Ranger wrote on Jun 20
th, 2012 at 9:52pm:
John allow me to provide an alternative line of thought to the mutant idea. I've read all of the Dresden books and I look at it kind of like this.
Not everyone but a lot of guys played high school football. A small percentage are born with the physical ability to play in college, an even smaller amount play Division I. Of those a tiny percentage are good enough to make it to the pros, let alone make a career out of it. Dresden's on the way to becoming a perrenial all-star.
But contrary to what some believe, I'm pretty sure teh Mannings aren't 'mutants'.
The thing is none of those guys make it anywhere without putting in the hard work. It seems to me in Dresden's universe there's a whole lot of magic of one kind or another, but only those born with greater gifts that work at it make it to the big leagues.
No? Okay how about Wizards are to Butcher as Inhumans are to Stan Lee
I agree in part. Where as you have to be born with magical talent in most fictional magic universes, and to a lesser degree in the Dresden books, it takes away from the wish fufillment aspect of the story.
You can't be a beautiful model, cause you were werent born with the right genes, you can't be a Jedi, cause you don't have that genetic twist, you can't go to Hogwarts, cause you are a muggle. Its all kind of exclusitory.
While I may never be a quarterback for the Giants and win a superbowl ring, I CAN be a quarterback. I can practice and practice and, while never making it to that big game, no one can stop me from being a football player, even if I am not that great.
The way magic is treated in most fantasy worlds, it might as well be apartheid.