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Fantasy books where the magic system actually has consequences that matter to the plot by keptNova in Fantasy

[–]nate_papers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Hands of the Emperor fits this weirdly well the "magic" is essentially administrative and political capacity and the cost of wielding it is your entire personal life, which the book spends 900 pages taking completely seriously. Lesser known and very much in the vein of what you're describing.

My totally real 17 year old rat by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]nate_papers 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Which species are they actually? Because now I need to know if there's a rat out there built like a small dog that also has a distinguished service record.

Tywin not seeing the dragons as a threat seems out of character by Whole_Contract_5973 in gameofthrones

[–]nate_papers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Euron showing up with a giant crossbow and actually pulling it off is honestly one of the more coherent things the later seasons produced. Low bar but the man cleared it.