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  1. Cycle 3: Another Three Bite the Dust Sart was lynched! He was a Ghostblood! Seonid was poisoned! He was a Son of Honour! Arinian was poisoned! He was a Ghostblood! Sani Joslin (A Joe in the Bush) was attacked but survived! Sart (10): Magestar, Sani Joslin, Drak Deadeye, Droughtbringer, Bezth, Ryth, Sart, Seonid, Enias, Velez Droughtbringer (6): Quintus, Arinian, Berilen Leiken, Doc, Davis, Uther - Sorry for the lateness of this. Stink is busy and I decided to try something new, as you can tell. I hope you like it. I had fun with it. The turn ends at 12:30 PM MST on Sunday, 8 January. Countdown:
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  2. Holy mackerel, really? Dang ... I shoulda put more effort into it haha. Oy boy ... OK! Here we are for round one! @Erunion, @Assassin in Burgundy, & @Shqueeves (feat. me crying in the corner). Jeez louise, this is hard. I dunno how close I was, but it was fun to do.
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  3. All riiiight! Here's @Kaymyth, @Hemalurgic_Headshot, and @Cognizantastic. Or, at least, my guesses. oy boy Also : @Erunion -- hey, I was kinda close! Neat
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  4. Our overall idea is pretty wacky, but it’s an interesting take on the Cosmere: Base assumptions: Sentient minds naturally produce/gather enormous amounts of Investiture, and that energy may be siphoned off. With those two assumptions, it makes sense that long, long ago one creature may have started stealing investiture from the minds around it. Using power to steal more power, it quickly ballooned to an enormous size and scope. Perhaps many such creatures formed, each staking out territories the size of a small galaxy and siphoning off energy from the lives within. One was Adonalsium. Eventually some people on Dragonsteel figured out that Adonalsium was a parasite, using the creatures around it as batteries, and to return the power to the people they figured out how to destroy/shatter it. That wasn’t enough. Even shattered, each Shard instinctively drew upon the life around it. Perhaps the plan involved destroying each Shard further but the Intent of the Shards prevented that (plus who wants to give up godhood?) Motives: Rayse (Odium). Imagine Rayse as a chessmaster on Dragonsteel. He suspects that after the Shattering the Intents of each shard will keep the 16 from completing whatever their plan was. So, he choses the Shard of Odium. With this Intent he will be able to keep alive his hatred of the Shards and their parasitic nature, and eventually complete his task. His plan is to shatter each Shard in turn then commit suicide, possibly after scattering the splinters even further. In doing so he divides the power Adonalsium was siphoning back to the “people.” He may have even planned for the Shardholders to spread life throughout the local galaxy post-shattering, before culling them off. 2. Hoid. Hoid may have originally agreed with Rayse’s plan. But, eventually he realized that Adonalsium was not alone. The universe is filled with such creatures each with a staked-out territory and each hoping to expand. If the Shards are splintered too much, one of the neighbor siphon creatures might be able to move in, an outcome that Hoid sees as worse than if the power were to be returned to the people. Thus he opposes Rayse. Support: This all tenuous but.. 1. WOB says that “Adonalsium was opposing some force.” Possibly it was holding others of its kind at bay. 2. Shards tend to be Invested on a planet. We assume that that process gives power to that planet, but it could also be the reverse. 3. If Adonalsium was similar to God, why would aspects of its personality include Dominion, Odium, and Preservation? (God shouldn’t need to Preserve itself- it just IS) Those only sound useful if Adonalsium is defending a territory from others of its kind. 4. Braize, Odium’s invested planet, is populated mostly by slivers. Perhaps because Odium hates using lives as a power source? 5. Odium clashed with Ambition early on, to prevent Ambition from regathering all the shards. Clearly Odium, at the very least, does not want Adonalsium restored. The next two are mostly thematic- 6. Sanderson is a very optimistic writer, believing in the potential in people. It would seem to fit his style that, unfettered, every being would have great power. 7. Sanderson likes to give Big Bads reasonable motives. Even if this theory is wrong, which it almost certainly is, we should examine why exactly Odium wants to destroy everything. Destroying things was Ruin’s job- “Odium” implies that his actions are caused by a specific hate. A possible conclusion to the Cosmere: Odium’s plan on a grand scale. Adonalsium is reforged, but a way is found to add a little more power to it, perhaps by every mind in the local area willingly giving up power to it. This extra investiture allows the new Adonalsium to overpower the other local beings of its kind. This snowballs until there is truly one of those creatures in the universe, which promptly alters the magic system to prevent such creatures from reforming and then commits suicide. The Cosmere ends on a positive note, with each sentient creature regaining their naturally enormous level of Investiture and power.
