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Life is so busy right now but I’m in such a good mood and I wanted to share the joy. i am so proud of myself for committing to getting something done, no matter how good or bad, and not expecting perfection from myself for once. Here it is. a webtoon im starting… GRAY https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gray/list?title_no=95459 please come read it! Like it! Comment! Or subscribe! It would mean so freaking much to me. thank you all for being so amazing

sorry, they threatened those that follow Stick. My phrasing was poor. Also: That is not true. Often, war can have bad results, but it is not inherently bad. Many good things have happened through war, like @The cheeseman said earlier. That is not true at all. Was the defeat of Nazi Germany just so the US could say, look at us, we're big and strong? No, there was much more to it. Again, not true. War is not about just one person or there wouldn't, and couldn't, be a war. war cannot exist without two parties fighting. the greater good is an undefined thing. Hitler thought that what he did was for the greater good. that doesn't mean it was right. While some of the greatest goods have been done under the mantra of "for the greater good" some of the greatest evils have as well.

guys help i'm so burnt out i can't even like write a poem about it i'm so done i just want school to go away and never come back LIKE WHY DO I HAVE TO MAKE 85 ANNOTATIONS ON THIS 8 PAGE PACKET?!?!?! i got it today it's due tomorrow and it's a *test grade* like WHUT ugh i'm so done but yeah i'm feeling burnt out and stuck and empty

Oathbringer:

I feel this is necessary. Why? To make sure our great friend @Just-A-Stick still feels good about herself. Here’s some people who I know she makes happy, but that’s only a few people, add your names below if she’s ever made you happy @WhyEverNot_8, @Through The Living Glass, @Part Of The Narrative, @RoyalBeeMage, @Edema Rue, @Shardwatcher01, @Wierdo, @Lunamor, @The cheeseman, @SmilingPanda19, @Weaver of Lights, @Block,

Yeah... That moment when you stumble into someone else's writing And are returned to the crying wreck You were Earlier... April 18 - A day for tears.

Making songs is hard. Idk why but I felt like writing my own song(s) and I have a pretty good idea of one in my head, but chords are just like ?????? and I'm very confused. The lyrics part isn't nearly as bad though, cuz I can words okay enough, but I don't think I have the confidence in my singing skills to actually sing the lyrics but oh well. It's still fun. Music is really cool.

*melts* Wow guys... Thank you guys smchhhh ALSO- IF IT'S WARRR THEN WE NEED TO BE LIKE SHERMAN AND USE SCORCHED EARTH TACTICS-

I haven’t talked about this yet on here. But I am currently on a mission for my church. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later day saints and am about 15 months into a service mission. It’s been really great and I have truly seen miracles and many amazing things. I know this may come as a surprise especially to those who I met at Dragonsteel because I didn’t mention it. But I just didn’t feel comfortable at the time. This post is more about me becoming more comfortable about sharing my beliefs than a life update. So if you’re not interested or don’t really care that’s fine. This is for me. This community has meant so much to me the past several months and has given me the motivations and courage to push my self to do more and be more proactive. You are all great and I know I am going to be here a long time. I hope this doesn’t make anyone feel alienated, that is the last thing I want, but I am who I am. And that is a son of God, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later day Saints, a Missionary of the Lord, and have depression, ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia. I know this is a lot to say for one statues update but I felt that I needed to stope being afraid to have the discussions about my beliefs and my struggles. I have been on meds for years for both my depression and ADHD, and have been in some dark place both before and after I started the meds. I also have had my faith tested many time, but I also have had it reinforced countless times. If anyone has any questions about my faith, my mission, or my disability feel free to ask. And if anyone is struggling with dark thoughts, whether it do to depression or not, please know that I am always willing to talk about it. I have been in the deepest depths of depression before and I will all ways be here if someone need to talk, or even is they just need someone to listen. I hope you all have a great day and cant wait to see what happens next on this amazing sight Your friends and fellow world hopper Evan (aka Silver Phantom)

A girl leaves for a few hours and all of a sudden things have escalated into a holy war

This is my rant for tonight: Goodnight, hopefully.

ok i know i’ve posted twice already today but heres a mini life-update

YKYASFW you're in the middle of 3-4 other books, (2 of which are Sanderson) and your hand automatically reaches for Warbreaker...

