"Sorry sweetie, there are no shortcuts on battle spells. You'll just have to go over them again" Twilight told her daughtr regretfully.
Astral stifled a groan. She had been going over her new spells, but they never seemed to work. Whenever she tried the Maggic Missiles, instead of small balls of energy curving into the target, her magic would just sputter out at the last moment. The Concussive and Inferno blast, on the other hand, had the opposite affect; she would often overshoot and seriously damage anything nearby.
On the bright side, my magic is pretty drained, so no aching- for now.
"I know mom, it's just . . . I only had these kinds of problems . . . before the loop. Up till the Advanced, I could usually get the spells down within a few weeks, but, with the exception of Transformation, I can't do any Advanced Spells!"
Twilight sighed, walking over to place a hoof on Astral's shoulder. "Sweetie, not all magic will come easy to you. Some spells you are going to struggle at, while you'll be better at others. But you can't give up just because you find it hard. You have to keep trying."
"I know, I know" Astral sighed, running a hoof through her mane and giving a weak smile. "Back to the drawing board?"
"Back to the drawing board"
I appreciate how not everything is instantly going well for Astral because of her mana reserves, it grounds her.
By the way, have you heard of Article 13? It's a serious threat to any user-generated content, most likely including fanfiction. Film Theory explained it well.
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Aw, thanks! I don't want her to be this super powerful character who gets everything right on the first try. She struggles with certain spells and can not do Germane future tense (I am NOT projecting, shut up)
No?? I'll look it up, thanks for the heads up
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Hey, you brought it up. But I'm definitely going to pick at it... Nah. I'm impressed that you're able to learn a (assumedly) good amount of another language. I'm trying to learn Japanese, but the particles are really a problem. The pronunciation of 'U's is annoying too. One word they want to be silent, another they are the loudest things in the world.
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I have a friend from japan and I've heard her speak in her native language and I have to agree, it's odd.
And I watched Film Theory (God I love him).
We're all fucked.
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I've never heard a clear sentence spoken in Japanese by someone native to Japan.
Mnh. Mhhn. Yhh. Yep. We are absolutely fucked. #SaveYourInternet
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Yeah, I've already gone ahead and saved all my works onto a USB, just in case Article 13 does get revoked, but we have to redo everything
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Well, best of luck to all of us, I suppose.
Oh, there are lots of scenes in this that remind me of 'A little loopy'. Was that another one of your influences to write this?
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Yup! It's hard to write such a long story without gaining inspiration from somewhere
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I knew it!