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Magic is just unexplained science
Princess Bubblegum?
What counts as "magic", exactly? E.g. the world of BLEACH has 3 wholy distinct sources of supernatural power, only one of which looks like traditional, wizards & witches magic. Is vampirism magic? What about superstrength in Norse mythology?
Hey you, you're finally awake....
Do innate powers count as magic? Because if they do, living in Tamriel would suck... unless you happen to be born a god, of course.
I'd just go be a bard in a tavern. Drink, sing and play instruments.
Don't tour around Helgen
Hope the console commands will work for you...
Percy Jackson. My life would be normal!
Star wars. Apparently anyone can learn to be a ~~magic user~~ jedi if they try hard enough. But even if that isn't an option, spaceships are also fun.
Objection! Evidence: everything pre-Didney.
Earthsea seems pretty chill. Especially Ged.
Not something from an anime because by season 4, there's like a dozen people that can destroy a small town with one move. By season 8, they're doing planets.
A quick reminder that Muten Roshi lived through the entirety of Dragon Ball (bar the couple times literally everyone in the planet died, temporarily)
I appreciate the bracketed comment and double down on my original statement lol
But at the same time, if you train very hard you'll be able to do that too. That's how it usually goes for characters without magical abilities.
In the Harry Potter universe non magical people live blissfully unaware of magical people and are pretty much left to our own affairs with little to no intervention or malicious actions by the magical, the magical even setup an entire ministry dedicated to maintaining that status quo. It's probably the most boring and unimaginative choice but it sounds like the one in which I could live with the greatest ease and safety.
Hard disagree. Muggles are kept shrouded in ignorance, but they're still fairly routinely terrorized by dark wizards and magical beasts. The Ministry makes an effort, but fails when the going gets tough.
Except for the early 90's in the UK. That wasn't so great.
Azeroth, World of Warcraft. Rogues and warriors kick ass, and are still very powerful, even without magic.