Nothing like finding out that you're related to an invasive species. :^D
I know, right? =D
Thanks, though I don't know that I was second-guessing myself (this time. I know I do that quite a lot though.) The word no longer looks right in 'verse though, perhaps because it looks like a weird self-insert even though the inverse was true. Even more so the phenomenon itself. When I started writing this stuff, I had a tendency which I later identified as inconsistent, where I'd take pains to try and un-magic all the astronomical and geological stuff yet was perfectly content to have weird shit going on in every other field. If I can think of a good explanation for shadowy fire I might keep it, but otherwise it seems out of place now.
perhaps because it looks like a weird self-insert even though the inverse was true.
Sounds like second-guessing by any other name to me. ;^)
Even more so the phenomenon itself. When I started writing this stuff, I had a tendency which I later identified as inconsistent, where I'd take pains to try and un-magic all the astronomical and geological stuff yet was perfectly content to have weird shit going on in every other field. If I can think of a good explanation for shadowy fire I might keep it, but otherwise it seems out of place now.Just an opinion here so take it for what it is worth, but why do you need a good explanation for shadowy fire? I love the idea! I can certainly appreciate un-magicing the astronomical and geological aspects of your 'verse, but if you un-magic everything, then you have no wizards, no elves, no trolls, no Rings of Power, etc. You have our primary world and our real natural history (which is more marvelous than any magic in my estimation
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Sounds like second-guessing by any other name to me. ;^)Argh! =P I prefer to think of it as re-assessing. Which, okay, it rhymes with second-guessing, I will grant you that
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Oddly, I'd always somehow assumed that as a formation "huinare" had something to do with crebain. I guess I was simply associating your crow and magpie icons with it and perhaps Angandil. The plant is a good namesake, though! Your gloomfire sounds a bit like a black hole--on movie posters, etc. they used to have a sort of corona although I don't know what that's based on or whether it's just artistic licence.
That's probably not too odd an assumption, given I think the first story I wrote publicly in fandom was the one with Angandil, plus my corvid icon tendency as you say.
I think the corona thing would sort of stand to reason, although I'm not quite what one would call learnèd in theoretical physics. I'd never thought of it that way until after I made a comment to Pandë above about the possible nature of such a "fire"--but yeah, that's where my mind went next. (The concept of mini black holes is something I could see myself spending weeks researching, were I to be in that sort of mood again..)
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Huinarë is a perfectly acceptable and very appealing handle. Don't go second-guessing yourself. It's especially wonderful as part of the "Huinarium."
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I know, right? =D
Thanks, though I don't know that I was second-guessing myself (this time. I know I do that quite a lot though.) The word no longer looks right in 'verse though, perhaps because it looks like a weird self-insert even though the inverse was true. Even more so the phenomenon itself. When I started writing this stuff, I had a tendency which I later identified as inconsistent, where I'd take pains to try and un-magic all the astronomical and geological stuff yet was perfectly content to have weird shit going on in every other field. If I can think of a good explanation for shadowy fire I might keep it, but otherwise it seems out of place now.
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Sounds like second-guessing by any other name to me. ;^)
Even more so the phenomenon itself. When I started writing this stuff, I had a tendency which I later identified as inconsistent, where I'd take pains to try and un-magic all the astronomical and geological stuff yet was perfectly content to have weird shit going on in every other field. If I can think of a good explanation for shadowy fire I might keep it, but otherwise it seems out of place now.Just an opinion here so take it for what it is worth, but why do you need a good explanation for shadowy fire? I love the idea! I can certainly appreciate un-magicing the astronomical and geological aspects of your 'verse, but if you un-magic everything, then you have no wizards, no elves, no trolls, no Rings of Power, etc. You have our primary world and our real natural history (which is more marvelous than any magic in my estimation ( ... )
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Even if it does sound as if it is a description of the US government!
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I guess I was simply associating your crow and magpie icons with it and perhaps Angandil.
The plant is a good namesake, though!
Your gloomfire sounds a bit like a black hole--on movie posters, etc. they used to have a sort of corona although I don't know what that's based on or whether it's just artistic licence.
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I think the corona thing would sort of stand to reason, although I'm not quite what one would call learnèd in theoretical physics. I'd never thought of it that way until after I made a comment to Pandë above about the possible nature of such a "fire"--but yeah, that's where my mind went next. (The concept of mini black holes is something I could see myself spending weeks researching, were I to be in that sort of mood again..)
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