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I know I'm not ThirdGen, but the thing is, the Potter books are flawed. There are plot and worldbuilding holes in every book; some implications are thought through to half-baked conclusions; and some implications aren't thought through at all. The underlying sense of morality is very much us-versus-them, and the treatment of Slytherin is filled to the brim with unfortunate implications. Rowling is an outliner, not a discovery writer, and there are times—especially when Harry is caught red-handed in a situation that would get any other student expelled—that her need to get her characters from Point A to Point B shows.* And yet, there's a charm to it. Maybe it's simple nostalgia for some, having grown up with their parents reading them the new book each night. Maybe it's escapism. For me, it's the fact that reading these books was my first major act of rebellion against my parents, and my first piece of evidence that they weren't right about everything. There's something about the world that made me want more, flawed as that worldbuilding is; and it's that something that compelled me to write my own fanfic, and later my own stories. So, yes, there are serious flaws with the Harry Potter books. Pretending those flaws don't exist is impossible and pointless. But those books are still enjoyable for many, despite being flawed, and I think that's a testament to the power of story—that something deeply (some would say fatally) flawed can still inspire and be enjoyed by many. *This is not to say that discovery writing is free of problems. I know that I've written stories where my complete lack of direction was obvious and glaring.

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When Shallan wants Stick to be fire:

Despite having word that Cultivation is still around, we haven't seen much evidence of her hand at work in a long time on Roshar, other than the Nightwatcher, which is said to be connected to her. A lot of people have theorized that its due to Honor's Shattering, that she withdrew because of that, but what if her seeming inactivity has been due to weakness rather than intent? My theory is that Connection is a two way street. It seems as though using a Shard's Investiture requires at least some kind of Connection to them. Allomancers must 'snap' in Preservation of themselves or others before they can access their power. Hemalurgy requires the conscious choice to Ruin something. The Shaod only seems to take someone who expresses great Devotion to some cause, ideal or person to become an Elantrian. The monks of Dakhor exert Dominion over their lower ranks to empower themselves. Awakening requires an Endowment of Breath to an object before you can command it. The Listeners give in to their Hatred before finding stormform. We know Surgebinding is of both Honor and Cultivation. I think that's less about some Surges like Adhesion being specifically of Honor and others like Progression are of Cultivation. It seems there's a tendency to view Cultivation as more nature-related, like you cultivate crops....but her actual Intent is a bit more broad than that if you think about it. All Surgebinding requires both Honor and Cultivation to truly master it. A Surgebinder acts with Honor and forms a bond with a spren initially...but they only grow in power when they Cultivate that bond, when they learn more oaths as their Nahel bond strengthens and deepens, the more and more honorably they act. But in my estimation, Connection is a two way street. When a connection or pathway is formed between two points, it rarely, if ever only goes one way. There's very few connections that even if normally predisposed to go in one direction, can't be reversed or cause feedback if there's enough interference or an external force or variable redirects things. I feel Connection in the cosmere is no different. In fact, we know its not, because we've seen it happen on a micro-scale. Kaladin's Nahel bond with Syl empowers him and fuels his Surgebinding....but the Connection goes both ways. When he acts dishonorably, in opposition to the source of their bond in WoR....it affects Syl. It hurts her. And if its true on a micro-scale, in just the bond between Surgebinder and spren, I think its true on a macro-scale, with Cultivation and everyone wielding her Investiture. And I think that's what happened with the Recreance. It seems likely (if not confirmed, I can't remember right now) that Honor was already Splintered when the Recreance happened. I don't think it had anything to do with weakening him (IMO, the Heralds breaking the Oathpact probably had far more of an effect on him). But if Surgebinding is equally of Cultivation....it wasn't just Honor the Knights Radiant collectively turned their backs on that day. They abandoned the Cultivation of their oaths, of their Honor, every bit as much as they abandoned the oaths themselves. And I think that such a singular act, on such a massive scale....it caused feedback in the Connection between them and the Shard that was so Invested in them. It hurt her, weakened her. All of her Investiture that was expressed in the spren and the Nahel bonds and Surgebinding...Investiture that was meant to be used in accordance with her Intent, bonds cemented and grown and strengthened, seeds of Honor that were intended to be nourished and cultivated and built into something bigger and better and more useful.....instead, ever since the Recreance, all of that Investiture has just lain fallow, untouched. No bonds being cultivated, just a lot of spren-seeds strewn all around Roshar with no one growing anything from them. However, the flip side of this theory means if I'm right, the rebirth of the Knights Radiant throughout the series, the renewal of Nahel bonds and the resurgence in Cultivating them, growing in Honor, learning new oaths, deepening the bonds and connection between Surgebinders and spren....as time (and the series) goes on, this will lead to re-empowering Cultivation as her Investiture is taken up and used again in accordance to her Intent, restoring her to whatever she was pre-Recreance and possibly leading to her showing more of an overt influence in matters.

