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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

song idea maybe????: bay blue baby blue sky blue eyes my girl, my love with eyes like stars, could never tell me lies

Storm it y'all made me cry...

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.

nobody: literally nobody: every single worksheet/page of notes i own, for actually no reason:

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.

Another opn’n another show, everyone. We’re 20 minutes in. I love theatre.

I been writing a lot. Lot to process. Thx to those who read and care. ~ Stick

I'm legitimately thinking about going 30 days without internet, as the detox is much needed to help me kind of reset as I'm averaging 10-12 or even more hours online everyday. The only thing that is making me think twice really is that I won't be on hear at all during that time. Which...I know I can do it, but I really wanted to do the next hunger games and some SE and random interactions with y'all are always the best. I mean...it is only 30 days, then I'll be back...for a few weeks before I'm gone for two months...and then college. Sigh. Hard choices, but I think I need to do this... we'll see ig.

BEGIN LOG If love is so fragile, then why continue to repair it after it cracks? Once it has filled its surface with this many cracks, wouldn’t it be easier to leave it be and let it decay and shatter and fall apart over time? Yes. It would be easier. But that doesn’t mean it’s the correct thing to do. Love is so fragile because it needs to be constantly repaired. It is an essential part of love, that need for constant repair, for maintenance, for reassurance of devotion. Some may wonder why to keep that lamp on, to keep its ornate ceramic looking beautiful, despite the cracks. “Look at your lamp,” They say, “It is cracked and flawed. Shouldn’t you discard it and put a new flawless copy in its place?” And I say to them, “You know nothing of this. This lamp has seen much. Endured much. It’s stories are nestled in the cracks spreading across its ceramic. It’s journey is weaved into the stone it is made of as if a testament of all it has seen and heard. Is this not a sign of flawless and perfect existence? Perfection in imperfection?” This lamp, this love.. It will dim. It will brighten. Sometimes the power will blink out, leaving us in the dark. But the lights will come back on. And we will fight to love. We will choose to love, and to live, and we will nurture the cracks. Let them settle. And when someone asks about them, we will tell that story. I will engrave bluebirds into our lamp. I will stamp ravens to the surface, let crows flutter onto the stone. I will put roses, and chrysanthemums, and moonflowers and sunflowers, and I will sprinkle it in color so that when it is finished, it will be colorful in ways you only could have dreamed of. I have made mistakes. I have cracked our lamp. I will mend the crack. I will transform it into something beautiful. I will build on it, and build into a future with you. This is my vow to you.

GUYS IM WRITING NOVA A NIGHTMARE AND ITS SO GOOD ITS SO GOOD I CANT EVEN

So this is a chat for girls, right? And girls usually talk about tea, right? Well, boy do I have tea!!! Here are the bullet points: - I’ve liked a guy for nearly 2 years - we barely interacted until the end of last year - we started texting (like A LOT) (like for hours every day a lot) - I asked him to a dance as a bribing technique to make him come to creative writing club - we went on the date - the next Wednesday he told me he knew I like him and he likes me back - all of our friends say we’re dating when we’re not - he asked me to ModProm - WE WENT TO MODPROM AND IT WAS MAGICAL!!!

Eleven twenty five, on a Saturday night. Careful white blossoms that are almost sickly sweet are strewn upon the ground, beautiful in their carelessness. There’s laughter. And singing. So much noise, Followed by a perfect quiet. The quiet is the eye of a storm. A place where emotions, And thoughts, And words fade away. The world crumbles beyond it but here, Here All is well. For a moment, There is no terror, No desperation, No longing, And no exhaustion. A single ball, A single night of glittering dresses and earnest gentlemen. A single night where reality is gone, And we have stepped into wonderland. And oh, It is beauriful. Eleven twenty nine, on a Saturday night, and I am home in the eye of the storm. One family… No mourners.

okay so i found out last night that my school's fall play for next year is Romeo and Juliet and if i don't make it i will cry (im shooting for tybalt) and now i shall go practice the audition material. EN GUARDE! *draws sword with a flourish but runs the opposite direction, papers flying out of leather satchel like leaves in the wind*

GOOD. *throws love and chocolate at Stick* Eat, my child. <(._.<)

guys guys toothpaste is just teeth soap

Just won $5 off of each of my family members in a game of poker. Final week of teaching Gonna get good sleep Much good things are happening.

Shadows of self

ok so remember when i said said that my ren faire outfit is too hot cuz there’s too many layers? i’m gonna put together a few different options and i want y’all to help me choose :3 thanks in advance!!!

