Wayne Throop wrote:
> ::: Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ::: I have a question: when sorcerers and witches were first introduced,
> ::: and we were told they were separate magical races, I expected that
> ::: someone would point out that this was plainly baloney. Either I
> ::: missed it, or this hasn't happened. It hardly seems possible
> ::: everyone has swallowed this line of malarkey.
>
> :: William George Ferguson <wmgfrgsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> :: Witches and Sorcerers seem to be defined by the type of magic they
> :: have the most natural proclivity for. Witches have more natural
> :: ability to work spells that draw on internal power while socerers
> :: have more natural ability to work spells that draw on external power.
> :: It was made clear from the beginning that both sides could work the
> :: other side's spells, they just had more natural ability at their own
> :: types of spells.
>
> : Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> : Of course the basic point is that there's a gender linkage to which
> : sort of spell you are better at. What would happen after a ***-change
> : operation is an interesting question. Also, I think sorcerers are
> : more likely to give birth to sorcerers than to witches, and
> : vice-versa.
>
> Well. I was assuming that the "separate species" theory was debunked
> when whozerface and whozizface started cross-training on each other's
> spells. Of course, since just about everything can interbreed with
> everything else, including wewewolves and demons and vampires, oh my,
> it's problematic to call *any* of them truely distinct species, perhaps.
>
> Hm. No, wait; have there been any half-vampires? Or are they definitely
> just augmented/diminshed humans? Certainly they have a more obscure
> afterlife, so they are a *bit* more distinct than the other seem to be.
> But still... doesn't seem species-like at all.
>
>
> Wayne Throop throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://sheol.org/throopw
I don't recall any vampire spawn or half vampires in this series...
--
Leah: That were a wee bit repulsive.
Buffy: Went okay. 'Cept I feel a little wierd about using a
crucifix to kill someone.
Leah: Yeh dinno much about religion, do yeh?
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