Leaderboard

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.)

Del wakes up. the last thing she remembers was falling asleep after making an alliance. her ally is gone and it seems like all of the remaining tributes are here. she quickly checks to make sure she has her knife, but then just lies there, thinking. I'm going to die. there's only one winner here and I don't know how to fight. I killed ah... what's his name... Mark! but that was in self defense and I got lucky. I can try, but someone will beat me and I'll be gone. What a sad world.

Alternately: @Anguished_One - Bringer of joy.

It's a mental game- you think about it, you lose. you gotta declare some way that you lost. There is a cooldown too so you don't become too annoying- like- 5-30 mins

Oh wow you're right. 200 pages from now, someone will remember this post lol. I don't have a sticker on my phone, but I have multiple on my computer. TPBM thinks NF is a good artist.

@SmilingPanda19 can give you more details if you need

Oh okay, thanks guys!

*eats ALL the chocolate* I love y’all- so much-

I cannot tell if this is an attempt at stealth sarcasm or not, so I will reply as if the comment were genuine. Please use the search feature as your first option. Advanced search on this site is actually rather robust and spending a bit of time early to get used to how it works will save you hours of time in the future. Summary: Hope that helps

.... I think I have a new goal in life. cuddling and reading a book sounds awesome.

literally some of my best dates ever were just us cuddling and reading a book together

witnessed a crash today pretty sure the lady in it got paralyzed the wheel on one car exploded basically And they rammed into another car spoilered sure to size, there's nothing gruesome

Hey there! Welcome to the Shard! Which of Brandon's books have you read?

<333 Just trying to add a little hope wherever I can. Love you, dear Sticky

song lyrics running through my head... so fun... *sigh*

Mistborn:

They're ADORABLE, I love them. YKYASW you have spent hundreds of dollars on your Sanderson collection and it's theoretically worth thousands?? (Book collecting is wild, man.) When there has been a magnet of Shallan saying "I am plotting tax evasion" on your whiteboard for like a year. When you met some of the people most dear to you in the world on this website.

I've updated this specific instance, but fixing a dead link doesn't require an Arcanist. Anybody can sign in and edit broken links with updated ones. Especially since all these website migrations Brandon did broke a lot of links. And for stuff that is now completely gone, you can update with a web.archive.org link.

It's been a few days, and this change has made a world of difference. Thank you again to everyone involved!

How I feel coming back to the shard after a year and a half How I feel seeing all of my friends who I only knew via forums again I love you all

Does making it capslock count? TPBM has convinced their autocorrect that none sense words exist.

The Tale of The Three Trees (Not by me) Once upon a mountaintop, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grow up. The first little tree looked up at the stars twinkling like diamonds above him. "I want to hold treasure," he said. "I want to be covered with gold and filled with precious stones. I will be the most beautiful treasure chest in the world!" The second little tree looked down at the small stream trickling by on its way to the ocean. "I want to be a strong sailing ship," he said. "I want to travel mighty waters and carry powerful kings. I will be the strongest ship in the world!" The third little tree looked down into the valley below where busy men and busy women worked in a busy town. "I don't want to leave this mountaintop at all," she said. "I want to grow so tall that when people stop to look at me, they will raise their eyes to heaven and think of God. I will be the tallest tree in the world!" Years passed. The rains came, the sun shone, and the little trees grew tall. One day, three woodcutters climbed the mountain. The first woodcutter looked at the first tree and said, "This tree is beautiful. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the first tree fell. "Now I shall be made into a beautiful chest," thought the first tree. "I shall hold wonderful treasure." The second woodcutter looked at the second tree and said, "This tree is strong. It is perfect for me." With a swoop of his shining axe, the second tree fell. "Now I shall sail mighty waters," thought the second tree. "I shall be a strong ship fit for kings!" The third tree felt her heart sink when the last woodcutter looked her way. She stood straight and tall and pointed bravely to heaven. But the woodcutter never even looked up. "Any kind of tree will do for me," he muttered. With a swoop of his shining axe, the third tree fell. The first tree rejoiced when the woodcutter brought him to a carpenter's shop, but the busy carpenter was not thinking about treasure chests. Instead, he made the tree into a feed box for animals. The once beautiful tree was not covered with gold or filled with treasure. He was coated with sawdust and filled with hay for hungry farm animals. The second tree smiled when the woodcutter took him to a shipyard, but no mighty sailing ships were being made that day. Instead, the strong tree was hammered and sawed into a simple fishing boat. Too small and too weak to sail an ocean or even a river, he was taken to a little lake. Everyday, he brought in loads of dead, smelly fish. The third tree was confused when the woodcutter cut her into strong beams and left her in a lumber yard. "What happened?" the tall tree wondered. "All I ever wanted to do was stay on the mountaintop and point to God." Many, many days and nights passed. The three trees nearly forgot their dreams. But, one night, golden starlight poured over the first tree as a young woman placed her newborn baby in the feed box. "I wish I could make a cradle for him," her husband whispered. The young woman squeezed his hand and smiled as the starlight shone on the smooth and sturdy wood. "This manger is beautiful," she said. And suddenly, the first tree knew that he was holding the greatest treasure in the world. One evening, a tired traveller and his friends crowded into the old fishing boat. The traveller fell asleep as the second tree quietly sailed out into the lake. Soon, a thrashing storm arose. The little boat shuddered. He knew he did not have the strength to carry so many passengers safely through the wind and rain. The tired man awakened. He stood up, stretched out His hand and said, "Peace." The storm stopped as quickly as it had begun. And suddenly, the second tree knew he was carrying the King of heaven and earth. One Friday morning, the third tree was startled when her beams were yanked from the forgotten woodpole in the lumber yard. She flinched as she was carried by a man on his shoulders through an angry and jeering crowd. She shuddered when soldiers nailed a man's hands to her. She felt ugly and harsh and cruel. But on Sunday morning, when the sun rose and the earth trembled with joy beneath her, the third tree knew that God's love had changed everything. God's love had made the first tree beautiful. God's love had made the second tree strong. And everytime people thought of the third tree, they would think of God. That was better than being the tallest tree in the whole world.

Those are really interesting, I especially like the first one. I have a couple but they are mostly just variations - a "no choice" option It's a weird set of circumstances but imagine you were in a war where generals had all the breath. If one was gravely injured and knew they were going to die they could pass it along to any soldier nearby to prevent their army from losing a resource. This is similar to what happened to Vienna where someone knew they were dying soon and didn't want their breath to be wasted. I think it's similar to the generational breath idea but this one could be more impromptu. It also needs someone to be in the right place and the right time -You could also do gambling which is just a variation on buying. A casino on Nalthis where you wager one breath but could get two if you win. -employment This one is also strange. I remember in the books its mentioned that there are guards in the court of gods who have enough breath to recognize what heightening others are at. Do you need a certain amount of breath to get the job or are they given to you so you can complete that job? It would be interesting if there was a treasury of some kind where you get an allotment of breaths and must return them in a certain time frame. You would need a person to hold the breaths so it could be passed to different people but it is an interesting idea.

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

Nobody swapped Taln's blade. He had two, the honorblade and spren blade. Nobody will know that until his sanity is restored, at which point he will revive his deadeye'd spren.

Adonalsium is the God Beyond. When he died he passed to the Beyond, but somehow he is influencing the Cosmere from there. Not much crazy, I know, but still interesting.

The stick Raoden uses to save Elantris is the same stick Shallan tries to convince to become fire. Galladon brought it to Roshar when he visited during his search for Hoid with the 17th Shard in an interlude chapter of WoK.

TLM spoiler for an idea related to:

I'm incapable of reading that section without tearing up a little.