Asperity he/him Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 So I've been on a hard sci-fi kick recently and I realized that while I know FTL travel will be explained because of the magic system, do you think we'll have the other advanced technologies that an advanced civilization would possess explained in decent detail, too? And I guess the same goes for all the meta too. It would be cool for, say, Shadesmar/Spirtual Realm/etc to be different dimensional planes or different universes or something instead of all the meta being explained off as magic (if that makes sense).
Swimmingly he/him Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 It seems to me that Allomancy is a thing that works very well with experimentation and science. The abilities seem almost like sci-fi style psychic abilities, with hard limits, clear cause and effect, plus the metal theme, which can be played off as anything from magical to alchemical to technological to anything in between. I'm guessing that the modern trilogy will read a lot like a alternate-earth scenario where the religions are different and psychic powers are part of every day life. A kind of blend of epic fantasy, police procedural, urban fantasy/modern supernatural, and even a touch of magic realism.
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