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  5. I spent the day at the national gallery of art, and seeing so many amazing pieces of art like these has inspired me: However, it also makes me feel like this:
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  6. Just something that came up while me and Mistrunner were talking a couple days ago:
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  8. So I was thinking about this earlier, and I think that the Intent of Cultivation could go in a couple of different ways and the best fit isn't nearly as nice as the most obvious. The first is where my mind originally went - The D&D Druid cliche. About putting life and nature before everything else. Essentially a turbo-hippy But that's not really what's implied by Cultivation. If it was the Shard of Growth, then maybe, but Cultivation implies an active hand. She's not nature. She's the Shard of controlling nature with purpose. This came to mind while reading the chapter with the worming season in Hearthstone. It is, if I'm remembering correctly, the biggest look we actually get on farming. And it's about the importance of killing. It's shortly followed by a bit about potentially destroying your crops if they're not growing right, and starting again To me, this speaks of a fairly balanced sense of Cultivation. It's growth, yes. But it's the right growth. It's the ability to both create something new, and to turn around later and burn it down if necessary. I don't think that we can downplay the importance of scenes dealing with cultivation on Roshar. They're rare enough (Basically here and stories about the Shin, IIRC) that I think we need to at least consider that they might reflect deeper truths of Cultivation. I feel that this also fits with the Nightwatcher - She doesn't just grant boons, but curses you as well. Not much deeper to this, just a thought that was bothering me. I've been holding Cultivation up as too similar to Preservation in my mind, whereas I think she has teeth. I don't think she'd have any problems stabbing Elend, for example. Sure, it's not nice, but killing is just something you have to do to cultivate (The other thought I'd had was of culling, but interestingly enough, it's not a word that appears in tWoK or WoR).
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  9. @Slowswift I tried to do it by using internet templates but I had no luck in finding any so I went and screenshoted the movie
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  10. Yep. I'd hope that big grin on your face at defenestrating someone would give it away.
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  11. Me when I'm talking to people: And what I imagine happens to anyone who denies hoid:
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  12. Hello, I'm moth !! I'm an artist who likes to draw people! This game works like this: describe yourself in as much detail as you like, and then I'll try to draw you. Then post a photo of yourself and we'll compare the two ! Currently open! (This started over on the "What do you look like?" topic.)
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  13. Hello, all! I've never been active here, really (just one post that I remember, and that only a couple days ago), so I wanted to share some of my writing for the first time and solicit some feedback. This is the first chapter of my current WIP, so the usual first chapter questions apply: 1) Do you care about this character? 2) Do you want to know what he's going to do next? 3) How badly do you want to know what he did? This is a very short chapter (about 850 words), but it's still a full chapter, so hidden for length.
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  14. Introducing myself from Chile, I am Bastien 17 years old and looking forward to read all your crazy theories about the Cosmere I have read the first mistborn trilogy and the Stormlight Archive and I became a big fan of Brandon as soon as I read The Final Empire (my first book of his). I don't know what else to say, so here I am hoping to have an awesome time in this community!
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  15. If Shallan were to pick out Adolin's license plate... It would say this.
