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  1. Well after hearing the Dragonsteel 2023 reading this theory is a bust.
  2. SPOILERS TO FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. I know this isn't much as a form of discussion, but it occurred to me that the sunhearts are very similar to the philosophers stone in Fullmetal Alchemist. They're both sources of power that are condensed human souls that power the magics of in their worlds. I had thought that Sanderson hadn't read or seen Fullmetal Alchemist, so these two things being so similar is humorous to me. But that was all, just a funny observation and connection between two different stories.
  3. I know that most will disagree strongly with me and this isn't a dig at anyone's opinion, but here's my thoughts on the ending. I LOVED this ending. I cried, I laughed, I beamed with happiness. I understand why some people don't think it was needed. Happy endings in stories are hard for people nowadays to take seriously, and I'm in that boat as well. In a world where life can be full of crappy scenarios it's hard to believe in a happy ending, even in a piece of fiction. Sanderson himself has stated that he is a chronic optimist. So it is easy to right this off as an optimist fantasy. So many will say: "Bring on the Joe Abercrombies, where grim dark is the rule of life. Bring on the George R.R. Martins, where no eucatastrophe can exist. Bring on the realist fantasy that says the heroes went home and no reward was found.". So I have a choice to make in regards to this book's ending. Which is more believable? A world where all ends in darkness and sadness; where hope and endings of joy are for the foolish and privileged? Or a world that is filled with nightmares and burning ground and is covered in darkness: but is also a world that every now and then, by chance or by providence, by the love of two people, gives something back? I've made my choice and I'm sticking to it. Sorry if that seemed overly dramatic, but this book got me in the feels.
  4. The worst thing about reading this essay is that I can't upvote it twice. Very insightful.
  5. Hello everyone. I've been working on this theory for a little while and wanted to know what other people thought of it. My theory is this: I believe that through the Cognitive perception of the people on Scadrial towards the figure of Ironeyes Marsh is manifesting more and more in the Cognitive Realm as the actual embodiment of death, all the while keeping a material aspect in the Physical realm, similar to how spren have an appearance in the the Physical realm, but are fully manifested in the Cognitive realm. I believe that as time goes on Marsh will cease just being an Inquisitor who is viewed as Death, but will actually become the Cosmere's version of the Grim Reaper: the avatar of death itself, Ironeyes. My evidence: 1. Marsh's soul is spiked over 20 times, thus making his spiritual web susceptible to manipulation from outside sources. 2. Marsh has been viewed as a personification of a force of nature(in this case death) for over 300 years by millions of people on Scariel. So the Cognitive perception people have of him is very fixed. 3. Harmony has invested Marsh a number of times in order to meet people in the Cognitive realm to act the part of Ironeyes that people perceive him as. Thus strengthening the Cognitive perception of him even further. 4. We know that a Connection between Physical realm beings and Cognitive realm entities can exist(Radiants), what I'm suggesting is that this is a Connection between Physical beings(Scadrial's people) and a singular Physical being's Cognitive aspect. 5. At the end of Lost Metal we have 3 pieces of information about Marsh that have yet to be resolved or answered: 1. He needs a new way to retain his immortality, as Atium is no longer a reliable source. 2. He can walk around in public and no one notices him. He claims it's emotional Allomancy but Wax believes it is something else. 3. Kriss is aware that other planets are acknowledging Marsh as Ironeyes, for reasons she doesn't understand. If I am correct in my theory then all these issues are resolved. As a being who is more manifested in the Cognitive realm Marsh would stop aging or at least greatly slow in growing old, as spren and seons do. As the personification of a force of nature his presence would be like air and gravity, always present but barely noticed. And if he is becoming more and more a Cognitive entity then the idea of him could be spreading in the minds of other inhabitants of the Cosmere. So that is my theory. Hope it makes sense. Feel free to tear it apart to find mistakes and weaknesses. Have a good day all.
  6. [SPOILERS] As I was reading this book I began to wonder if there was going to be a Sanderlanche at the end, the book just seemed too laid back to have one. Then when we got to the moment where Tress sees the Crow's Song on the monitor I knew it had begun. I felt like I needed music to go along with it but I couldn't figure out what to choose. Then it cut back to the ship and Salay fighting the sea and Ann firing the cannon with Laggart aiming for her; I knew what music to play. 'He's A Pirate' from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies fits this moment so well. I highly recommend rereading it with the song playing.
