Do you think there is a reason Garleans can't use magic?

[QT_Melon]

The topic is 'do you think there is a reason Garleans can't use magic?'

People have been discussing if they were created, and if so by who and what for. I didn't say it's not an interesting handicap, if anything it's a very interesting factor in who created them, and when, and what for.

Created by Allagans? Impressive physically capable soldiers, allagan tech more than compensates for lack of magic.

Created by Ascians? Well the pathetic magical abilities of the new races are hardly a big loss.

Created as punishment for something after a calamity? Well that's a big deal, they're not going to do well in a low-tech era.

Maybe they created themselves at the height of their society, when cultural norms favoured tech and magic was seen as barbaric?



It's more like not being able to draw with a pencil on paper vs. being perfectly able to use a tablet and photoshop. They can't do the "natural" version at all, but give them some tech and they're away.

Yes, that's the literal subject line. Meaning it's nothing to really do with whether or not "it's a big deal" considering the lengthy explanations and EXPANSIONS dedicated to the craft in this world.

For the analogy.
You have to actually know how to draw to do it electronically with tools as well (therefore bunk comparison unfortunately). Medium makes no difference. It's more like them observing others drawing and having Machine learning do it on their behalf. Where it can do things similar but still can't perform certain feats an artist can, but it can do things that may come off as "uncanny valley" when it does perform certain feats eerily similar.

A photograph is not the same as a Painted Portrait. One can learn to take a photograph in an artistic way :P

But that's where I'm saying why the handicap is interesting and felt the hand waiving wasn't necessary as to "how big of a deal it was" when it came to the Garleans.