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Willow Danielle Rosenberg - Buffyverse (extraflamey) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-02-22 20:08:00

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bonnie bennett, buffy summers (the shift), james potter, julia wicker, willow rosenberg

Has anyone ever tried blending magic and technology? What were your results?

I'm really curious if there's a tried and true way to combine the two. Since they both work with energies within the world I would think there is, but I haven't been able to find a good cross point for them yet.

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	hurlyburly 2018-02-23 05:58 am UTC (link)
	I guess it depends on what you consider technology vs magic? If I construct a machine powered on magic, does that count as technology or magic only? (Reply to this) (Thread)

extraflamey
2018-02-23 06:03 am UTC (link)

That's a good question! I guess it depends on how we're technically defining what is technology based on the current social structure norms and standard definitions of the terminology.

The cavemen once considered the wheel a great technological advancement, but I don't think either of us is talking about something like that. :)

May I ask what machine you powered with magic?

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hurlyburly
2018-02-23 06:14 am UTC (link)

A couple different ones, actually. Neither were my design, however.

The first as a machine my friend called a "quarterback". It could rewind time in a specific location at 15 second intervals.

I also helped construct a Tesla Flection which allowed us create a sort of unstable pocket dimension to interact with an alternate timeline.

There were mechanical components to both devices, but both required magic to work.

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	extraflamey 2018-02-24 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh! Okay! So these were machines with inherently magical in functionality then too? No magic powered toaster in your future? I've been trying to figure out how to combine tech and magic for amplification of magical abilities, but keep coming up short so far. :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hurlyburly 2018-02-24 04:34 am UTC (link)
	You want to use technology to amplify magical power? ...I don't think that's possible? ~~That sounds like a good way to get yourself killed?~~ Magical batteries are possible to create when a spell requires more energy than the magic users are able to put forth themselves but I'm not entirely clear on how to create them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(OOC: I am sorry for her 4eva)

extraflamey
2018-02-25 03:18 am UTC (link)

Well, if we can identify the appropriate frequencies and wavelengths that magical exchange happens on where it can effectively short circuit and stop electronics, it may be able to reverse engineer what sort of energies we've already identified as useable forces within the our current technological spectrum and correlate them to the mystic spheres of influence. From there it would theoretically be possible to cross the two and what current technological instruments compliment instead of control, or disrupt.

I was thinking that from there we would be able to effectively allow for creation of tools for better channeling, focusing and controlling of currently existing magical energies and prescences surrounding us.

I'm just not doing very well figuring out where on the spectrum of understood science all that falls yet. :(

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	(OOC: ilu willow) hurlyburly 2018-02-25 04:05 am UTC (link)
	Practice, study and casting with other people is probably easier? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extraflamey 2018-02-25 06:03 am UTC (link)
	Practice is preferential! Though a more thorough understanding of the theoretically and practical mechanics of spell structure, casting, and application could only be beneficial from a scientific standpoint. This could make magic less erratic, safer and more accessible as well. :) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hurlyburly 2018-02-25 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	It is already...? Maybe you should show me what you know. Unless magic on your world is wildly different from mine, it may have more in common with science than you give it credit for. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-23 06:23 am UTC (link)
	I can disrupt technology? Lights on, lights off, or just fry the circuits. I don't think I've ever had an occasion that needed me to do anything else. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-23 07:43 am UTC (link)
	That's usually what magic does to technology in my experience, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-23 03:24 pm UTC (link)
	~~Hi you're awe~~I have to actively want to do it though. Use magic with that purpose. My magic won't just mess with the wifi or anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-25 08:24 am UTC (link)
	Ooh. Okay. Yeah, my kind of magic usually just does that all on its own. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-25 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	I'm kind of ~~a lot~~ familiar with your magic. My world doesn't really have a separate society for magic and non-magic people, so it's lucky for me it doesn't happen on its own. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-25 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	From the books about my world? Loads of people have read those. I think it's brilliant. Do you have to hide your magic, then, and try to blend into the non-magical world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-25 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'm one of them. I've read them all more than once. Yes. I'm from a small town, so there's always a lot incidents with animal attacks, gas leaks and mind wiping when the supernatural population gets out of control. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-26 12:13 am UTC (link)
	A fan! I love meeting fans. Ah, yes, that sounds somewhat familiar. Certainly there have been times when Obliviators are called in to erase the memories of a muggle who's stumbled across something they shouldn't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-26 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Guilty. I can't remember the amount of times I wished there had been some place like Hogwarts for me. Mostly we'd use vampires. They have compulsion capabilities to make people think what they want. It can be useful when ordinary people start to notice weird things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-26 12:23 am UTC (link)
	It really is a shame everyone can't go. Hogwarts is brilliant. Interesting! I hadn't heard of vampires having that ability. [...] Potentially also makes them a bit more dangerous, too, doesn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-26 12:26 am UTC (link)
	I can only imagine. Yes, they are. Depends on the kind of person they are though. But then that makes me potentially dangerous because of what I can do as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-26 12:29 am UTC (link)
	It's a shame I didn't get to know you before Christmas. I got a whole Hogwarts feast from Santa. [...] Which still isn't the whole Hogwarts experience, of course, but it's one of the best parts! Of course, I completely agree. Potentially dangerous doesn't make anyone a bad person, and anyone with powers has the choice whether or not to abuse them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-26 12:32 am UTC (link)
	I wasn't here then, though that sounds amazing and I'm so jealous I missed it. Exactly. Though that being said, I've met some vampires who are massive assholes. But I've also met some that I love. But I think they're a lot different in my world than they are yours. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deeringdo
2018-02-26 12:34 am UTC (link)

