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  1. I'm so sorry, everyone. Here's the link for this week: https://goo.gl/forms/uGUaqis4LutmBZV82 Recently, life has really picked up. I have a lot of time-consuming commitments that are stressing me out, and there are a few things going on with friends that I'm worried about. Starting now, I'm probably going to be on the Shard a lot less often, so having someone help me with this is a great idea. If anyone wants to volunteer, I can send them the document and form. @ILuvHats, @John203, @Kidpen, and whatever Ark is currently going by (I have no idea, sorry), I sincerely apologize for stretching out the voting for this long. And actually... that brings me to an announcement. After this tournament, I'm going to have someone else take over the Cosmere Character Roast Battle Tournament altogether. I am getting less and less time to make this work, and that's really unfair to everyone else involved. If anyone would be interested in doing so, please PM me and we can discuss the details.
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  2. My wife got my mom reading stormlight archives recently. Check out the cutting-board and tea coaster my mom made for my birthday!
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  3. From the album: Fallen

    I drew Miss Thought as the Shard she was before her powers were stolen from her. With, of course, her spear which she loves so dearly.
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  4. It was raining. A soft silvery drizzle more than proper rain, not that there was anyone awake to see it. The sun had fully set hours ago and everyone was dreaming their dreams. In one house however, something stirred. Something not of this world. Shadows seeped through the gaps in the windows and under doors. They gathered at the foot of a bed, it's sole occupant sound asleep. The Shadows flowed over the bed as they made their way towards the sleeper. Sensing something was wrong, the sleepers eyes snapped open but it was too late. The Shadows poured down the sleepers throat and up their nostrils. The sleepers eyes momentarily turned black as the night itself before clearing. In just a matter of seconds, the sleeper was left nothing more than a husk that now housed the Shadows themselves. Tremble mortals! The Lord of Shadows has entered the game!
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  5. My name is Maciek, callsign Voyownik. I have read almost all Cosmere books up until now, and Skyward. I came here to wait impatiently with the rest of you for the next books. Looking forward to join in on many fascinating disscusions. Cheers
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  7. Alright, be prepared for an onslaught. I have spent several hours both analyzing posts and medallion claims. I'll start with medallions. (Spoilered for length, because this will be another incredibly long post.) Now on to player analysis. I link to the quotes, then add my two cents. Some of it may be a bit rambly. I apologize now. @Droughtbringer @Devotary of Spontaneity @Mailliw73/Eternum @Arky-boi @Roadwalker @Furamirionind @xinoehp512 As you can see, not everyone is tagged. These were just posts by people that stood out to me the most. Hence, the reason for my top suspicions at the moment are: Roadwalker Droughtbringer Mailliw/Eternum Xinoehp Ark Other random thoughts I had going through posts: About last turn's voting: If anyone has tin, I'd like them to do a scan on brass, just to confirm there really is only one, which has been destroyed. Shane using brass on Devotary makes absolutely no sense. Since Roadwalker is one of my top suspicions, I'm not sure how much I trust that gold scan. I'm also starting to believe the sudden shift toward Shane was to get rid of his medallions (brass, probably) which he claimed in the last 15 minutes. If there truly has only been one brass, that meant the elim team didn't feel it should be in the game. Also, to hopefully get the voting going since it's been a very sad day in regards to content, I'll place my vote on Roadwalker. EDIT: I didn't want to double post, and it's been less than 30 minutes. I had the thought, what if the gold scan is right, but a second brass just happened to go to the same person by happenstance. That wouldn't show in the gold scan, since that only shows how many were passed.
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  8. Let's make a list of all the things we don't know in the cosmere! Not specific things like "What would happen if..." but actual whole topics that we know nothing about, so that we know what to be looking for in future (or past) books. I'll start ● Who's "Senna" ? ● What weapon was used to kill Adonalsium? ● How is Hoid (and Frost) inmortal? ● How does Odium kill Shards? ● Does Adonalsium have a god metal? ● What's up with dragons in general? ● How exactly does fortune work? ● We know nothing about the planet Vax If any of these things have actually been fully answered do please point it out and i'll promptly edit it out. Write all you want to know so we can look back in some years and laugh at how ignorant we were!
