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[-] dgriffith@aussie.zone 47 points 1 year ago

I'd aim for one of the rural areas in Discworld.

Relatively calm life, as long as you keep the local witch on your side.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Just stay on the good side of the local witch.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I'd have spend a year or two wildin' out in Ankh-Morpork.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago
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[-] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

As long as no sourcerer drops by :)

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago

Lord of the Rings, but fuck Gondor... I'll be chilling in the Shire living like fucking king.

[-] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Same, but I'd probably go with Bree. I'm a bit tall for the Shire. Also, Bree seems a little more lively and they have a thing called 'pints.'

[-] Skua@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Live in the Shire, start up a pub called "Giant Beers" which serves pints, be beloved by the Shirefolk and live in pastoral luxury

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

And fuck as many midgets as your heart desires.

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[-] Cicraft@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Pokemon sounds pretty nice, they even have free healthcare in the american stand-in

[-] esc27@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Everything goes dark. You open your eyes. You are standing on a bridge. A warm salty breeze is in the air. Birds fly over. A fish splashes in the water. You could go anywhere, do anything, a whole new world is open to you. But you stay put for now and enjoy this peaceful bridge.

A child runs by. She avoids making eye contact and runs behind you. Then another, and another. “Kids these days”, you think, “always in a hurry.” Another child approaches, before he can slip by, you turn, and make eye contact. It’s on!

You each bring out your Pokémon and oh god, oh god, oh god, it’s god. The unfathomable, immortal deity who shaped the entire world, and it is taking orders from a child! and you have… a magikarp.

Before you can even speak, a blast of energy strikes your fish, killing it instantly. You are knocked back, stunned. The child frisks your pockets and takes your wallet. Everything goes dark. You open your eyes. You are standing on a bridge. A warm salty breeze is in the air…

[-] BitSound@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I Have No Meowth, and I Must Scream

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Only for pets, not for humans

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Ash Ketchum gets bankrupted paying for his mother's hospital bills. The End.

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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] boeman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Hey you, you're finally awake....

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[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Earthsea seems pretty chill. Especially Ged.

[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Roshar. With all the spren and fabrials, I could still have a decent time.

[-] punkhazard@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Besides continuous war and blatant racism/classism in every aspect of every society, most of them with either fully blown feudalism and slavery or a untouchable aristocracy :D

Spren are cool though...

PS nice username!

[-] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't even need magic... just non-brown eyes.

[-] CopernicusQwark@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Interesting choice. As much as I love the setting, I couldn't see myself living in a place that has hurricanes on a weekly basis.

I’m an expert on one-armed Herdazian jokes. ‘Lopen,’ my mother always says, ‘you must learn these to laugh before others do. Then you steal the laughter from them, and have it all for yourself.’ She is a very wise woman.

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really? I feel like Scadrial is the better choice here. Though I haven’t finished the Lost Metal yet, so something crazy may happen at the end that makes me reconsider this lol.

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magicka Obscura

I’d get to laugh at every single wizard trying to board a train without it blowing up due to magic fucking up technology before I get screwed over by one of the soulless, greedy, vapid, mouth-breathing creatures known as gnomes.

[-] Hegar@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I cannot understand why there's no modern sequel in the works. A well loved classic RPG with steam punk elements and union themes seems like a no-brainer in the current environment.

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[-] JVT038@feddit.nl 9 points 1 year ago

Harry Potter. I'd be a normal muggle, blissfully ignorant of all the drama going on :)

[-] illi@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago
[-] iSeth@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not at all! The entire Harry Potter franchise wouldn't exist!

[-] JVT038@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

Exactly. That's the entire point lol

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

But you’d be living in England and probably get stabbed by some chav’s unregistered butter knife

[-] ech@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The rest of the world exists in hp, not just the UK.

[-] agissilver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

If you live in the magical world in Harry Potter, wouldn't that make you a squib?

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[-] Lath@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Does Star Trek count as magical?

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Lath@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

But there's Q, the traveller, Wesley, that old guy who wiped out an entire species with a thought... Pretty magical stuff there...

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any sufficiently advanced technology would appear as magic to the primitive. This is a theme repeated frequently in the show. 

The life forms you mentioned are simply more advanced than humanity can comprehend, they are not magical. 

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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, I had completely forgotten about the Wesley Traveler thing.

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[-] kromem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Azeroth, World of Warcraft. Rogues and warriors kick ass, and are still very powerful, even without magic.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ooo, if you aren't magical when you get there. There is an infinite number of things that will make you. But more importantly I want to live in a place that silly.

[-] mub@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

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.

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