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Okay, so I can explain Adolin's character development (however slight it might be), but I have my own ideas as to what is going to happen with the SKA love triangle. OB spoilers below. I know it's past the spoiler period, but I still don't want to ruin anything for anyone. Okay, so after all that, I should probably make a meme.

To be clear from onset, the title was written for the sake of brevity. I am not saying Yelig-nar was created like Nightblood. I am not saying Yelig-nar is an awakened blade or was awakened in anyway. I am also not saying Yelig-nar is nightblood when Rosharan investiture is used to create it. Ok, now that I established what I am not saying, let me establish what I am saying. Nightblood when wielded consumes investiture. If there is not an outside source (such as the breaths of enemies, or stormlight) nightblood consumes the innate investiture of the wielder till death. When Nightblood is sheathed, there is no investiture consumed/lost. I posit that Yelig-nar functions the same way. First we see Aesudan with Yelig-nar. She swallowed the stone before we see her on screen. During her conversation with Kaladin and Elhokar, she implies that she had bonded Yelig-nar some time ago. When they first approached her, she seemed completely human, just acted oddly. No red eyes, no rock like protrusions. It was only when she began to summon Yelig-nar's power that her eyes began to glow red, and the crystals began to grow. Then we have Amaram. We see him swallow the stone on screen. The glowing red eyes and crystals accelerate far faster than what we saw happen with Aesudan. I posit the reason for this is he not only summoned Yelig-nar's powers, but began to actively use them in combat with Kaladin. I think Odium set up both Aesudan and Amaram to fail knowing that unless you have a means of drawing in outside investiture (such as stormlight), then anytime you activate Yelig-nar and use his powers, it then begins to consume/feed on the individual to fuel said powers. I feel control is needed to not get carried away with using Yelig-nar's powers resulting in it consuming too much too fast, and the user perishing (like when Nightblood is unsheathed and begins feeding). I think the only way to be a "perfect bond" for Yelig-nar is to 1. Either be a fused, radiant, or some other entity with access to investiture for it to consume 2. Be in control of yourself so as to not channel too much of Yelig-nar's power without the amount of investiture to back up to the use.

Oathbringer Spoilers

Credit to @beantheboy12 who found this image, and saw Vasher.

I think where Brandon went wrong (the main place, anyway) is that he’s a master worldbuilder, but characters aren’t his strong suit. That’s not to say his characters are all terrible and lifeless; Shallan, Kaladin, Vin, Dalinar, Elend—Those and many others have distinct personalities and motivations. But when it comes to prioritizing one over the other, he’ll pick worldbuilding every time. This isn’t as big a problem, or as noticeable, in series like Mistborn or SA, where the worldbuilding drives the narrative. Reckoners begins as that sort of series, with the big draw being “In a world where all superheroes are evil....” But in Firefight, we get the revelation that all Epics are driven by fear. They’re insane with fear that is tied to past trauma. This demands a shift in focus, from worldbuilding to characters. To do this concept justice, we have to learn more about who Epics were, about their fears, about how that impacts their current rule. This concept makes them more sympathetic, and Brandon needed to carry through. But he’s a worldbuilder, not a character builder. His focus is nearly always on the world, not the characters in it. To be a satisfying conclusion—even one that has some plot holes—Calamity had to dig deeper into Epic fears and Calamity’s fears in particular. But since he was more focused on the world and its mechanics, he let the biggest piece of his worldbuilding fall by the wayside. I think that if he’d been more focused on the characters, we would have gotten more intuitive narrative choices. We would have gotten David facing his fear of being called a nerd, rather than a brand-new fear of the ocean. We would have gotten a focus on what drove Calamity as a person, rather than on how he’s just a grouchy edgelord afraid of everything. We would have gotten Epics facing their past traumas and healing that way, rather than the hasty wrap-up we actually get. Brandon is a fantastic worldbuilder. He puts a lot of care and attention into his worlds, and it shows. But I think Reckoners was one instance where his focus on worldbuilding became a preoccupation—and that hurt the series as a result.

This beauty has been hanging up in my school’s band room all year, so I figured I’d show it to you.

... when people think you are super Christian because you always talk about the Almighty when in truth you're just really into Stormlight.

