You're digging in the dirt and you find water so you let the water pool into the little hole and splash around a little and make mud pies and all is well. Blood magic is like finding the water and then taking a excavator to the little hole and ripping into the ground to find more water.
Either way the water is there, the means of harnessing it are different.
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If that makes sense
My magic is a natural born gift, my potions are made from natural ingredients, nature provides it
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[Sort of.]
So the people who use blood magic are taking it for themselves, rather than being born with it?
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It's more like
You're digging in the dirt and you find water so you let the water pool into the little hole and splash around a little and make mud pies and all is well. Blood magic is like finding the water and then taking a excavator to the little hole and ripping into the ground to find more water.
Either way the water is there, the means of harnessing it are different.
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So it's more like instead of letting it grow naturally, they're trying to jump the line. Take on too much power at once.
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There are a lot of laws for magic, my magic at least, and that kind of thing tends to break all of them.
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