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  9. The husk that now held the Shadows sat in a cafe. It required sustenance. The husk scanned the menu until someone came over to take his order. Lumgol Coop772 Elandera Devotary of Spontaneity/ Somne Itiah Xinoehp512 Young Bard Snipexe Randuir Cadmium Compounder Shqueeves Roadwalker Sart GreenRover Walin The husk pointed at the first item on the list and licked his lips. The server scurried away. All the husk had to do now was to wait....
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  10. TEEEFAAAH! TFA! Welcome back! My Google is refusing to cooperate today, and I’ve got some really pressing question that I need answered. Is it okay to play squash with gourds? Or do you have to use squash? Are yes me what? Finally, which Sanderson book best represents your personality? (The choose your own adventure style quiz in the spoiler tag below may help.)
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  11. But then the real horror hits you: No matter how dumb and irritating you RP them as being, no matter how many horror tropes they walk into, they keep surviving. And you have to RP the spoiled rich brat... FOREVER! :P
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  12. Mistborn’s Dialectic Spoilers for Mistborn Eras 1 and 2 In my critical theory of literature class, we were discussing the topic of Marxism in its original form (not going into too much detail about that), which led to the introduction of a phenomena known as Hegel’s Dialectic. To give you a crash course overview, it’s founded upon the principle of there being a thesis, an idea or concept or practice in action that is enforced as a natural “law” or way of living or doing things, so to speak. And with it comes an antithesis, a challenge and an opposition to the thesis that arises naturally. And they clash with one another until reaching a point of compromise in which aspects are taken from both the thesis and the antithesis to combine what is known as a synthesis, a new way of things working that incorporates opposing aspects to become something new completely. (You may understand where I’m going with this.) But as there is an opposition to all thing, an antithesis verily shows up in contrast to the existing synthesis, leading to it becoming another thesis on its own. Eventually, they meet this compromise once again and become something new and different. This cycle continues in which a synthesis is found that eventually become a thesis to a new antithesis, or a new form of opposition, constantly reaching a better compromise with each step up until the point that a truly perfect synthesis is formed that can have no contrast to it. You can look up how it pertains to Marxism if you so desire, but I won’t go into detail about that now, as it is not my main focus. You may wonder what this has to do with Mistborn, so now onto that! I’ve noticed that this series is very prevalent in its usage of such a dialectic, even if not intentionally. To my knowledge, Brandon Sanderson has not stated any direct intention of representing it in the books, but a theme can exist without an author intending to, as dictated by readers and whatnot. Anyway, pedantic thoughts aside, I noticed a very clear Shardic example of the dialectic in Mistborn right as I learned about the concept of it. So on Scadrial, we have what I would consider a thesis: Preservation, a representation of stability, stasis, keeping things as they are. This is countered by a directly opposing antithesis: Ruin, a representation of change, destruction, dynamics. (You can pedant about which of them is a thesis and which is an antithesis if you so desire, but that’s a different discussion.) At the end of Hero of Ages, Ruin and Preservation are finally brought together, despite their great oppositions, to form into one different entity, becoming something new and more. A perfect balance of stasis and change, a synthesis of opposing laws that have become something better than either of the two were alone, one step closer to perfection in that the synthesis is somewhat better than what came before. And here’s where I get to the clincher of the dialectic comparison: In Era 2 (and this will most likely be prevalent in Era 3 as well), there is a new supernal entity known as Trell coming around and messing with things. A being opposed to Harmony. I believe Trell is the Shard of Autonomy in some shape or form, but since there is no way of telling for sure, I will simply avoid specific Autonomy talk (I’ll get more into that stuff at a later date) and focus on the nature of Trell we know of and can assume/speculate enough about. Anyway, we have this synthesis, Harmony, acting as this perfect combination of Ruin and Preservation, which of course may lead us to wonder what could go wrong after that after a perfect balance has been found. And then Trell comes along and throws things out of whack. We get a hint at Trell’s goals, specifically with Paalm and her objective. And the Set, due to their willingness to work with her and their own devotion to Trell. It seems to me that Trell is going against Harmony in an attempt to free the world from Harmony’s control, because, well… Sazed isn’t doing such a great job of letting people go their own way, as his Path dictates (ahem, hypocrite). He even admits to the mistake of interfering with human affairs too much, leaving them