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just took the english map test got a 255 was curious so i looked up the average for my grade

I'm sure many of you have heard about the refiner's fire and how we are being refined in the refiner's fire and that we need to go through intense heat to become purified and all that awesome stuff. But today I learned something crazy! It has to do when silver is purified. It goes through all the heat and pounding and all that, but the way that they know that the silver has been purified is when they can see their own reflection in the silver. So literally He is refining us, and we will be completely purified once God looks at us and sees in us a reflection of himself, of course not literally, but in every other way. And man that just hit me. Like He is refining us so that we can become like Him. That's all.

I'm almost certain this idea has been done before, but I couldn't find anything posted here. Please note that this is a rough chart and not in any way definitive; it is a personal interpretation of how I think Shard Combination would work. All shards within a white box are a combo I see as being plausible. All Shards within a black box are double combos: doesn't count Grey boxes indicate Shards that would have extreme difficulty mixing. Pink boxes indicate Shard combos we know are canon. Green boxes indicate Shard combos that are possibly canon or could become canon. Blue boxes are not real Shards. They are my guess as to the sixteenth Shard and its respective combinations. I am aware that there may be inconsistencies with my logic. This is highly opinionated. However, I thought it would be beneficial to share it. If you have any questions, ask! If you have corrections, also ask! I am here to serve.

I was reminded of what is possibly my favorite character trope by a fun podcast I've been listening to, so now I feel like writing something with that kind of character, and idk if I'll actually finish it, but I'm definitely going to write at least a little bit. Also, the character trope is like the person in charge/overseer/interviewer/whatever you wanna call it, but they're just like, really unprofessional and a little bit oblivious and usually have a kind of morbid sense of humor, but they're not funny on purpose. Idk if that makes sense, but I love it so yeah. I just needed to share that with the shard cuz yeah. I'm rambling now, so next thing: The newest Twenty-One Pilots single came out today, and it was a lot different than I expected, but I listened to it again and it immediately became amazing I'm not sure exactly why it wasn't that good the first time though, but I really like it now so yeah. Final thing: Duolingo has been giving me so many sentences trying to convince me it's not a machine... I don't know how to feel about this.

Oh! I hit 3k posts a while ago, so Hoorayyy

Someone has once again repped a comment of mine from a year ago regarding cheese... I'm still as confused as the last time it happened

Just as Kajsa thought this day couldn’t get any worse, she miscalculated and accidentally slammed into the huge wooden slab sticking out of her dad’s truck bed. She staggered, seeing stars, and barely caught herself on her knees before she could collapse entirely. Sitting there a moment, she clutched her head, afraid for a breath that she was bleeding. She would later discover, however, that there was almost no mark despite the splitting headache that would shadow her for the rest of the day. Scuddit.

I'm starting to hate school again not because of the school itself, or even the classes instead, it's because of the people the amount of stress i've developed within the past three days has literally started to make me nauseous I want to go home and I told my grandmother already but she kind of avoided the topic I feel sick and m tired of being bullied

*GASP*

i always forget about all the iconic comments mine and Haly’s characters make until i go back and read stuff from a month ago and start cackling in the middle of study hall.

Last night at youth group, I had a philosophical realization. We will never live to see tomorrow. That sounds like a threat, but I mean the concept of tomorrow. Think about it. You can get very close to tomorrow - 11:59:59 or 23:59:59. But as soon as it hits midnight, it's not tomorrow. It's today. I told my friend this and she said, "Time zones. You stand on the border of them and reach your hand over to the other time zone. Boom. You touch tomorrow." And, yeah, she's right. But she didn't have to ruin my internal musing.

Ah, that’s where you’re wrong. They were using the almighty Tinmind. Pain is, at least for Mistborn purposes, a sense!

person: *tries to explain how a billion lions could defeat one of every canon Pokemon* me: *explains that these could easily solo, due to several effectively being deities, even when canned to gameplay.* person: A BiLiOn LiOnS iS a LoT oF LiOnS! me:

I wrote this for my writing class. I think I was going to call it Ether, but I don't really remember, it's been a couple weeks. But anyways...

They are pretty decentralized, basically only connecting through Kelsier, but he is rather hands-off (if Roshar is evidence of anything). And regarding communication, they uses Seon boxes (Roshar), possibly Tamu Keks (were considered by Brandon as the means of communication) and some trusted couriers would be also an option.

