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[RT][WIP] Aeromancer - Chapter 2

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• u/HeartwarmingLies:

  He seemed way more on board with the medical mage after the j joke geas
  

• u/Croktopus:

  im digging the story, but man, these people are being super flippant about mindrape
  

  • u/Gelifyal:

    Thanks for reading! My thought process is that the MC is the only one not taking it seriously because he received direct benefit from it (memories / wind light). Other players do take it seriously and give warning (sibling), as well as the final result of reporting it behind scenes (father to authorities). I will try to improve my writing skills to better show these types of stuff. Sorry for the confusion!
    

    • u/None:

      I dont think you treated the topic of geas very well in your world. You establish that "everyone is scared of things they do not understand [geas]" , but your civilisation, capable of managing god level threats regulary while still allowing for advanced science and technology and a normal life for all citizens, cant take the most sensible precautions? 
      What about putting a geas on all vivamances NOT to make geas? 
      If they can remove them, put two identical geas on them that will kill them as soon as they remove a geas from themselves? 
      Maybe checking up on them every few years?
      
       That would be the sensible thing to do even if putting geas on other people with their consent would be socially acceptable. And I would imagine that there would be a large populace that would push very hard for such measures, given that the sensible and widespread fear of vivamancers mindcontrolling you prevents them access to medical treatment. That would guarantee such measures in a democracy and an authoritarian regime would love to control vivamancers for their own gain. 
      
      Given all this, I cant understand Setis and Cassies reaction at all. Why did Cassie act as she did? What were her goals? How did she think she could accomplish them with her actions? 
      Cassie SEEMS to be in it only to help Seti and maybe because she thinks fear of geas is stupid and misplaced. But she knew that what she would do to was illegal and would likely get her expelled, especially if she did not ask first. And she did not want that. So why did she risk it? She had a few hours and could talk to seti about it. Maybe get a supervisor. Now, Seti kinda consented to having the geas removed, so why the fuck would she put a geas on him that would antagonize him and did not help anyway? what was her reasoning behind that? There is literally not rational reason do antagonize him at this point by putting the geas on him.
      
      Putting Cassie aside, why the fuck did seti share details about his dream with someone that mindraped him litterally five minutes beforehand?? As far as he knew she was an enemy. He even thought that what she did was amoral and stupid and mindrape. And why forgive her so readily. Even if it happens to not be so bad, she still in his own words "forced yourself on me". You dont forget that so fast
      

• u/xXnormanborlaugXx:

  "She put her own finger on the wound" is repeated.
  "brail" - braille.
  
  Thanks for the chapter! Excited to see where this is going.
  

• u/dinoseen:

  Nope, fuck Cassie. Anyone that does that deserves very harsh punishment.
  

• u/PsychoLife:

  So, his wind is "oppressive" only to people he thinks of as enemies? Because after his "gushy" moment with Cassie, the wind felt normal to                her. Neat I guess. Also as someone already mentioned they are *way* too ok with mindrape.
  

• u/Nimelennar:

  I obviously have no idea, two chapters in, where the blindness arc is going to go. Even so, I've read enough to think you might need to read this:
  https://kbspangler.com/2016/04/20/on-blindness-and-rachels-character/
  
  "Disability Superpowers" can be a problematic trope.  Mind the pitfalls, when writing a blind character who can see without eyes.
  

  • u/Revive_Revival:

    I read the article and the TVTropes page, but I feel like I'm missing something here. Why is it dumb and insensitive? if someone can't see but are aided by some external source (implants, superpowers, magic, etc) aren't they still technically blind? It doesn't negate the fact that their eyes don't work and they can't see through them.
    
    > "Disability Superpowers" can be a problematic trope. Mind the pitfalls, when writing a blind character who can see without eyes.
    
    Care to elaborate? why are those superpowers a problematic trope? what are the pitfalls?
    
    Sorry if this seems super obvious to everyone else but I'm not seeing what is the big deal :/
    

    • u/Nimelennar:

      If I understand it correctly, the problem is with including a character from a group of people who have to deal with specific, difficult issues on a day-to-day basis, and minimizing those issues by hand-waving them away.
      
      Everyone wants to read about characters that they can relate to, who share the same kind of issues and struggles and day-to-day life as the reader, and it's a bit of a bait-and-switch to put a character in who *should* be that to someone, but isn't, because they *don't* share any of that.
      

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