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@krispy
Yes. We are comparing our own logic, to their world's logic. Just like how we assume that they are breathing air, that they get fat if they eat too much food, that they can drown underwater, that "gravity pulls them down", that they have night and day cycles, that they dream if they sleep, that they have human emotions, etc.
Fantasy is built on our own reality, senses, and common sense -- unless stated otherwise, and built around a consistent set of rules. Otherwise, the story doesn't work.
And in this instance, the author used the correct idea that "training makes you stronger", but applied it to a 3 years old child, without correcting the readers' understanding of the world, that something like that should be impossible. If the author would've had the child use magic to increase muscle mass, that'd make sense. But not to have a 3 years old kid, do pull ups.
Yes. We are comparing our own logic, to their world's logic. Just like how we assume that they are breathing air, that they get fat if they eat too much food, that they can drown underwater, that "gravity pulls them down", that they have night and day cycles, that they dream if they sleep, that they have human emotions, etc.
Fantasy is built on our own reality, senses, and common sense -- unless stated otherwise, and built around a consistent set of rules. Otherwise, the story doesn't work.
And in this instance, the author used the correct idea that "training makes you stronger", but applied it to a 3 years old child, without correcting the readers' understanding of the world, that something like that should be impossible. If the author would've had the child use magic to increase muscle mass, that'd make sense. But not to have a 3 years old kid, do pull ups.