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  16. The girl glared at her, and then her arm almost seemed to blur as it went down and up. A quiet whistle was all the warning Sani had that something was coming her way. She reacted instantly reaching up to grab the object before it could hit her. She missed, clutching at empty air. A quick examination of her shoulder found the needle hanging from the fabric of her dress. She quickly ripped a hole in the fabric and found a minuscule hole in her skin, from which leaked a single drop of blood. It slowly rolled down her shoulder, losing mass until it hit more fabric and was absorbed. "You feel that? That's Firerot." Sani looked away from her shoulder at the scowling girl. "A very rare poison that, if not treated within a day's time, will put you in a paralytic state. It will feel like instead of blood, fire is circulating your veins." Firerot; Paralysis and heightened sensitivity; inability to regulate temperatures in the body. She'd never heard the name Firerot, but the symptoms fit half a dozen different rare poisons, two of which she hadn't been able to prove or disprove the existence of. "If you wish to continue playing this game, then I will tell you Agrigar is a 42 year old Cook. I've no idea how he keeps his hair, or how tan his skin might be. But what I can tell you is he has the same eyes as mine - cobalt... and cold - and that he's missing his left ear. He is a Diagrammist like you, and once terrorized this very city with his cunning tongue and his deadly cuisine. If that doesn't summon any recollections for you, then perhaps it's time you start using whatever resources you possess to find the man I seek." Sani kept her face blank. She widened the tear on her dress, ripping a small portion of it off. She wrapped it around the dart, then pulled it out of her dress. "Drought." The Silent Gatherer stepped out of the crowd, staring at her clinically, like something to dissect. "Analyse this please. It's probably Either Hebanon, Vokiri, or Nightbane Poison. If it's not one of those three, see if you can't synthesize a cure for whatever it is." The man nodded, taking the dart and disappearing into the crowd. Sani sighed, and turned back to the now fuming girl. "Berilen. You have a decidedly stupid way of negotiating. It's no surprise to me that you haven't found your father yet, if you decide to murder everyone who can't tell you your father's exact location. Now, I do believe that i already told you, i would look for him in fact, I assured you that if he was in the city, i could have him bound and gagged before you by the end of the day, if i had more information. Cobalt eyes and missing an ear definitely narrows it down. Next time, lead with that, rather than a name and an occupation. In our line of work, those can change daily. "And for poisoning me girl, you will be dying today. By your own hand or by mine, I care not. Your father will only die before you if you cooperate, and don't poison anyone else."
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  17. Was Sani playing dumb to protect the one man's life she didn't compromise? Or was she being honest, proving the information the Ghostbloods provided Berilen as lies? No matter the answer, a surge of rage coursed through the young girl, prompting her to draw a needle and throw it at the woman, all within the blink of an eye. She didn't need to be a Radiant to move that fast, at least. Fortunately for the Diagrammist, she did not aim to kill. Instead of burying it in a vein, she let it dig into Sani's shoulder, with just enough speed that it should pierce the fabric and prick her skin. If she succeeded, then it would only take a minute for the burning sensation to take affect. With that confirmation, she could successfully bluff her way to her father. Already Berilen knew exactly what she would say. You feel that? That's firerot. A very rare poison that, if not treated within a day's time, will put you in a paralytic state. It will feel like instead of blood, fire is circulating your veins. If you wish to continue playing this game, then I will tell you Agrigar is a 42 year old Cook. I've no idea how he keeps his hair, or how tan his skin might be. But what I can tell you is he has the same eyes as mine - cobalt... and cold - and that he's missing his left ear. He is a Diagrammist like you, and once terrorized this very city with his cunning tongue and his deadly cuisine. If that doesn't summon any recollections for you, then perhaps it's time you start using whatever resources you possess to find the man I seek.
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  18. This specific anagram ("a mind a soul") has reared its pretty head a few times over the years. I personally do not believe it to be significant, as (given the context) it sounds much more likely to me that the name was inspired by Adonai, which (according to my Google Fu) is the Hebrew name (word?) for their God. Is it possible that Brandon started off with Adonaisium and, being the clever guy that he is, realized that if he changed the "i" to and "L" he would get a clever anagram for free? Sure. But I think starting with the anagram is convoluted and less likely. As for Hoid's comments... I wouldn't read too much into them. Or, rather, I would but I wouldn't accept any interpretation that's not backed up by a ton of other sources. I, for example, think it more likely that he is referring to Adonalsium's Shattering instead of the breakdown of the name itself, or any possible anagrams we can come up with.
