Tag: paradigms
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Paradigm Breakdown: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is a spinoff series that originally aired in 2004. The series begins with an ordinary girl named Nanoha meeting a mage named Yunno—who hails from a different world. He asks Nanoha to help him find 12 ‘Jewel Seeds’ that are scattered in her world. While the plot begins with a very…
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Card Captor Sakura : Magic Circles and Card Backgrounds
Within the Card Captor Sakura (CCS) Geekomantic Paradigm, every magician has their own magic circle. Those magic circles both describe the magician’s worldview and information about their personal magical alignments. Rune S. Emmerson gets into alignments further in his book. So I don’t feel the need to go into it very far. Generally, there are…
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Magic With Me : Clow Sorcery Part One
It’s not common for Geekomancers to find ready-made paradigms to work with. But, fellow Geekomancer Rune S. Emmerson has already created and self-published a book on using Clow Cards from the Card Captor Sakura manga and anime. He has it available for a small donation, and has a discord server for Clow practitioners to talk…
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Paradigm Breakdown: Sugar Sugar Rune
Ah, Sugar Sugar Rune. One part magical girl, one part queenliness contest, and all 2000s shoujo. The manga and anime have essential differences, and this paradigm breakdown follows the manga. There are some differences in the plot, but the paradigm more or less remains intact and the same between the manga and anime—with the exception…
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5 Terrible Geekomancy Paradigms
Not all Geekomantic paradigms are created equal. And that is not a statement based on how cool the setting is, or how good the character design or writing is within the property. Some settings and paradigms might seem cool—but they would actually be constricting or overtly harmful for practitioners. When a Geekomancer uses a paradigm,…
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Paradigm Breakdown : Puella Magi Madoka Magica
My Geekomancy teacher always said there are several rules that any paradigm should follow for a Geekomancer to use it. One of them is that the paradigm should be safe for magicians. This means that there should be no in-canon reason why practitioners are doomed if they are practitioners. Puella Magi Madonna Magica is not…