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Ah, spirits. Perhaps no other fantastic beings in all of fictiondom can be as vague as to what they are than them. There are several questions you have to ask, though, if you wish to have them in your story: Needless to say, they're almost guaranteed to be Made of Magic. Their Sci-Fi equivalent can be found in Energy Beings. Super-Trope of Nature Spirit. Examples of Our Spirits Are Different include:

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  • Ah, spirits. Perhaps no other fantastic beings in all of fictiondom can be as vague as to what they are than them. There are several questions you have to ask, though, if you wish to have them in your story: Needless to say, they're almost guaranteed to be Made of Magic. Their Sci-Fi equivalent can be found in Energy Beings. Super-Trope of Nature Spirit. Examples of Our Spirits Are Different include:
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  • Ah, spirits. Perhaps no other fantastic beings in all of fictiondom can be as vague as to what they are than them. There are several questions you have to ask, though, if you wish to have them in your story: * Most are immaterial, but they can take material form if they choose to. * Possession is possible for most spirits, but it's usually reserved for those with an evil inclination. * Spirits generally come from the Spirit World, but any generic Magical Land will do. * The majority of them are killable, usually through one of their specific weaknesses. You may only be Fighting a Shadow, however. * Almost all of them are Immortal, barring a few exceptions. * They're usually bound to their forms, and are often stuck in a Medieval Stasis as well. * Spirits can be used by others (including other spirits) for power, perhaps unwillingly. * A deformed spirit may end up as a Broken Angel. * Some type of magic is almost mandatory for all of them. * They're often able to be sent back to wherever they came from. * Magical items (and magic in general) are usually the only things that can hurt them. * ...angels? * The "good" (usually) spirits. * ...demons? * The "bad" (usually) spirits. * ...fairies? * Fae spirits come in two flavors; * The mischievous yet non-evil kind, such as pixies and sprites. * ...and "The changeling I left you that's making you soup is using a special ingredient, otherwise known as your child" kind. * ...genies? * ... Youkai? * Spirits...from JAPAN! * ...the Undead, particularly ghosts? * Ghosts and similar entities tend to be the souls of beings that haven't moved on, and thus become spirits. * ...gods? * They tend to be the biggest, baddest spirits around, and they often control lesser spirits. * ...embodiments of the elements and concepts? * ...abominations? * ...and any number of other mythological beings. * Vampires, werewolves, magic using mortals, and other mortal/reality-based creatures generally tend to be exempt from this classification. * Their morality is mostly based on what type of spirit they are. Needless to say, they're almost guaranteed to be Made of Magic. Their Sci-Fi equivalent can be found in Energy Beings. Super-Trope of Nature Spirit. Examples of Our Spirits Are Different include:
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