You already chose the guy who lost, so why bother?

When in doubt, go to the Sanderson Elimination Rules thread!

Okay, so I just got the Stormlight Archives Pocket Companion (instructions here thanks to @Eccentric Hero), and came across this interesting quote: While Cusicesh is certainly mysterious, I'd never considered it being a spren of something (someone?) else. We know Honor was splintered, and have assumed Cultivation is working behind the scenes, but she seems to not be doing anything specific we can determine. What if Cultivation has been injured/damaged by Odium, but he was prevented by the Oathpact or something else from splintering her? We've seen a damaged Shard before, but it was self-inflicted. A Shard damaged like that by another Shard might have significant issues, and Cusicesh might be showing the effects of that. I'm having trouble connecting Cusicesh to Cultivation by behavior or looks, but the connection is hard to ignore. jW

I had a strange awesome dream. Brandon was a teacher at my high school. Why he was on the wrong continent didn't occur to me. I had small coins I was giving to my friends to pretend we were coinshots. Brandon was giving everyone a quiz on his books, regardless of wether they'd read them or not. Questions included: 1. Name the maps that evolved (like elendel getting more detailed per book - I don't think this actually happened) 2. Draw a lighteyes. Then draw a lighteyes with an interesting material, I suggest a lemon. 3. Draw Navani as she looked after Dalinars death. Wouldn't it be strange to see Navani cry? And I was wishing I'd remembered to wear my mistcloak to school.....

Heal Surgebinding, hurt Feruchemy 2. Feruchemy- 247. Surgebinding- 3215. Rithmatics- 29 come on guys don't hurt Surgebinding. It's not nice...

I'm not battling you, I'm just being sarcastic.

Nice save

The wits-battle goes as follows: figure out if that was intentional or not.

*prays to live at least long enough to see the end of Cosmere*

The Time Turner was a mistake thrown in for essentially a cheap joke.

Thing is, you have to be a certain level for your death to really matter much. Event comics seem to have a tendancy where they'll kill off someone -usually a C, maybe a B-lister- and use that as a motivator, or as an indicator of how bad the threat is, but that death isn't really referenced much. (See, the original Civil War). On the other hand, if a major character dies, you can expect that fallout to be cited for years and years afterwards as a huge defining thing, a death that has left an indelible hole in their lives... which then makes it awkward when the character comes back. See, Captain America. Frankly, at this point, the heroes of the Marvel Universe should be emotionally burnt out. They have friends die, come back to life and die again constantly. I'm not saying they should be sociopaths or anything, but at some point, you have to assume the heroes are just going through the motions, which makes the attempts at milking the death seem all the more shallow. ...I am not even kidding. Considering what a huge Harry Potter fan you are, I'm expecting a lot of headscratchers, fridge logic edits, and for you to tear this play apart, and it will be glorious to watch. I'm adding that page to my bookmarks, just so I can watch the edits in real time.

He probably means the "wait for two voters" rule.

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I would generally agree with this theory, but for two things. Jasnah's notes mention travel to Urithiru after Heralds left ("The tariffs through Urithiru were growing quite unreasonable."), suggesting that the nine currently-locked gates were operational long after Heralds decided to quit this whole business. More of a speculation than a proof, but consider: Taln is the only Herald not to break the oathpact; Taln arrives in Kholinar after his return; Alethela was once described as warrior-land; Taln is the Herald of War. It could be considered that Alethela/Alethkar is Taln country, so if anything, it should be Kholinar oathgate that works, not Stormseat. If I were to guess, I'd say the closing of the gates has more to do with Recreance. Option one is that the Knights locked the gates behind them while leaving, and didn't do the same with Stormseat because the city was crem-covered and abandoned by then, having been destroyed during the Aharietiam. Option two is that with no Radiants to operate the gates, all those round, flat spaces turned into little more than prime real estate and, as someone speculated in another thread once, there's just too much heavy stuff built on top of the gates these days for Oathgate to be capable of transporting it all; Kholinar Palace sits squarely on the local Oathgate, after all. I kind of hate it sometimes that all of Roshar is so obsessed about number 10; it makes all number-based theories and predictions really hard to either prove or disprove. Remember that theory that the ten flashback characters are ten Heralds reborn?