Yes! Exactly. The only way to advance international politics.

"A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure." ~ Wikipedia Yeah, maybe it is a bad idea-

*wound in side grows larger, now seeming to cover entire side of body* not really, I'm just here. I move that @Thaidakar the Ghostblood is selected as our official secular leader and myself as our spiritual leader, and that we form a war cabinet between ourselves and two others that we jointly select. All in favor? Those not a part of the cult group cannot vote

I am reading Elantris. (Chapter 9. Don't Spoil!) I've heard many times that Elantris is not as good as the rest of Brandon's books. But I like it (although it's probably a little early to judge) I've read Mistborn (including Secret History) and I know about Cosmere. I wonder if that makes me like Elantris more? Or would I enjoy more if I didn't know anything? whatis your opinion? 1) Elantris as the first book of the Cosmere 2) Elantris after Mistborn or other books ... (English is not my first language. Apologies for possible spelling mistakes)

Welp, I'm still a demon. Only from a different religion. It's been a while. Fear me, etc.

Going back to reading a more traditionally narrated book after reading the Silmarillion is a special kind of whiplash.

First of all, yay! second of all, we don't want a mini holy war over this. just because you kidnap someone doesn't mean you should be forced into war. simply said, war isn't good. Besides, war is mostly an ego-trip for the leaders anyways, so why do it? We need to be humble and kind. that's all. I'm just asking you don't do this lol. please. The Raven has spoken.

You know, there could be a counterpoint to this theme in RoW, with Raboniel and her daughter. She made a choice that she felt was merciful. It's an antithesis to the decisions of Kaladin and Dalinar in the first three novels. I also feel that Kaladin, Dalinar, and possibly even Navani would seriously struggle with being in Raboniel's position. Navani (who is literally one of the most intelligent people in the Cosmere) didn't even consider what Roboniel did, as a possibility beforehand. She was caught entirely off guard. I could be wrong, but it would be very Brandon-like (to me) to give this example, almost like a ketek, in theme with the first 3 books. And I'm assuming we'll get the culmination of this theme in book 5.

Oh, i forgot to mention, this wasnt just for him.

it could be!(studio c people back me up here)

@Block

ooOOOOOOOooo... Guys I'm a Sliver!! My power grows!!

Well, Marsh has lived for several hundred years now. Is there any reason he couldn't have done in depth study of his condition in all of that time? He is also Harmony's agent when it comes to dealing with Hemalurgists.

Yo, should I make a thread that is just “People to make Just-A-Stick Happy” so everyone can add their name to it?