With any luck, I'll be able to ask for it again next Christmas.

Same could be said of wizards from my world. Some would even argue I'm one of the massive assholes, or at least was, and they wouldn't be entirely wrong. But yes, it does sound as though they are different. Vampires in my world [...] are not as feared as werewolves, but not very much more socially acceptable, in a lot of places.

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	impsychicnow 2018-02-26 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Don't tease my stomach. One of my friends was a werewolf. I think it's the opposite in my world, werewolves are more of a danger around the full moon, but vampires are potentially dangerous always. Witches, vampires and werewolves are usually at war or hold some unsteady truce with each other. I think my group of friends is a rare exception to the rule. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

deeringdo
2018-02-26 12:43 am UTC (link)

We have Molly Weasley here, she's equally good. You should get into her good graces before she gets back to her kitchen, then she'll feed you.

That's an interesting difference. And not untrue, I've always thought that werewolves got an unfair rap. Although there are also many who entirely deserve their bad reputations. [...] Are you a motley, assorted band of friends, then? That's the best kind.

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	impsychicnow 2018-02-26 12:46 am UTC (link)
	I would love nothing more, except I have no idea how to do that. I'm pretty sure showing up at her door would just be weird. Yeah. We've lost a few, permanently, but our little circle of trust has has vampires, werewolves, witches, humans, hunters, Hunters Capital, I was even a ghost for a while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-27 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Let me know if you manage to talk to her somehow, otherwise I could probably invite you to something. There might be a group of magical folk starting up - although people have considered it before and not done much with it - so that might be a way to meet her, potentially. You were a ghost? How did you get un-ghosted? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-27 05:06 am UTC (link)
	I saw the talk of a potential group for magic. But hearing that I'm not sure it will actually take off. Hopefully I'll find a way to meet her, she seems like such a badass. It involved having dead ancestors willing to bend the rules of the afterlife, and some alternate dimension travelling. It took a while. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	extraflamey 2018-02-24 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Do you think maybe it's a frequency disruption? And if it is, does that mean that magic and technology function along the same wavelengths? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deeringdo 2018-02-25 08:25 am UTC (link)
	No idea what that means, sorry. Sounds smart, though! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	extraflamey 2018-02-24 04:15 am UTC (link)
	I've done a little technology disrupting myself! But normally not on purpose... Have you been able to power anything bigger than lights with your magic? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-24 04:26 am UTC (link)
	I know I could, I've just never had to. But I could start or stop a car, interfere with an elevator, break open locks and so on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extraflamey 2018-02-25 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Oh wow! You must be really good with this stuff if you're able to influence larger things like cars and elevators. Can you also move them with your abilities, or just interfere with them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-25 03:57 am UTC (link)
	I think I have the witch thing figured out, yeah. I can move things, yes. Telekinesis. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	extraflamey 2018-02-25 06:06 am UTC (link)
	I love telekinesis! I can’t float more than a pencil right now though. What tactics and practices do you use to help you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	impsychicnow 2018-02-25 04:30 pm UTC (link)
	I've always practiced on my own. I had my Grams as a teacher for a short while, but now it's just me. So mostly I learned through do or die situations. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	classprotector 2018-02-24 02:11 am UTC (link)
	It's okay that that went way over my head, right? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	extraflamey 2018-02-24 04:15 am UTC (link)
	Totally okay. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)