Guys guy please- Please help- Someone stop letting me write at night- Especially creepy stuff- I'm giving myself nightmares and I can't sleep- How do you turn off your imagination??? Red:

I'm making a comic and I'm super hyped to share with you all

*inhales* I'm a bit better... I went oUtsIdE!! and I made a flower bouquet.. and a poem! Poem will be in writing thread (linked in about me ) and flower pictures are here! There's something pretty to brighten your time Love y'all thanks for stayin' with me in the hard times. It means so much. ~ Stick

Update: 30 days without my phone starts today. I'll still be on here somewhat on my laptop, but activity will be inconsistent during this time. Y'all are awesome!

I think what Wayne does is something any bendalloy misting could do with practice, the whole deal in Lost Metal is that he's so filthy rich he can afford to have tons of metal to mess around with which is not a luxury anyone else has. Marasi mentions at the start of the book that Wayne had been using his bendalloy to play pranks all the time before she caught him which probably gave him a lot of practice on shaping speed bubbles. Most people aren't going to spend a fortune on getting enough bendalloy to develop their skills, they'll just buy small amounts and use it only when they need it. By the time we get to Era 3 we might see more people able to do speed bubble tricks like Wayne if they've found ways to reduce the cost of the metal with new technology.

On Brandon Sanderson's last livestream for the end of the WoR Leatherbound Backerkit he dressed in a glittery blazer and a bunch of bling and said he was the artist B-Swift. And then Emily Sanderson came on wearing a Chief's jersey calling herself E-Swift. It was a joke, because Brandon has a wonderful sense of humor, and because more fuel needed to be added to the fire that is the theory that Brandon Sanderson and Taylor Swift are the same person. (He did a similar thing at the end of the Secret Project kickstarter where he dressed up in bling and called himself B-Money, so it's a continuation of that joke.)

This was certainly my first thought. Trellium would have been fat too rare for them to waste it on attempting to burn it. Any small piece would have been valuable. This compounds with them not knowing that anyone could burn any godmetal, or even what a godmetal even is. I wanted to add, however, that as far as I know, if they did try to burn trellium it really shouldn't have done anything. From my understanding, the ability to burn godmetals requires a connection to the shard in question. So anyone born on scadrial could have burned lerasium or atium, but a random rosharan couldn't. I couldn't say how connected the members of the set were to Autonomy, but I wouldn't be shocked if they just wouldn't have been able to.

relish in fry sauce?!

Ah! Okay, thanks

Of the countries I would visit the frost lands (hopefully its a country) and go to Kharbranth

I did not say it prevents them from trying. I merely indicated that I think their priorities were elsewhere and that I doubt the "logical leap" is as easy in-world as you seem to think it would be. Not a Scadrial WoB - but related tangentially: Look at the history of Science IRL - humans knew lightning was conducted by metal for centuries (or longer) before somebody thought "hey can I make this flow through a copper wire to make that filament glow." It's about challenging assumptions and really exploring possibilities. Ironically, had the Set shared some of their studies, the chances these would have been found increase exponentially - but, like an "corporate/government" funded science you end up with executive meddling. . . . . . And, in this case, I took that to be "The Set wants Hemalurgy, we are paying you to study Hemalurgy and make <this> work. Now do what you are told." From an assumption stand-point - it seemed like the Set "knew" There is only metal that can be allomantically burned by a non-allomancer, and those beads no longer exist There is no such thing as a Metalmind that can be tapped or stored by a non-ferring (at least until they meet the SoScads in BoM - which still implied limited to known metals but using tech tricks) Hemalurgy is all about giving power to a Non-MetalBorn - that's the art we want! Why would they challenge those assumptions? It takes a certain mindset to challenge millenia old "knowledge" (of course the world is flat - just look in any direction) and even when a subset does know something (The Vikings discovered North America centuries before Columbus, who didn't even find the continent - just the Caribbean Islands) that knowledge has to be shared before a society as a whole begins to advance their understanding. I'm not saying you are wrong to think as you do, I'm just trying to help explain why I do not think as you do (on this topic). From a narrative perspective, it's likely because much of this was always intended for the next trilogy. Another tangential WoB (Resonances rather than GodMetals): Scadrial is barely starting their Scientific Revolution and actually exploring and learning about what is and what can be. I would guess Brandon is saving GodMetal stuff for Era 3 and 4.