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  19. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. Aside from the rhythmic sharpening of her needles, Berilen was a motionless statue, legs hanging over the ledge of a balcony that overlooked the plaza in which those three societies of monsters in human flesh convened. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. It was Sani who she wanted to get to first, truth be told. In a way, her betrayal - short lived as it may have been - hit far too close to home. It was Berilen's fault, anyway, for trusting a woman she hardly knew. And why? Because she talked sense? Because she thought the same as me? In a lot of ways, the two were alike, and that scared her. In another life, she could have been Sani. Perhaps when Sani was her age, she could have been Berilen. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. Things were better off this way, she decided. Somewhere in the depths of her being, she believed otherwise, but the rational aspect of her mind sang a different tune. She had come to Urithiru for a single purpose, after all. Who cares if the hunt was spoiled, so long as it led her to her father, and fast? In a few days time, she would relish in that sweet taste of victory, like she'd dreamed of the last three years. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. Sani needed to live. It was clear she was the leader of her cell, or at the very least, the spokesperson, which meant she either was the most knowledgeable, or the most willing to talk. Once her allies were dead, she would have no choice but to tell Berilen where Agrigar was. That is, unless, she would be willing to die for the man. Berilen wished she could say with any certainty that Sani wouldn't. Diagrammists were insane, after all. Not that the Sons of Honor and Ghostbloods were any less sane. But at least they were predictable. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. Berilen did not need to turn her head to see how close the sun was to the horizon. She could feel the heat on the back of her neck fading with ever monotonous carving of her needles' point. That and the gradual dimming of the ambient light. It wouldn't be long now before she made her move. The hardest part would be the timing. A moment too soon, and she could be halted by his allies. A moment too late, and her Captain would already be dead. She needed to be sudden. She needed to be quick. Praise Origin that she had been trained so thoroughly. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. Hand cramping, Berilen decided to take a break to look over the progress she had made. This was the third needle she'd sharpened to perfection, now. The tip was razor thin; the hilt, for lack of a better term, the perfect length and thickness to comfortably fit between her thumb and forefinger. Spinning it in her hand, she checked the balance, the weight. It would not take much force to pierce a man's flesh, though Drought Bringer did look like he had a unusually thick neck. Really, though, speed was all she needed. It didn't matter that her arms were so tiny. Not with a weapon this sharp and reflexes as swift as hers. So long as nothing - or no one - got in her way, a swift needle to the carotid artery should be enough. Just in case, she added Agrigar's favorite poison to the tip. From her safe pouch, she drew a thin, elongated sack that contained a few drops of a thick, black liquid. Bringing the needle and the sheathe to eye level, she patiently slid one into the other, careful so that the poison would not squirt onto her face. Although this particular liquid was only deadly when it entered a human's bloodstream, it had the tendency to burn exposed skin worse than a long day in the sun. Tilting the needle back, she made sure the liquid did not drip. Good. The seal was tight. Sighing with contentment, she stored the needle inside her safe pouch with the rest, then drew another to start the process over again. Twist, scrape, flick. Twist, scrape, flick. She went on like this for hours, a grin that was half sad, half excited, steadily creeping across her face. Cloaked by the tower's shadow, no one saw the girl's descent. The best part of weighing less than a hundred stones? Berilen didn't have much weight to break whenever she fell from a decent height. Regardless, she had worn a thick coat with a padded hood and spine, helping take the extra oomf out of her landing. While the others were busy squabbling and bearing swords and knives, she appeared within a hole at the center of the gathering, directly behind her target. "Drought Bringer!" she screamed as she kicked at the back of the man's knee, hoping to force him down to her level so that she could plunge one of her poisoned needles into his exposed jugular. In her other hand she held the remaining three needles between her fingers so that they extended like claws. Should anyone try to interfere, she would thrust and slash at them to ward them off, or in the worst of circumstances, draw them into her strong hand to throw while she escaped.
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  20. Thanks, guys. This is helpful. Anna does indeed mean something, here. It's not majorly important, but it'll pop up in later chapters. Mostly just historical significance in the Empire. And, strangely, I don't have a map yet. This is the first fantasy novel I've started on without a map filled out first. I have a vague idea in my mind, but I need to get it down on paper soon (before events leave this city in chapter 4). This is really good to know. You're the second person who's mentioned this, and specifically mentioned the number of proper names. I've written opening chapters for various books both ways (with action and with something more removed, like this), and I find this style more preferable but a little more difficult to manage proper names. Sounds like I'll need to revisit this one down the line and make sure I'm not bombarding the reader with too much. I am excited about this, though. The last time I was so motivated and in love with a story was a couple years ago.
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  21. A long time ago I said I'd upload a photo of myself here. So I finally did. Please note: I don't usually take selfies. Also note: I am 23, not 18. I swear! .... Life of the babyface I guess...
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  22. Yay for more menstruation mentions in fantasy!!! Just wanted to mention that I'm finally back from visiting family over the holidays - and visiting your family and your in-laws at the same time in the same town for two weeks does NOT leave much free time. So sorry in advance for the late/missed critiques!