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Interesting idea, but all the evidence from WoBs and books say that Adonalsium is the only God. Haven't seen Hoid say anything that really points to this. The element is definitely Lerasium. The only possibility is if the God Beyond has that kind of power. But as of this moment the theories about the 16 Vessels making a plan and somehow Shattering Adonalsium with a weapon of some kind that's whereabouts are as of now unknown is a lot more supported and makes a lot more sense.

Here's the quote in question, with Brandon saying that he was intentionally interpreting "force" very broadly, giving him a lot of wiggle room to answer those questions. He says now that he isn't referring to an anti-Adonalsium-type being. Furthermore, Khriss says in Secret History that sixteen people shattered Adonalsium, and that's what it appears Brandon was referring to; the alliance of 16 individuals as a "force." If you're looking for Hoid quotes, he hasn't been too active on-screen until Stormlight. Both of those books have a good bit of dialogue from him, as does Secret History. Bands of Mourning doesn't have a ton, but he does have some lines. I don't think he says anything significant in Elantris, Warbreaker, the original Mistborn trilogy, or the first two Wax and Wayne books. (And he's not actually in any of the novellas apart from Secret History, or White Sand [as far as I can tell].) Hope that helps narrow it down.

The 9 realms shook with mirth "You know my price", said Satan Divided we stand, United we fall Through death, we live, and remember I had been manipulated all along My blade will guide my justice My soul will guide my mercy My mind will guide my repentance My heart will guide the truth (The last few were spontaneous, I might use them later so....I dibs it?)

