Something you can do 1 . Get on Twitter 2 . Click on any PJW post 3 . Reply to people who engage with PJW content and let them know he ' s a cuck <| sep |> Like a red rag to a bull . Also , if you deliver unsolicited junk mail like catalogues , fuck you ! <| sep |> Outpost , Hostile Grounds , Burning Paris <| sep |> Sorry am on mobile , didn ' t realize it was the wrong link . Here ' s the chat log . <| sep |> Pearl Harbor 2 . 0 <| sep |> if you want more infraction please visit <| sep |> The system I ' m currently using for a superhero world with one of the forms of magic is that ' the gift ', so to speak , of shamanistic magic is actually a 6 th sense the ability to intuitively and magically sense the movement of energy and magic around you . What that allows you to do , with training and honing , is to communicate with spirits and get them to aid you . In theory , someone without the gift could do it , but they ' d be flying blind without any information or feedback , and likely get killed in the process . On top of that , ' the gift ', while inborn , doesn ' t follow bloodlines , because the phenomena is not biological , is not physical , is entirely mental and spiritual . The result is that you still get seasoned masters taking on younger , gifted apprentices in true jedi fashion , but not much in the way of families or dynasties . An adoptive family that one of the main characters is from , but A the adoptive father was deep into blood magic and bad shit , so that whole thing went downhill and fast in the backstory , and B that ' s very much the exception , not the rule . The result is that capability in that form of magic is gemuinely random . Some people have the potential for it , the sense of the world around them that is supernatural in nature , and most do not . Makes it bloody hard for kids with the gift to find someone who understands them amd can teach them though , so the population of practicing magicusers of this kind is small . Edit If you want my favorite play with these concepts , look for the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud . Wonderful books , but they also deal with the association of education and books with magic by making magic highly technical because the slightest screwup will get you eaten and murdered by the eldritch demon monstrosities that you ' re trying to control . That said , book 3 sees some serious commentry about it not being half as difficult as advertised , and instead being used by the corrupt magicianruled government to protect their hold on power , simultaneously tackling all fronts of this issue you brought up .