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  23. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! @"Kale"adin You don't sound like you're all you green'ed up to be, so I think you need some pun-ishing to get you straight! First, we can't boil you, as you would just fall apart, so we'll first throw you down a ste(am) cliff! Then, we are going to splint you entirely with marjoram! If you're be-tasting(having) alright, we'll have to throw in some corn as well! there, got that flavor of pun in... But then we're going to Ruin you, barely Preserving your life! We'll have Dominion over you until you're Endowed with Devotion to flavor, but by then, Odium to us! If you beg for some Autonomy, we have a fine pot for that! We will steam and spice, till the only Ambition you'll Honor is your taste! After that, the only thing left will be your drive for Survival! Enough Pun-ishment yet?
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  24. Sounds fun. Oh, wait... Happy bird-day.
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  25. Neverthere smiled humorlessly as her erstwhile friend was forced to act like a trained pet. She wasn't show was supposed to be for her amusement, to scare her, or as a warning. Then again, it hardly mattered which it was supposed to be, her reaction would be the same for any of them. She continued smiling down at C4, making sure not to break their eye contact. You wanted to stand up to the big High Epics, this is what you get. "A fine dog indeed." She agreed. "But she was never the most loyal of creatures before. I'm sure with such a fine master she'll learn though." Shifting her gaze from the crawling Epic to the other two who were still standing she bent her head to Lucentia slightly. Not her proudest moment but meeting the diamond queen physically did not encourage her to reckless action. She considered briefly trying to add some mist-like effects by projecting an image on top of her but Lucentia was probably already aware of what had happened, had probably helped it happen if she was here. Doing her best to steel her nerves she maintained her focus on Nighthound instead, he seemed easier, more comfortable to be around, even physically.
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  26. These horrible puns are jeopardizing my very Survival.
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  27. So basically you look like my profile pic.
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  28. First off, do we know that Wilson's role was leaked? Last I knew of it, Wilson's best speculation was that Hael worked it out on his own. She felt that he had enough information to do so, and certainly was capable of connecting the dots. Was there new information I missed? I lost a cycle or two in this game right around the middle. If there was a leak, it's not me. Second - I am claiming to have a vote manipulation role. I acquired a Brass-Lerasium alloy two nights ago and burned it last night. I am now a Brass Misting! (Eliminators, feel free to cower now.) From my perspective, the fact that a vote manip saved Arinian isn't relevant, because I just got the ability last night. (I had also honestly forgotten that Arinian was saved by vote manip...that was one of the cycles I was pretty much gone. I vaguely remember Wilson chewing me out in-thread for not voting that one; I was quite embarrassed that I missed voting that cycle - it turned out to be important.) I realize that you can't verify what I've said, but it's true. Mostly my claim above was meant to scare up the rest of the active players into responding. It managed to actually get you involved, which is something. Finally, though, if it were anyone but me that had the evidence against them that you and Araris bring out, I'd probably jump on the lynch as well. Certainly lynch worthy. But I know my alignment. Honestly, I'd be up for lynching either you or Wonko, you were just the one who jumped to mind more quickly. Probably something to do with the way that you came online, posted promising to be more active, and then disappeared completely again. Sounds rather like saying something to get people's attention off of you and then trying to lurk your way into victory to me. Post-finally, my only real defense is this: if I were really evil, would I be so active in trying to get the village out to vote? That's the last thing the Eliminators want at this stage of the game. A mostly inactive village means that they can do pretty much whatever they like and get away with it. They want things to remain quiet - it's their auto-win button. Since I'm likely to get lynched regardless, I'm going to leave my thoughts on the remaining active, semi-active, or at-least-on-the-Shard players. Araris - almost certainly good. A WGG at this point of the game would be sheer idiocy. Nobody is voting, there's no need to gain trust. Unless something changes, all they need to do is to wait until we all die. Nyali - my top suspicion for being evil. It's mostly gut, but there it is. If Nyali isn't evil, my next bet is Wonko. He's been online recently enough to have put in a kill, and he - like Nyali - has been lurking. Elbereth is the last person who's been even close to reasonably involved. By which I mean that she answered a PM I sent her last night. She said that she trusts Araris and I, and has no idea on anyone else because nobody's been posting! So, no matter what happens to me in this lynch, we need everybody to get their skin back in the game or the Eliminators win by default. Lynch me - I think we still have enough votes to win at that point. I don't think that there's more than one Eliminator still active. If there were, they could already have controlled the lynch and essentially won. They are - as Nyali so helpfully reminded me - on record as possessing a vote manipulation role. I won't use my role to save my skin. I'd just end up getting lynched the next day, and we can't afford the lost time. Odd as it is, maybe my death is the most useful thing I can give to the village. Just in case it isn't, here's my last words: Get active. Get voting. Get involved. Or else I swear that the shade of Sheon Idris will hunt you down and torment you until the day you are lynched or killed by the Eliminators. Because if the village loses this game, it will be entirely your fault. You will have let down the players that were counting on you to keep playing, and you will have let down the GMs that expected a fun and enjoyable game. Sorry if that sounds harsh - but that's the way things are. One long-time player has already left our community because of this issue. I think that deserves some harshness. It ought to be a catalyst for introspection. How many more will it take before we as a community are willing to make a change? Mass inactivity is not fair to the GMs, it's not fair to the village (and I suppose it's not even fair to the Eliminators, even though I'd really like them to stay inactive until the village wins this game). So stop it.
