: Re: Writing a supernatural book with characters who have supernatural powers that have already been explored in other works? I am in the process of writing a book with many of the characters discovering

@Lengel543

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You really can't avoid having the same magical powers as other people you aren't copying the characters from the millions of anime, movies, or comic books that have fire, sonic scream, or lighting as a super power otherwise all groups would be suing one another for that basic concept. It's how your characters use these powers, what situations you write for them to use these powers, and how they define the character that is were you will be different from anything made with whatever power you're looking at.

There is a reason why most writers choose simple powers instead of reinventing the wheel it's much faster to get into the story when you can pull an element or desired trait (like mental computer hacking) into the world and start the story rather then have to stop and take the time out to explain how characters eating bullets can allow them to alloy bend (similar to a book series that allows their mages to consume metals and based on a ton of minor details = they can do X amount of metal magic at X amount of damage) you can do the later but you want the easier route so the story not the powers is the core focus light magic systems are fine to use not everyone needs heavy or ungodly complex.

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