Well, it says something that I'm responding to this rather than working on my 5-page essay due tomorrow. See: getting distracted, failing to do my homework, and putting off a project. Here are my 2 cents to try make me spending time here actually productive, rather than a continuation of getting distracted and putting off my homework projects. I do think it is possible that going onto 17th Shard can genuinely make someone more productive, but only within the framework of other practices. 17th Shard as a fan forum for entertainment, socialization, and with its own writing corner is not something that screams "I will be more productive by going to this website", and usually the opposite. So how do we make it productive? I don't want to take over your thread @Through The Living Glass and dictate a structure, so feel free to ask me to tweak my post so that it better fits the vision of what you hope it can accomplish. First suggestion is to not make this solely a bragging thread for all the productive people to boast about their awesome accomplishments while the procrastinators feel even guiltier by looking at what everyone else is achieving. Perhaps use a format where whenever someone accomplishes something to try to post the next task/milestone/etc. that they want to achieve? Sometimes it may be fine to post updates and not only completion of tasks, like "I finished the rough draft of my essay, now I just need to read over the copyediting notes my family gave me and rewrite it before tomorrow". Don't compare. Everyone has different skills where some tasks are easier than others. I've known someone who was an amazing organizers and could manage a super complicated shift roster but for whatever reason couldn't clean their room. It's fine to post "I cleaned my room, and for me that's a major accomplishment" right next to "I just recarpeted my room and painted the walls". Don't diminish your own accomplishment just because it feels small next to what someone else did, the direction you are moving is the important part. 17th Shard as a social forum can potentially provide some accountability. If you feel like it would help you personally, ask for something like "I have an essay due tomorrow, if you see me posting random YKYASFW memes in an hour, tag me here and call me out please?" or "I need to write 2000 words a day if I want to finish this before summer. Can someone ask me for updates?" That said, people might get busy doing other things like their own projects, so we may have to see how effective asking for accountability actually is. Last bit of advice, is that it is totally fine to take breaks, but I think there's a big difference between taking a break, and avoiding work. Some tasks are just hard mentally, physically, and/or emotionally and can take a lot out of you. Stopping for 15 minutes or so to decompress can help you get back to the main task with more energy. If 17th Shard is a place where that works for you, awesome. However, if that 15 minute break stretches to hours, then it's a problem. Sometimes simply mentally giving myself permission to take a break, setting a timer, and then doing something fun for a while knowing that I will get back to work can be the difference between feeling like a guilty procrastinator and a productive person simply taking a break. Sometimes taking a break from artificial intelligence to write an essay on Realmatic Theory really does help the brain unwind, not really sure why. Guilt is an exhausting motivator, and it's hard to feel accomplishment if it's the primary driver since it often feels more like "finally, it's over" rather than "Yes, I did it!", so for me at least, trying to minimize the guilt of procrastination is a huge step in getting the actual energy to do the stuff that needs to be done. If the task in front of you feels monumentally big and unbearable to look at, then consider the Pomodoro technique of breaking down your task into smaller chunks of time. Other people have explained it better than me, such as here, but if you can't remember Pomodoro, just look up "tomato clock method" And so, today my first accomplishment is that I wrote an unsolicited essay on productivity. What I intend to do next is apply said essay and get myself to write my actual essay on supply chain management productivity due tomorrow night. Feel free to ask me Friday afternoon how it's coming or if I'm done Saturday morning. If you see me posting elsewhere today or tomorrow, feel free to call me out and see if I'm just procrastinating or if I've actually got something done and I'm just taking a break.

“I’m going to stab someone. In the most loving way possible.” - @Edema Rue

Welcome to the Shard. What I usually recommend to people starting the Cosmere is: There are many Reading Order threads, so it should be easy to search up other thoughts on this topic. As far as "Why" some people consider Elantris "not as good," I feel there are two factors and they be referencing either or both of these based on their own personal preference: Elantris was his first published book, and his sixth written novel overall (see below), where as Mistborn: The Final Empire was his 14th novel written, so he had much more "practice" by the time his other books were published. Elantris is far more cerebral (and politics-based) than stories like Mistborn and Stormlight Archive. Some people simply prefer more action in their stories and therefore prefer those stories and enjoy Elantris less due to that Preference. (Above, I note that Warbreaker is a nice median between the two on the politics/action scale) Publication WoB: Finally, I would like to ask if you are reading the 10th Anniversary edition? If not, you may want to search that out, as there were some changes that needed to be made (which is why a new edition was published for the 10th Anniversary) and the ending can be confusing in the original Edition. There are WoBs about the changes, but since those would have spoilers, I did not post them. Once you finish, if you would like more info on the changes, please let us know (or read this post [spoilers] after you finish which also discusses the changes) Hope that helps.

