I’m contemplating changing my magic system to be more traditional but I’m conflicted
I’ve been reading and trying to contribute to posts here about magic systems. But I always find that my magic is too undefined and mushy-soft to really contribute anything to these discussions. It has even gotten to the point where I’m a little paranoid that I might be doing something wrong or my magic will make my world unlikable. For example, a lot of posts talk about creating interesting interactions with magic or determining how a wizard can do X, Y, and Z. Meanwhile, I’m just like “Humans can’t use magic.”or “My magic doesn’t work like that.” It feels weird to even call my magic system a system because that implies logic or mechanics that mine just has so few of.
A short primer on my magic system: A parallel dimension exists with reality, and when there is a disturbance between the two, they rub against each other and create tears. These pour raw magic into the world, usually manifesting as magical radiation storms. The magic can come out as different colors which each affect the world differently, and certain areas of the world get hit with a certain color tear more frequently. Heavily inspired by Warhammer Fantasy, if you couldn’t tell. But the difference is that humans can’t do magic. They can’t control it or manipulate it. There are no mages or wizards or clerics.
I’m probably being insecure, but I feel like a really big aspect of the popularity of fantasy is your immersion in the world and its mechanics, and my magic won’t really appeal to people. For example, there is so much discussion about Brandon Sanderson’s hard magic systems, how you could see yourself tinkering within the system, hypothesizing about how different interactions would work out, etc. Or in D&D, choosing your mage’s spells and spell crafting is a big part of the game. Meanwhile my world just doesn’t have any of that, and that might feel boring.
After all that, I guess my question is if I am making a mistake not making a magic system interactable with my characters and therefore the audience, and if that decision will hurt my story and world in the long run. Should I have wizards or not? Or am I honestly worrying about nothing.