"Frozen" discussion
Jan 14, 2022 0:30:17 GMT -5
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 0:30:17 GMT -5
Some of you who have kids or grandkids (or are young) or for any other reason may be familiar with the 2013 Disney feature film, "Frozen."
No particular spoilers here, I think.
I'll be up front and say that while I think there are flaws, I do like the movie, particularly certain parts of it.
What I want to say is that it's an interesting example these days of a story kind of "winging" magic.
One of the central characters has a kind of inborn sorcerer magic, the ability to create and control snow and ice. In RPG terms, what she demonstrates would have to be world-class magic in nearly any system or setting.
Although it's interesting, her magic is not really used as any kind of deus ex machina. If anything, accidental use of it in fairly small ways starts the plot and later complicates the plot. The "superpower" part of it that we see is basically defensive or an externalized version of the character's emotional state.
So it seems noteworthy to me that, although the power is hardly defined verbally within the story for us, it doesn't get "abused" by the character or the writers. The best parts of the movie just allow you to accept this as a part of the character, not a spell list or skill set that needs to be checked every thirty seconds.
Maybe some of you have seen the movie and want to comment, or maybe someone will want to talk about defining powers and abilities in RPG terms, something like that.
No particular spoilers here, I think.
I'll be up front and say that while I think there are flaws, I do like the movie, particularly certain parts of it.
What I want to say is that it's an interesting example these days of a story kind of "winging" magic.
One of the central characters has a kind of inborn sorcerer magic, the ability to create and control snow and ice. In RPG terms, what she demonstrates would have to be world-class magic in nearly any system or setting.
Although it's interesting, her magic is not really used as any kind of deus ex machina. If anything, accidental use of it in fairly small ways starts the plot and later complicates the plot. The "superpower" part of it that we see is basically defensive or an externalized version of the character's emotional state.
So it seems noteworthy to me that, although the power is hardly defined verbally within the story for us, it doesn't get "abused" by the character or the writers. The best parts of the movie just allow you to accept this as a part of the character, not a spell list or skill set that needs to be checked every thirty seconds.
Maybe some of you have seen the movie and want to comment, or maybe someone will want to talk about defining powers and abilities in RPG terms, something like that.
