According to a magickal guru I once read, “the wizard is a radical realist”. Not sure how much realism and pragmatism are the same thing but to me they sound at least alike.
Said that in fantasy themes it may be as you say, IDK.
According to how i see it:
A Pragmatic accepts that there frequently is no Optimal Way.
A Realist accepts that you frequently have to CREATE YOUR OWN Optimal Way, instead of relying on having it served to you.
So, it is possible to either be an idealistic realist, a pragmatic realist, or even shift between either, depending on the situation.
They do tend to be overly flashy attention fiends. Supers are often the same, like how in Spinnerette Captain Alberta could have won a fight with efficient and simple use of his water powers but instead created a giant, really cool looking fanged serpent and got his butt kicked by a badass normal.
Can’t they just yell at the invading army the name of the King who hired them? Then use an illusion to seem like they’re teleporting to him, thus allowing Josie to claim that the criminals have escaped her clutches and redirecting the angry army at the guy who deserves it.
That looks like a nice solution… IF they were smart enough to be able to believe that. Also they are the LoSRHs, so I’m sure that will backfire, making them think she helped them escape, so that will doom the city too…
Huh. That tentacle guy in the first panel. I’m sure I met him (or family of him) in the Grrlpower webcomic. He came from another dimension in that story but I never thought it would be this one!
The troll says, “If we can’t have the secret, no one can!”. Occam’s razor applies here. Make thousands of copies of the secret and air drop them over all the realms. Voila! No more secret; no need for a war!
The solution to the problem seems to be simple: Make the recipe public so that nobody can use it to gain power over another. And ensure it to be publicly known. Maybe use some magic and/or a genie I dunno.
She’s just dense…
Magic-users never go for the practical solution
According to a magickal guru I once read, “the wizard is a radical realist”. Not sure how much realism and pragmatism are the same thing but to me they sound at least alike.
Said that in fantasy themes it may be as you say, IDK.
According to how i see it:
A Pragmatic accepts that there frequently is no Optimal Way.
A Realist accepts that you frequently have to CREATE YOUR OWN Optimal Way, instead of relying on having it served to you.
So, it is possible to either be an idealistic realist, a pragmatic realist, or even shift between either, depending on the situation.
Are you implying that fireball isn’t the practical solution?
They do tend to be overly flashy attention fiends. Supers are often the same, like how in Spinnerette Captain Alberta could have won a fight with efficient and simple use of his water powers but instead created a giant, really cool looking fanged serpent and got his butt kicked by a badass normal.
In Josie’s case, though, she’s just an idiot who happens to have considerable magic power.
Can’t they just yell at the invading army the name of the King who hired them? Then use an illusion to seem like they’re teleporting to him, thus allowing Josie to claim that the criminals have escaped her clutches and redirecting the angry army at the guy who deserves it.
That looks like a nice solution… IF they were smart enough to be able to believe that. Also they are the LoSRHs, so I’m sure that will backfire, making them think she helped them escape, so that will doom the city too…
just… use magic to voice amplify yourself reading the damn recipe! that way EVERYONE got it and no more reason to fight!
when everyone knows a secret, it’s not a secret anymore
Give the recepy to Buckaress and tell her to make the chicken meal.
Huh. That tentacle guy in the first panel. I’m sure I met him (or family of him) in the Grrlpower webcomic. He came from another dimension in that story but I never thought it would be this one!
So – those two were initially getting on like a house on fire?
No. They initially got on like a warehouse that looked like it was on fire.
Here’s hoping none of the antagonists goes “Oh, it’s just an illusionary fire. Onwards!”
The troll says, “If we can’t have the secret, no one can!”. Occam’s razor applies here. Make thousands of copies of the secret and air drop them over all the realms. Voila! No more secret; no need for a war!
Or just give them to those in the horde, they will fight each other to be the only ones that know the secret… Problem solved!
The solution to the problem seems to be simple: Make the recipe public so that nobody can use it to gain power over another. And ensure it to be publicly known. Maybe use some magic and/or a genie I dunno.
If Josie can return to their world, why don’t they just call out from the ramparts ‘Screw all y’all, we’re taking the recipe and going home!’?