I'm working on a story where the characters have elemental-based powers based on natural material/materials/phenomena found in nature. So far, each of the powers makes sense on a physical level, since their foundation is based on them being a form of matter or energy.
The problem is is that one of the characters has umbrakinesis. While there is a spiritual context in the story, I don't want to wave off as 'it's just magic, don't look far into it and turn your brain off'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkness What darkness is
https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Darkness_Manipulation Examples of users
Darkness is essentially the absence of energy, in this case light. And this make the problem worse is because darkness has no mass, and I want to make the darkness power be on equal footing with the other elemental powers whiles having a logical and scientific reason why this is possible?
Like this Foundation allows the darkness to manipulate/push around objects, allows the darkness to manifest in naturally-lit areas and allows the user to darken the area around them too.
At the moment, I'm thinking that possibly it's explanation could be explained with the exact barrier to which light and darkness connect, forming a crude area of effect. What are your guys opinion/solutions on the matter?But that's all I have so far.
- How is darkness able to move and manipulate objects?
- How is the darkness able to manifest without being evaporated by natural light?
- How is the user able to make the natural light around them darken?
- How to rationalize umbrakinesis without it being primarily magic-based