Sanderson's non-Cosmere works seem to get short shrift among his fans sometimes. It's not hard to see why. Sanderson has constructed this vast, teeming world of secrets and magic, shards and chasing Hoid around the galaxy, and I love it as much as any other fan. Yet for all that, I think I can say this truthfully: The Rithmatist is my favorite Brandon Sanderson book. Favorite? Sure. The Way of Kings is vast and sprawling, a remarkable achievement that I've no doubt is destined to be placed alongside Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time as classics of fantasy. And it is a wonderful book- make no mistake. But it's just the start of the Stormlight Archive, just the beginning of bigger and better things. It's not like The Rithmatist. Mistborn brings us to world that turns fantasy tropes on their head, gives us the best magic system fantasy's seen in years, and brings ever-increasing stakes to resolution with three twist endings. But it's not like The Rithmatist. Alcatraz is pure humor and a delightful romp, a model I've studied for my own writing. But it's not like The Rithmatist. Why do I like The Rithmatist? There are lots of reasons, of course. I love the setting- steampunk, alternate history, and humankind holding out against an advancing evil. The magic, where chalk and drawings come to life in a fantastical RTS. The expectations turned on their heads- Hardin, you double subverted trope, you. But most of all, I think I like The Rithmatist because of Joel. You see, Joel is a fairly normal kid. He's a smart kid, the kind I like to read about. But he's not magical. In this he differs from most of Sanderson's other protagonists: he has no superhuman powers of his own, and is forced to rely on his wits to save the day. Which he does. Multiple times. Do you know how refreshing it is to see that in fantasy? To see a hero survive by his wits and not his powers? I love that. It's fundamentally the story of an underdog, and of course we love underdogs. But Joel also wants to be a Rithmatist. He wants it more than almost anything. I think most geeks can relate to this- don't we all want to run with Sazed on the walls, to fly with Vin on dropped coins? Isn't that why we read fantasy? But Joel's desire is especially personal to me. You see, I spent most of my early life almost obsessed with the idea of gain superpowers by some means. Magic, mutation, invention, it didn't matter- I just wanted SOMETHING. You might not have guessed it to look at me, but my nine, ten, eleven year old mind was always plotting some way to become something more than human. Puberty seemed like the best way, I thought. That was when the X-men always got there powers. Puberty came and went as expected, and no powers were forthcoming from it. Would you believe that through my teenage years, in some part of me, that desire never died down? It's true. Even as it become less and less likely, that desire never quite vanished. It's really not dead today. All you have to do to is give me a book where someone has an interesting power, and I'll spend hours contemplating life with that power. Days. Thinking about how I'd use it, what I'd fix with it. Normal? I doubt it. But that's me. I think Joel would understand that part of me. I think he'd understand what it means to have some part of you that wants to be something more, some part of you that won't rest until it has had its taste of power. Joel knows about that; he feels it every day. But Joel never lets his sense of desire hinder him. He doesn't let what he can't have wear him down. And more than that, he's not ashamed to let that part of him be. He studies Rithmatics. He loves Rithmatics, even though he knows he'll never have them. Why? Because that's who he wants to be. He's not defined by what others say he has to be, not limited by the strict dreams that everyone else wants to impose on him. No; Joel is his own man, at his core. I sympathize with Joel's frustrations, too. All these people around him, all these people with the gift of Rithmatics, and they never seem to love it, only seem to waste it- that's a feeling I've felt many times. We're given so much, and at times we do so little with it. Sometimes I want to scream; I think Joel would scream with me. And then sometime we're given the chance to get what we've always dreamed of- as Joel was, when he went into the booth in church- and we don't get it. Sometimes we fail. Sometimes our dreams crash and burn and leave us without any pieces to pick up. Life is that way sometimes. Joel would understand. But it's the ending that seals the deal for me. The moment in the tournament where Joel and Melody step into the ring, when their diverse skills come together into a single, sweet note of triumph, where everything that Joel loved becomes the key to his victory in a way he couldn't possibly have expected- that's the real kicker. It's the moment when Joel realizes that he's not a Rithmatist, that maybe he'll never be one- but yet, it's still all right. Because I think that's the real message of The Rithmatist. It's the idea that even if you never have everything you want, you can still have everything you need. It's the triumph of sheer normality in world that seems set against it. It's the victory of the underdog that we all long to see even if it's not the way we expected to see it. It is, in other words, a victory of the finest kind- a victory of the small man, a victory of the normal man. That's what I had to learn growing up. You're never going to be Vin. You're never going to be Sazed. You're a normal human being, and you're going to be a normal human being all your life. And that's okay. There are still triumphs, there are still victories, there are still wonders and gifts for you, too. You're a human being, and that's all it takes. My name is Mike, and I am a normal person, the kind it seems like the world has it out for sometimes. My name is Mike, and I am facing the challenges of life without powers or magic to get me through them. My name is Mike, and as far I'm concerned, it's going to be enough.

I have always been fascinated by the sheer potential of Lift. I'm salivating with excitement just by remembering that she gets a short in the collection. I'm not a creep though, trust me. I have said in the past that we should spike her, and the obvious choice of spikes would be allomantic steel. If we gave her the power of pseudo-flight, that would be epic. In the preview chapter for her short, she slides down a hill with her friction reduction, and since she wasn't going fast enough for her taste, she removed friction with the air too, confirming my suspicion that this was possible. A Coinshot with no air resistance would be kinda ridiculous. On that note, the real reason for this post. Question: if we also gave her the two bendalloy spikes necessary to compound food, could she use that to fuel her food-to-stormlight power? If so, that is beyond amazing, that is godlike. That is three spikes, which IIRC Suit says is the limit before Harmony can influence you (for a human, since apparently when you shoot a third spike into your kandra wife, that's enough). If you don't mind one more, giving her a another steel spike to give her steel compounding would also be really cool. If you put in all four, and it works properly, you have a person with superspeed and flight with effectively no terminal velocity who is even better at healing than a bloodmaker because she can make as much Stormlight as she darn well pleases. Never mind her regeneration surge. Or the fact that she can have a shardblade from her spren. Or the boosts to physical capability granted by that much Stormlight. Or speed bubbles. She could attain escape velocity without any difficulty. I wig out every time I consider this. The only real factor is a question like what Khriss asked Wax at the party. What exactly does Bendalloy store, and is that the same thing Lift is converting? She converts food she has eaten (interestingly, this is a lot like allomancy) or her fat stores (a lot like feruchemy). I assume this means calories, which is what Bendalloy stores according to the Bands ars arcanum. Any rejections of the assumed premises of a spiked person even being able to compound, or a refutation of the Bendalloy hack, while disappointing, would be interesting. All right Brandon, we had better see some spikes in her future, or I will be furious over the wasted potential. I can't believe that Nahz, Khriss, and Hoid even let Darkness try to kill her (I realize how stupid that actually is on multiple levels, but still). She is too interesting as a research subject. Even if the bendalloy wouldn't hack right, a single steel spike or two would definitely work and still be truly incredible. With bendalloy hacks, I could see her creating enough stormlight to do some ascend-y type things. That would use a lot of Bendalloy though. She needs to get rich quick.

