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I think that I can safely say that I am stricken. Eternal Enthronement A flower, so pure as to cause the very idea of purity to drip the most unclean nectar and aura springs forth and grows upon the realm of mortal flesh. Perfume that gods and primordials quest for throughout the eons is a river flowing from the spirit of this most beautiful blessing bestowed by the divine. How it grows and calls with its ethereal voice the most striking and amazing music that is even conceivable. Passion summons mighty light that raises cities and kingdoms in no more than a single instant. Oceans and rivers slow if only for a moment so as to be able to capture that which mortal ears are blessed to hear and fewer eyes to witness. Minerva in all of her wisdom and Venus in all of the pathos that she inspires can only fade before she who now ascends to unseat even the most powerful goddesses. Jealous Juno removes from her head a circlet of gold and bends her knee in submission. Nyx, the most ancient one of the dark, is lost in the most wonderful warming light. Hathor descends into the sands and all-powerful Isis can do nothing, but return to whence she was first brought into the memory of the world. Newest mistress of all those who have come and gone your glow is so much greater than even that of the highest point of Diana’s silvery chariot. Nature’s splendor is fashioned after but the smallest fragment of the shadow of your spirit’s shadow. Can even Phoebus speak of you and not be stricken with a sort of dumbness as he seeks to sing the simplest praise. All of reality is nothing when you are absent and it seeks to place the circlet of the queen upon your brow. That most dim a crown would not add to that to which so little could ever be added. All call for you now that you are revealed to all to be truly most worthy in all of creation, of such a coronation. Let the throne meant from the earliest of days now be yours and all else answer to you until all ends and your light continues forevermore.

I'm going to get this AAR up before I forget about this game. Apologies, Fifth After-Action Report Surprisingly or otherwise, this one is less involved. More brief thoughts than anything particularly detailed. Probably because I'm tired >> Distro Commentary A lot of times in a game, especially when either team more or less near-sweeps, you have to ask if the game is balanced or if the distro was just volatile. I do think this can be somewhat complex as a game, so is not as easy to balance. I think tapping/storing is neat, requires players to be careful about concealing themselves (or to not care, I suppose), and creates ability scarcity as a result of player choices. Another element of tapping/storing I liked is that it was a neat way of making the scans de facto oneshots without us actually saying so - given the player group size and the store rate, it was very unlikely that a player was getting off a fulltap scan twice. The two distro thoughts Fifth and I had were: A. whether or not to go with a two-player team that was really beefed up (ideally two FFs) and/or B. whether to have the Synod compromised. I leaned towards preferring a compromised Synod; Fifth favoured an uncompromised Synod. I don't really feel bad about the decision to give the Elims three players. I think it could have been complicated in a different world - as it was, Stick's death was the beginning of their troubles because JNV would come under some suspicion after that. The coin tosses could lead to a very different world: Mat nearly died, as did Araris, which could have shifted the game's landscape quite a bit, especially since Araris dying meant that Stick survived. So there is that amount of volatility there. Pewter I think is balanced by player choice, since Striker chose to store for the fulltap rather than tap, which, fair enough, but I think that's something to keep in mind if trying to balance with a FF. Players can have a lot of options, but how they choose to use them is key, and that's not something a GM can always anticipate. I do think the Village's ability to get three scans off near the end and Elan's good use of her PM ability really helped to narrow down the PoE towards the end. In a game of this size, I'm feeling eh about this. I don't think that's a big deal in a group with a bigger player size, but I do think it's worth noting as that can be quite the power spike for the Village as a way of closing out the game, especially coupled with the Synod kill. Equally though, Mat and Araris were fairly fragile. Araris had to decide in the Day if he was going pewter. I'm leaning towards "I might like one less Tin or fewer starting charges" for one of the three scans, but I also think player choice mattered (Araris could've filled a different metal, and again, Mat fragility.) All in all, no strong feelings, some weak ones. Actions Economy Players took less advantage of the guaranteed kill than expected, whereas Ash being the last Elim meant that in terms of actions economy, he started to be very hard-pressed. I think JNV being the last Elim might have made things a little less tight, but admittedly, the Village had the capacity to softclear a number of other players so I don't see that as a big deal. Doggo Adoption Shame on y'all except Elan, why are you okay with letting four sad doggos rough it alone Synod No strong thoughts on the Synod either. We did expect some potential in-Synod shooting, and Steel figuring the Synod might actually not be compromised after all was fairly helpful for the Village. Synod kill was used to narrow PoE so that was ok for the Village, even if not optimal. Synod doc was a little dead, but I'm not terribly surprised by it.

guys guys never have I felt the spirit more strongly than I did last week at FSY. holy crap. so. spiritual. like. bruhhh.