to fall behind in progression. He has helped people toddle along, giving them all they need to survive, stunting the growth of society basically crippling advancement of civilization. He has interfered so much with humanity (Waxillium as a case in point) that it almost seems reasonable that one would want to fight this and free people from Harmony’s controlling hand. So we have our original synthesis of Harmony, who now represents not only a balance of change and stasis but more importantly a representation of controlling the affairs of people to great extents, challenged by this new antithesis of Trell, or in other words, an antithesis representing an endeavor to free people from control of a Shard and truly let them live as they would and should live, progressing on their own separate from Harmony’s interference. In the first trilogy, we dealt with the opposing natures of protection and destruction as an overall subject of the series, with the main conflict revolving around the destruction of the world, and now with Eras 2 and 3, we are dealing with the opposing natures of control and freedom instead as a result of the formation of a new synthesis inviting the presence of a brand new form of antithesis, in which the main conflict is one of freedom on a deific level. Who knows how such a solution could be solved? We will just have to RAFO about what possible synthesis could be made out of the Harmony/Trell struggle, what kind of compromise could be made between controlling people and leaving them free from Shardic influence. And if some solution is found, which I can assume is so, since we’ll get a futuristic Era 4, I am left to wonder what new antithesis will rise up against whatever new (syn)thesis that we will be provided with during Era 4 as a final conflict before a possible synthesis into… what? A final state of perfection, a synthesis that cannot be countered at the end of the cosmere? We’ll have to RAFO. I just wanted to bring up this topic for the sake of discussion and because I wanted to get this off my chest. Thoughts? Any further examples you can think of regarding Hegel’s Dialectic and Mistborn that are more specific than Shard-level conflicts? I can think of a couple already to use as continual examples of how prevalent the dialectic can be used in Mistborn, but I’ve ranted long enough, and I want to see your conclusions and thoughts on the matter. P.S.: I am sorry if my phrasing bored you all to tears; I tend to be a very wordy person. I also wish I could have made a visual representation of the dialectic, but I don’t have a current means of doing so. Oh, well.
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  13. I actually was looking for something just like this and had to join in and make a new account! That means I cant post links tho . I think I have 2 interesting things to add to the context of this discussion and to Hegel's philosophical ideas. First, Sanderson has taken some history of philosophy classes (as you can see if you search philosophy in his blog) most likely including Hegel; similar to your critical theory class, Firerust. I think this is evidence Brandon knows about Hegel and likely Marx as well. Second, in Hegelian philosophy, there is a concept of a geist, (or ghost in English) which is used as a metaphor by Hegel to understand history. He uses the terms zeitgeist to refer to "the spirit of the age" and Weltgeist to refer to "the world spirit". I think that a single shard on a world could be thought of as a Weltgeist, and maybe Ruin and Preservation are zeitgeists as part of the dialectic.
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  14. She now looked like how Narrator Archer imagines the woman in the title of this thread looks like. In his headcanon, Miss Adventures has really nice hair. Even better, some say, than the unseeable guy's. He has a subpar invisi-bob.
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  15. Since Szeth is now Dalinar's bodyguard, does that make him a Shin guard?
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  16. Our earliest looks come from readings at signings and conventions. Since there's another upcoming book we haven't gotten any looks at yet (Skyward 2), I expect that's what we'll be seeing the most of. There's a convention at the end of this month in Kansas City, some Europe visits in May, I think, and then DragonCon later in the year. Depending on how far Brandon gets and how comfortable he feels with his drafts, it's possible that we'll get excerpts at one or more of those events. But, on the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't 'til the Skyward 2 tour in November.
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  17. Kelsier was proud of that. She was following in his footsteps
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  18. @LerasiumMistborn I appreciate your frustration at what seems certain to you will happen, but perhaps you should address that issue in another thread. It might be better if you make a topic addressing what you think will happen with Kaladin becoming Honour, or fixing the shard, rather than Dalinar, and let this thread remain mainly about the idea of Honour being held by a committee. I appreciate how you feel, I really do, and it might be best if you did that to allow the conversation you would like to have about Dalinar and Kaladin to develop in a thread focused on that topic.