As Franz bled out from the attack he formed a chrysalis that looked a lot like a sausage. Said sausage floated in the air and began to glow with an unearthly light. The sausage split revealing a new and improved Franz. He was stronger, faster, and has a sausage club. He approached Sarah to club her.

Stormlight

The Breakmonks, being jealous that their entire existence was due to a typo of the word 'Breadmunks', used this illogical argument of the Breadmunks' as proof that the Breakmunks were no longer worthy to be superior over the Breadmonks. The Breadmonks appealed to the Breadmounkian court, which was governed by Breadmounks, which were being that existed as part Breadmonk and part Breadmunk, stating that the Breadmonks were totally logical, while the Breadmunks were, obviously, not. However, the Breadmounks deflected this claim by reminded the jury that Breadmunks are simply chipmunks but made of bread, and thus are not supposed to be logical. Also, the Breadmunks are not the Breadmonk's superiors, because of a prior law passed by the Breadmounks that granted equality to every Breadm*nk, regardless of the vowel between the 'm' and the 'n'.

Nice, seems inline with the text and leads to this speculation: Vrye + Jezrien's Honorblade + Yelig-nar + ready supply of Voidlight = terrifying, and possibly even Odium's Champion (if Odium is forced into the Contest of Champions ).

Mmm, I'm not sure I 100% agree with this statement. Kaladin does a very good job of helping others, but what Kaladin struggled with in the scene in question was that in order to protect or save someone, he had to hurt someone else he loved. He was stuck in a situation where people he loved were butchering each other, and the only way for him to do his duty here would have been to assist one faction against another. For Kaladin, who hates the thought of causing pain to others (the only reason he's able to do so in war is because of the us and them mentality), his freeze here is completely reasonable. The singers/parsh in question had stopped being the them and started being the us to him. He'd given of himself to both parties, helped both parties, and grew to love both parties. The awful sight of what happened caused him to freeze, to be shell-shocked into inaction, which then kept him from being able to save the King from Moash. To be simply put, Kaladin failed because he cared too much. He didn't have the callouses necessary to wade into the fray and kill those he loved to protect those he needed to. He didn't have the emotional fortitude to do what was necessary in order to protect those he must. The point about the positive feedback loop and destructive cycling is accurate, but I guess what I'm objecting to is the motivational factor involved--the issue here isn't that he can't help everyone. It isn't even that he couldn't save everyone. It was that in order to save anyone, he had to hurt, to kill someone he loved. I honestly think the fourth oath will have something to do with this concept--after all, it's also one of Kaladin's core character tenets as introduced in The Way of Kings, and since the other oaths have in some ways been tied to those character tenets as well, I see no reason to believe that the trend won't continue. One of Kaladin's big questions since his youth is regarding the concept of "killing to protect". This is easy when the one you have to kill is the enemy and the one you have to protect is helpless: the second ideal. It's a bit harder when the person you have to protect is someone you hate: the third ideal. It's even more difficult when the person you have to fight is a friend--which is what I believe the fourth ideal for Windrunners has to be, and it ties well into the ideas presented both Oathbringer (the scene in question) and Words of Radiance (protecting Elhokar against Moash & Graves). Kaladin wasn't able to accept this concept in Oathbringer, so he couldn't swear the ideal, and couldn't progress. And Syl is probably the only one right now who understands the gravity of that ideal, which is why she was so sympathetic to him, even with so much on the line. At least, that's my two cents. EDIT: I'd like to amend that the fourth ideal imo is not simply fighting a friend. That was just an example. It's that sometimes you have to let those you love die, or even kill someone you love, in order to protect. This doesn't necessarily mean in a one-to-one fight, either--it ties into leadership, in being willing to send those you care about to their deaths to achieve a greater, necessary objective. About being willing to put your friends' lives on the line because the cause you fight for is greater than all of your lives together. It's easy to do if it's just you. It's harder to be willing to sacrifice your friends. That's what I meant.

I'm imagining a Cosmere-wide Youtube channel where wacky realmatic theorists stab strange objects with charged spikes to see what happens. Tonight on "WILL IT SPIKE?": we stab an identity spike into Khriss' iPhone to see if it changes the login PIN and facial recognition! Tune in, like, and subscribe!

@Ashspren I get it, life happens, I'll step down and let @ILuvHats go.

