47 points

I’d aim for one of the rural areas in Discworld.

Relatively calm life, as long as you keep the local witch on your side.

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Just stay on the good side of the local witch.

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I’d have spend a year or two wildin’ out in Ankh-Morpork.

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3 points

I’d go to uberwald

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3 points

That’s just Twilight with another faction, much higher body count, and way too much Europe

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5 points

As long as no sourcerer drops by :)

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3 points

I prefer sweetcerers

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Yeah, but how many rural areas are there?,

So the odds of one dropping by… I mean not even close to 0 but still.

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Idk, maybe Xanth would be better than Discworld. Slightly less likely to die in Xanth, and most decent guys end up with a beautiful wife.

And if you ever get stuck you can always take a stroll down the Runthis Bayou and everyone you meet along the way will give you some ideas for what to do with yourself.

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39 points

Lord of the Rings, but fuck Gondor… I’ll be chilling in the Shire living like fucking king.

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Same, but I’d probably go with Bree. I’m a bit tall for the Shire. Also, Bree seems a little more lively and they have a thing called ‘pints.’

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13 points

Live in the Shire, start up a pub called “Giant Beers” which serves pints, be beloved by the Shirefolk and live in pastoral luxury

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12 points

And fuck as many midgets as your heart desires.

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They do pints?? I’m getting one.

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Pokemon sounds pretty nice, they even have free healthcare in the american stand-in

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Everything goes dark. You open your eyes. You are standing on a bridge. A warm salty breeze is in the air. Birds fly over. A fish splashes in the water. You could go anywhere, do anything, a whole new world is open to you. But you stay put for now and enjoy this peaceful bridge.

A child runs by. She avoids making eye contact and runs behind you. Then another, and another. “Kids these days”, you think, “always in a hurry.” Another child approaches, before he can slip by, you turn, and make eye contact. It’s on!

You each bring out your Pokémon and oh god, oh god, oh god, it’s god. The unfathomable, immortal deity who shaped the entire world, and it is taking orders from a child! and you have… a magikarp.

Before you can even speak, a blast of energy strikes your fish, killing it instantly. You are knocked back, stunned. The child frisks your pockets and takes your wallet. Everything goes dark. You open your eyes. You are standing on a bridge. A warm salty breeze is in the air…

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8 points

I Have No Meowth, and I Must Scream

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6 points

Only for pets, not for humans

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7 points

Ash Ketchum gets bankrupted paying for his mother’s hospital bills. The End.

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Does that count as a magical world? There’s some sci-fi technology in it and the Pokémon seem to be able to manipulate some forces a bit mysteriously but they seem more like exaggerrated fantasy versions of real life animals. Seems like magic usually involves a bit more explicit reference to “magic” which is usually a singular force responsible for many feats very strongly linked to will of individuals.

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23 points

Not something from an anime because by season 4, there’s like a dozen people that can destroy a small town with one move. By season 8, they’re doing planets.

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But at the same time, if you train very hard you’ll be able to do that too. That’s how it usually goes for characters without magical abilities.

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1 point

Train for years and you too can hold water inside an upside down glass.

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2 points

A quick reminder that Muten Roshi lived through the entirety of Dragon Ball (bar the couple times literally everyone in the planet died, temporarily)

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2 points

I appreciate the bracketed comment and double down on my original statement lol

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In the Harry Potter universe non magical people live blissfully unaware of magical people and are pretty much left to our own affairs with little to no intervention or malicious actions by the magical, the magical even setup an entire ministry dedicated to maintaining that status quo. It’s probably the most boring and unimaginative choice but it sounds like the one in which I could live with the greatest ease and safety.

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Hard disagree. Muggles are kept shrouded in ignorance, but they’re still fairly routinely terrorized by dark wizards and magical beasts. The Ministry makes an effort, but fails when the going gets tough.

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Except for the early 90’s in the UK. That wasn’t so great.

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