Consider the WoR Epigraph on this topic: This may indicate that for Odium's intent to be channeled for good, it would have to be held with another Shard (Harmony-style) to give it the context that is lacking.

I…… Honestly forgot the Shard was a thing for a bit. I mean, uh, it’s good to be back :DD

First status ever woooooo! So I've been working on writing a musical representation of a scene from the Stormlight archive and I've made some excellent headway tonight (while the shard was down lol)! Keep an eye out in the Fan Works section for that in the next few weeks (maybe even sooner if I'm feeling particularly inspired ). I was originally thinking it would be solo piano, but one of my fellow sanderfan friends who plays violin/clarinet offered to join in which could be super cool! We got together today to plan it out and I think it's going to be amazing! I'm so excited for where this is headed, so I thought that some of you might be interested in updates

Screw it. Here's Redraft - Chapter I, y'all. Knock yourselves out. Apologies for the nasty formatting

I'll admit, when I first heard that the Shard was down, I was devastated. You may point out that I'm not on as much anymore so it shouldn't matter, and you'd be right. But still, that's, like, ten minutes of my day I no longer had anything to do with. What am I supposed to do with an extra ten minutes?? Then it hit me. I could finally do all the things I wanted to do! All the things I said that I never had time for! I immediately began working out. I'd never done this before, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. Soon I was deadlifting twice my weight, and I was seeing results. I started running as part of this, and even ran a marathon. I finally got around to the novel I've been procrastinating, and finally finished its first draft. I got it in with a publisher, and it's now sold 4 million copies worldwide and counting. I'm not allowed to give details yet, but let's just say, be on the lookout for a possible film adaptation coming to a theater near you. Now, I hadn't forgotten about my religious responsibilities. I got my call and ended up serving my mission in Sweden, of all places. I have since returned and am now happily engaged to my fiance. My friends, there is a very important lesson to be learned from all this. Even just ten minutes can change the course of your life. So, tell me... how are you going to spend the next ten minutes? This status update is a work of fiction and/or satire. Any similarities to real people, events, or places are purely coincidental.

in case anyone was wondering where the hecking heck i vanished to; I WAS AT FSY AND MADE LIKE 10 NEW SUPER CLOSE AMIGOS AND I LOVE THEM AND I GOT THEIR NUYMBERS AND YAAAAAAY so anyways what did i miss

Cloudflare is a Content Delivery Network which helps on a variety of things. Probably is easiest for me to just link this: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/what-is-cloudflare/ It would indeed have nodes all over the place so would display a city near you. That's how it works.

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Hi everyone, I had to sign up to make this post since it's something that's been bothering me a whole lot, and that's our dear Shallan Davar. In the first book, she was alright. I actually enjoyed her studying with Jasnah and all the spooky stuff that happened with Pattern. But by the second book, everything started going downhill so fast. By the time the split persona thing started coming out, it was too late. I absolutely despise Veil, she's such a tiresome character and is essentially just Shallan's powerfantasy (that has plot armor and cannot fail, of course). In RoW, I get actual physical cringe from reading her chapters. The personalities "taking her over", and other characters having to deal with that to not offend her is just so awkward. Poor Adolin, he was my favorite character in the series but now he's just delegated to a body pillow for Shallan. I won't even dare hope that she gets killed somehow, since apparently she can just casually take a crossbow bolt to the head and shrug it off, thanks to her super awesome radiant powers. This ties into another major gripe I've been dealing with in Stormlight - how there's just no stakes anymore. Everything's so meta, the world doesn't feel nearly as real and intriguing as before. I suppose nothing good ever lasts though.