My mind: LET'S GO JUMP AROUND THE HOUSE AND BOUNCE OFF THE WALLS WHILE SPOUTING NONSENSE. My body: What is wrong with you? My mind: I HAVE NO IDEA.

Because you said you don't make anyone happy, which is one of the biggest lies we've ever heard. So naturally we needed to show you why you're wrong.

hey guys I promised I'd post pictures from prom, so here they are

My AP art teacher finally got me pictures of some of my recent paintings!! A bigger piece that took me forever: (watercolor/colored pencil) My reference was a still life set up I put together myself, using fake flowers and a plaster bust my teacher had. A smaller one I did quickly for a local auction happening in the area, we'll see how it does: (watercolor/colored pencil): The reference for this one was a photo I took myself in the area where I live. The lighting is always very warm in the pictures he takes lol . . . the colors are all a bit brighter in real life. I do have some character doodles and sketchbook stuff I could show, but that'll have to wait till I get home from school.

*side eyes entire shard population* So... why'd I win yesterday? -_^ I have something cool to share!! My dad gave me a new travel mug thingy last night and it's my favorite color! AND I PUT A STORMLIGHT STICKER ON IT SO I HAVE TO SHARE A PICTURE- ISN'T IT GEORGOUS!!!??!?!?! I'M SO HYPER AND YET I HAVE NO ENERGYYY WTHECK IS THISSSSSSS T-T IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY!! LOVE Y'ALL!!! ~ STICK

Spoilers for all of Mistborn Era 2 I recently reread The Alloy of Law, and I was somewhat stunned by a particular line said by Miles about the tenants of survivorism: To me, this sounds almost word for word what autonomy requires of her followers. Ruthless self determinism and the need to prove yourself through individual survival. These tenants also seem far removed not only from Kelsier's actual beliefs, but from the origins of survivorism in the final empire. This may just be due to the obvious shifts in the religion due to power structures within their society, but it seems so similar to the tenants of autonomy that it stuck out to me.

I dont think so, mostly from the example of Nale. His Herald madness seems to be in full swing, in his case it took his signature traits of Justice and Confidence and he's too self-doubting to trust himself or his own sense of Justice with being the Sworn master/guide of the next generation of Skybreakers, even though he (Stallone Voice) Is the Law.

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!

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.

Poem. last night was rough. ~ Stick

*sighs* Guys... I think I'm dying. Here's a poem. Another SU coming soon. You have to read this one to understand the next one though. ~ Stick

here’s more of my OC Nova! She’s angry/sad in the first scene because she and her boyfriend kinda fell out but she doesn’t remember why because she lost her memory from the past two weeks, and he’s not really willing to talk about it and so she’s really confused and nothing makes sense and it’s aggravating so she goes and beats up her bedpost and ends up with injured hands and so they end up lookin like this but yep i had like 30 minutes this morning to doodle so these just exist now

No vote, as the relevant entry is not an option. I can drive a manual transmission, but do not currently own one. (I neither love it nor hate it) Funny story:

don’t ever take fundip powder (or anything of the sort) straight it’s not worth it unless you want to have a brush with death due to asphyxiation your eyes burn and well up and you can’t see anything and your body is like trying to cough and throw up at the same time while you’re hacking into the sink, trying to breathe and when you finally do it burns like heck don’t do it you guys 0/10 do not recommend

guys GUYS today’s a palindrome 4/20/2024 4202024

Me: Woah, I'm sure getting some weird ominuous vibes even though I'm just chillin' on the couch . . . *The dune soundtrack playing loudly in the background, which I turned on randomly a few minutes ago and promptly forgot about because it's gets really quiet at some parts*

elantris lore (And yes if you saw this on tumblr, it was made by me)

to have someone head over heels for you and not being able to reciprocate is like the worst feeling ever tempted to write a poem about it ON THE OTHER HAND today was amazing idk why it just was and i got three whole assignments done in just my spare minutes during classes THREE!!! i have three more to do before i’m done for the day, and i’m saving the other six for tomorrow. or later today, i dunno. BUT IM GONNA BE HELLA PRODUCTIVE!!! and it’s gonna be awesome!!! and if i get it all done before 4:30 i’ll post a song let’s do this :determined-smile:

I want you to know you're quickly becoming one of my favorite Shardcast peoples. Whenever I hear you in the intro, I'm like "Oh, Ene's here! It's going to be a good one."

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.

