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<p>New page: Some things you may want to think about... Point one: The setting is obviously supposed to be (or, at least, &#039;&#039;have been)&#039;&#039; the Real World -- so where&#039;s the magic coming from? Why didn&#039;t ...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Some things you may want to think about...<br /> <br /> Point one: The setting is obviously supposed to be (or, at least, &#039;&#039;have been)&#039;&#039; the Real World -- so where&#039;s the magic coming from? Why didn&#039;t anybody notice Tardis Trees, and all the rest of the associated stuff, any time &#039;&#039;before&#039;&#039; the psychobears came along? IMAO, you &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; need to address this point some time or other.<br /> <br /> Point two: Every story gets one arbitrary &#039;miracle&#039; for free, just because... but this setting has &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; &#039;miracle&#039;s, those being (a) the psychobears and (b) strong, working magick. It would be better, IMAO at least, if the two DEMs were &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; only &#039;&#039;one&#039;&#039; DEM. For instance, the psychobears have insanely advanced tech. Fine. What if they came to Earth to do some sort of remodeling on local physical laws, and the magic is a side-effect of their meddling? You could have the psychobears be surprised by this side-effect; you could have them be fully aware of it, and have contingency plans to deal with what happens when this particular side-effect shows up in the course of their planetscaping; etc. Alternately, perhaps the magic was recently invented/discovered by a human (Barry!), and this guy (being a furry, and a bit warped in addition) decided to use it to reshape humanity into furries, and the psychobears were something he came up with to &#039;encourage&#039; the mundane masses to make the change.<br /> <br /> Point three: The given rationale for the &quot;can&#039;t turn 100% human&quot; schtick doesn&#039;t make sense. Okay, the shapeshifting is because you&#039;re &quot;bonded&quot; to an animal spirit -- but by the same token, &#039;&#039;that spirit is bonded to a &#039;&#039;&#039;human&#039;&#039;&#039;!&#039;&#039; If the bonded-to-spirit thing means you can&#039;t go 100% human, then the bonded-to-human thing &#039;&#039;should&#039;&#039; mean you can never go 100% &#039;&#039;animal.&#039;&#039; But, apparently, it &#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039; possible to go 100% animal -- so what&#039;s the deal here? It wouldn&#039;t surprise me at all if the not-fully-human thing is &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; actually a natural limitation of whatever kind, but, rather, an &#039;&#039;artificial&#039;&#039; limitation that has been imposed by some furry-loving mage (like Barry?).<br /> <br /> It makes perfect sense that these points haven&#039;t been addressed &#039;&#039;yet;&#039;&#039; your viewpoint character really hasn&#039;t been in any position to ask the right questions, thus far. Fortunately, this seems likely to change in the next story or two... [[User:Cubist|Cubist]] 06:44, 29 August 2007 (EDT)</div>

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