I don't see how this prevents them from trying it. Their goal from Autonomy was to demonstrate their power in such a way to convince her that Scadrians can take care of themselves. If that is the goal, why wouldn't they try everything? Most of my issue is on the Brandon side of things. I think the story works and I like the story, I don't think its current state needed someone burning Trellium to be a good story or anything like that. But Im just confused / slightly frustrated that Brandon made that retcon for Atium specifically because he wanted god metals to be burnable by anyone, includes another god metal in the burning metals books, and doesnt even mention someone trying to burn it. I would be totally ok with a single line from a Set scientist 'We tried burning it and it did nothing' (that they can tell) or 'We tried burning it and the guy exploded' but we dont get any mention of even people being interested in exploring the other metallic art implementations of Trellium. Even if they don't know about Lerasium and Atium, this is the burning metals planet. Even unaware Scadrians will know that a metal like steel has (at least) three magical uses. Why, when given a metal they KNOW is from a shard, would they only experiment with Hemalurgy? The Words of Founding go into a lot of depth with Feruchemy, and the only written 'instructions' for Hemalurgy are from Spook, which the Set did not have. It seems like a plot hole to me that they would exclusively try experiments with the least known of the metallic arts when given a new metal. Why make all the god metals burnable if the series that could have used it / mentioned it, doesnt bring it up at all? Why is this a mechanic at all? Does Brandon have one specific scene in mind that he wants to write that involves burning a not Pres/Ruin god metal so hes made this mechanic? It just doesnt make sense to me that he would do the retcon AND make trellium an integral part of the story and not mention 2/3 metallic arts.

Who? (I think that answers that) Also my computer is covered in them, I’ll see if I can send a photo when school’s out TPBM enjoys card games with friends

Holds aluminum shield win

Welcome to the Shard!! Do you have a favorite kind of bagel?

Think he was described as short with black hair. Sazed described his corpse in the pre-chapter bits in Hero of Ages, and pretty sure Kell describes him in Secret History at least once.

Agreed. That's what got me watching him in the first place!

His “Writing Songs that Already Exist” videos are hilarious Okay, I’m out!

Daniel Thrasher Micro Songs and Clinic People Who Would Sing Them Rue: If. You. Can. Name every Pokemon. Then. I. Get to call. You. A nerd. Elan: Dinosauuurs. I liiike dinosauuurs. But conflictinglyyyyyyyy, I like meeeteOOOOOORS! Lundyn: What's the deal with kale? It's lettuce with a spine. Should we be eating that? I don't wanna eat that! Thaidakar: If you don't speak English, get out of here! Yeah, I'm talking to you, tiny baby on my flight. Aventine: B84, that's a bingo! Or a prerequisite to be the president- Insa: There are too! Many melons in my fruit bowl! I want better fruit, I DEMAND better fruit! There are TOO! MANY MELONS- Jar Man: Which one is more important? A coffee with caffeine in the morning, or a coffin that is clean for the mourning? You can only pick one! TAAron: Why do they call it basketball when.. really it's more like a- funnel ball in the sheer- nature of the - of the- basket- Tal: The stress of being picked for jury duty was enough to send me off on a murdering spree. Now I'm at the trial I was supposed to see but a defendant now pleading not guilty. Bookwyrm: I read an article once about bees that lived at an Arby's. Do you reckon those bees paid nightly fees at the Arby's? Are Arby's bees' airbnbs? Or are Arby's bees' living there rent free? BRB Barbie, Arby's are bees' R&B bars and B&Bs... at the Arby's. Aventine: Gif. G(j)if. It's all the same cause either way my daddy doesn't love me anymore! Pic: *sneezes* Bless youuu~ Addison: *beautiful 15 second piano solo* How do reindeer fly? Nameless: I didn't fart, I swear. That's just how my chair sounds when I fart. Jar Man: Little horse, run free from the pains of society. Run free across the nation to your horse organization. Ash: Once upon a time there was a dog on a log and the little dog said nothing at all because dogs don't talk. Rue: If you really think about it, the IRS's number one target is the tooth fairy. She pays in cash and when she gets audited she can vanish away. I guess what I'm trying to say is the tooth fairy's a FELON! Jar Man: Little horse communist! Run away, Little horse communist! Enjoy your free horse healthcare! Enjoy your free horse things! Enjoy your free horse college! Enjoy your free horse knowledge! Where did you go? I miss you so-

Oh, storms. No! White Sands wasn't bad, but we don't need this many editions! Arcanum leatherbound! Nalthis Essay!