First off, I haven't read Shadows for Silence yet, so I'd like to avoid spoilers, but I've been reading all the relevant threads anyway. On to the main point! Someone (I'll maybe edit in a quote if I can figure that out) posted about the origin of the name Threnody. They were guessing that it had to do with a shattered shard. That was all well, good, and unprovable, but the thing that caught my attention was someone's comment that maybe the name came from something or someone interred in Threnody. Baseless guesswork time! Basically, either the body of Adonalsium, or the weapon with which it was shattered is buried in Threnody. Which may or may not be causing the funkyness in their corner of the cognitive realm. Again, not having read the relevant novella, and since we know basically nothing about Mr A, I don't expect this to be correct. It is an interesting idea though. I didn't want to necropost over there, and this is a bit of a different topic, so here we are. Thoughts? Evidence otherwise?

Night 7: Fumata Bianca [Write up to be edited in] Conquestor was killed! He was the Shu-Korathi Patriarch The Secret Faction of Shu-Korath has been revealed! The Shu-Korath Faction wins when all eliminators except the Patriarch are dead, and all living players have been converted to The Korathi Religion. Patriarch - You are the Patriarch, and currently the sole member of Shu-Korath Faith. Each night, you may either convert one player to Shu-Korath, or you may protect every member of the faith from one attack. In addition, you may give an anonymous sermon to your converts each turn. You can convert yourself. You are given a Transcript of the Chapel PM each Cycle. The first time you are attacked or lynched, you will survive. Votes: Conquestor(5): Arraenae, Elenion, Alvron, Stink, Duke Aonar(2): Lopen, Conquestor Alvron(1): Aonar Bard(1): Sart Lopen(1): Bard Just a little bit later this time. I was just checking to make sure that I revealed as much as Joe did. Everyone has 24 hours from this time until the next turn. I'm actually working on a possible write up, so we'll see if I can finish it up and get it in!

First off, Welcome to Reading Excuses! I see some others noted similarities to Sanderson. I caught a Stormlight Archives vibe myself. Notes while reading: Slow to start and a little too happy between the thieves. I'm interested in the fantastic elements, but not hooked yet. pg 3: "merchants to duel " --to dupe? pg 3: "Reginald's score " --She also calls him "dad" in this sentence. Does she think of him by name or by "dad?" pg 4: a little too much infodumping here. I'm already forgetting the names by the time you show what they do. It also seems really close to The Stormlight Archives magic system. pg 6: "time couldn't be spared" --very passive wording. pg 8: "No helmet obscured her face, but wearing any type would've been easy with her scarlet hair at neck length." --awkward sentence. pg 8 "It wouldn't be a surprise if he were humming." --also passive. pg 11: is Regi supposed to be Riley's father? Overall, it's an interesting start to a story. A little slow, and I think the tension could be punched up more, especially in the beginning. You could even start with the theft and learn about her parents later on. The magic system sounds good, but I feel like it's a rehash of Sanderson's. It might not be, but that's my impression so far. If you're going to keep up with a made-up name for each power, you're going to need to reiterate the connection. You told be once, but I don't remember which one does what. Especially since there seems to be more powers, this will be confusing later. Interested to see more!

Rule number three when dealing with Shiny Sparkle: She is never the voice of reason, no matter how much she assumes herself to be. If she appears to be anywhere near the voice of reason she's either thinking about something different from you or you are in the second circle of hell.

