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  1. So, does anyone remember that time I went to a regional science fair and won there and then went to a state science fair and won again and then went to a national conference? Yeah, today's the second iteration of that regional science fair. Except this time I'm present my senior research. Let's see how far up the ladder I get this time.
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  2. Ok ok so last night AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH To those of you who don’t know, my story was chosen to be featured in this years teen anthology (through teen author boot camp and owl hollow press). So last night I got to go to a release party and gala for that. I met all the other authors, which was super cool. BUT the person who wrote the foreword for it is none other than Christopher Paolini. So I got to meet him. And he signed the book. And then we had a very long conversation about books and beautiful prose and he gives Dune 10/10 and then gave me book recommendations And anyway AAAAAAHHHHHHHH that was so cool
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  3. We had to make a poem imitating the rhyming scheme and rhythm of The Raven. I made mine about the Cosmere. Also I got to go on The Coppermind for homework. Which was fun.
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  4. When you very nearly start crying because the video for the new secret project won’t load at school …when you have a teacher who loves Brandon and he sees you almost crying in class and asks what’s up and you wordlessly turn around your phone to show the video that won’t load and he says “go to the doors at the end of this hall, that’s where you get the best service” and he suddenly becomes your favorite teacher.
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  5. “Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.” —Mat Cuathon, Wheel of Time Find the moments of joy, mkay? In a sky of darkness and despair, find the stars. (If you’re @The Bookwyrm, find the giant balls of burning gas and admire the science behind them) I don’t have time to respond to everyone’s SU’s, but I see so many people who are so alone, and so lost, and sad. I see you. I remember you. I hear you. If you need me, I’m here. Keep laughing, ok? Find reasons to smile. Sometimes, we just have to take advice from the Lord of Scars. If we can laugh, we are winning.
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  6. For safehand use only
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  7. HoA I drew this in like 2021 so big shift in style, I was still using a mouse to draw back then lol
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  8. My little brother is the sweetest little thing so as most of you know I’ve been pretty sick over the past couple of days (started feeling bad on Wednesday, it was the worst on Saturday and Sunday and I’m still feeling under the weather), so I took school off yesterday and didn’t have it at all today cuz reasons. So my mom and lil bro and I (he’s preschool age) just chilled for most of the day, which isn’t really important. Anyways, everyone’s home from school and work now, and we went out to the chiropractor and picked up some groceries, but my mom didn’t want to make a whole dinner for seven people when we got home tonight (which is totally understandable) so we just went and grabbed some McDonald’s and took it home to eat. I got a McChicken but somehow ended up with two (my older brother was the one who ordered so uh that’s prolly what happened—) and I ate the first one fine and ate the second one partway and halfway through I just started to feel pretty gross so I laid down across my chair and my older brother’s (he’d left at this point) because it would help me feel better blah blah blah. And then I see this little 3.5 year old ADORABLE face with big blue eyes and rosy cheeks and aaaah he’s adorable just pop over the corner of the table which means he’s laying across it so obviously I’m like “hey buddy can you sit in your chair please? I want you to be safe because you could fall and get hurt” And my dad’s tryna get him off the table lol and he just reaches out his arms and says my name and I realize he’s tryna hug me so I give him and hug and he sits back down lol and it made me feel so much better not less sick but like I was totally overstimulated today and it just was like awesome. GO HUG SOMEONE! It increases dopamine. True fact.
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  9. I will remember those who have been forgotten. Who remembers me? I will listen to those who have been ignored. Does anybody hear me? I will love even those who look past me with indifference. I want to be loved. One Family.
