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I may be kind of repeating the person above, but what I always do is watch the general process of how these things happen, and think how to put them to words.

For instance, I've played from Avatar: the Last Airbender (which while inspired by real martial arts styles nonetheless involves supernatural use of the elements), and I've played from series with explicitly magical characters. What does the character do in order to make the attack? What movements? Do they say anything? If they have a device or object used in the attack, do they have to point it certain ways or go through certain steps? Does the object change/move/have some effect that can be described? There's always going to be a certain style to it, so that even if it's not a series where attacks are prenamed, there's still a way you can expect it to be executed. A waterbender moves a lot differently than a firebender; a magical girl from one series uses different powers than one from another; and even individuals tends to have their own personal quirks. Finding the exact way to transcribe it to words can be difficult if you're not used to it, but (in my experience) it's easy to find a certain flow or pattern to the description after you've done it a few times.

I also want to second all the above commentor's advice!

Thanks for the advice; bringing up Avatar helps a lot because that's an example I know of a canon where the fighting was really heavy on the artistic visuals. Thinking about it that way will help know where to start.

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Re: Unrealistic Fight Scenes

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