YOU CREATE YOUR OWN RULES - THERE ARE NO RULES IN THE LAW

Writing Superpowers, and Reality Warpers in particular

The difficulty with writing superpowered characters, particularly high-tier ones, is that it’s easy to make a character feel overpowered, but there is a simple remedy for this: the character’s power set should be based around one basic concept.

I’ll start by explaining what I mean by “this character feels overpowered”. I don’t mean “this character is, on paper, far more powerful than their opponent” - that can actually be a good thing, forcing the opponent to make their clash a battle of brains rather than brawn. What I do mean is “this character’s powers are so immense that the only way to challenge them narratively is through contrived circumstances or a plot device that should be used sparingly”. Superman manages to be a good example of both, depending on which depiction you look at, but he’s not gonna be the focus of this post. Instead, we’ll start with Gwenpool.

The premise of Gwenpool’s solo comic is “Gwen is from the real world but ends up in the comic book world”, and as the story goes on she learns to use her awareness of the fact that she’s in a comic book to do stuff that is essentially reality-warping. And it’s a bizarre kind of reality warping, but everything she does makes sense because it follows the core premise: “she can do this because she can interact with the medium of the comic”. She can step from one panel into the next, she can come out of a flashback and into the present day, she can grab sound effects and so cancel out noises, she can interact with thought-boxes and speech-bubbles. And because her powers follow a core premise, she doesn’t feel overpowered, because you don’t end up feeling like she can do anything the plot demands

If a character is a magic-user then they’re essentially a reality warper. The scale of reality-warping their capable of will depend on their skill, their raw power, and the magic system at play. Now, there are arguments for hard magic systems and for soft magic systems, but I think even if you’re working with a soft magic system, a core premise helps a lot. I might make another post some day examining different magic systems (I think I’d specifically look at Avatar and at Chronicles of Ancient Darkness), but this post isn’t the time for an in-depth look at that.

There are also plenty of sci-fi reality warpers. There’s often some attempt at explaining it (”higher-dimensional beings” or “extremly advanced aliens”) but if you asked me, I’d say there were three main options for how to portray a genuine reality warper in a sci-fi story, without resorting to “space magic, but we don’t call it that.” These are: physics manipulation, higher-dimensional beings, and something I’ll call constrained omnipotence.

A physics manipulator would be someone who can locally alter the laws of physics. There’s two ways to go about this: changing the values of the physical constants, like G or c, or manipulating the quantum fields that define the laws of physics. If you go with the former… well, imagine you’re a computer programmer and decide to change one letter in one line of code, and you’ll start to understand how much this can mess things up. If you go with the latter, it’s probably a similar thing. I don’t understand much about quantum fields and how they interact just yet, but I do know that raising one a few energy levels in a specific place would a) take a lot of power, b) create some really Weird Physics in that place, and c) release a lot of potential energy when it goes back to normal. I’m talking “massive explosion”. The fun part, though, is that Weird Physics - I have no idea how it would look, but if we assume that the non-reality warpers can enter the Weird Physics Zone without blinking out of existence or dying horrifically, they’ll be faced with a world that doesn’t make sense. None of their technology would work properly, if at all. And in contrast, the reality warper might have tech specifically designed to work in the Weird Physics Zone. Remember that technology is just our way of taking advantage of physics to do cool stuff - a differently coded videogame is going to have very different glitches to exploit.

The point is, a physics manipulator can do certain things: they can make physics Weird and then take advantage of that weirdness. They can’t do anything the plot demands.

A higher-dimensional being’s whole deal is going to be that they move stuff around in more dimensions than we can see. There are a few videos on youtube demonstrating how that might look, if you wanna get an idea of how to depict something like that. And once again, a higher-dimensional being can do certain things: they can make stuff appear, disappear, distort, hover, et c. by moving it around in more dimensions than we can observe. If they’re 4-dimensional, they can move throughout time, and move objects throughout time. If they’re 5-dimensional or higher they can probably move through multiple timelines as well. They can’t do anything the plot demands.

And the last one is the constrained omnipotent character. True omnipotence is logically impossible - by definition it creates paradoxes - but we could conceivably have a character who can do anything within the bounds of physics. Presumably this character can use an insane amount of energy with an insane degree of precision, since that’s kind of required to do anything as long as it doesn’t break physics - but that’s also the point. They can do anything except stuff that breaks physics. Ergo, they can’t do anything the plot demands, only certain things.

tl,dr: no matter how powerful a character is, their powers should have some sort of core concept, as this will make them feel grounded even if they’re completly ludicrous on paper. You don’t have to explain in detail how their powers work, but if you keep that core concept in mind, then you can get a lot more creative with how they use their powers than just saying “ok, what does the plot need them to do?”