QF61: What Money Can Buy Many have compared the Elendel Senate to an apple with a few worms in it. They are wrong, of course. The Senate is rotten to the core. It is past time for them to be discarded… Welcome to Quick Fix game 61: What Money Can Buy! You are a member of the Elendel Senate. Tensions between Elendel and the Outer Basin have heated to a boil. Dissidents have infiltrated the Senate, prepared to take it down by any means necessary. Will you be able to use your wealth and influence to successfully identify the traitors without losing your seat or your life? I will be your GM for this game, and @Araris Valerian will be your IM. Signups will run until June 27th, 2022 at 12PM EDT (4PM GMT) Rules: (or view them in doc form) Good Luck! This game will feature software that automatically counts each player's score towards Active on the Floor and Leader of Discussion. If no players object, it will also feature an automatic vote tally. Said tally will require players to place a flag somewhere in their posts (preferably near the beginning) whenever they make a vote. The output of this software can be observed here (https://bit.ly/QF61-summary-page) and will update every five minutes. The software will be active on the sign-up thread, so feel free to experiment, become acquainted with, and potentially break it. An example of a voting flag: (vote for null to unvote) vote=Xinoehp Participants Quick Links

anyways peeps. anyways; im making a connected universe. i've created (so far) 2 solar systems; The Vurnish System, and The Queltan system. The Realms: High - The physical realm, the realm you and I are in. Higher - The mind-centric realm, the realm where thoughts and ideas culminate. Souls are visible from this realm. Highest - The highest realm, where peoples souls come from and where all Highest beings can reside. For example, the Thought, which currently resides on the plant Glivurni, of the Vurnish system, is a Highest being. Humans, as seen on Glivurni for now, are High beings with the potential to be a Higher being. Random Info: - [ ] Wyvrn(s): Wyvrns are Highest beings, and each has control of one of the 6 Elemms. Depending on the Elemm, the personality of the Wyvrn is corresponding with it. The Wyvrns are named in accordance with the Elemm they command. Fy, for Fyre. Wor, for Wator. Uth, for Urth. Ay, for Ayr. Pla, for Plaant. And the lost Elemm, Dekay, with the Wyvrn Dek. - [ ] Elemm(s): The Six Elemms are the guiding hands that created the Koverse, in cooperation with the 6 Wyvrns. The Elemms are fundamentals of cosmic energy as the base forms of life and energy. Fyre, Wator, Urth, Ayr, and Plaant. The 6th Wyvrn commands the lost Elemm of Dekay. Because Fyre corresponds with Wator, Urth with Ayr, then Plaant corresponds with Dekay. Because Dekay, and its Commanding Wyvrn, Dek, is gone, the balance is off, which is partly why Pandura was able to gain so much power, and why it took so much to trap her. Note: The Thought is the Wyvrn Pla. Because plants are many, Pla is a hivemind, referring to themselves with pronouns such as us, ourselves, and we. Systems: The Vurnish System The Vurnish System is the setting for the Verdur Trilogy, and is the first system I came up with. Planets: - [ ] Glivurni, a planet in the habitable zone of this system's star, home to The Thought, and humans, as well as the demigoddess Pandura, and a couple for now unnamed Koversal beings. - [ ] Qovurni, a planet with an orbit twice the diameter of Glivurnis orbit. A gas giant, typically regarded as a higher being by humans on Glivurni. In the sky of Glivurni, it shines a gentle cyan. Moons: - [ ] Around the planet Glivurni, we have the moon's Nruv and Lii, which shine deep green and blazing yellow, respectively. - [ ] Around the planet Qovurni, we have one moon. Named simply Ae, this moon shines a deep red as seen from Glivurni, a stark contrast to the plant it orbits. Statistics of the Vurnish system: - [ ] The planet Glivurni has a gravity of 0.7 Koverse standard, with 1 Koverse standard being the same as 1 Earth standard in our own universe. It has a circumference of 30,272 miles, larger than earth, and the moons are 7,399 miles in circumference for Nruv, and 5,271 miles for Lii. - [ ] The planet Qovurni has a circumference of 52,624 miles, being nearly double the size of earth, but only about 1.6x the mass, resulting in a gravity of 1.75 Koverse standard. The moon Ae is small, at 2,371 miles circumference, with a gravity of 0.3 Koverse standard. The Queltan System The Queltan System is a system I came up when I was bored, and might be the setting for a second book series. I don't know yet. For now, it's just a cool system. Planets: - [ ] Gual, main inhabited planet, at war with inhabitants of Quel - [ ] Quel, second inhabited planet, at war with inhabitants of Gual - [ ] Quool, small dwarf planet at the farthest reaches of the system Moons: - [ ] Bhe, orbiting Gual, colored sky blue - [ ] Grt, orbiting Gual, colored maroon - [ ] Liu, orbiting Quel, colored dark purple - [ ] Roq, orbiting Quool, colored bright green - [ ] Afe, orbiting Quool, colored banana yellow - [ ] Woi, orbiting Quool, colored blinding white Statistics of the Queltan System: - [ ] Gual has a gravity of 1 Koverse standard, and a circumference of 27,961 miles, and is the most earth-like planet in the entire Koverse, with basic humanoids. The humanoids have rocky flaky skin, but they are incredibly durable and have learned to manipulate earth and dirt and rock (see Earthbending). Guals moons, Bhe and Grt, have a respective circumference of 2,513 miles and 12,984 miles. Grt, with such a mass as it has, pulls on the massive below-ground oceans of Gual, creating massive reappearing pools and affecting the lifestyle of Gualian’s. - [ ] Quel, another earth-like planet, has a circumference of 32,755 miles, and a gravity of 1.2 Koverse standards. It is less earth like due to little land, mostly water, and heavily influenced by Majic, with the Quelians having evolved to live in the water and manipulate it to their will (see Waterbending). Quels moon Liu is small, with a circumference of 1,742 miles. - [ ] Quool, the small uninhabited dwarf planet on the outskirts of the system, is small and gray, and has a circumference of 12,374 miles, a similar size to Guals moon Grt. It has three moons; Roq, Afe, and Woi. Respectively, the three have circumferences of 2,344 miles, 4,843 miles, and 3,867 miles. If I come up with more, which I probably will, I'll add it here. note on the use of the word Majic: It's a filler word as I figure out the Magical Mechanics of this universe. Still needs a LOT of work!!!

