Real-life effects of a land of magic

[kfchimera]

This  is a very interesting topic, but first,  I definitely have to disagree that there aren’t a lot of stories with magic outside a medieval setting–I can think of so many, including some used in OUAT!  Peter Pan and Frankenstein may not be modern computer age but they aren’t medieval either.  They name-checked Splash, another Disney “modern day setting” one.  Disney has a lot more, too many to list, but I will ramble offhand a dozen stories with magic in various settings of modernity: Odd life of Timothy Green, Wizards of Waverly Place, Princess and the Frog, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Freaky Friday, Toy Story, Enchanted, and because they licensed Miyzaki’s works, Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Borrowers, and through licensing, another thing now a Disney property that I personally would throw in is Star Wars because, as  Arthur C CLarke I think said any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.   Does a light sabre count as technology? Not according to  Han Solo, for as he put it, “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”  So there’s a glimpse at magic as religion as “science” with the whole Jedi thing.

Anyhow….modern day magic stories being common aside (and I didn’t even get into all the plethora of vampire/witch stories out there as dark fantasy), far as OUAT–there have been some oddly inconsistent mentions of religion in the Ef–a lot of the characters say “My gods” sometimes, then others “my god.” We know Ursula was a goddess, and was actually a powerful if mostly inactive figure, in that she animated a statue to reach through a mirror to threaten Regina for taking her name, yet apparently was long thought dead.

I’ve always wondered what the BF thinks of being a Nun.   It’s not a topic I’ll ever expect they’ll explore, but oh well, limits of television.

 

 

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