Hope just seems to be a synonym for magic here. Not really weaponizable.
The approach to take is the same one we've been using this whole time. Use our powers to will the Grief to do/be what we want. If that doesn't work we find a new approach. Hell, we could bust out some healing magic and try to make Grief emulate it with a direct comparison available.
Stored healing magic seems slightly more...possible. Grief is bullshit, yes, but it's bullshit that we know works in a certain way. If we want to make a ring of regeneration out of grief, first we need to know how a ring of regeneration works in the first place, yes?
[q]Attempt to use Spiral Power
Do you know how to turn the physical manifestation of negative emotions into fire without just telling it to do so? I don't. I feel confident saying that you don't either. Same principle should apply since we very clearly do not need to know how to do something in order to make Grief do it.
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Grief forms objects. We told our grief to turn into an object with a specific, straightforward set of mundane physical properties. That's how it works for Witches too, so there's precedent.
It's still almost certainly a waste though- which is the only point I'm making.
It has a chance, yes. Look, we are willing grief to turn into "something" that helps speed up healing without defining what that "something" is beyond vague terms. You don't write blank cheques to crystallised despair, no matter how tame or subservient it appears.
Can you explain why you're so certain?
Okay then, we bust out some healing magic and tell Grief to do that. Better?
No, I don't see anything about wishing to bend hope that'd result in your expected result.
a lot more literally than it warrants.
...what? I- I don't understand. What do you mean by "no game plan"? The plan is to make enchanted items out of Grief. The ring of regeneration? The thing we just were talking about? That's the plan. We try to get there the same we've gotten here; by willing Grief to do what we want. Possibly by using our healing magic as a comparison in this specific case.
It does seem a little far-fetched, from a doylist persective. I know we're supposed to be OP, but there's OP and then there's God mode (being able to enchant grief with whatever the hell we wanted would allow us to replicate nearly any magic effect, which would snap any non-negotiation challenge like a twig). But it would take only a few seconds to open a small cut on our hand somewhere, make the suggested ring, and see if it does its job nearly immediately. If it doesn't, we weren't going to get any use out of it anyway.
