Electron Magic Rant

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anyway, about electron magic, i personally believe that access to magic could sort of cheat scientific discoveries in a lot of ways

for example, readily having control over lightning, a form of electricity, could greatly speed up research and knowledge on it. hydrogen could then be gathered through electrolysis using lightning magic on water, cathode ray rubes could easily be made with glass magic to perform experiments, and if you need any special wiring or something you can use metal magic. with all of this, it could be feasible that a group of scientists were able to perform jj thomson’s cathode ray tube experiment much earlier than intended and discover the existence of electrons

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So I might have agreed with you, except that elektron inspired the English word electricity, which would later be combined with ion to produce the English term electron. So while they share similarities, and elektron is an ancestor of electron they don’t mean the same thing. Becuase, electron still needs the connection to ion, a concept not existing at the time of the Golden Age.
Source: “Electron | Etymology, Origin and Meaning of Electron by Etymonline.” www.etymonline.com, electron | Etymology of electron by etymonline.

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why? atomic magic isn’t a lightning magic

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ignore that, i got confused

however i also found this which is pretty funny (atomic magic will still probably be canon i hope?)

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“wasnt that going to be a mutation” YOU MADE THE GAME!

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even makes a lot more sense now in this time period given that the word “atomic” still just means “relating to atoms” and isn’t directly about explosives

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I think it would just be called deconstruction magic, it’s whole gimmick was it was able to nullify other attacks

But thats also shared with shatter magic so


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i hope it’s still canon, it’s my third favourite aa mutation

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it wouldn’t just deconstruct them, it would use what it took to fuel its own attacks, reusing the particles of what it took

shatter magic would consistently be very strong and destructive, while atomic magic would probably be inherently a bit weaker until it was able to capture something to use

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I suppose, but if they had you’d think they’d find a way to automate these systems. Which would lead to more advanced metallurgy and industry than we see evidence off in any of the seas. Granted The Fracturing may have wiped out a lot of it, but there should still be evidence in the Dark Sea, or in the surviving culture. Yet there’s not, so I don’t think it’s likely.

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the only source i can find for atomic magic’s usage is non canon (webcomic)

But even then, Atomic Magic seems a bit too gimmicky? It’s whole thing is using other magics that are weaker than yours, so erhhh

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Or actually I guess this is the Radius Fist equivalent for magic

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The term ion that we use today came from the greek word ion, which is the present participle for the verb ‘ienei’, translating to ‘go’.

We are told on the trello that electron magic leaves behind clouds of burning air, hence, could we take the absolutely egregious and mind-boggling stretch that they used the term ienei to depict the clouds coming and going when the magic is used, hence explaining the usage of ion?

Source: “Ion” | Etymology, Origin and Meaning of Ion by Etymonline.
www.etymonline.com , ion | Etymology of Ionby etymonline.

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the webcomic is noncanon, but trollus did discuss the magics with vetex and tech when making the mutation chart, so those at least i believe should be accurate

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i don’t think atomic magic has to inherently only absorb attacks weaker than you as well even though it only mentions it there, i don’t see why it couldn’t take some from attacks equal to your level as well. also, i’m not sure how aa’s clashing system worked, but if it was added in ao then i imagine atomic magic would have generally high clash rates, so it potentially even assimilate from attacks a bit stronger than you too

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pls vetex
 i need this

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that was 6 years ago, i believe in change :pray:

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Apollo came down to humanity and blessed it with some prophecy weed so they saw 4,000 years into the future (because in the 3,000’s not only did humans not develop, they somehow went back to middle age technology), heard the term electron and weird physics shit and decided to replicate it onto the weird-ass nameless magic they had.

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The magius underdevelopment still makes no fucking sense though, even if humanity was slowed down in progress by magic that slowing down wasn’t shit seeing as they have almost the same tech in 1854. as our timeline does.
LIKE BRO THEY DIDN’T HAVE FUCKING GUNS THEY WERE USING MEDIVEAL WEAPONRY 1,000 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE FROM OUR TIMELINE THEY RECOVERED FROM THE FIRST MAGIC APOCALYPSE PRETTY FUCKING WELL YOU’D THINK THEY’D DO BETTER WITH A SECOND SMALLER ONE

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The Peacekeeper actually just became The Lord Ruler (from Mistborn era one by Brandon Sanderson.) and suppressed technological advancement. The fact that the most advanced thing in Magius were tin cans makes the comparison surprisingly accurate.

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Technology ceased advancement because Vetex cannot do any other building styles

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Then fucking maybe not fucking throw the fucking game fucking 1,000 fucking years into the fucking future.
I hope I used up all spots for ‘fucking’.
Like he could’ve just said “The year is 1984. and a big-ass nuke killed like half the population of Seven seas but it’s aight their progress has just been halted a bit and three huge superpowers split Magius and are constantly warring to keep citizens obediently opressed.”