Odium is hatred incarnate. Odium is passion. Odium is fervor, rage, divine wrath. And it's also unfathomable power, the power of a god. It's not going away. One way or another, odium is gonna be around at the end of the series. Now, there are of course a few ways you can make that fact less of a problem. The first is, of course, shattering Odium, like honor was shattered. I could certainly see that being the way this ends up being resolved. But there's another way to resolve this problem, too, and imo this resolution is a better fit for the themes of the stormlight archive. Someone takes up Odium who will channel it toward something good. Hatred and rage aren't inherently bad things. We like to think that hate is bad and love is good but in reality it's just not that simple. Love can cause you to excuse and overlook things you really shouldn't. To put up with abuse. And on the other hand, hatred can be justified. Sometimes, people do things that truly deserve to be hated, that the victim simply can't forgive them for. And sometimes, systems are built on the backs of people for whom hatred is a completely logical response. Systems like slavery, and dictatorships, and racism. And not even just hatred for the people on top of those systems (though not not for that either), but also for the systems themselves and the conditions that led to their creation. Odium can be channeled for good; for giving Passion to the downtrodden and oppressed. A force for change, a fuel to the fire within. Personally, I think someone taking up the power to use it for this purpose would be a more fitting resolution than simply shattering the power. Cause stormlight archive is a story about a war against odium, yes, but it's also a story about oppressive systems and the horrors they create. Shattering Odium may be a thematic ending to the first of these, but not to the second. Now, onto the question I know a lot of you have: Moash??? Yes, moash. Now, big disclaimer: This is something I'd expect to see at the end of his character arc (at least within this series- if he becomes a shard, we'll presumably be seeing him afterwards) which means he is absolutely not there yet. If he took up odium right now, it would not go well. But we still have one to six more books for him to evolve and grow. I see this coming after a long redemption arc. Stormlight is a series all about redemption and second chances, afterall. Right now, he's a character consumed by hatred, but I think a much more interesting resolution than learning to let go of that hatred is learning to channel it for something good. Cause honestly, he has all that hatred for a very good reason. And I think that Moash taking up Odium could be the force for change that roshar desparately needs. Now, there are other characters who could fill in this role as well. Chief among them, Kaladin. Kaladin has had very similar feelings as moash- they are narrative foils after all- and has every reason to personally hate oppression. He's currently in a much better emotional position to be able to do good with the power of odium than moash currently is. And at the end of Rhythm of War, we saw his eyes turn golden as he attacked the Pursuer, which is clearly setting up something, some kind of connection to odium, which means he might be in a good position to be able to take it up since you do have to be aligned with a shard in order to really hold onto it. I'll be honest, if Sanderson does go down the path of having someone take up Odium as a force for change, I fully expect it to be Kal. But I'm a moash girlie and in my heart of hearts I want it to be him, so here's my flimsy justification for why it should be. Kaladin's character arc has been more about leaving behind his hatred, and moving toward protecting people. Basically, he's been moving away from the parts of himself that are aligned with odium, while Moash has been running full force into them. And right now of course, that's really not going so well for himself or anyone around him. For Kaladin to be "odious" enough, his character would have to go backwards from where he is now to get him in a mental state more similar to the first book, whereas Moash could make forward progression and become a better person while still holding onto the odiousness that he has now. TL;DR Having someone take up Odium and channel the power to be a force for social change would be a good resolution to multiple plots, themes, and problems presented by the books, and moash's arc could take him to where he'd be in a good position to be that person.

