I bet that was where I get the convincing reality part from . I read that a long time ago , but didn ' t consciously remember the details . What I was thinking of consciously was alexanderwales ' Shadows of the Limelight . He has a nifty system in that where people acquire more magic power the more famous they are , and that was what also turned me on to the idea of a system of magic that can directly interact with the narrativeplot . The magic itself in alexanderwales ' setting wasn ' t related to what people believed about the characters , though instead fame just activated the character ' s inherent school of magic , giving things like shadow control or light control and so on . <| sep |> The play by play is perfect