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  19. @Arky-boi. I don't even want know why he changed it to that... Don't worry about it. Life always should come first, no matter what. The Shard should just be a pleasant addition, not an added stress.
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  20. I'm not a big horror person, but the temptation to create a spoiled rich brat who complains about everything for this is so strong. Maybe even enough to get me to break my record of never having killed a character...
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  21. We have absolutely nothing saying that his journey was in any way involuntary. We have another WoB (which unfortunately I can't find at the moment) that says that Taldain would have been a good choice for him due to the ease of getting Investiture. And we have multiple saying he made the choice to go there. Additionally, Vasher is just living a solitary life with no minders. If he wanted to leave he could. Someone being sent after him (and more likely after the the insanely destructive sword he took with him) is not in itself evidence that he isn't allowed leave. Bounties can be placed for many reasons.
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  22. For what it's worth, I can see Kaladin maybe graduating to take up a Bondsmith position if that's possible. I don't see him reaching Ascension. At this point in the story it's Dalinar or nobody.
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  23. I second the sentiment. At the very least, I'd like to see this round wrapped up. I know it would make the votes more public than they have been in past, but at your end I think the easiest solution would be to edit the OP to make a poll instead of doing it through Google surveys. That can be done quickly, and if you can't get on in a timely manner again, it will be easy to tell who won. Alternatively, someone could be appointed to make the poll and collect votes. The ideal candidate would be a non contestant, but if you have trouble finding someone, shoot me a PM. I'm okay if you need to put the competition on pause for a while, but I would like clarity about what the plan is going forward. (Also, it would be nice if you'd give us an update so we know you didn't get a concussion or something. We're worried about ya.)
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  24. @Ashspren I understand busy but two weeks of no posts is more like "don't give a...." Maybe you can apoint someone to help you with the thread?
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  25. Why is Rosharan cooking so salty? Sodium reigns.
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  26. From the album: My Stormlight Stuff

    This picture was done by my friend Abbi Zaugg. She's a fantastic artist. I love the way she did Glys.
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  27. I just found out today that my boss used to be a huge fan of Brandon back when he first started getting his books published. He hasn't read any cosmere books since 2012, but apparently, he was involved enough that he's in the acknowledgements of Warbreaker under his username, which I'm trying to remember right now... I know it started with a "D." Demented Yam maybe? Anyways, that was a funny coincidence. I can't believe it took me this long to find out.
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  28. It was Veil, during one of Shallan's blank-out moments.
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  29. Well, given the content level, afraid I'm gonna have to pass. Hope y'all continue to enjoy it though.
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  30. "An oddly terrifying form of entertainment that I'd rather not explain," Dan said, falling back onto his haunches. "It's getting kind of late." @ShadowLord_Lith
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  31. Franz looked up. "SAUSAGE MAN! YOU DARE DEFILE THE POWER OF THE GOD OF SAUSAGE PUNY MORTAL!!! FEEL MY WRATH!!" He bellowed while shooting more sausages at the tuba HQ.
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  32. "And that's precisely why Disney movies are always so creepy," Dan muttered into Shae's shoulder. Then he pulled himself together and sat up straight. "You just got me really scared, and yes, I will ask for your permission if I ever want to do anything." @ShadowLord_Lith
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  33. The knights of valor ride forth from their home of bravery, to face thine foe, who hast challengesteth them. The bear down on their terrified foe, thou is shaking in his booteths. They die, and the win is won. The win winning knights who won the win of the winning, ride the glory of the won win with the win won, and return to their home of glory, celebrating the won win with winning won that was win with won.
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  34. I think the spirit web is exactly what you want to change to enchant things. You just define the object as something different than what it was before EDIT: I think that most enchantments, unless they are visual, would require some form of fuel in order to provide an effect, like how most things in cosmere require fuel. EDIT 2: I think that most of the stuff about the magic system is wrapped up now, so what do people think the fuel should be?
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  35. Rock would teach Dalinar how to make cake. Kaladin would get Syl a hat (do spren have birthdays and do you have to get them things?)
