[quote=@Webmaster]
<Snipped quote by Melodious>

You’ve caught on to my scheme! I can’t just poof up anything I want out there—that would be deus ex machina and a terrible writing practice.
*Karate chops into my open palm with each word*
It has to be [i]thematic[/i]. It has to be [i]clever.[/i] It has to be [i]interesting.[/i]
[/quote]

How is an ability dictated by those parameters? Is it a self imposed restriction? Or regulated by a higher power of some kind?