Texts From the Cosmere are hilarious Last one is not really a spoiler, it's just long and I don't want to take up a bunch of space on a post.

First of, I would like to apologise if I get any of the real world parts of this wrong. I don't speak Chinese or any other Eastern language, let alone know how to read them, and most of my information on these topics is second hand or from the internet. I do know a Chinese girl - she lived with us for a time while working on our country - and a Korean girl - I mentored her - but it has been a long time since I last spoke to them, and in depth discussions on the topic of their languages and writing systems didn't come up in conversation. Either way, I hope this topic helps provide an interesting discussion. Also, I would like to apologise if this is a topic others have covered before, and I hope this is an interesting and new idea, or at least putting down an idea concretely which may have been thought of before but not yet discussed. This topic is on the idea that on Sel a new language will be constructed which could be used anywhere on the planet. This language would be a constructed one, an artificial one, but designed in such a way that it either can be used with the existing systems, or would superseed them, becoming a new common language which could be used anywhere on the planet. The idea of an artificially created language is an old one. A relatively recent example of an artificial one is Esperanto, a spoken language which was stated to have been formed to serve as a common language which could unite different peoples and to be easy to learn, and which uses the Latin alphabet - or a version of the Latin alphabet - for writing. Tolkien made several languages for his Legendarium in order to form a mythology, or rather a mythology to form languages, as languages shape and are shaped by the culture they come from. He used a variant of traditional Norse runes for some (which are apparently based on the shapes of trees), but also invented a script for others. And of course there are several conlangs made for a variety of purposes, and their own glyphs. The main example of a language I want to talk about though, as is stated by the name of this post, is that of Hangul and Hanzi. I will link a video by Brandon below - the first part is the most important to the topic, but the rest is important about exclusionary thinking: https://youtu.be/KTE5jUf0Jgg Hangul is a constructed written language in order to support an existing spoken one - a method of giving power to the common folk who did not have the time or resources to become scholars. And a boon to scholars who would not have to learn every possible symbol of Hanzi. It was a supplement to an existing written language, helping make Hanzi when used in Korea better linked to the Korean grammar and syntax, adding those symbols around the Hanzi characters, and as a language by itself it could easily be learnt and used, and is widely considered the best writing system on the planet. In many ways, as Brandon said, Aons are based on the relationship between Hangul and Hanzi, with the idea of a Hanzi character surrounded by Hangul letters to link it to the use of symbols around the core Aons. But I think that it is a little deeper than that. All the systems shown so far shown are like Hanzi, the Chinese script, with unique symbols for unique ideas, and thus a vast plethora of glyphs. Aons are in a sense a cheat, being based on a root simple symbol, but still, when seeing the number of Aons, it is clearly more like Hanzi than Hangul. One key point to remember throughout this though, is not just that Hangul is its own complete writing system, but that in Korea, Hangul and Hanzi can also be used together, with Hangul symbols surrounding Hanzi glyphs. This is the idea Brandon had with Aons - that some letters can be used together. I think the core idea behind this particular application of Hangul is also important - that different languages or letters can be used together, and that might imply that something similar can happen on Sel ... even putting aside the idea of Sel's systems as programming languages and the potential of cross-language compiling :-P Either way, as Esperanto, Tolkien's fictional languages, conlangs like Klingon, and, of course, Hangul show, just because a tongue or writing system was made rather than arising naturally, something planned rather than unplanned, doesn't mean it isn't or can't become a spoken or formal language for writing, the same as others. Languages grow and absorb from one another all the time. And I think that is actually hinted at in the Elantris. There are three great domains on Sel, with at least two of those nations growing very large and absorbing other cultures around them into themselves. I think they are also absorbing the systems from those nations into their own as well. An example is the Rose Empire, with the three known systems from it being based on stamps. It is possible that the stamps are actually because the geography of the land is closely linked, and so even if the Rose Empire was not there the different nations would have stamp based systems. But it is more likely that the nations folded into the Rose Empire have been altered by the cultural perception, or the general culture of the area. With Fjordell, there is an implication that it is more