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  36. Just finished The gatherting storm and started The towers of midnight. I can't believe how clise I am to finishing this amazing series... It took me a while to get used to Sanderson's writing, but after that adjustment period I'm still enjoying the books a lot. The only character that still feels kinda weird is Mat. It feels like he became a walking joke...
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  37. Hours later, all of which passed without time to Dan, his stomach stopped being scratched and he just lay in place, huffing, for a minute. @ShadowLord_Lith
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  38. There were (or are) actually two non-human races on Yolen, dragons and the Sho Del. It would be cool to see a singer Ascend actually.
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  39. A voice whispers from the shadows. "TUBA can help you when the Ghostbloods fail."
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  40. And became a Truthwatcher. Max is my new favorite character.
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  41. It's not the booster that is limiting the Pocos from getting that fast, it's their building. They shake and rattle at Mag-7 and above, with Mag-10 being their capacity before they literally dissolve, if I'm remembering correctly. M-Bot is built significantly better than the Pocos, so he can handle those kinds of speeds.
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  42. He blinked, that managing to break the haze of confusion around his thoughts. "Dan... you know I don't hate anyone. If I hated you, it would defeat the whole point of that. Come on..." He couldn't make himself chuckle. "I'm... just in shock..." He blinked, then remembered what he'd painted. He knew one thing that might make Dan feel better, and he was willing to give it a shot- he'd need Dan to see that painting, and before that he needed to calm him down. "We are best friends... nothing will change that..."
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  43. Next major Sanderfan get-together, these things must become a reality.
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  44. When your son finds your copy of Oathbringer and asks you to read some to him and then he discovers the map and KR symbols on the inside cover and thinks they are the coolest thing ever and begs you to tell him about it. He is 5... And he loved all the KR orders and can’t decide which one he likes most. But he said if he was a Dustbringer he would use it to start a campfire so we could roast lots of hot dogs and marshmallows. And then you are just so happy that your kid seems like he will grow up to be a Sanderfan just like you.
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  45. When you haven't got any emails and you think What happened to everybody's spanreads???
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  46. The other Brandon... His books are good too.
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  47. Let's be real about something here though - Shallan isn't Shallan - like just because this one personality is named like the original one it's only one third of her anyway - dismissing all the others just because she named them differently is just pure madness. A lot of you take the shallan persona for the real deal and say she needs to heal - yeah sure she does but that's done by accepting that she's all 3 of her splintered personas not the one who is fractured needs to suck it up and take command. Shallan is Shallan, Veil and Radiant not one or the other. Let's remember the time she went after jasnah traveling through whole roshar - taking challenge after challenge and when jasnah disappeared and their ship sank - she went straight to her later minions who were deserters ready to kill her.. the shallan we have in OB later would never do that but would let take veil or radiant over because that's where she stored her part that would be able to do stuff like that (as we see in the chase after rei-shephir (or however that's spelled correctly)). That said, Adolin is the one who 'accepts' the girlish, idiotic fractured shallan who likes to draw, the 'real' her - which in truth won't help her a bit - since when somebody tells you 'hey I really love that part of you the most - this is you' you probably act like it to please the other person not even considering the issue of having problems like fractured personas - but it will end badly once you cant act any longer and the truth comes out eventually. And what exactly on that whole scenario helps shallan now in the long run? Sorry don't see it. Also I have to agree with Sedside here it just feels completely unnatural and weird. The trope thing was just the icing on the cake but - show me any girl who is torn between 2 guys and then suddenly decides out of the blue 'hey storm this - I'm not only making a choice right now after almost dying in the ultimate battle - I'll screw myself so badly that I just get married instantly - because at least if it's the wrong choice I'm really stormed' Sounds totally reasonable...
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  48. I've had a lot of ideas for memes, but the ones that come to mind most easily are from T. So here they are while I decide what to do for the others. Spoilered for length. Taravangian is quiet for the first half Until he makes his move Certain of his success he sits back to watch Dalinar crash and burn After the battle there are some serious decisions to make In which Taravangian logically considers the complaints raised So he rushes off to make the master-stroke of his Diagram Conclusion Future speculation
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