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  29. I feel like I should play Devil's Advocate and say that I think Hydra!Cap is a cool idea...for a What If story. Seeing how variations of a character would work? That's cool, and can highlight things about the real version of the character. And Steve's backstory has been so extensively re-written that Hydra!Cap IS just an alternate universe version of the character. (I don't want to call it a retcon though, since the rewriting of the past is the entire point. We aren't learning a secret History of Steve Rogers that changes everything; the point of the story is that Steve has had his history changed by external forces, here are what those changes are and how they are affecting the modern day) The problem is, rather than a one-off story, this is being pushed as 616!Rogers. If this was an AU!Steve, I think it would be a lot less controversial. The fact that it's the Steve, and is the only depiction of the character right now, is what tips it over the edge. For comparision...there have been stories published about Superman where his rocket landed in Soviet Russia, on Apokolips, and in Nazi's Germany, and he grew up with those beliefs instead of Truth, Justice and the American Way. Those stories are interesting in that they shine a different light on Superman and show how he would react in situations which would be unthinkable...but they are always, solidly, not the "real" Superman. For Hydra!Cap...there is no "real" Steve right now. This is the real Steve now. And, like when Doctor Octopus took over Peter Parker body and became the Superior Spider-man...it'll be undone. But just as fans were (understandably) bothered that their hero, the audience surrogate for many, was being taken if the board and being written as irresponsible and not a good hero... Well, there are lots of reasons why Hydra!Cap is insulting and infuriating. But I do think one of them is the fact that there is no real Steve Rogers to balance it out. if you want a "good" Cap, you're forced to read Sam's book, which is...rather expressly political. To say nothing of the fact that Steve Rogers has his own fans who don't want a Captain America book, they want their Captain America. And they should be able to read him, without having it be this dark mirror version of the character. EDIT Cool...is actually the wrong word. Hydra!Cap is interesting as a high concept tagline. A story where the world's greatest superhero is secretly the world's greatest supervillain, playing everyone like puppets abd moving pieces across the board, is a compelling concept. The fact that it's happening in the real universe is part of the gimmick -that this isn't an AU or dark future, this is the real world right now- but that is, obviously, really frustrating. For a point of comparision... in X-Men, Sabertooth is currently a hero. But not because of any arc or character development. He got whammied by a magic spell, so he's good now. That is...ridiculously frustrating. Cap is in a similar situation. His current status quo isn't a thing that developed from the character; he got whammied by external forces.
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  30. So, on a rambling comic side note...DC might Death in the Family into an animated film. I think I need to talk about what a terrible idea this is.
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  31. Are you kidding me? I failed to defenestrate someone? But I've had so much practice! *Grumbles in a corner for the rest of the cycle.* Sorry Conquestor.
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  33. From the album: Stormlight drawings

    Just a photoshop drawing of what Roshar might look like from orbit with a Hightstorm arriving in the eastern edge of the continent.
