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I have this WIP in which the crazy stuff is presented as "magic, that's just the way it is" for a good portion of the story.
Then, big reveal, MC finds out it isn't "magic" at all, but a scientific research project that failed to discover what it set out to discover. Instead, the project discovered the effect which the MC knows as "magic." The researcher has been studying it in secret for decades but still can't explain what's going on. The novel will end with no scientific explanation for the effect, only the MC's satisfaction at using this mysterious effect for tangible good.
I have no freakin way to explain the effect other than quantum entanglement. The problem is that in real life, entanglement breaks down when particles are "observed" by other particles, and I need this effect to remain in the story after interaction with other matter.
Am I good to leave this effect as scientifically unexplained in the narrative? This is character-driven fiction, not hard SF, but I don't know how rigorous people expect things to be.
Thanks everyone!
Then, big reveal, MC finds out it isn't "magic" at all, but a scientific research project that failed to discover what it set out to discover. Instead, the project discovered the effect which the MC knows as "magic." The researcher has been studying it in secret for decades but still can't explain what's going on. The novel will end with no scientific explanation for the effect, only the MC's satisfaction at using this mysterious effect for tangible good.
I have no freakin way to explain the effect other than quantum entanglement. The problem is that in real life, entanglement breaks down when particles are "observed" by other particles, and I need this effect to remain in the story after interaction with other matter.
Am I good to leave this effect as scientifically unexplained in the narrative? This is character-driven fiction, not hard SF, but I don't know how rigorous people expect things to be.
Thanks everyone!