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Walkers and Swords and Houses [BG Spoilers]
The_Sibelis:
@woody
Should have scanned for willpower.. but if you can't find harry explaining dark magic somewhere in 17 books...
And feeling not emotion?!? That does not compute... Feelings are emotional, that feeling of power would be considered things like pride, gloating, smugness, that heady sense if purpose before the kill, ect. Plenty of adjectives to apply to it. But if you wanna break it down, it creates euphoria and happiness, if you need an emotion that's recognizable to you.
Wicked Woodpecker of West:
Well yes there are many feelings associated - but feeling of pride, feeling of pleasure coming from power are not the same as willpower.
Willpower is more like mental endurance, mental HP of mind/soul/spirit. It's not a feeling on it's own.
Mab has tremendous willpower and she mostly (not totally) phased out of all emotion thing.
The_Sibelis:
--- Quote from: Wicked Woodpecker of West on November 26, 2020, 10:50:46 PM ---Well yes there are many feelings associated - but feeling of pride, feeling of pleasure coming from power are not the same as willpower
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I was not comparing them in such a manor, but showing contrast for dark magic and it's emotional states.
By your example, willpower is an overpowering of base emotion.
Mira:
--- Quote from: The_Sibelis on November 27, 2020, 02:15:10 AM ---I was not comparing them in such a manor, but showing contrast for dark magic and it's emotional states.
By your example, willpower is an overpowering of base emotion.
--- End quote ---
I don't think so, I think willpower is the basest of all emotions and can override all others for good or ill depending on what it is. It is a true two edged sword.
Wicked Woodpecker of West:
--- Quote ---By your example, willpower is an overpowering of base emotion.
--- End quote ---
Yes. Willpower is something that allows you to enforce your will and reason on emotions, in wizard case more widely - on emotions but also on energies of uniwerse (as we know those as simmilar - as aura of emotion in Battle Ground allow Dresden to overcharge his spells.)
But I do not see as emotion on itself. I see it as faculty. Like senses are faculties of perception - you see or hear something. Sight of beauty or sound of shagnasty laugh can cause emotions but it's secondary effect to perception itself.
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