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  34. Ummm...at what point was David ever supposed to be a BA? I always saw him more as the awkward nerd that was willing to do the things that needed to be done. He grew as a character and I really enjoyed it. As for the last book, I loved everything but the very end. I was a little disappointed in the final confrontation simply because it seemed a little anticlimactic. That being said though, it was still a solid book and it wrapped the story up in a rather pleasing way. I think that I'd have rather seen the reconers being a 5-6 book series so that the final confrontation could have had time to build. Seriously though, Brandon is an incredibly fast writer, especially when you consider all of the hidden details he puts in his stories. If Patrick Rothfuss ever manages to finish his third book, he will likely go down in history as having wrote the best trilogy of our generation. However, that being said, Brandon in my opinion is still the best author I know. His output is extraordinary. The level of depth and creativity is just insane. I'm sorry you were disappointed in Calamity, but if that is an example of his writing done poorly, (and trust me it's not) then we can expect great things from him. And he's proving that it's alright to expect great things because he's constantly delivering high quality material. Thanks Brandon!
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  35. You realize that linking anyone to sart won't prove anything, right? Sart's getting lynched. But I will ask the Bondsmith to change their orders, assuming they get online in time to see it.
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  36. I agree with Arinian. A PM between a Diagrammist and you isn't proof. I'm a Ghostblood. Link Silver and me together for votes. I'm paranoid that the Sons of Honor will fake the PM, and work on the other goal.
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  37. Okay, I want to see myself in drawing form. So I have a normal sized face, and I am male. My jawline looks a bit like this: \_/ but with a shallower decline on the sides. The chin is not exactly centered with everything else on my face. I have a rounded nose, but not a round nose. The tips of my mouth align with my pupils, the length of my nose is approximately the height of my ears, and the hair exactly in front of my ears stops at about the middle of the ear. My ears are not necessarily very large, but they aren't angled back slightly like many other people. My glasses are slightly distorted rectangles. My eyebrows are boldish, with a slight arch facing outward. My left eyebrow is slightly above the other. For that matter, my left eye is very slightly above the right one, but that isn't very noticeable. My hair is parted on the left. My hair is straight, and it's not long enough to cover the tips of my ears, however it is longer on top and in the front. When I say in the front, it means that is fuller in the front and top, not that my hair is covering my forehead. My hair is light brown, and my eyes are hazel. My neck is kind of longish. The distance from my eyes to my chin is about the length of my neck from my earlobe to my shoulder. My favorite outfit is a t-shirt with a button-down shirt, unbuttoned, over it.
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  38. @Erunion, @Assassin in Burgundy, @Shqueeves, Mind if I make a new topic for this game? You all are very good at responding on time and I am lost in your lovely chatting haha
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  39. *laughs madly* "Would it stop, then? The noise in my head? Don't know what I'd be without that noise."
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  40. Not all of them. Some were actually the real children of the previous God King - that is why the priests were so intent on Siri getting pregnant quickly. I think that's in the Warbreaker annotations. Susebron's mother was probably his biological mother, and the previous God King and his wife lived out their lives on a secluded island (iirc). I'll see if I can find the right annotations. Edit: Here: http://brandonsanderson.com/annotation-warbreaker-chapter-forty-four/ http://brandonsanderson.com/annotation-warbreaker-chapter-fifty-five/
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  41. So first, some OOC (out of character) stuff. My character for this game is insane. Not in the murdering way or the hates everyone way though. Basics of their insanity is that they are a mistborn, but have many distinct ‘voices’ in their head, with each ‘voice’ having a metal associated to it. Due to this, they can only use Pewter when Oliver’s ‘voice’ is the strongest in their mind. Each voice also has a primary emotion, but I ain’t telling you them (bar one) Anyway, I roll for what voice is strongest for every post I make, so the one thing I can tell you is that the voice for this post has the primary emotion of trust. Shouldn’t need to do more OOC stuff, or have I not already said that I’m signing up? Oh yeah, actually this first post is an exception with having 2 personalities instead of 1, just to showcase it even better. Does kinda make the actual RP bit small though ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There was certainly an odd group of people making themselves known in Tyrian Falls for some reason. It most likely had to do with the mysterious deaths, right? Ah well, doesn’t really matter in the end. One maniac can surely be stopped by our new crew of friendship! And my senses were going crazy with all the metal being burnt! We must have at least one of every single Misting out here, ready to hunt down the villain with George the Seeker! I slowly made my way toward them, not being able to do any of the cool stuff like Lurchers or Coinshots could. Only walking or running. Can you imagine what’d it be like to nearly fly above everyone, and more importantly actually be able to fight? I can’t, what with Seeking just being ‘Oh they’re there’. Useful for finding where people are meeting, and then that’s about it. But then on my way to everyone, the worst thing happened! I failed to notice a little pothole on the path, and only went and banged my head! Not only did it hurt, but I started to hear other people’s voices, like some kind of crazy guy. I’m sure it doesn’t mean anything… … … Why did I have to walk to this Tyrian Falls place? Everyone seems to think that being a Lurcher means you can fly and be this cool guy, but that’s really the Coinshots. Lurchers are just the sad alternative. I’ve only ever really used my ‘lucky’ power to wake myself up by smashing my face with various objects. Shows how sad my life is when that’s a highlight, doesn’t it? It would be nice to be able to do something else though, maybe even save someone’s life! Then at least one person would appreciate me, and help me write an autobiography about how sad Charlie’s life is. Doesn’t really matter in the end though, who would even want to read an autobiography about a Lurcher? Being a Lurcher doesn’t even really mean anything... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone wants to try talking to the insane mistborn and have one of 8 responses, then just have a try!
