(07-04-2016, 04:08 PM)Gegenji Wrote: "Levin" is just what the game calls lightning. Just like they call a day a "sun" and a month a "moon" and so on. So I was just being overly fancy in saying "magical lightning."
*Ohhhhhhhhhh.* Haha, I understand. Makes sense. Is lightning special in that regard, or are there fancy names for fire and ice spells as well? I wanna be down with the magical lingo.
(07-04-2016, 04:08 PM)Gegenji Wrote: And don't take my words as the absolute truth. I'm mostly spitballing based off what I've seen and read.
Of course not! I'm well aware that we're all just ultimately speculating on what we've read, heard, or seen. But that having been said, I do think that with some patience, sound reasoning, and plenty of conversation, we could probably come up with a much more solid understanding of how aether and magic work. The writers for this game did an excellent job in leaving a lot of clues about.
So I'm totally content to spit-ball along with you and whoever else. Other than getting a direct line to the writers behind all this stuff, I can't think of a better way to go about discerning these things.
(07-04-2016, 04:08 PM)Gegenji Wrote: High fire resistance could very well mean that someone could hold their hand in a campfire longer. Or someone who isn't bothered by the cold winds of Ishgard might have a higher ice resistance. I just always saw magical spells of the types as replicating things found in nature with one's aether more than just creating it - though either is possible.
... I mean, aether-attuned crystals are oft used in that manner. Fire crystals used to make fires or keep things warm, ice crystals to chill things down, and so on. So there could be some weight behind magical fire and regular fire being the same thing. It's all in how you approach it, I suppose.
The aether-crystals and their usage are definitely a big part of what got me thinking this way. Normally, I'd assume the same as you have: Fire conjured by magic must surely be at least a little
different than fire created through natural means.... Right?
But when I stop to consider the way aether-crystals are used and the explanation given of how aether ultimately gives life and energy to everything, it seems harder to discern how the two would be different. I'm still digging around and talking for folks to look for examples, though. There could very well be something in the game or in the lore that disagrees with the line of logic I've been following so far, and if so, I'd be pleased as punch to find it.
