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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8425368" data-attributes="member: 177">Most fantasy authors are not sociologists, or experts in human behavior.&nbsp; They tend to write monocultures and sketches of cultures, and do not have time for nuance as their character tries to defeat Gororath the acid-spewing great wyrm, or whatever it is.When you say that no group has ever tried, I think you are mistaking &quot;tried&quot; for &quot;succeeded&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe groups have tried, but didn't manage to have an impact, for social, political, technical, or economic reasons, and so don't really bear mentioning as Gorgorath melts the city walls with its caustic emissions.&nbsp; An extended discussion about how one group tried, but failed, to teach magic broadly a hundred years ago, and if they'd succeeded, today Gorgorath would be met with an onslought of a thousand fireballs, but since they didn't the hero's love interest got swallowed whole, may not be a great story beat.Also, the world not viewing magic as evil of inherently dangerous sounds like a generalization eliding into a mono-cultural trait.&nbsp; What does it mean that &quot;the world doesn't view&quot; things a certain way?&nbsp; What percentage of the population does that mean?&nbsp; How reasonable is it to expect a very high percentage of the population to share the same belief and be correct at the same time?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8425368, member: 177"] Most fantasy authors are not sociologists, or experts in human behavior. They tend to write monocultures and sketches of cultures, and do not have time for nuance as their character tries to defeat Gororath the acid-spewing great wyrm, or whatever it is. When you say that no group has ever tried, I think you are mistaking "tried" for "succeeded". Maybe groups have tried, but didn't manage to have an impact, for social, political, technical, or economic reasons, and so don't really bear mentioning as Gorgorath melts the city walls with its caustic emissions. An extended discussion about how one group tried, but failed, to teach magic broadly a hundred years ago, and if they'd succeeded, today Gorgorath would be met with an onslought of a thousand fireballs, but since they didn't the hero's love interest got swallowed whole, may not be a great story beat. Also, the world not viewing magic as evil of inherently dangerous sounds like a generalization eliding into a mono-cultural trait. What does it mean that "the world doesn't view" things a certain way? What percentage of the population does that mean? How reasonable is it to expect a very high percentage of the population to share the same belief and be correct at the same time? [/QUOTE]

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