Hey guys!! I am a huge fan of epic fantasy and sci-fi. My dad was the first to get me into Sanderson's books. I now have read a lot of his best works, such as the Stormlight Archive and Mistborn. (I think stormlight is better) I just wanted to make myself known and to say hi.

i'm sorry i'm so sorry I can't do this anymore I love you guys

Film Ideas: - The Robot vs. Humans stereotype, but the 'Robots' are just people that live with VR headsets all the time now. - A world where there is a way to travel for short periods of time to an alternate dimension where you basically live through a scenario in someone's shoes. Like mind meld and it's like they are making the same choices that the same person was making so that they can perfectly understand what someone went through.

I, have been making the WORST puns known to mankind. So, to start the story, yesterday, I found a piece of Granite.. So I've been replacing granted with granite.. and my friends are beginning to hate it lmao

Back to back SUs, read the previous poem to understand this. ~Stick 4-22-24

This was intentional initially. Maybe there's enough detail to put in, now, but I'm not convinced. It is perhaps because of my desire to not copy real life topics. It would be a pretty tricky article to write if we did choose to want it. I feel like at least some of the differences that are listed in this topic are not special to humans, and so are maybe more appropriate on Investiture / Realmatic Theory pages. So anyway, this wasn't an oversight, it was intentional as we didn't really want to make one. We could reconsider.

I totally respect everybody's takes on this, but I'd like to share my opinion: It's possible that I'm extremely biased towards Adolin because he's my second favorite Cosmere character, but I honestly, genuinely, don't see him dying. It just doesn't make sense. His arc so far has been about figuring out how to live in his current situation, and support his family. Dying wouldn't complement that arc, in fact it would completely negate it. Not to mention if Adolin were to die, both Kaladin and Shallan would fall apart (maybe even Dalinar). Specifically Shallan. Killing Adolin off would probably mess up four books worth of character development so far for several characters, and would go against some of the books main messages. SA is about rising above the past and moving forward, making the future better for those who will come after you. It's about change as a society and the slow path to becoming a better people. If Adolin, a young highprince with the power and will to change things dies, Brandon can't use him to convey that central theme. Adolin is meant to be different from his father in that he learns from his fathers mistakes and tries to do better, so that his children can do even better. Killing him would make it hard to convey that idea, and that theme. He can't live on to be a better highprince then his father before if he's dead . Not to mention, with Kaladin, Adolin is a character that emphasizes different people from different backgrounds learning to work together. While not the only one, Adolin is one of the noble/lighteyes that Kaladin actually trusts, and learning to trust each other adds to that central theme. If Adolin were to just die, a lot of that faith in each other that could have otherwise been built up on would no longer have impact in the story. I couldn't disagree more, as stated above, killing Adolin would hurt character development for his friends, not help it. Kaladin and Shallan are both on thin ice when it comes to mental health, maybe being able to move past a death is something Kaladin needs to do eventually, but not right now. Right now, that kind of death would ruin him. He was able to move on from being suicidal in RoW, but that doesn't mean he's emotionally ready to watch one of his friends die, same with Shallan. If Wind and truth is going to cover the ten days to the final duel, and perhaps the aftermath, there is not enough time (imo) for Kaladin and Shallan to become stable enough to except a death that close to them. (EDIT: I also just realized killing Adolin might also mess up any healing Maya has had thus far as well, ruining the point of his bond with her in the first place) Sorry for the rant, I just think he's one of the least likely to die. (or maybe I just really, really don't want him to lol) Characters I could see dying: -DALINAR (my dudes he's gonna go, I really think he is) -Szeth -Jasnah -Shallan (a little less likely but still an option) -Moash (I'm imagining a Darth vader 'redeemed through death' situation) -Literally any of the Bridge four side characters whose names I don't remember--these would actually be handy to kill off, because the reader knows them and their history enough to care, but taking them out of the story doesn't really hurt anything. That's what I was thinking

Forts Board makes a good point and there is a question about how many side kicks. Moana has Pua and Heihei. Luke has R2 and C3PO. Harry has Hedwig and Buckbeak. Spin has a slug and a spaceship. Let me offer this other point in defense of 5th ideal (Stead). Brandon excels at world building. His works stands apart in the genre for the vibrancy and uniqueness of the ecology. Not since Tolkien, have the plants and animals been such a part of the story. I have this theory that there is an impending ecological catastrophe on Roshar. There are hints at this, Ashyn, visions, the very destructive nature of the storms. If the radiants journey ended back at connecting to the natural world it would be a pleasing convergence of themes.