Each Tuesday, rather than a POSSIBLY
IRRITATING ESSAY, I'd like to both challenge you and lend a helping hand. I
generate more speculative and teen story ideas than I can ever use. My family
rolls its collective eyes when I say, "Hang on a second! I just have to
write down this idea..." Here, I'll include the initial inspiration
(quote, website, podcast, etc.) and then a thought or two that came to mind.
These will simply be seeds -- plant, nurture, fertilize, chemically treat,
irradiate, test or stress them as you see fit. I only ask if you let me know if
anything comes of them. Regarding
Fantasy, this insight was startling: “I see the fantasy genre as an
ever-shifting metaphor for life in this world, an innocuous medium that allows
the author to examine difficult, even controversial, subjects with impunity.
Honor, religion, politics, nobility, integrity, greed—we’ve an endless list of
ideals to be dissected and explored. And maybe learned from.” – Melissa
McPhail.
Fantasy Trope:
Witchcraft For World Peace!!!
Current Event:
Saga Pai-Teles
shook her head then said, “How much do you really expect us to accomplish?”
Djamel Vlach
sighed, “I’m sure nothing, but what else can we do that might even conceivably
make a difference? I’m not a soldier, and unless you enlisted in the Royal
Marines or fought a stint with the Aegis Mercenaries in the past few months,
I’m pretty sure you don’t have much experience with fighting, either.”
“But we’re not
‘fighting’ – not like that anyway. Our powers are of Earth, wind, ice, fire,
and water.”
“Sounds like the
name of an American band from the nineteen seventies.” She frowned at him and
made a faint movement with her fingers. He laughed, “You think charms and
wardings are going to be able to stave off the black market weaponry of Daesh,
or Boko Haram, or the Taliban?”
“Shows how much
YOU know! We’re not here to fight anger with anger. We’re here to fight anger
with the power of nature and of the true spirit of Humanity. There are way more...”
Djamel wasn’t
listening to her. His eyes had grown wide. “OK! Now you’re talking! Taking out
Daesh with a hurricane or an earthquake or even a flood is totally cool! I
could get into that and I even have a couple of spells that enhance water
movement!”
“That’s not what I
was talking about,” she stopped talking abruptly. “Then again, I have a couple
of other spells that help anyone who’s got a gift for dowsing.”
“What’s that?”
She looked at him
steadily and when she had his complete attention, she said, “Dowsing is all
about FINDING water, Djamel. If I could find the water…”
“I could direct
it.” Djamel scowled again. “My powers aren’t that…um…powerful.”
“Mine, neither.
What we need is someone who can magnify or enhance our simple powers,” Saga said.
“I don’t have
simple powers! They’re plenty strong enough!”
“That’s not what I
meant! In order to deal world peace and muffle terrorism in our time, we have
to overcome terror with peace. But it can’t be done if we’re weak.”
“We need, like, a
talisman.”
“A crystal, or a…”
Sag was saying.
Djamel cut her
off, “The Vial of Trench!”
“What’s that?”
“A Vial of water
collected from the bottom of the Marianas Trench.” He looked down at her, “Can
you think of a more powerful talisman to increase our mission to bring peace on
Earth than focusing our meager powers through a vial of water from the bottom
of the Earth’s sea?”
“I can’t…”
“We’ll do it and
it’ll start now?”
Names: ♀ Finland, Portugal; ♂ Algeria, Hungary
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