Shiny jumped Lyla again. How could she not? Lyla was literally asking for her attention and it was Shiny’s duty by all that was sparkling to bring a smile on this young cutie’s face. She wrestled Lyla in her loving embrace until she was sitting in her big sister’s lap. “Well said, Lyla,” Shiny whispered into her ear while leaning over a bit. The excitement at what was coming next send sparkles down her spine as both of them started glowing. “Now I’m going to give you all the love and attention you could possibly want.” Then Shiny’s fingers went on a joy ride under Lyla’s clothes. Skin brushed against skin as Shiny tickled her darling’s stomach. Lyla was wresting in her arms as the pleasure of the touch coursed through her and laughter filled the air, no matter how much her shyness might try to fight against it. Now was time for liberating her true feelings. Once Shiny was satisfied with their cuddling session she again leaned forward to whisper to Lyla. “You’re a good girl, you know? But as much as I love giving you attention there’s someone we’re letting out and we can’t have that. Now, this is an important step for you, and I have nothing but the highest of hopes for you, I need you to give Scribbler attention for me, alright?” Not giving Lyla any time to process what she just said she teleported the both of them in front of Scribbler and gently pushed the disheveled Lyla into her arms. Then she teleported behind Scribbler and enveloped both of them in a hug, so they were close to each other, before whispering into Scribbler’s ear. “I’m sorry that we left you out like that Scribbler but now we’re here for you again. You wouldn’t have felt good putting knives against Lyla’s throat either, right? But we do need to celebrate your friendship with a picture and seeing how she was all excited about you using your powers I came up with a better idea. I want you to sparkle. You can do that for me, right? Using your powers to make a lot of sparkles. Great, you're wonderful.” Giving the two of them a bit of privacy, Shiny teleported next to the doctor and laid an arm around his shoulder. “I think I figured out why you were worrying about Lyla just now. There’s no need to worry though, I may love her but even I wouldn’t make a move on someone that young, no matter how cute. They do need someone to look after them while I’m not here though, so I appreciate it. How about we agree on doing what’s best for these two and right now I’d say that means taking the memento picture Lyla asked you about because oh my Sparkle, aren’t they just adorable hugging each other? Take pictures. Take pictures.” This was indeed a moment worthy of history. These two darlings may be too young for her range but they were the perfect age for each other. Childhood friends would have been better but there’s still enough time for Shiny to awaken them to their inner shininess, before any of those strange and restrictive ideas about how they should feel about each other had any chance to take root in them.

Well, that's my favorite book of all time. HoA a close second

He probably means the "wait for two voters" rule. Yup. Thank you! Hurt Feruchemy; heal Rithmatics. 2. Feruchemy- 247. Surgebinding- 3315. Rithmatics- 28

I have been among those having shed the most ink onto the relevance of the book structure and how it may end up being rigid. Of course, only two books into the series, it is hard to draw macroscopic trends, we are all going to agree with this. I must still make one statement with respect to Jasnah: "Do people think her role will be important going into book 3 because we have been told, in advance, she would eventually be one of the major players or do we expect it purely based on how the first two books were constructed?" For my part, I have to admit I never expected Jasnah to play a decisive role within the story and if the ending of WoR suggested her role may increase from silent mentor to occasional POV character, I never thought she would grow much more beyond that. Not for the next book this is. Of course, since then I have learned about her future role within the series which led me wondering: how big of a role can the back five major players have within the first arc? How is this planned structure going to play out, in the long run, considering several of the future major players currently are characters within the story? How much page time is the author authorizing them to have considering they have very large arcs waiting for them several more years down the road? Already, others have tried to break down the 400 000 words of SA3 into several characters which had for results for some to come to the conclusion supporting characters such as Szeth, Eshonai, Navani, Adolin and Jasnah would not be allowed many words. This, of course, has been purely based on how much words were previously spent on the main three characters and worked with the assumption Kaladin would not lose any word count, Dalinar would gain a lot and Shallan would perhaps dwindle a little. For my part, I now think the total words count of the main three characters will roughly remain the same, but it will be allocated differently. If it increases slightly, it will be because Dalinar's flashbacks were longer than expected and it will fail within the elongated page time the overall book has. As for Taln, I too expected he'd be a bigger deal, but in the absence of strong expectations, I didn't mind much. I am more trouble over the fact he is to play a major role later one as he is crazy. I certainly think there are several plot arcs we currently are thinking will be a much bigger deal than they will be. Here are a few: 1) Kaladin's return to Heartstone and reuniting with his family 2) Jasnah's overall arc 3) Adolin being found as the murderer of Sadeas I think those three arcs will be wrapped up more quickly than anticipated as neither strikes to me as decisive plot points. What happens afterwards will be much more important, I think. I personally do not expect Jasnah to have a large role. I expect her role will be much smaller than several people are anticipating, but just as with everything: I could be wrong. I like your thoughts and your link with the ending of the previous book though.

