#insanitycore

i hope that every time i post something someone does that sitcom thing of sighing + shaking their head + smiling while an unseen audience goes awwww and laughs

"It's generally considered common knowledge that most, if not all, mages are insane. This is oft attributed to them studying knowledge incomprehensible to the mortal mind, shattering it beyond repair. "A less common theory is that the inverse is true: that only those already on the brink of madness would dare study the arcane arts. "Both of these theories are incorrect. "What does it mean, really, for someone to be insane? It is simply a word used to refer to those who fail, or refuse, to do as expected of them by society. "Mages dedicate their lives to finding ways to break the laws of reality in unimaginable ways. "So with all that in mind, I ask the following: "If mages willingly break the rules written by the gods, why should they bother following the rules of society?"