#scissors craft

MAGIC CIRCLE

i like it

bUT theres logic to every little thing for it

lets take it from the top

wish craft (top) and time craft (bottom) have symbols

wish craft is crossing fingers, it just makes sense

time craft is a grasping hand

look familiar?

meanwhile, the main 3 crafts have an additional sub-craft system

Rock has body craft, which focuses on changing a body, like the king getting bigger, because "the body is a temple" and "blood from a stone" etc

Paper has forming craft, which focuses on changing an object, like making the statues move), because paper is commonly used for art

Scissors has heal craft, which focuses on reforming things, like a heal skill, because the two party members who can heal (not counting bonnie bc they just use food) is scissors type, also smth smth surgery

and Stat change skills are a sort of non craft specific ability, hence the symbols being near the wish and time symbols, as theyre "neutral" in the triangle

CRAFT SCENTS

we all know wish craft smells like sugar, but what of the others?

well rock smells like rocks, paper smells like wood, and scissors smells like metal, which is mentioned offhandedly in one convo in game.

but what about time craft?

it smells like ash/burning

thats why siffrins intense usage of both time and wish craft makes the smell of BURNT sugar specifically, theres been plenty mentions of just the sugar smell, but only when time is also involved is the burning smell there

theoretically time/rock would smell like lava, time/paper would smell like a forest fire, and time/scissors would smell like burning metal

BUT WAIT

rocks, wood, metal, fire

where has that been heard before?

ELEMENTAL TIE INS

(ignore the arrows, they arent relevent for this)

Rock is associated with earth

Paper is associated with wood

Scissors is associated with metal

these are all common elements that are used in civilization as materials

Time is associated with fire

the burning smell, and the fact it theoretically kills the user

by that logic

Wish is associated with water

which makes sense, as cane sugar, the described smell, grows in/near water, not to mention the 2/3 people who properly know how to use it are from the forgotten TROPICAL ISLAND

Water and Fire are not commonly harnessed in fantasy olden times or even real olden times, moreso just moved/affected, just like time and wish craft, unlike wood and metal and earth which are commanly used for tools and archetechture, much like the main 3 craft types