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the law is real like very real and works. it is extremely easy to apply and to win. once i understood that i am god, creation is finished and there is no action needed my whole world flipped for the better. i basically decided that there is no point in worries fears or doubts and just said that they are no longer apart of my life and they haven’t been ever since.

yes, it really is this easy and simple. you don’t have to take action, you don’t have to lift one finger, you don’t have go through a bridge of incidents and you don’t have to wait. the 3d is changing every single second and is malleable like putty. actually there is no time, there is only now the present moment. so when you decide you want something you now have it in your reality, you have already shifted to the reality where it exists and where you have it in the flesh.

be bold. be confident. be brave. just be. this is all really magical and beautiful. this is what we are here on this earth to do. fulfill our desires and all of our wishes. decide that your life is full of blessings, miracles and magic everyday. decide that everything only goes your way. decide that you are just built different and are the exception and you somehow always get what you desire in the 3d in less than a day. decide that you have special powers that allow you to always win and succeed. this doesn’t have to be boring. i believe all of this. i believe blessings miracles and magic fill my whole entire life. i believe i’m built different and somehow just do everything right and constantly win. i believe my life is a magical fairytale because it is and why not?

i do not feel guilt jealousy or regret because it’s a waste of time when i know i am god the creator of my reality. i dwell in love, happiness, joy, knowingness, fulfillment and calmness.

since i am living my fairytale magical life, that means everyone else can too. i’m stubborn and impatient but i used this to my advantage. i took those two traits and worked with it. i’m stubborn and impatient, not in a whiny 6 year old way but in a ‘i am in full control and this is my fate to always succeed and my life be my haven every second of everyday’. and do you wanna know what? it freaking worked rapidly fast like crazy fast. it all went smoothly because i let it happen smoothly.

this is your life. no one else has any say on how you decide to live it. everyone is you pushed out right? we are all one! so decide that the people in your life support you and your decisions and it will just make everything easier. they don’t make the decisions for you but it will make you feel better to know no matter what you are supported. i did this with my parents and siblings i decide that they support me with everything. i didn’t have to do that but it makes it easier.

life is this easy. life is beautiful. life is full of magic. life is absolutely amazing for me and i want it all for you too. simplify it for yourself. you have everything right now and more. you are already in your perfect reality.

i am never disappointed

everything goes my way

i have faith trust and lots of pixie dust

my physical world is perfect beautiful and magical

i have proven to myself that it is easy

only good things happen to me

everything gets handed to me like i am royalty

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What helped me understand EIYPO and that I manifest every experience is this: your mind is basically on speaker for the whole world. The whole world and everyone in it wouldn’t exist without you and they are just waiting for your orders. For people I used to imagine that everyone would just stand still and just don’t think or anything (I don’t believe that people are lifeless puppets but for the sake of this analogy yk) and they were just waiting on something to come out of that speaker(basically your thoughts). And bc you are the operant power in your reality, they only do things based on what comes out of that speaker. So keep your thoughts in check y’all <3

"If you ever feel like you are lying to yourself while manifesting"

There are infinite number of realities, and in each reality there is a version of you experiencing it.

That version of you is YOU, its just a piece of YOUR consciousness. YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IT RN!! You are on your way to watch a movie with your sp RIGHT NOW, You are doing a concert RIGHT NOW, you have your df RIGHT NOW, you are fighting a bunch of villains with avengers RIGHT NOW!! just in a different reality! IT IS ALL YOU !! That piece of consciousness is not a different person, SHE IS YOU AND YOU ARE HER!! Just embody the version of consciousness that you desire by assuming that you are them THAT YOU ALREADY ARE!!

The only reason why you aren't experiencing your desired reality is because you are keenly aware of this reality of you not having your desire and this version of yourself. Switch your focus to what you desire and not the things you dont desire

So when you say you have your desire you aren't lying at all cause you do have it!! when you affirm you are talking from the perspective of your desired version of yourself that truly exists AND IS LITERALLY A PART OF YOU !! IT IS YOU!!

Incantations

Magical properties were existent in such incantation Mantra chants circulated throughout the room Sacred utterances flowed out like the serenade of a songbird Her last breath was her silence; this was done in profound stillness Altering the perception of duration; an understanding of the length of time Punctuated equilibrium at spans by the changing of these vibrations The element of space channeled in the base of her throat

Ritual magic sang; fathomless signals of energy could no longer be stifled Generating something that the ear could comprehend as more than sound Bond jointly with runes; there was a perpetual glimmer of light A magnetism that streamed in never-ending spirals

She finds herself in eternity, amid the boundless Beyond this, all physical understandings, she felt the boundaries of the unknown decline Reverberations of metaphysical phenomena jolted throughout her body A riptide of turbulence, but non-hazardous to the conjoining Incantation nurtured the awakening of the esoteric properties Gaining the power of comprehending non-duality, basking in the glows of the chants

Walata M.

Pic by Holistic Health from Pinterest

Sigils of Mercury and Saturn burned into deer leg bones.

Mercury, for communication between the worlds.

Saturn, for spirit magic, the dead, and conjuration.

Waiting patiently on the last thing I need to finish these tapping bones. This method is inspired by a video showing this method on Instagram, which I fell in love with. I can’t seem to find the video or account now, so if anyone knows the one I’m talking about please comment!