As long as you are enjoying it, that's what counts.

Hey, I'm new here but I am indeed a member! Hello!

That's so awesome!! I'm so happy for you !! Those experiences are so beautiful; there's really nothing like them. Last summer I did EFY habits for lifes and it was very similar. I kept up the spirituality as much as I could and the months after were some of the best of my life. So keep it up, and enjoy life to the fullest, because life is beautiful and you can do anything with the Lord's aid!

When I saw the thing about the shard not working I though My account had gotten banned or something, so I was terrified.

Oh same! Hanne is pretty good but she and Nina just don't have the same chemistry as Nina and Matthias And honestly, with the fact that she can hear ghosts being established as canon, i do agree they could have done something cool with Matthias's voice in her head.

Can one prove existence?

I can't express how much I love the Calvin/Hobbes dynamic

Happy birthday, Voidus!

BACK IN BUSINESS! HEK YEAH!!

Yay the shard is working

Thank you! Happy to be here I live in an area where I'm the only member in my school, so it's really nice to have a community of fellow members!

I'm not sure I'm going to haul my 1200 page Jane Austen collection on a week-long mission trip (it's very nice quality and also heavy), but I estimate I can definitely finish Sense and Sensibility before that if I choose not to bring it. Honestly, I really adore this book. I usually read fantasy and science fiction with quite high stakes, and modern social situations confuse me to no end, but older works like this are just the right level of removed from modern norms that I can enjoy the story, social-event based though it often is, and the writing style is so comforting that even situations that might normally give me second-hand embarrassment do not do so quite so significantly. I might go through in order and read Pride and Prejudice next, but I might also skip over that straight to Mansfield Park. Who knows? I certainly don't.

Hey guys, not going to tag anyone since I'm not sure who, if any, is invested in my love life. My girlfriend finished the first Mistborn trilogy. She has more of a life than I do, so it took her a few months, buts it's done! She was sad about Vin's death, but not so much Elend's (except that Vin had to watch it), which is in contrast to me, who could care less about Vin, but feels a deep convection to Elend. She was also mad at me because I kept very tight lipped when she suggested that Ruin was talking to Zane. She doesn't like my RAFO's, but I can't bring myself to spoil anything. Anyways, I'm trying to decide whether to show her the shard, as she could easily discover spoilers for other books, but she might also enjoy the community on here.

