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tanoraqui:

the problem is that I ADORE magic systems where it’s just, like, magic, like, maybe using a lot at once exhausts you but it’s not quantified and no one knows how it works or where it comes from, or at least no one who could possibly explain it themselves, not to the protagonist (and reader) at least. It’s just magic! Some people can do it and others can’t! It’s intuitive and flexible to the point where it approaches being synonymous with “being the main character and having the plot work in your favor”!

But I’m so bad at writing that, because suddenly my brain is all, “but why can some people do it and others can’t? How does it work? At minimum, does conservation of mass apply? Conservation of energy? What about-”