- The moment where Pascal learns about Oz and Hayden is will done. - Kinda curious why Channing has to be there when Dion drops the bomb to Pascal. It seems weird that he's just . . . there. - I like the way the stakes are slowly raising . . . the Rex have Eleanor, are trying to make female Rex, and Oz will meet Hayden's father. I'm really curious to see where this goes.

Mistborn is one of Sanderson's best works! My favorite one out of the trilogy is the Hero of Ages.

Favorite attempt to fix a plot hole on the Cursed Child Headscratchers page on TV Tropes so far:

Hurt Feruchemy, heal Rithmatics. 2. Feruchemy- 24 7. Surgebinding- 31 15. Rithmatics- 30

Such Spren. Very significant. Many powerful. Wow.

So, I didn't actually vote in my last post, which means there weren't two posts between Daniyah's previous post and this one. Then, if we discount that, there are also not two posts between CalypsoDreaming's previous post and her next one here. Finally, Eccentric Hero also broke the two-post rule here. The net result of this is that Feruchemy gains one point and Surgebinding loses one. But then, I will hurt Feruchemy and heal Rithmatics, leaving us at: 2. Feruchemy- 26 7. Surgebinding- 31 15. Rithmatics- 28 Also, WayneSpren, could you please edit the full rules into the first post? I kind of feel bad about calling people on rules they might not have realized existed.

Yeah, we know that human bodies burn out from the full power of a Shard, but theoretically that doesn't preclude a Shard from manifesting in a physical form that only looks human but doesn't have the actual limitations of a human body. If two Shards cooperating can create a planet, I can't imagine why creating a physical avatar would be beyond their capabilities. Personally I think the answer may be as simple as when you have a group of seventeen individuals with different personalities and different Intents altering those original personalities....you're going to get sixteen vastly different approaches to 'godhood'. Honestly, the only three Vessels we can say with any certainty haven't been walking around in physical form are Ati, Leras and Sazed. Ati and Leras were both vastly limited in power and mobility by each other, and Sazed takes a decidedly distant approach to interacting with his Shardworld thanks in large part to his Intent. We really have no way of knowing if Aona, Skai or Tanavast ever manifested physically before Shattering....and no way of knowing if Rayse, Bavadin, Edgli or Cultivation have ever done so either. Even if they haven't, that doesn't mean they couldn't...just that for a variety of possible reasons, they've chosen not to. Maybe it would make them vulnerable in some way, maybe they just don't see a point to it, maybe they just don't like humanity enough to want to interact with them that closely if they don't have to, haha. But there's still seven other Vessels who could potentially have a much more hands on approach to interacting with humanity.

For my first question, I asked if Allomantic Savantism could be transferred through hemalurgy. He replied after a moment that it didn't. For my second I asked if a copper cloud could block an awakener's lifesense and he said that it could. I'm not sure if I formatted those correctly.

Yes. I still disagree however. There is no difference between taking an ability or a piece of Preservation using hemalurgy, or creating an inquisitor, kandra or koloss. In all pf these cases, you are taking a piece of someone's spiritweb and affixing it to another being's spiritweb with the intent of changing it in some significant way, either by creating a new specie in the case of inquisitors or koloss, or by granting sentience in the case of kandra. I don't fully understand your "spy glass circle cutter" analogy, though my guess is that you're referring to etching a circle into a glass then breaking it, so the circle will come out as the force of the break follows the weakened points of the line. If that's the case, and you're saying that abilities are easier to steal because they're more defined in the spiritweb, I still disagree, though I admit that your point has some slight merit when it comes to allomancy. It has been stated that when using allomancy, the power of Preservation flowing through the spiritweb can causes some damage, which leads to savantism. So slight merit there. However, there doesn't seem to be anything that indicates other abilities leave a deeper mark on the spiritweb than the general make-up of the spiritweb. Also, I really don't think hemalurgy is akin to hammering a window and taking a shard of the glass. The surgical cutting analogy is much better. If the hammer one were true, then hemalurgy would probably always kill the person being used to charge the spike, since I doubt you can live with a destroyed spiritweb. However, it has been confirmed that you can spike someone to fill a charge and have them survive.

