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I've always dreamt of waking in a magic forest. And I mean like, no explanation. Just Poof I'm there, kinda thing. I think a lot of it stems from games like Zelda or any RPG.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Pull sword from stone, become (nearly) unquestioned ruler.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

I want to know how to cast magic spells.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Being able to actually do anything you understand well enough, the way that magic works in many settings. A brilliant engineer can design an airplane, but he still needs lots of workers and machines and materials to actually build one. A wizard who knows how to cast "fly" can just go ahead and cast it and fly around. If he has the right books, he doesn't need other people for anything at all.

The sort of mystery only possible in a story where the author himself doesn't have to know what the secret is. I love science but I was very disappointed when I was a kid and I realized that science meant that everything ultimately had a mundane explanation. A mysterious structure? Built by some Bronze Age dudes. Dinosaurs? Unusually large animals. Legendary heroes? Made-up stories. Even if elves or unicorns turned out to be real, they would have a mundane explanation too because the whole universe follows rules.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Two chicks at one time. Fuckin A.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Twins, Basil

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Owning my own home.

It that doesn’t count as fantasy, I really want there to be an underworld with strange creatures. I just think it would be so interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Akiya House

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

I’d love to retire to a cozy inn with an endless pot of stew

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

I would like to choose how I live in the world outside of the control of capitalism, the nation state, and boarders.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

One where there were multiple sentient species in addition to humans.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd like to live in a world where people come together to save it instead of splitting apart.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

Now now. Let's not get overly enthusiastic here, shall we?

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