Problem is the actual site has PII, I'm not concerned about the link. The real question is where I can post a full script or not.

A very late thanks Edema! Also, I wrote another thing, that's probably marginally decent! I'm a big fan of it, even if it did end up kind of being a story that exists to support cool worldbuilding. Any thoughts on how to improve would be welcomed.

I think there are currently no plans on implementing badges on the forum.

I just absolutely love when my day finally starts being a good day…then everything comes crashing down. So much fun.

That's pretty specific, and now I need to know why. Not the question but I do have synesthesia (Congrats on 3/4 of a year together with your gf!) Have not seen Dune 2 YET, but I promise I will as soon as I have time. How many colors are in your signature?

With risk of offending some people, Biden. Why do you not like to eat food?

ok guys stop wait this is crazy im actually in like genuine shock right now so basically lately i’ve been feeling like i’m in an art block and just not making any progress abd then i looked back to a piece i did a year ago and— and— and i literally was dying and i’m gonna publicly embarrass myself and post them here (even though most of y’all have already seen them) they’re actually of the same character this was april 1st 2023 this was april 8th 2024 the iMpRoVeMeNt like BRUH

This was more humorous because the jersey she wore is Travis Kelce's and he is dating T Swift.

Shallan Going Full Formless is a crazy theory that I believe has ground to support it

I'm glad you acknowledge the message on the back of book one. In my opinion, the two most important lines are the last two One of them may redeem us Out of the four, the only two I see with this potential are Dalinar and Kaladin. Shallan is... Different and I agree with you that She'll go on to be part of the bigger Cosmere and be involved with the ghostbloods. Szeth's struggles are internal and he has yet to do much redeeming. At the end of the day, he is the Assassin, not the hero. but this is his book, so things can change. Dalinar has the most obvious means of saving Roshar; if he wins the contest (an apparently unpopular opinion) Odium gets sealed away and they live happily ever after (as much as it's possible for a cosmere book to be happy). You could argue that he's already saved Roshar by reorganizing the Knights radiant and binding Odium to braize for another thousand years. He very much fits the "may" part due to how close he came to falling in Oathbringer. Kaladin is the main character of the series. He's the only one to have a perspective in every part and has the highest word count by far. I don't think he's going to become Honor; it would be too similar to mistborn, but I think that he could replace Jezrien (the Windrunner herald) and reforge the oathpact but maybe in a better that makes it more secure. He's been through enough that I think would survive the torture. Reforging the oathpact regardless of Dalinar's success would save Roshar to some degree. Or it could be that none of them succeed and Roshar is doomed (until the sequels...) 2. One of them will destroy us. In my opinion, this would be Szeth or Dalinar As stated above, Shallan is going to be important later in the cosmere, and also, she realistically isn't capable of destroying Roshar. She isn't great at fighting and has cut her ties to the ghostbloods. Kaladin is a good person. As Moash puts it in RoW, Kaladin isn't going to join Odium. the worst thing he would do would be to kill himself, but that was dealt with in RoW. The only scenario I can see where Kaladin dooms Roshar is if he ends up as champion and Odium puts an innocent. As theorized elsewhere, Kaladin would struggle between doing what is nessecary and what is morally right. Szeth, on the other hand, is an extremely cabable, mentally unstable assassin who wound up with the most deadly weapon in the Cosmere. Nightblood is capable of killing pretty much anything. I don't have a specific idea for why Szeth would end the world, but he certainly has the capacity to. Finally, we have Dalinar, who already has the weight of the world on his shoulders with the Contest between him and Odium. if he fails, I still think Roshar would survive, but it would definitively be bad.

I slightly disagree; Dalinar's arc still lacks something important: learning to let go of power and the bonds he created after forging them.

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Those not in line don’t “have the royal locks” because of Intent is my guess. Genetically they do but at their core they believe they don’t and therefore don’t activate them? Thought it might be part of the collective belief of those around as well? Otherwise very young children would exhibit them unconsciously