Story time! In Melbourne there is a game store called Milsims. For years it was the best board game/war game store in Melbourne though there was definitely less competition at the time. It's prices were really good and it's customer service etc were similarly great But the global financial crisis hit them hard and they never really recovered. At some point ownership of the store changed hands and the new owners just weren't up to the standards of the old ones. I don't know if they simply didn't really care about the store/industry, if they weren't especially good at managing businesses or whatever else might have had an effect, but the store settled into a slow death spiral. Finally sometime last year the store entered liquidation But wait! This is the good news thread! Early this year the Milsims brand and remaining stock was bought by a small business "Joe Dodgy's dice and games". Said business has been operating for around 5 years out of their garage and they have great prices and excellent customer relations They decided they wanted to expand into a full retail business and remake Milsims into a great store again. For better or worse their new retail store is right near the university I work at Anyway, they decided to hold a warehouse sale over the weekend (something that Milsims used to do back in it's heyday) with heavy discounts to sell off the old stock that they didn't plan to continue to put on the shelves. I was able to grab a rather nice selection of D&D Attack Wing minis (including some nice dragons) for less than half what it would usually cost For some reason my purchase of a number of large dragons scared my players...can't imagine why

So my friend @Assassin in Turquoise We're bored, so we decided to make some Sanderson themed Legos. Here's the first, one of a bridge run. Sorry you have to look sideways. The next is an army of chulls Sorry for it being sideways again. Last of all, we have the Derp Chull.

Plot Feruchemy. He stores ability to kill, but at the same time he cannot be killed. He stores the years he should live through and then taps to live in another time (WoB: Hoid hasn't lived through all the years he was alive.)

I agree for the most part with your view here. I don't agree with the term "Investiture canceling", though. While we don't know the mechanics exactly, aluminum/ralkalest don't do anything to Investiture, they just resist it themselves. And even then, Feruchemists can still store attributes in aluminum (identity to be precise), and aluminum spikes can steal soul-bits (Investiture). They're not at all anti-Investiture or Investiture-canceling. "Investiture-resistant" materials is the term I'd coin, but Feruchemy/Hemalurgy still clashes with that word because aluminum has no problems playing nice with Investiture in their cases. We know by WoB that aluminum has "funky" effects with the magic systems, not that it resists them all. I've had a theory kicking around over it being because they've got something funky going on in the Spiritual related to their identity being super strong and unalterable. To Push on a metal, you need a connection (which is what the Spiritual deals with) in the form of a blue line. Similarly, wounds refuse to heal around aluminum (body can't push it out), and you can't form a connection from you to someone to Soothe them if they're wearing an aluminum hat. If the aluminum has an identity that just plain refuses to change, this would fit with the observed behavior. It would also fit in with the theory on it being ralkalest: the identity is too strong and resists Forging. This 'strong identity' theory would also fit in with how aluminum has effects vaguely related to identity in both Feruchemy and Allomancy (purges external Investiture, 'purifying' your identity). I wonder if it steals your personality in Hemalurgy, along with its effects of stealing Enhancement metals? Silver seems to be in a different category entirely based on how it temporarily resists shades. It is destroyed itself in the doing of that. Aluminum seems to not be affected by Allomancy full stop. I'm not sure if that's meaningful. Shardplate blocks Shardblades, but we wouldn't call Shardplate anti-Investiture.

I don't want this to be too scifi. For magitek I was thinking more like a fabrial-esque device. I love the idea of feeding on emotions, though.Also, the society I make shouldn't come off as oppressive at first glance. Sort of like if you watch Fullmetal Alchemist, the nation of Amestris looks like a great place in the first few episodes. Only later do you realize that it is flawed in several ways and is capable of doing horrible things to its subjects. I want it to be sort of surprising when the reader finds out that Dolor (which is latin for pain) isn't as great as it's been made out to be.