The WoB we have on this is not definitive, but does have some implications: While Brandon does say they can "go places," he does not say why. Based on the way he says "escape the Expanse of Densities" implies three primary differences, with either or both possibly being the reason they can "go places." It is unclear if any of these factor, or (possibly) all three together are what allows them to move about. Radiant Spren are of two shards, Honor and Cultivation, only one of which is splintered - while Seons are Devotioin only (and Skaze Dominion) which is Splintered Because the base Investiture is different (Devotion) it could be the nature of their bond to "Follow their bonded mortal" - which is an aspect that Honor and Cultivation's Intent would not share Seon's are wholly in the Physical Realm because of how Odium squished the remnants of Devotion and Dominion into the Cognitive - whereas Spren are mostly into the Cognitive, and the Bond pulls them slightly into the Physical (with increased Oaths pulling them more firmly into the Physical) Which implies that if you can get a Seon through a Perpendicularity (protected from the Dor Plasma) and escape the Sel Shadesmar, then they can Worldhop because they are not split between two realms at once (it's closer to how a person Worldhops). (this is my bet as most likely, if only one reason applies) TLDR: We don't really know, but there are some valid lines for theorizing on which, if any, known differences allow Seons to do what they do.

bro, it's been forever since I've seen you post. How's life going for ya?

Fate This can be a contradictory topic. If there is such a thing as fate, then why do we do what we do? We can just say "fate happend." There are two arguments to this battle: 1. Fate exists, and everything is predestined. If fate does exist, then what's the point, we can argue that there's no point in trying, because no matter what everything will turn out fine. There's no incentive, no "competitive pay," per se. Whether or not you try you will end up in the same place as you were destined to go. 2. Fate is not real, and we all are failures. If fate isn't real, then that means that we have reason to live, but there's also no end guerentee. We can try all we want, but since our lives are totally in our hands, we cannot be totally 100% sure that we will make it. Even with fate you can be sure you're going to make it to wherever you're trying to end up, you just have to hope that any work you put in paid off. All of this "end," of course, being in this life or the next (if there is an afterlife). Many Thinkers do not believe in fate, that we have control of our own destiny. I think there is no fate. No guerentee on anything in life. Everything is a chance, and you need to take that leap of faith. I have always loved people who try and be life-freeing motivators, because they know they have it right. Life is meant to be free. You need to leave the grind if you want to enjoy it. There are no guarantees in life. Never. You need to work to be able to get anything or anywhere in life, because I think that only you can make sure that you will get anywhere in life. "The only time sucess comes before work is in the dictionary." -Harvey Specter, Suits

The bots start coming and they don’t stop coming. They’re breaking the rules tryna take our money. Started reporting spammers for fun, they make me feel smart cause they act so dumb. At least I think that’s how it goes…

. . . When your 85lb GSD makes "Wayne Trades" with the toys

YKYASFW you read Yumi for the fourth time, finish it, then immediately restart it.

Me: Okay, as soon as I get home from school, I'm going to do all that Geometry homework I have! Also Me: Ooh, look, the Shard!

Hey everyone! I'm back with some more Cosmere music, this time based on "The Emperor's Soul". I hope you all enjoy it!!

... when 2/3s of your essay on identity for English class is an explanation and deep dive into realmatic theory, spirit webs,and the spirit realm ...and you weren't allowed to look anything up so you did it all off of memory.

Did anyone else when they read about how autium looks, think about that big metal bean, but just darker? The bean in question:

Persian

I don't think it will be another bond, because every radiant already has the perfect sidekick-partner-buddy in their spren. I'm agreeing with just the more improving on what they already have. The question with regards to Kaladin though... how do you improve on perfection?

