZ:
I would love to see an urban fantasy about the Norse Gods with Loki as the hero and the rest as villains. Though all the Norse Gods were harsh Loki was actually far from the worst of them. His main crime was using his intelligence instead of his "manly thews". Even Odin frequently turned to Loki for help when he needed smarts instead of muscle.
I would like to see more urban fantasy where vampires are seen as evil blood sucking dead fiends not necrophiliac love interests. (Thank you Jim. You were the first in a while. A few others seem to be following your lead.)
I would like to read more urban fantasies with adults for the main character(s). Immature (regardless of age) characters seem to be very popular right now. One of the things that impressed me most about Harry Dresden (no I'm not trying to turn this into a praise JB thread but this is the Jim Butcher website after all) is that in spite of having a sense of humor he acts like an adult most of the time. His lack of a love life because he doesn't want to endanger anyone, his pouring the ice water on Molly, etc., etc, even his respect for Michael in spite of not sharing his beliefs all are the actions of maturity. I'm not saying he's perfect or perfectly mature but he does act like an adult most of the time.
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