If you had to live in a fictional magical world, but you wouldn't be magical, what world would you pick? JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months ago message-square34fedilinkarrow-up144
arrow-up144message-squareIf you had to live in a fictional magical world, but you wouldn't be magical, what world would you pick? JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months ago message-square34fedilink
minus-square Lath ( @Lath@kbin.social ) linkfedilink8•5 months agoBut there’s Q, the traveller, Wesley, that old guy who wiped out an entire species with a thought… Pretty magical stuff there…
minus-square gregorum ( @gregorum@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-25 months agoAny 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. 
minus-square Gabu ( @Gabu@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink2•5 months agoThe Q are pretty fucking magical, to be honest. DeLancie’s Q even suggests that all of their powers come from the mind, not from technology.
minus-square Drusas ( @Drusas@kbin.social ) linkfedilink3•5 months agoWow, I had completely forgotten about the Wesley Traveler thing.
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoYou may be more familiar with it than me.
minus-square Lath ( @Lath@kbin.social ) linkfedilink3•5 months agoWell then, I’d say this is a good excuse to familiarize yourself with it and tell me for sure.
minus-square JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoI’ll leave it to your best judgement.
But there’s Q, the traveller, Wesley, that old guy who wiped out an entire species with a thought… Pretty magical stuff there…
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. 
The Q are pretty fucking magical, to be honest. DeLancie’s Q even suggests that all of their powers come from the mind, not from technology.
Wow, I had completely forgotten about the Wesley Traveler thing.
You may be more familiar with it than me.
Well then, I’d say this is a good excuse to familiarize yourself with it and tell me for sure.
I’ll leave it to your best judgement.