recent in its expansions, that cultures only recently absorbed - though what counts as recent is a bit hard to measure - are still distinct enough to maintain their own culture, and thus systems. It is implied - or at least it seems to be implied - that cultural expansion and assimilation is the goal of several empires, and this might be tied to Sel's growing self awareness, and possibly each regions pushing its empire to absorb other lands into itself. If so, then the Moon Sceptre could play a role for a new language - or, as will be discussed in the second last paragraph, already be part of that goal for one or more empires - in order to bind a language or system to multiple other languages or systems (and brief aside, it is interesting that Skaze are working with or controlling Fjordell, while Seons are working with and serving mainly in Elantris, but are present in neighbouring regions. Could it be that each empire - or at least some other nations - have Skaze working to enhance them, or working for a common goal the empires don't know about? Or maybe are all in Fjordell, and have set their goals - or have no choice but to set their goals - on the achievement of hegemony with Fjordell as the centre). A singular major issue remains though, and it is that of geography and its ties to the symbols. Aons and the symbols used for Forgery, or at least the final symbol added to the seal, are based on the geography of the home nation of the system. And due to the nature of the Dor it is stated that geography, magic, and language are linked, with changes in one affecting the others. But that is not the same as a hierarchy - the statement isn't that all the magic is based on the language, and the language based on the geography. The statement is that all three are linked. It could be that if a region gains a language, or one emerges, that the magic would eventually become a part of it. Or maybe it only could become a part of it if the geography matched some part. Or maybe the geography would be changed to match the language if the cognitive impact was strong enough. Or maybe there actually is a hierarchy, and geography trumps language which trumps system. Either way, I except that a constructed and artificial language, either spoken or written, would have some impact on the magic. Or potentially be an addition. An aside, I personally prefer the idea of multiple empires and civilisations of a given species in fiction, rather than, in Star Trek for example, all Klingons being in an empire, all humans - and others - being members of the Federation, etc. One of the best ideas in the Original Series was that the Romulans were actually offshoots of the Vulcans, and so could be seen to be - though biologically altered - the same species as Vulcans and thus another Vulcan civilisation distinct from the others. I like the idea of a unified race, true, but I also like the idea that alien peoples can be diverse, having unique cultures, and so also hope that, in the future stories, Sel isn't going to become homogenised, or at least not completely. This does slightly undermine the idea of multiple systems being combined into one, the people united by a common language, or if not a common language than a common writing system, but it could just be that they start to see themselves as people from Sel first and their nations second, and so the unified language could serve as a common second language, a system which all can use in addition to their own, and which might be able to work far from their nations, or support the other systems when used away from their nations. Each of Sel's systems so far shown - except for those in the Rose Empire - have been diverse in both method of access and application. Aons can be drawn in the air or carved into plates, ChayShan is - at least shown to be - a martial art, Dakhor is actually part of the bones of the monks, etc. While a new language, a new writing system, could form into a new system, it most likely would interact with the existing ones, being another form for them to interact with. It might be that no new languages will form, and no new systems, but I think that is unlikely. Each region seems to have its own systems, or at least several nations seem to have their own blocked magic. A universal system might actually be something that some groups are trying to produce, their language - like English, as Terry Pratchett noted with its habit of following other languages into dark alleys, beating them up, and looting their pockets for loose punctuation - trying to assimilate the others as what might be happening with the Rose Empire. But whether this is the case or not, or if they are whether any group succeeds, I think a constructed language or writing system applicable across multiple tongues could potentially unite the whole of Sel, or at least become its own system, or a system which ties others together. So, what do you guys think? Do you think that a unified language on Sel would affect the other systems, or could integrate into them? (Also, one last apology - I finished writing this after a long stretch and am somewhat tied, and haven't fully proofread it or checked to make sure it flows well - I will edit and fix it if any issues are brought to my attention, but at the moment I'm going to go and get ready for supper. Cheers and I hope everyone is well!)

