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closingstraw97 answered: what is your head cannon on magic vs psionics powers?

Ooh, that's a good one!

For me, I think the divide mainly lies in that psionic powers are something someone is born able to do, and magic can be learned by anyone with the right materials, though some (read: Dipper) might have a natural talent for it as well (and some creatures are naturally magical, but this kind of goes into how the two things differ, which I talk about in a bit).

I think it'd also be an internal connection with paranormal energy focused through the mind versus an external connection that requires additional measures to access.

Psionic abilities also seem to have a set range of things they can do-- it might vary a little bit from person to person, but otherwise the number of abilities are fairly limited. The upshot is that with enough practice they become fairly easy to use, and as long as you're careful, get enough rest, and eat well, you probably won't suffer too much from using them. So following this logic:

Raz falls under the Psionic umbrella

Norman does too, though I think his abilities are distinct from the general psychic ones (which I will elaborate on eventually ;3 )

Interestingly I think the Gremloblin falls under this category too; no reason why its nightmare vision isn't a form of clairvoyance and hypnotic suggestion

Magic is more unpredictable; as long as you know the right spell or have the right ingredients, you could conceivably pull off just about anything. Now those ingredients might be almost impossible to get, and your power could come at a terrible cost, but hey, you did magic! Awesome! Too bad the town is, you know, overrun by zombies now. Way to go. Things that fall into this would be:

Gideon's amulet

Any of the spells in the books, obviously

The cursed wax figures. Why were they cursed, and how? Who knows, but wax figures don't become cursed to come to life all on their own. Maybe someone was pulling a prank, haha.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on that! ^^

Ok i'll bight. Who will you put in the mystery kid fanfic you're working on?

Haha, good question!

Since it’s a sequel to my first fic (a proper sequel, not just a drabble or side story) it’ll still have the Pines, Norman, and Raz, but for this one I’m bringing in Dib and Zim! I’ve been a fan of Invader Zim for a while, and honestly I’m surprised they don’t get brought into the crossover more often. It’s right up Dib’s alley, and anyone familiar with the show knows that kid needs some friends. Of course things don’t go 100% smoothly, but then that wouldn’t be much of a story, huh?

I’ll admit I’ve been stuck on it for a while now, but I think I finally broke my block on it last night! So if all goes well you guys will be reading it soon. ;3

closingstraw97 answered: post apocalyptic au?

A psychic shield was enough to protect them from the magical blast, but the rest of the area around Gravity Falls-- and possibly most of Oregon and beyond-- is a barren scar. Strange creatures roam the land, and they have to scrounge what they can of supplies, but these are crafty kids who will find a way to survive-- and maybe undo the apocalypse.

This was pretty fun! I'm afraid I'm not as familiar with the post-apocalyptic genre as I'd like, and there's always a number of options for how the world ends-- nuclear, astronomical, zombie, technological-- but I settled on magical being the most likely. Exactly who or what caused it though is up to you. ;)

opinion on the latest gravity falls episode?

Pretty great! Nice development for Pacifica and Dipper, amazing horror elements and backstory for the town, though not without its flaws— Mabel kinda got pushed aside again. :c

But the end. The end.

I am both afraid of and excited for what Hirsch gives us next. :)

Headcanon: psitanium comes from an silicon based eldritch abomination from space. That the mineral was it's brain. It kinda makes sense to me. Reality warping mineral from space that causes hilucinations and maddness and freaky powers, that sounds like lovecraft.

Sorry I took so long to get to this; originally I wanted to draw something for it! But then I didn’t feel like drawing at all… XC

That said! I like the way you think ;) I’ve toyed with a similar idea myself, that maybe psitanium was manufactured by an alien species to enhance their own psychic powers– but of course we’ll probably never know for sure. I’m not sure how much Lovecraft anyone at Double Fine read, but a strange material falling from space and having effects on the land and beings around it sounds an awful lot like “The Color Out of Space”…