I'M BACK, YOU GUYS!!! IT'S TIME FOR MORIO OF BORIO!!! (I asked if it was okay to necro a thread I made and they said it's okay.) Dear me, it's good to be back. I hoped more Borio Storios (yes, that is what they are called) would be written while I was gone on my two-year mission, and while there are but few, they are delightful and I love them. Thank you guys for participating in this fun little dream of mine. The longer it goes on and the more people we can bring into it, the better, I think. I have several Borio Storios in the making that I look forward to posting when they're done. And I hope bringing this thread back to the front can get more people to join in again or for the first time. I don't want this mustachioed dream to die! Fortunately, I have one thrilling tale ready to share. I'm only sorry I didn't share it with you all sooner. It has come far, far too late, but I now present (what may be) the conclusion to a Storio I posted the first part of precisely three years and one day ago. So now enjoy the thrilling life-or-death chase that ensues in... Borio Singaldi and the Date That Goes West... PART 2!

Honestly, I have too many to keep track of. But here are three of mine. Kaladin; "If I kill a man, I'm going to do it in the sunlight, and I'm going to do it only because there is no other way." Shallan; "I'm sure you were quite brave,"..."Though, probably not as brave as the poor men who have to clean your armor." Pattern; "No mating!"

'Good people are like candles.They burn themselves up to give others light.'-Syl(she's a sweetheart)

I would guess the enlightened spren have a little more intelligence than basic windspren. Kaladin specifically comments on windspren not being very smart, so I don't think they would make great spies. As for control of the plate spren, I see no reason Jasnah wouldn't be able to control them. Kal is just more focused on protecting others so he tries some different things

I have a lot... ...most of them are insults from Wit. There is the “I hid your honor in a place you could never find it: in the arms of someone who truly loves you.” also, the “An uneducated, half-brained serving boy with a hangover could make mock of you.”

Not an image, but still a meme:

I have a joke about the 4th ideal of the Windrunners but I'm not ready to say the words.

Nice catch! Fixed?! (sorry for poor editing skills)

Made this a couple days ago but realized i probably couldn't put it in cremposting. Thank you so much for creating a meme page where RoW spoilers are fine!

Mine is the one where he talks about voices he heard and he hit his head against the wall for a while until he couldn't hear them anymore.

Well, there have been discussions about how aluminum makes for poor bullets because the metal has a low melting point (causing potential warping in the chamber) and are too light weight to do as much damage. Now, there are aluminum slugs used today (though I’m not sure how feasible it’d be to make similar bullets for 1940s level firearms). But they tend to do less damage then lead bullets, and more importantly for this discussion, they almost always shatter upon contact. Instead of just compressing like lead bullets do, aluminum bullets often disentegrate when they hit a target. This means it’s almost impossible to hit a Hemalurgic bind point since it’s impossible to predict the placement of the shrapnel. There’s also the question of if the shrapnel will carry the Intent of the bullet, but I’m not knowledgeable enough about realmatics to answer that. And of course, alloying aluminum with another metal to avoid this property in a bullet makes it useless as an aluminum spike since it’s no longer pure aluminum. So, on top of needing a god level shooter like Wax to hit the bindpoint, you need to overcome problems like these. So I’m my opinion, I doubt we’ll ever see a single successful case of using hemalurgic aluminum bullets, let alone widespread use.

So this was my first attempt at needle felting... hello Sylphrena!

“I need you to stay behind as we go into those slums,” Wayne said, determined to impress solemnity into his voice. “It’s not that I don’t want your help. I do. It’s just going to be too dangerous for you. You need to stay where I know you’re safe. No arguments. I’m sorry.” “Wayne,” Wax said, walking past. “Stop talking to your hat and get over here.”

He didn't really said it, but he was thinking it so I hope it counts:

"I've never died while wearing this hat!"

This one is from memory. Not exactly a Wayne quote but it's about Wayne. Now ever since reading that I can picture Wayne sitting in a chair reading a book, thinkin' nobody is looking reading all the dialogue between out loud in different voices

When wax asked. "How's it taste". Wayne responded "like cotton candy made of baby"

Wayne: "Proper loafing requires company. One man lying about is being idle; two men lying about is a lunch break" “What I need to do,” Wayne said, “is get the whole city drunk.” MeLaan: “Or, you know, advocate workers’ rights to bring down working hours, improve conditions, and meet a base minimum of pay.” “Yeah, yeah,” Wayne said. “That too. But if I could get everybody drunk, think how much happier this city would be.”