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Or using the coppermind

How do Sweden and Norway get their ships registered? they...

Franz saw the girl disappear, then felt the bullets hit his skin as he fell unconscious. Next time, need to deal with teleportation. He was again encased in the sausage and burst free from it again. He held a sausage gun and sausage throwing knives then began moving with super sausage speed to throw them at Sarah. "THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!" He bellowed.

I don't know, I think Jasnah would care a lot if it's someone who's hurt/killed a family member. She seems to care about them very much. If her and Kaladin were to happen, it'd be because they both love the family - she could never be with someone she saw as a threat to them. She almost assassinated Elhokar's wife and they had already been married at that point!

Oh my storms, I just saw this. I SIGN YOUR PETITION. Actually, it would be really interesting. It might get people into the roleplay. "What the rusts is this rank?" *asks or searches* And every big roleplay (with a subforum, or something like that - MB: TI, for example) could have one. If SE has a running joke for the whole thing, which I'm sure they do...the Reckonerverse probably has an Epic name or two...this could actually work seriously. If I made a thread for this, with a poll, just to see if RPers would be interested, does anyone think the admins/mods actually would if the Shard as a whole agreed? Or, admins/mods, what do you think? I realize that this started as a joke, but it could genuinely work.

Narrator Lunamor, being clever, showed him a screenshot of an email that had been received that showed the original post with the spelling mistake. I am clever too!

I will join as Dave, the Terrible Liar

Either the Top Anime Fight of 2019 or the top Crossover. Take your pick.

In the spirit of this thread so far: I do

Adolin killed Sadeas because he knew he would keep on throwing lives away in pursuit of power. It was the only way he had at that point to prevent further loss of life at Sadeas's hands. I think killing a person who is a threat to many other lives can be easily fit within the First Ideal, Adolin was intentionally not letting himself grieve over Elohkar in Shadesmar because it simply wasn't the right time to have a breakdown, not because he didn't care about him. Other people needed him in the moment.

Odium: *goes to Sel* Bavadin: *notices, does nothing* Odium: *splinters Devotion/Dominion* Bavadin: *shrugs* TOTALLY HELPED ODIUM OUT.

This has been a production of Two Pages of Nothing. please come back next week for its sequel The Dead Docs of Doom. Anyway, I see many people suggesting that this is the last cycle, bit it doesnt necessarily have to be. All we have to do is stop the progress of those factions, one way to likely do this is by lynching a returned.

No, I felt insulted reading that quote too. Partly because the fears thing in Firefight was what helped me to understand some of my own behavior and start recovering from some crem in my life. The notion that all that depth got there by sheer accident is both impressive and mildly infuriating.

It was over who got to sit in the front seat.

For myself, I expect the 4th Ideal to be "I cannot help everyone." You can word this any number of ways. Most in this thread would probably qualify, and it is readily apparent that the Intent behind the words (other than the First... maybe) are more important than the words themselves. Kaladin's struggle throughout Oathbringer is driven home at the climax of the Kholinar arc (Part 3, I believe). He literally goes into a BSoD precipitated by the fact he cannot accept the quote above. The fact that his failure feeded his downward spiral makes the positive feedback loop even more destructive. Kaladin's back story and clinical depression makes it very difficult for him to accept this statement. (I should note that the quote also is an important statement for leaders to grasp.)

IIRC the language of Elantris could be shown to be related to neighboring languages with the words fror the Aons forming an unrelated subsection of the language. If you just speak the Aons, there will be no effect. And you would have to have rules for how and in which order to pronounce modifiers. Given that the Aons form a subsection of loan words in Elantrian, it looks to me as if they were in fact words of a Yolish language, which Dominion and Devotion spoke.

Some Harry Potter ones here.

Started re-reading WoK and I found two things that might be relevant to this thread. Maybe this bit indicates that there is a legend about the stormstriders calling them 'the shades of the Lost Radiants'? I think someone asked what the clouds looking spren on Sja-anat's page are. I think they are supposed to be logicspren.

I recently made a post that proposed that Aluminum is a gateway into the Spiritual Realm. What if Silver is a gate way out of the Spiritual Realm? That Might be why it hurts shades and turns black when it is exposed to a shade. Silver is the focus and gets used up when the investure crosses over from the Spiritual and into the Cognitive/Physical. The amount of power that is released is so intense that it destroys the metal. The only other times that we have seen a glimpse of the Spiritual Realm are when massive amounts of investure are in use, such as the Battle of Thaylen Field. I think that is because the Spiritual Realm needs a massive amount of investure to be accessed. Silver may act as a catalyst and lower the breaching energy needed to pull investure out and into the Physical Realm.