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  10. Well, it took a lil bit for me to decide what I wanted my "I'm back" post to be... But! I decided to post more Watercolor Art So, here we go! I did 3 trout for an environmental science thingy for school. IT TOOK HOURS- BUT I DID IT!! (yes, i KNOW the brookie doesn't look right! i was rushed and I messed up a bunch) And, my Mom's birthday is on Saturday so I painted her a flower. It's supposed to be a ranunculus, but it looks more like a rose. Not the best, but it was okay. Anyway, I'm still alive, even if I don't feel like it. Love y'all, Stay safe, My PMs are always open. ~ Stick
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  11. Hello everyone! I had a friend get insanely into Mistborn in high school and he begged me to read it. I read often so I gave it a shot, then set it down after chapter 1 and let it sit on my shelf for 5 years. Earlier this year on January 6th, I bought TWoK without even knowing about the Cosmere, read until chapter 11 when Kaladin decides to run Bridge 4, and LOVED IT. I then looked up Brandon Sanderson and stumbled onto the Cosmere and immediately dropped TWoK to read his published order first (yes I went back to my local bookstore and got Elantris that same day). Since January 6th I have caught up to Sixth of the Dusk and have loved everything. It feels crazy good and monumental to arrive on Sixth of the Dusk THE DAY that he announced his new secret novel is an extension of it. Looking forward to interacting with people and being a part of the community! I'm including my tier list of my read works so far just cause tier lists are fun
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  12. I am very much of the opinion that as well the Cosmere advances into the space age, investiture banks and changers will very quickly emerge in the CS. We know the spren cities of Roshar have already started this process with transfers into perfect gemstones. It is natural that as as Cosmere technology and ability to manipulate investiture grows, investiture will become a sort of commodity. This is why I believe that people who are technically knowledgeable enough, likely in Silverlight, will begin making business of changing types of investiture around. Especially with Scadrian advances in Feruchemical technology. This makes me believe it is theoretically possible to do things like switching around attributes, or even using unkeyed investitures to make custom metal minds. This will make a demand for the ability to easily transfer between investiture types, which at this point can probably be rented to regular people. Naturally, very smart people who want to be rich will step in to fill this demand. TSM spoilers In summary, I thought this was an interesting little theory and I am interested to hear thoughts. P.S. Alder, please don't slam me with 20 WoB's
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  13. A little over 2 years ago I posted a "Roshar Reimagined" HD map that I created in Photoshop and it was really well received. The 17th Shard even went on to use it in their Interactive Map of Roshar project, which was really cool to be a part of even in a small way. I got to looking at the old map a month ago though and I felt like perhaps I could do a bit better... so I gave it a fresh coat of paint using some new graphic design tricks I'd picked up in the past 2 years, and I was really happy with the newest version! So I wanted to share it with the rest of the fanbase, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do. I love to hear feedback as well, so lay it on me
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  14. * cue Thneedville and play through “GOOOOOD MORNINGGG”, then immediately cut to I’m Alive by SIA * Good morrow, fair citizens. On my own behalf shall I inform you that whatever plague hast been with me o’er the most recent fortnight of our history has not departed but has greatly diminished. It is expected that I shall live. Huzzah!
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  15. Six years, very Shardiversary, much wow
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  16. When your teacher starts talking about cattle branding and you uncomfortably turn your shash phone case over to hide it
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  17. I lack your patience.
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  18. You might be the person he mentioned as predicting the book correctly! This is wild. So many things. My brain is overwhelmed but just off the top of my head, in no particular order (SP5 reading, MBE 2): I said I didnt want Sixth of the Dusk sequel but I was wrong. This is exactly what I wanted. When he said 'High Cosmere Connectivity' he wasn't kidding...
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  19. Huzzah! Please excuse my excitement. I've just recently been caught up enough on Cosmere to hazard a guess at something coming so I'm happy I got it It may not be exact if we're being pedantic, but I'm counting it as a win!
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  20. Well, guess who's going to state again...
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  21. You know you're a sanderfan when you refrain from doing a March Madness bracket because that would be predicting the future and the future is of Odium.
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  22. Me waiting for it: Edit: this ages better and better by the minute...
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  23. Omg these birds are having a double date at my bird feeder
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  24. I forgot how much I love thunderstorms. I’ve missed them.
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  25. HI GUYS!!! IT'S ME!!! @Just-A-Stick!!! Panda gave me her info so that I can help with all 159 of her notifs!!! I feel so powerfullll!!!!
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  26. Me: *disappears for a day cause I’m busy* *sees 69 notifs* Ill deal with this after church, love yall
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  27. One thought that I'm most likely wrong about but I can't get out of my head and I won't give up until it's confirmed that I'm 100% wrong is that Star is related to Hoid, as soon as it was mentioned that she has white hair and I remembered that Brandon said that hoid has dated a dragon was the first thing that came to my mind
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  28. I love the Firefly vibes the last chapter was giving off. I'm a big fan of a misfit crew, especially when they all have different powers/abilities and are different species to boot. Each member of the crew becomes so unique, with rich, lore-filled backgrounds. Starling: A young dragon, niece of Frost, apprentice to Hoid, locked in her human form until she learns...something. Who put the bracers on her? Nazh: RIP Nazrilof. Or not? He's a Shade...but a smart Shade...not a blood-thirsty murder Shade...but maybe he could be if he wanted to? I'm interested to learn the hows and whys surrounding his death and afterlife. Aditil: An Aetherbound (yessss) with a dead aether and a broken bud. Character flaws mean room for sweet character development! Looking forward to learning more about Dhatri, her homeworld...maybe the Aether homeworld? ZeetZi: Something NEW. A Lawnark! Feathered humans...fascinating. I instantly envisioned him as Abed from Community. Chrysalis: Ship's doctor and resident Sleepless horde. Possible war criminal. Part of me is hoping she turns out to be our precious kawaii swarm from Komashi. Captain: Crow? Please? It's Xisis' ship so this is entirely probable. Her disembodied voice seemed kind of intimidating like Crow. The Dynamic: Mustn't forget the last member of the crew...the ship herself! Following in the thruster wakes of bucket-of-bolts before her, such as the Millenium Falcon and Serenity, Dynamic is a hodgepodge of Rosharan, Scadrian, and Dhatrian tech. No Awakened metalminds though...too expensive. I do love a ship with character.
