Magic A Is Magic A/Quotes
"Now you might think I'd be all over this Shapeshifting business, Paxto, but if comic books, cartoons, and Sci-Fi Original Movies have taught me anything, it's that shapeshifting comes with a bunch of boring rules and restrictions that limit its potential Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity. 'You can turn into a machine gun but not bullets.' 'Contemporary jazz turns you back to normal.' 'You can only turn into presents your grandma's knitted for you.'"
—Strong Bad, Homestar Runner (sbemail shapeshifter)
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There are two kinds of magic in the world: Magic as a force that can grant the wondrous... and then there's narrative magic. The kind where we get the classic phrase:"It's magic we don't have to explain it".
—Linkara in his review of Superman: Distant Fires.
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"But Magic is as Magic does. Just funny that way."
—'Granny Smith, My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, "Family Appreciation Day"
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An author's ability to solve conflict satisfactorily with magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic.
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Fun fact about voodoo, Larry: can't conjure a *thing* for myself.
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Y'see, demons can't resurrect people unless a deal's made. I know, red tape, it'll make you nuts.
—Azazel, Supernatural
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