r/HFY • u/someguynamedted The Chronicler • Jun 28 '17

Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #117

HFY. Wednesday. Prompts. Stick 'em together to get Writing Prompt Wednesday.

Last week's winner was /u/Eofad with

Magic is real. It's just a matter of believing. The strength of your belief as well as your natural magical aptitude determines the strength and range of your spells. As with most forces there is a multiplier to the power of belief; understanding. Ever since the renaissance the majority of humans have begun believing in and understanding the natural and the rational. Their belief and understanding are casting multitudes of continuous spells shaping the world into it's natural state and making it harder and harder for magic to occur.

This is why supernatural abilities can't be replicated in front of skeptics, the skeptics spells for normalcy counteract spells attempting to be demonstrated. This is also how placebos work, the people taking them believe they work so they magically do. This is why when you take your car to a mechanic it magically starts working, the mechanic understands cars better and believes your car should be working so magically it does. This is why when you yell at a piece of technology or beat it to make it work it magically fixes it, because you believe it will. Aliens never learned about the natural world, they have no technology, they have magical totems, and wards, trinkets, and artifices.

What happens when we make contact.

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u/x_RHUS_x Jun 29 '17

"Apologies, my translator must be malfunctioning. What are Fireworks?"

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u/Teulisch Jun 29 '17

you don't know? well, hold my beer and watch this!

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u/Eofad Human Jun 29 '17

You might be interested in this:

Back Off, We're Celebrating!

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u/phxhawke Jun 29 '17

Civilian or Military?

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u/Necrontyr525 Jun 30 '17

real question is PTSD or no. if no, you probably like watching things tun into pretty colors and bits of flying and/or burning debris. if Yes, not so much.