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  29. Scud since when did boys fight because of smth one of them said to me and then the other one got jealous like since when what is happening to my life ??????????
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  30. Mistborn secret history
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  31. That moment when someone you don’t particularly like FaceTimes you and you get caught not knowing how to social for a good minute- lol yay… how does one social when caught unawares?
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  32. I promise… I’ll get to my notifs its just been busy lately, musical has been picking up, I leave for a trip to NC on Friday, and a looot of friendship and emotional exhaustion. I promise I’ll get there eventually, I have a buck ton of school work today that I should of done last night but I didn’t feel like it mostly cause I was on call with @Just-A-Stick lol ILL GET THERE JUST HOLD TIGHT PLEASE *hold-elevator music*
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  33. This is absolutely hilarious https://www.pensandpatron.com/trending/americans-state-syn/?utm_campaign=AI+State+Frankie0803+V1+-+Android+b99b&utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=m&network_code=CBQ&utm_term=content&pp=0&epik=dj0yJnU9VExESXo1TUgzSU1YWFV1UU93VDlkdjhETmVMekcxeF8mcD0xJm49Qks5MUxvbC1XTWRtNFNOZFEzd3NUZyZ0PUFBQUFBR1lCeW84
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  34. I agree with @Returned, I'm not sure if it even needs nerfing. The Bands of Mourning exist at all, we saw a hacked Elantrian in TLM, a nuke big enough to wipe out at least a 100 mile radius was deployed against Elendel, and Duralumin allowed Wayne to outrun electrons. Insanely powerful stuff is going on, not just F-Steel. They have specific applications that can make them incredibly useful but a Steelrunner needs to be at the right time, in the right place, with the right information, with the right storages to make a difference. Not only are we assuming sufficient storage for our stunts, but we're assuming a sufficiently disciplined Ferring. Wax and Wayne are in the habit of storing whenever possible because doing so saved their lives, but even Sazed was running into situations when he just hadn't bothered to store enough attribute (I think weight was one he only stored incidentally) and he was really wishing he had been better prepared. Emphasize the hassle and opportunity cost of storing Speed and explore the scenarios where huge bursts of speed aren't the optimal solution and we can go from there. If being able to run at Mach 1 for 5 seconds meant that you could never go out for sports for months, rarely hang out normally with friends and have regular normal conversations, or spending hour after hour moving through life as if a bug through amber? For many, that cost would be too high. Sure, speedsters can be busted, but they aren't the end all solution to everything, otherwise the Justice League wouldn't need anyone other than the Flash. Steelrunners are a severely nerfed version of the Flash anyway, since as Brandon puts it, limitations are more interesting than powers. Steelrunners have plenty of drawbacks, notably access to F-Steel did not save Tyndwyl or Idashwy. That said... we might get more viewpoints like Wax where trying to take down a speedster might be a more interesting challenge than the protagonist being a Steelrunner. Could be false advertising. They print Jak's stuff and ads for talking tools, so I doubt the newspapers fact check all that much. A company claiming Bendalloy or Speed as a cost lets them charge a premium when they could have an alternative business practice or machinery doing the job - like what we see with people speculating how the Vanishers were stealing cargo with Sliders or Steelrunners which Wax shot down pretty readily. This also obscures business secrets with misdirection. We have fast food and speedy message delivery without the Metallic Arts, so maybe we're seeing people par-cook or freeze meals, or maybe the invention of the radio allowing for long-distance communication before it hits the general public. I wouldn't take the broadsheets as too reliable unless specifically confirmed by Brandon as factual.
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  35. OH MY GOSH GUYS GUYS GUYS y'know the goober i posted on here a bit ago? I posted it on my Snapchat story as well, along with my school's public Snapchat story there is 641 views and 7 sends THIS IS INSANE AHHHHHHHH MY ART IS GETTING RECOGNIZEDDDDDDDD /pos
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  36. I got accepted to be an FSY councilor!
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  37. I just noticed that this past weeks “Come, Follow Me” lesson title is very familiar.
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  38. In the reading, Brandon emphasized when he said that they were 'like bracers' which is how metalminds are described. What if it is storing part of her Identity to prevent her from transforming?
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  39. OH MY GOD MAG.80????? AHAHAHSJAHAHA And now listening to Jon's past is Mag.81- a guest for mr spider is pulling at all the heart strings I'm getting quickly obsessed with this podcast and might frequent the Shard more just to be able talk to others who've been caught in this web
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  40. Investiture follows the laws of entropy, with some exceptions:
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  41. There is a secret project only tier if that helps. It's what I'm getting because I haven't been buying the leatherbounds. I have no regrets after that reading!
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