Doubts About the True Nature of Magic

Usually in fantasy magic is great at killing people, but if you go to a magic show, the guy cuts and stabs people left and right and doesn't kill any of them. I'm starting to think magic isn't worth much in a fight just like those Empire of the East books told me.

Addendum

You can, if you're being needlessly thorough, add in whether he can spell "questionnaire" without looking it up. I admit that I cannot. Hey, there's another question for the list. You see how it is. Pointless questions proliferate while the pointed go unaddressed.

Character Questionnaire

When creating a character, be sure you can answer the following questions about said character:
What's his fighting style?
How mighty is he?
That covers everything a proper narrative requires.

Eureka

What about a world with lots of marsupials? And graphic sex and violence. Try it out. You might be surprised.

I Forgot One

Bribery! Just huge piles of cash. That can solve most problems. Sometimes you need to get a little more specific and get somebody moved up on the organ list or something. But how do you get the money? Violence or mind control, probably.

The Nature of Conflict

"If sorry solved anything, we wouldn't need mind control." - Thomas Hobbes

Conflict Resolution

Wow! What a story! It looks like violence isn't the only way to solve problems. Government coercion backed by the threat of violence is another. There is no third method.

Wait, I forgot about mind control. The problem with mind control is that if you can do it once, why not do it nonstop? There are possible answers, but thinking is hard. I like swordfights.