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Yup. This whole idea of ”magic” was only briefly hinted-at. The audience is being introduced to some additional structure: Witches exist, and have power sources and spells and covens, and a detailed history.

I’m thinking Agatha is being used, in part, to flesh out the “magic” part of the MCU universe. Previously, MCU only had Dr Strange, Wanda, and bits from the TV shows. Putting in Agatha seems to be a first step into stories that feature magic more prominently. I agree, we will only get bits...

Well, they could have said more. I’m thinking the vagueness is deliberate. They’ve painted Agatha darkly, but not enough to keep us from wondering. That also makes Agatha much more interesting. Note that the director of SWORD even has some ambiguity. Heck, even Thanos made a valid point...

Sure. But staying within what was presented: Agatha trifled with forbidden power, and Agatha’s mother truly believed that Agatha could not possibly control them or do good with them. “Daughter, you’ve saturated your body with radioactive plutonium.” “I can suppress it so that it won’t hurt...

I dunno. We are missing a lot of details re: The fight with the coven. But ... Who else would police secretive and powerful witches except the witches themselves? it is conceivable that certain powers irrevocably cause a descent into madness or evil. It is also conceivable that the coven’s...

So Agnes ... perhaps the wrong turn was getting stuck in town, and she was actually trying to leave town when discovered by Vision, except Wanda’s mental control made leaving impossible. I’m thinking more is going on with Agnes. TomB

A different take on the Babylon 5 theme: The Aleph Continuity had long retired to the great empty voids between galaxies. Their thoughts slowly cooled towards absolute zero in the billion light-year vastness. Except, two refused to pass into quiescence: Brothers Harachim and Haranesh. Chim...

I thought there was a fuzzy line between "private" and "privateer", with the latter having a commission to capture enemy merchant vessels? And, that often "privateers" might become "pirates" (haha: not "privates"), if their commission expired, or if they just didn't want to stop plundering, or...

Say, the demons that arrived through a portal: Perhaps a physical ring (ala stargate) or an outline, with enabling components at key points. The lava was intended to destroy the key components, but demons and cultists were able to scatter them in time. Many of the demons fled or were...

Any thoughts as to the meaning of the calculations that vision is doing? I’m thinkinking this is important, but I have no ideas beyond that gut feeling.

some questions: What is the tech novel of the target civs? Is there any resource which is scarce? What are their motivations? Are these idiosyncratic or highly emotional or irrational? Are any of the civs non-emotional and highly ordered? Are the civs comprehensible to each other? Are you...

A group might, despite the availability of space, just like taking other folks stuff, rather than making the stuff for themselves. Or, other similar creatures might be raw resources, as in Jupiter Ascending. Or, a civilization or race may be inherently warlike, for example, 40K orcs, or...

Bold added by me. Is this usually the case? I thought that such companies were ripe for take-over and dismantling. Be safe and well, Tom Bitonti

Could the something else be simple variation? Having the potential to have a reserve of spell could be as scarce, say, as being 7’ tall. That fits racial special abilities, and the existence of magical creatures, and fits, for example, Eberron’s breeding of magical creatures. To address an...

Well, 3E (and forward) made the codification much more precise, especially in the use of keywords and consistent power levels. Certain unpredictable effects were removed, for example, potion miscibility. Be Safe, Be Well, Tom Bitonti

This does seem to be more often the case. But, some fiction uses magic as a central point, for example, Niven’s “The Magic Goes Away”. Or Stross’s “Merchant Princes” novels. I’m still deciding how to fit the anime ”Gate”. Be safe, be well, ‘Tom Bitonti

Here’s a thought: Elves and dwarves fit several mythic archetypes. For example, as presented as Eloise and morlocks by Wells. And as ancient elder race, say, Atlanteans, or Hyperboreand. One can point to LotR, but that seems to popularize widely used and long standing tropes. LotR is...

Eh, increasingly, the fruits of science are things that “just work”, with even learned folks struggling to explain. Leading the way are quantum effects and big data based AI. Increasingly, we use technology that might as well be magic. Also worth pointing out is that certain physical...

The AIs from the Bolo books seem to be male. Were there any that were female? The evil-sh computer “Mother” from Alien seemed neiutrsl, except for its name. The Alien robots have been both male and evil. There were a mixture of male and female in AI. Tom Bitonti

Aside: what is with the color palette in that video? Pink, orange, plum, blue... I think it’s a very nice set of colors, but have not see it before in a news broadcast. Anyways, carry on! Be safe and well, Tom Bitonti