Sometimes, instrumental music just hits DIFFERENT. Sacrifice by Alan Lennon (which i'm sure i've talked about before) is especially beautiful. It's just so raw and yet dramatic and it tells such an emotional story. It actually reminds me of a scene in my series where one of the main characters, who was very close to the FL, dies (hehe @The Halcyon Girl knows what i'm talkin' 'bout). It's the FL's breaking point, and her built-up pain suddenly overflows into this moment of utter and complete defeat. I literally have chills right now. Here it is on spotify, and here's a youtube version. Ahhhhh it's just so scrumptious Here's a mix of similar music I like to listen to on Youtube, as well as this one (2 hrs), this one (40 mins), and also this one (1 hr), all of which I highly recommend. I especially enjoy them during writing sessions. You'll probably like them if you enjoy Tommee Profitt and fantasy movie soundtracks. I love them so much oh my hailstorms i literally can't

What about Adin? The boy Kaladin put his armor on? He was willing to sacrifice himself, but at the last moment, realized he didn't want to die? Just speculations. Heinous. A perfect word. I'm still leaning towards the Adolin theory, but I hadn't considered this. It is almost certain it will be someone it will be hard for Dalinar to fight, not physically, but morally.

Yup, I said it; Atium (the pure, non-alloyed form) is better than Lerasium. Or, at least it has a far greater potential, in my opinion. Both God Metals are quite useful in their own right; Atium can be used to see and comprehend the SR while Lerasium allows you to make permanent changes to your Spiritweb. And I think most people see Lerasium as the superior metal because it grants permanent, powerful Invested abilities with pretty much no downside, while Atium is used up in a flash. I used to think this way too until I realized something; Atium gives knowledge and comprehension. That means a lot, I believe. What's a Dawnshard's biggest power? Granting the knowledge and comprehension of a deity. And so, I think pure Atium may be able to do something similar, though on a smaller scale. Want to use a highly, highly advanced Awakening Command to, oh, say recreate Nightblood? Atium vision grants you the knowledge and ability to use it. Want to know how to Bondsmith your way to Ascension? Atium. Boom. Knowledge. Want to know how to Forge yourself into a only borderline possible yet much more powerful version of yourself? Atium again. Want to know how to crack Hemalurgic Compounding, add multiple Hemalurgic charges or powers in a single spike, add more than 5 spikes to a person, evade the Flaw, add +500 IQ via Hemalurgic copper (while remaining somewhat human), or otherwise rewrite a Spiritweb in literally any way you want? You probably know by now; Atium. Even if you don't have another form of Investiture as your disposal to gain insight into, you could learn the next leap in technological advancement for your civilization (with you owning its patented rights, of course), know what to do regarding a close personal matter, or simply gain a greater insight into how the Cosmere works. Have I convinced anyone else to join team Atium over team Lerasium yet? Edit: Hmm, I get the feeling that people are voting without actually checking my argument. . .

Yup, if we're looking for countermeasures and solutions to combat Steelrunners that's a way to balance them without having to actually decrease their capability. There's a lot of ways to do this that don't even require access to Ettmetal or the Metallic arts, though it does make it easier. Literal speed trap. Going too fast indoors? Speed detector sets off A-Cadmium bubbles isolating the hallway, or something similar. Difficult to tune, and some work would need to be done to protect bystanders, but it's doable. Maybe use it in conjunction with the Leeching you suggested. IRL metal detectors or x-ray machines that ignore the strategies to hide metal from Steelsight. Here's a twist on an existing design: some automatic door closers are engineered so that the door closes at an adjustable rate. Try to force the door to close faster than that rate and the closing assembly resists. To limit Steelrunners, simply reverse the direction so that the door can only be opened at a specified rate and greatly increases resistance when someone attempts to open it faster. A lot of finetuning would have to be done to make it safe for other scenarios, like maybe disabling the mechanism in the event of a fire alarm just like how there are already fire alarm triggered doors, but it could significantly limit how fast a Steelrunner could move through a building. Sure a determined Steelrunner assassin could get around it, just set fire to the building and wait for the target to run out, but then no security system is infallible.

Hey guys! For any fans of the Civilization series here, this is my newly created Alethkar mod for Civilization 6. It features two leaders for Alethkar, Dalinar and Jasnah Kholin. I am super open to any feedback or to discuss various lore decisions I made during the creation of the mod! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3139790918