Thanks and Hypothetical Question about Magic

Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes! I really do appreciate it (even if I'm writing this over a week later).


Aaaaand a hypothetical question for the fun of it: so I've got this character named Unknown. If you read my webcomic you know him as the guy who runs the Alliance. If you haven't read it, well... he's the guy who runs the Alliance. Anyways. His kind is called the essence- it's a very rare kind made of magic, and I've been trying to decide whether or not they're capable of feeling physical pain. A little more info about them: the essence are "born" when there's enough extra magic floating around in the world, and they die when they either use too much magic all at once or their magic is absorbed by something else; they can't eat, but they get their energy by absorbing small amounts of energy and magic from their surroundings; they're technically genderless; their bodies are entirely solid magic, but they can't change their physical form or shapeshift or anything like that. I haven't been able to figure out if they can feel pain because, on one hand, it would be kinda cool to have a character who can't be hurt physically (unless "he" ran out of energy), but on the other hand why shouldn't he feel pain? Either option would have a ton of possibilities to explore for the story. What do you think?






And while I'm finally updating my journal again, are there any iPad owners out there?