Hoid is against the rules Alternatively: Head coach: Dalinar Quarterback: The Lord Ruler Halfback: Kalad’s phantom Fullback: Kalad’s phantom O lineman: Kalad’s phantom O lineman: Kalad’s phantom O lineman: Kalad’s phantom O lineman: Kalad’s phantom Center: Kalad’s phantom Wide receiver: Kalad’s phantom Wide receiver: Kalad’s phantom Tight end: Kalad’s phantom D lineman: Kalad’s phantom D lineman: Kalad’s phantom D lineman: Kalad’s phantom D lineman: Kalad’s phantom Middle linebacker: Kalad’s phantom Outside linebacker: Kalad’s phantom Outside linebacker: Kalad’s phantom Saftey: Kalad’s phantom Saftey: Kalad’s phantom Cornerback: Kalad’s phantom Cornerback: Kalad’s phantom

How the orders ask Brandon questions at book signings Windrunner: Asks about whether or not their favorite characters will survive Skybreaker: Points out continuity errors or things that don't make sense. Dustbringer: Asks about how division works. Edgedancer: Asks about a random minor character that everyone had forgotten about. They're a worldhopper. Truthwatcher: Already knows the answer to all the questions. Lightweaver: Asks about his opinion on a picture they drew. Elsecaller: asks a super in depth question about realmatic theory. Gets RAFOed. Willshaper: "Is Reckoners Cosemere?" Stoneward: Asks the same question as they did last time. Gets RAFOed again. Bondsmith: Asks the question that unites us all. "What can you tell me about Hoid?"

Below, fathoms. Darkness is there seen. Never seen: there is darkness, fathoms below. - Collected on February third, 16 seconds pre-signing out. Subject was a darkeyed man in his youth.

In the newest shardcast they talk about how Honor goes into the Spiritual Realm to watch anime (because time doesn't matter there) and that got me thinking... Honor: "I cannot see the future completely. Cultivation, she is better at it than I." *slams his fists on the table* Honor: "And she keeps threatening to spoil the ending of Bleach for me!"

It's not just Cosnerds.

Legend says that a cosnerd dies every time someone asks Sanderson in an Q&A if reckoners is related to cosmere.

The Highprinces be like: The Lord Ruler's thoughts on how to make a successful society: Also... On a related note to some of our oldtimers:

As I said in this thread: I think it'll be something like, "I will accept death as part of the journey" or "I will allow others to choose their own paths, even if it ends in death."

What I assumed, was that Kaladin's fourth Ideal is about coming to terms with the fact he can't save everyone.

In the WoK, Hoid tells the story of a group of people who committed horrible things under the orders of a king only to discover that that king had been dead for years, and that they were responsible for their horrible actions. The dead king is discovered in the passage below: “Derethil and his men came out of the tower a short time later, carrying a desiccated corpse in fine robes and jewelry. ‘This is your emperor?’ Derethil demanded. ‘We found him in the top room, alone.’ It appeared that the man had been dead for years, but nobody had dared enter his tower. They were too frightened of him." In the final chapter Dalinar finally realizes that the Almighty hadn't been talking in response to him, that he hadn't been following orders but had been misinterpreting the visions. He then learns that the Almighty is dead. The title of this final chapter? In the Top Room.

There is an interesting dichotomy going on here: on one hand you have a character who is saying the right things (I want to whole you, the real you) but not following through with that in his actions (treating Shallan's personas differently by refusing to be intimate with Veil) versus the character who once said the wrong thing but appears to be acting in a mental health-positive manner (not reacting when Shallan switches personas.) It's the classic - do actions matter more than words? That being said, I agree that any relationship Shallan would be in where her partner is either saying words or undertaking actions which encourage her to maintain her fractured personality (by memory repression or strengthening the persona splits) is not a healthy thing for her. You feel this creates a "toxic relationship" - since Kaladin's words to Shallan are evidence to you that any Shallan/Kaladin relationship would be toxic then you must believe that Adolin's actions towards Shallan is evidence that Shallan's relationship with Adolin is currently toxic. (And I agree. Shallan should not be with either Kaladin or Adolin at the moment.) One more note, if the implication is that Adolin and Shallan can work through their toxicity, then there's no reason Kaladin and Shallan, should they ever choose to enter into a relationship, could also work through any potential toxicity.