These bones will be cleansed, anointed, and wrapped in iron wire and red thread. They will be used to open and close communication with the Otherworld and spirits. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

10/03/2022

Currently collecting flowers i find and drying them to use later on for spell jars or spells in general 🌸

Reminder: Always say thank you when taking nature from Earth 🌎

3am thoughts:

the places that resonate most with me, are part of me, are the liminal spaces. the places that aren't proper places, but spaces betwixt; waystations, transitional places.

crossroads, stairwells, gas stations, train platforms, airport gates, cemataries. rooftops at dusk, or any time really. long stretches of highway in bad country when no one else is on the horizon. a pier with a lone bench at the end and a flickering lampost, surrounded by 70 year old bullet scars in the concrete. 3am at the waffle house, where everything is real and nothing is. an abandoned railroad bridge where your friends used to jump in the river, but you refused knowing instinctively the nature of the place. the waiting room of a hospital when you're silently pleading with gods who don't listen about a beginning or an end. overgrown trails and backyards that abut the highway. an out of the way park, with a monument so weatherbeaten and overgrown that no one remembers what it once commemorated. a party when you're not sure if it's too late or too early but you're the only one left awake so you sit at the window and wait to see what comes.

my heart resides in these spaces and my thoughts often turn to them. rarely are they pleasant, often discomforting because things are thinner there, both less and more real. have you felt it, the power of liminal spaces? that niggling sense that things aren't as they seem and really never were? that feeling that you've overlooked something important but can't remember what it was? next time you find yourself in a place such as these, listen, there is power there, and a promise. the promise that everything changes, moves on, passes for good or ill and the power to see it through. change, transition, death and rebirth.

✨Aesthetics✨ For different Types of Witches

Weather Witch

☔ Accidentally summons weather with their feelings

☔ You or your Storm Deities summon weather at almost every major event 

☔ *Dramatically looks up at the sky* A storm in coming

☔ Has a million different jars on the windowsill for rain water

☔ Saying Hi to your storm deities whenever you hear thunder

☔ Dresses in weather-related motifs for the fun of it

☔ Genuinely annoyed when it’s too hot

☔ Has almost single handedly been keeping their hometown out of drought with all the rain they summon

☔Gets very worried when it snows later in the season

☔ Probably talk too loud

☔ Very protective 

☔ Not afraid to curse people

Stitch Witch

🧵 Sews magic into everything they make (literally)

🧵 Constantly enchanting their clothes and jewelry

🧵 Probably makes the coziest quilts ever

🧵 Will sew a quilt for nightmare free sleep

🧵 Always trying new crochet and sewing projects

🧵 A natural caretaker who loves helping people

🧵 Knows color symbolism like the back of their hand

🧵 Is always looking for meaning prints on fabrics 

🧵 Has correspondences and meaning for every type or fabric they use

🧵 Puts intent into every stitch

🧵 Talking to your clothes to set intentions for them

🧵 Probably has a really lovely, aesthetically-pleasing home

Kitchen/Hearth Witch

🍳 Their Book of Shadows is basically a cookbook

🍳 Thinks cooking is a love language (it is)

🍳 Hates the idea of cleaning but loves it once they actually start

🍳 Probably an incredibly forgetful witch

🍳 Talks to your home and spirits inside

🍳 Always baking

🍳 Stirring intention into your cooking

🍳 Knows what direction to stir to bring things or dispel them

🍳 Saving egg shells and drying orange peels

🍳 Drying and pressing herbs

🍳 Very impressive herb collection

🍳 Owns a mortar and pestle

Fairy Witch

🍄 Stumbled ass-backwards into a faerie contract

🍄 Things constantly go missing around the house

🍄 Has a garden but rarely needs to maintain it (that’s the fairy’s garden)

🍄 Their plants and garden flourish effortlessly 

🍄 Researching plants that fae like

🍄 Has a million different names and aliases for safety

🍄 Definitely liked Fairies as a kid and now it’s come full circle as an adult

🍄 Researching the different types of fae in their area

🍄 Weird dreams

🍄 So many bees, butterflies, birds and insects around their house

🍄 Never harms spiders

🍄 Lowkey scared of the fae

🍄 I feel like they’d enjoy trying out fun hairstyles

🍄 Suddenly smelling floral scents with no explanation

Death Witch

🪦 Always asks spirits before collecting graveyard dirt

🪦 Possibly Chronically Ill

🪦 Wears the same outfit every single day

🪦 Saves the dirt from dead plant pots

🪦 Always looks forward to when Pomegranates are in season

🪦 Knows the deceased will be well cared for by their deities, which brings them comfort

🪦 Really into taxidermy (it’s like goth stuffed animals)

🪦 Not put off by Vulture Culture or roadkill

🪦 Loves making playlists

🪦 Loves oddities and strange happenings 

🪦 Knows all the local graveyards

🪦 Probably has a favorite grave

🪦 Has already designed their headstone

🪦 Doesn’t fear old age as much as everyone else

🪦 Loves their ancestors and keeps in touch with them even after death

my favourite reasonable momm- mother🤪🤨