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  42. But, just for the record, cohesion isn't really about things moving together. Both words derive from the Latin haereo, which specifically means "stick" or "attach." Adhere = ad ("to," "at) + haereo ("stick") = stick to [something else] Cohere = cum ("with," "together") + haereo ("stick") = hold together So, in describing a group of soldiers... if they always moved in the same direction, and turned as one, they wouldn't need cohesion. They'd stay together by default, like iron filings all incidentally caught in the same magnetic field. Cohesion is the force that holds the unit together when their individual whims and trajectories would force them apart. It's not about everyone agreeing, but about a strong leader, binding them all together. Hence... "unite them!" And this is more speculation, but I doubt the physical surges will be able to function on the cellular level, because Rosharans (most of them, anyway) are ignorant of cell theory. Much of the magic on Roshar (especially the spren) seems dependent on the cognitive realm, shaped by human perception. Humans perceive discrete objects, and homogenous substances, but not cells. Sinew, for instance, is one of the ten essences, which are the native version of the four elements -- the fundamental substances which, in varying proportions, comprise all things. It doesn't occur to them that sinew (or blood, for that matter, or 'talus') is actually made of smaller units, like cells. Progression (healing) obviously has cellular effects, but its exact mechanism probably isn't even in the physical realm. I think Progression-healers infuse the target with stormlight on the spiritual level. They give the soul the power to heal the body, and the soul itself handles all the nitty-gritty cellular level reconstruction.
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  43. The 17th Shard Mistborn Stormlight (Includes spoilers for WoR) Warbreaker
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  44. All right I am back with an update (I'm almost finished with the front legs.) the spoiler tag is for size
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  45. "The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault." "One day Gregor Samsa awoke to find himself transformed into a giant insect."
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  46. GNU/Linux here and glad to see a 12% of linux users and many windows users who aren't linux-haters (as opposited on gaming communities). Regarding steam and gaming, a while ago I deceided not to buy any game not released for my OS, and I have more than 300 native linux games, most indies, but a bunch of AAA games as well, and I'm from a generation who thinks that gameplay isn't related to the quality of the graphics, so I'm very pleased with my game library. I work with linux and each and every device on my house (except phones) has linux inside as well. The freedom it gives to me is essential, I'm not tied to privative software since 8 years and the things just work, and if they doen't work, sometimes I can arrange by myself and help creators to improve (and I am not a developer).
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  47. Mistborn Spoilers Warbreaker Spoilers Stormlight Archive Minor Spoilers
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  48. He couldn't get rid of this entirely. I don't want to spoil things, but Snapping was built into Allomancy primarily because of larger-scale magical issues. This is getting deep into the issue, but it has to do with a person's spiritual makeup and a 'wounded' spirit being easier to fill with something else, kind of like a cut would let something into the bloodstream. Sazed made this threshold on Scadrial much easier to obtain. Yes. In theory. Getting to Sel is really tough... I'd say that the spren on Roshar have been my favorite so far--they are so different, but also so RIGHT. They have a mythological fae-feel to them, but also fit into the cosmere arcanum just perfectly. I also like writing them.
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