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Harry's use of Black Magic
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on February 02, 2020, 02:04:04 AM ---I'm not sure what you mean by "bidirectional," but if you mean that believing in something and acting on that belief with magic makes you believe it more, then I don't see any support for that. I mean habits are a thing, and if you have to believe in your magic, then using magic to do a thing is demonstration of that belief. That's what the scene outside the brothel tells us.
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That is the whole idea behind the capital punishment for breaking the laws. Even if you broke them unintentional by accident or mistake and have genuine regrets etc. The mere fact that you broke them makes breaking them again more likely.
If Harry had not seriously thought about it and taken action Lasciel would have found it easier and easier to make him vent his rage on objects and one mistake could have made it even worse.
Mira:
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There really isn't anything more hideous and profane that you could do to yourself. It's twisted, warped... And it's YOU, a piece of your very soul is warped.
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Yes, and I am saying that no magical staff is going to protect Eb from that. At the end of the day while he may be a wizard, he is still human. I believe it is that little factoid that so shocked Harry in
Blood Rites when he found out that Eb was the Council's assassin.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on February 02, 2020, 12:26:00 PM --- Yes, and I am saying that no magical staff is going to protect Eb from that. At the end of the day while he may be a wizard, he is still human...
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Yeah, it's a thing I don't understand.
How does the Blackstaff (the object) disconnect a wizard from that "stain," or keep their psyche from starting down that slippery slope? Per WoJ, that's all the staff really does -- it isn't a powerup, it doesn't add Extra Winter Ooomph to the magic of the wielder.
It prevents the slide into cackling insane megalomaniacal villainy... but how?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: g33k on February 02, 2020, 03:55:40 PM ---Yeah, it's a thing I don't understand.
How does the Blackstaff (the object) disconnect a wizard from that "stain," or keep their psyche from starting down that slippery slope? Per WoJ, that's all the staff really does -- it isn't a powerup, it doesn't add Extra Winter Ooomph to the magic of the wielder.
It prevents the slide into cackling insane megalomaniacal villainy... but how?
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From Changes:
--- Quote ---I also saw veins of venomous black begin to ooze their way over the old man’s hand, reaching up slowly, spreading to his wrist. He grimaced and held his left forearm with his right hand for a moment, then looked over his shoulder and said, “All right!”
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I think it takes the purely magical part of the corruption, the part that makes it addictive. The consequences of your choices for your soul are still yours.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I think it takes the purely magical part of the corruption, the part that makes it addictive. The consequences of your choices for your soul are still yours.
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Or as the old saying goes, "you cannot have your cake and eat it too.." Eb can kill with magic and as long as he has the staff, he will not get the black magic blow back.. However it doesn't protect the little bit of his human soul that shrivels each time he does.
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