nature manipulation/spirit binding is actually common in a lot of stories, for arcane magic, and i quite like it. i just tied it to the divine side in a more direct way in pascent
magic systems tier list. ill start
god tier: animism
shit tier: Youve Gotta Be Born With It Or Tough Luck
good tier: touhou-style "lmao i dunno just fuckin do whatever itll probably cause some kind of magic"
@voyagerwitch yeah but you dont have to. you can just be [shovelling mushrooms into my mouth] Mm-Mm Good. I Love Magic
@raindare those mushrooms have spirits too
@voyagerwitch but thats irrelevant for a godless atheist like marisa
@voyagerwitch probably.
@voyagerwitch er gotten the impression that marisa understands spirits or in fact knows a fucking thing my dude. shes just a wizard somehow
@voyagerwitch *never
@raindare she could be doing it accidentally. unconsciously
@voyagerwitch she could, but at that point its academic. and marisa isnt academic. shes a field researcher at best
@raindare to be fair, touhou also has animism explicitly