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Post by Rosie on Apr 6, 2009 10:32:03 GMT 10
Moved this discussion here (couldn't split the thread off). Just a tad off topic, but is Tammy still planning the Lightsbridge book about Tris? I would be quite interested to see how/if she handles Academic Magic. That she is! I'd heard that the great internal Conflict is that Tris is in fact abysmal at academic magic, so it'll be very much a coming-to-terms-with-herself book. I'll be be very interested to see how academic magic really works in the Circleverse, largely because the universe is so very different than Tortall, and I get the sense that its' academic magic is rather more sciency than Tortall's Gift.
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Post by ubiquitous on Apr 6, 2009 21:46:19 GMT 10
Honestly, I just don't get it. I thought Tris was tested again and again for that sort of magic by her parents, to no avail. How can she learn academic magic? I could understand one of the other mages having bits of academic magic, but Tris seems more than a bit off for me.
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Post by boosette on Apr 6, 2009 23:27:54 GMT 10
Oh, not to me! Tris is so pigheaded that her trying to claim academic magic - trying to force herself into having it when she doesn't - feels spot-on for her established characterization. (And studying is hardly the only or even most important thing that happens at college.)
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Post by Lisa on Apr 7, 2009 12:52:43 GMT 10
I always thought that Niko (and through his teaching, Tris) have an ambient magic that allows them to understand magic better - and therefore manipulate academic magic.
Of course, initially I was under the impression that Lightsbrige wasn't just for academic magic, since Rosethorn studied there with Crane. But I guess that was more likely for their medical studies.
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Post by ubiquitous on Apr 7, 2009 22:03:08 GMT 10
Oh, not to me! Tris is so pigheaded that her trying to claim academic magic - trying to force herself into having it when she doesn't - feels spot-on for her established characterization. (And studying is hardly the only or even most important thing that happens at college.) Exorcising past demons, maybe. But something tells me she her efforts will not be fruitless. I always thought that Niko (and through his teaching, Tris) have an ambient magic that allows them to understand magic better - and therefore manipulate academic magic. Of course, initially I was under the impression that Lightsbrige wasn't just for academic magic, since Rosethorn studied there with Crane. But I guess that was more likely for their medical studies. It is possible that ambient magic is taught there too. But I'm pretty sure it says on Tammy's site that Tris goes specifically to study academic magic.
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Post by ubiquitous on Apr 16, 2009 19:31:57 GMT 10
I asked Tammy about this and this is what she said:
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