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RE: Space Magic: A Brainstorming Thread
03-24-2015, 08:19 PM
Oh, hey, people are saying stuff.
I have a draft I was working on where I tried to explain some of the races I'm thinking of for this, but for now I guess I'll do some more specific responses.
(01-07-2015, 09:36 PM)ICantGiveCredit Wrote: »
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SpoilerIt would mean Earthlings have to conform to the social customs that alien gods expect from their peoples (when worshiping a god from another planet) :P imagine an Earthling squabbling to conform to alien customs to please a strange god.
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SpoilerThat's not really the direction I want to go in. Humans aren't going to use magic, or if they do it's going to be treated as an unusual exception.
There is going to be a lot of cultural conflict, though, and the customs of alien societies are likely to be a big part of that. So this isn't completely off; it's just not related to magic, per se.
(03-24-2015, 05:18 PM)Geoluhread Wrote: »
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SpoilerWhere did Earth's religions come from if our gods are false?
What if we kidnapped a god and put it on our planet?
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SpoilerThere's an obvious answer to the first question - every religion on Earth is entirely the creation of humans. That's not to say it's necessarily the answer I'll go with, but it's pretty much my fallback position.
The second question raises some points I haven't fully thought out about how gods work. What I can say is that kidnapping a god isn't easy, and not just because of their sheer power; short version is that they're linked to their home planet, and if you take them far enough away from it they'll stop being a god. There might be ways to avoid that, but they won't be easy to pull off.
(03-24-2015, 07:44 PM)SupahKiven Wrote: »
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SpoilerMaybe Earth does have a god, and they're the reason that Earth doesn't have any magic? Like, maybe their 'sphere of influence' creates or fuels the antimagic zone?
And perhaps they're bound inside the Earth or something, making it impossible for them to be seen/heard/whatever by humans, so they instead sort of 'plant' ideas about themself in their heads as a way to communicate that they're there, but humans misconstrue the ideas, leading to all the conflicting religions.
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SpoilerI have given thought to Earth having a god in hiding or that's bound away, but what I'm leaning towards most is that Earth's god is dead and has been for a long time. Probably even before Earth was fully formed.
