Magitist

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Description

A frontier scientist is struck by wayward debris as he was observing a pulsar. Expecting death, the scientist is shocked as he is born into a world without science instead. What is he to do, then? Well, the answer is obvious: begin experimentation.

Additional tags: Rational fic, retroactively edited, bland and OP MC, noob writer :P

P.S. I'm a new author, so please help me improve! I love feedback, so many thanks in advance for any feedback!

Magitist is also hosted here:Armaell's Library

My writing is never to be published unless it's for free. It is always free and always will be. If you paid for my writing, then you have been mislead! Please report it to me and any host! If you paid for my writing as part of a commission it is always private use or publicly available, there is no commercial license!

Due to many reasons, primarily because I'm not satisfied with the fiction, this fiction is cancelled. I'm sorry to all those following it. Maybe the next one will be made more in line with expectations.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2017
Author
sunnypack

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.3/ 5.0
Followers
720
Views
39,305

Chapters(6 total)

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Community Reviews(9)

  • jojmistRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Easily a 5/5 story. Essentially no negative criticisms to give. Little scientific details do not bog down the story, at all. Author is obviously adept in their craft. I just wish releases were quicker!
  • A French GuyRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I love it ! A pretty good start if you ask me ^^
  • DomsnakeRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Everything from the mc to the magic to the world grows in a smooth way that great. I hope their is lots more. Snake out
  • SininenRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Good grammar, world is building nicely, the magic system seems well made and I can actually care about the characters. At chapter 7 there is nothing else to complain about than that there are no more chapters, yet.
  • osolodoRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    The first few chapters are what I've come to expect of most casual writting, Awkward grammar and an intro that tries to be too much. But intros are hard and either through a lot of practice or tireless editing (and probably both) the later chapters are a joy to read and of a quallity that I would expect to find in a published novel.
    (P.S) SunnyPack, don't worry about the intro, really. Wait till you've finished the story and then maybe edit or rewrite it with the full knowledge of the tone the rest of the story feels comfortable with.
  • vthodaRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Spoiler: Spoiler
    What are the natural rules of your world? Because if magic can do anything base on imagination, someone can just image their enermy death? I think a world without clear rules is for lazy writer, so that they can move the story how they want without breaking the rule. I hope you have a few good rules waiting for the M C to discover
    I like your story. your MC have history. He have a philosophy that he follow. other character also make sense.
  • javertRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    Overall thoughts
    The worldbuilding in this story is interesting, but you do have to put up with a MC who (at least up to chapter 7) is way OP in terms of how much he is able to "break" the world. As one other reviewer, Beyogi, says, it's classical rational fic fare.
    Story
    The worldbuilding is by far the best part of the story. There's intriguing threads about the way the land is governed and the way that magic works in the world, and it's honestly worth reading for that. It seems like the author developed a fantasy world, then went "great, how do I break this as much as possible as quickly as possible?". I am interested in seeing what the larger plot turns out to be, as I'm not sure if by chapter 7 if we have even hit the inciting incident. The story could develop a lot of different ways and I'm willing to stick it out to see where it goes.
    I /think/ the reincarnation is just the gimmick to make the story start- I doubt that this will become a multiple reincarnation story, but it might become a "how do I get back to my own universe" type story. If you don't like reincarnation stories, you might still enjoy this one because it's not... obtrusive.
    In terms of the protagonist's use of "science", it's not explained super well, but if you just want to turn your brain off for a while and pretend like it's reasonable for a guy to write a magical computer program that he uses as a home security system, well, it's fine. I have nothing against stories where the magic system gets broken to pieces by a smart protagonist- I think it can be really fun- and I just wish that this was developed more. If we were shown on screen trial and error, or actual scientific method performing experiments rather than just trying things and being good at them, I think it would work a lot better.
    I really want to know like, if the conceit of the story is that the MC is able to do all of these magical feats because he doesn't have the cultural blinders on telling him he can't, what caused the magi
  • fanvaronRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    This story is of a reincarnated Scientist, but unlike most stories about scientist, this MC doesn't immediately figure out the science behind the "caveman beliefs" to magic.
    While yes he gets into the simple magic pretty easily, since he knows the principle behind fire etc. and he even starts developing his own little magical programming language.
    But then he comes upon a wall, which in my opinion is extremely logical/realistic.
    Because magic can do things he can't simply explain with his prior knowledge, be it large scale spells that would need astronomical amounts of energy or spacial spells, the MC can't comprehend them and is thus stoped in his progression to OP hood.
    But also the character aspect of the story is very realistic, the MC struggles with his beliefs of what should be possible and has trouble to adapt to his new reality.
    He has to adapt his old personality to his new circumstances and he has to figure out what he wants to do with his life, should he try going getting back into his old universe or totally integrate into his new?
    So we have a MC that has his fair and realistic share of trouble, but he is still a talented individual with a lot of potential.
    What I hope for in the future of this Story is that the MC actually manages to overcome his flaws, not be eternally restricted by them, and of cause, I also want to see some epic magic and innovations from him.
  • BeyogiRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 3.5
    So to put the general warning first: This seems like a rational fic.
    The locals are idiots for never realizing the obvious and obviously the MC is better than them. Like all rational fics this has an involuntary hillariousness to itself: Ragging on a character for using chants as crutches and inventing some magic AI a chapter later because he can't manage a spell without a crutch...
    Mabye those people had a reason for what they did? I mean it's kinda positive that the locals can do things the protag can't, but his absolutely surety about the superiority of his methods is grating. Just because the explanation of the mechanics is bullshit doesn't mean the effects don't exist. Or the entire tool is a useless crutch.
    The MC appears to be a Highschooler's idea of a Scientist. Capable of the most advanced physics, advanced informatics and social sciences as if specialisation wasn't a thing and more often than not people have only basic idea of neighbouring fields. Even less so of different disciplines.
    That said the world is actually interesting and well built. It's clear the author has designed a well working magic system and a resulting political structure. The characters are engaging, have their own lifes and don't circle around the MC.
    Overall this is a decent enough fic if you can stand the trappings of a rational fic MC. Overall it'd be better if the guy had some more humility.