  7. Thank so much, my fears have been lessened.
  8. Hello 17th Shard. I am going to Dragonsteel Con with my Mom, but I am super nervous about messing up in regards to the badges. We've never been to a Con before, so getting the badges was a sweat inducing experience(I think the Mission Impossible theme was playing behind us). Thankfully we got the badges but I don't know how to use them. I'm not sure what we are to present at the entrance of the Con. Is the QR code the badge itself? Do we print out the webpage with the QR code on it and show it at Dragonsteel Con? I'm just worried that my inexperience might mess this up. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
  9. Hello 17 Shard. I have a theory about the giant spren of Iri, Cusicesh, that I haven't found anyone else propose before, so I just want to get the fandom's thoughts. I believe that Cusicesh is actually the 'dullform' of Ba-Ado-Mishrim(BAM). The piece of information that first brought this idea to me was when I was rereading Dalinar and Navani's wedding and the Stormfather appears. After he hears the wedding vows and leaves, the soldiers around Dainar "sagged, looking suddenly exhausted.". It suddenly occurred to me that the only other spren that I could remember causing tiredness in a group of people was Cusicesh of Iri. So my interest in the spren was peaked and I wondered if it might be a spren that was capable of Connection like the Stormfather, or at least similar abilities. All three Bondsmith spren have been accounted for so if it is a spren capable of great Connection Cusicesh would have to be something else. And that's when I thought about BAM. She was connected to almost every Singer on the planet at one point, so she has the ability. I dug a little deeper and tried to find out where her last location was. There's no definitive area of Roshar stated, but the epigraphs of Oathbringer Part 3 say that the Singers were feverishly fighting toward Feverstone keep during the end of the False Desolation, the Desolation BAM initiated. So it's possible that she would be in the area. Feverstone Keep has been theorizied to be near the Iri city of Rall Elorim. If this is correct, then the strike team that went after BAM would have attacked her in Iri. This is where my theory falls completely into spectulation. I believe that Melishi the Bondsmith did not trap BAM in a gemstone the same way that Dalinar trapped the Thrill. I think that Melishi only trapped her mind in the gem stone, leaving behind an impotent shell. This might be why the empowered Singers became the dullform parshmen instead of Singers without access to Voidlight, matching to what happened to what was Connecting them. After that BAM, Cusicesh now, hid away in Iri; only coming out at a certain time and looking eastward, possibly towards where the sphere containing her mind is hidden. Anyway, that's my theory. Feel free to dissect it, I'd loved to know where I'm wrong.
  10. Maybe the flashback could be him meeting Sazed or Dockson for the first time. Or even a scene between him and Mare, where we could get introduced to the drawing of the flower.
  11. I have always loved the scene where the crew is relaxing and begin talking back and forth in Spook's street slang. There's no action and the story doesn't depend on its existence, but it is such a wonderful moment. I think that if it was accurately depicted on screen that it would show viewers what separates this series from other fantasy shows.
  12. Oooo, I really like this. It could be something like a teaser trailer, each one focused on a particular main character.
  13. Hello 17th shard, I recently had a desire to write out what I think would be really cool movie trailers for each of the Mistborn books. I know that others have done this exact thing before, and that is what partially inspired me to try this out. Hope you enjoy. Also spoilers for the trilogy, and add whatever music you think works best. The Final Empire trailer Opens with a wide shot of Scadrial: falling ash, brown landscape, red sun. Cut to black. New setting, a man is looking out a window with his back towards us. He begins to speak. "The Skaa..." Cut to scene of a taskmaster whipping a Skaa worker, we can see in the background hundreds of slaves. "The Nobles..." A scene of a Noble within a lavish mansion overlooking the plantation. "The Final Empire." A sweeping overshot of Luthadel. "For a thousand years I have ruled it" Cut back to speaker. " I am the hero of this world." Cut to Skaa slum. "And yet..." "There are those who fight against me." We get a wide shot of Kelsier's crew. Vin, Kelsier, and Sazed are not included in this shot. "Those who resist me." A scene of Elend drinking wine at a ball, Sazed is standing just a few feet away off to the side. Cut to black. "Those who... reject me." Scene of Vin and Kelsier flying through the mists at night, leaping around buildings. Scene cuts to black once they jump towards the camera. "But it matters not." We see Vin running in fear at night. "Whatever numbers they raise against me." We see the Skaa rebels preparing for battle. "However hard they fight." Scene of Kelsier brawling with several hazekillers. We cut back to Vin running and we can see glimpses of what is chasing her. " Nothing will change the outcome." Very short cut to black, opens with Vin breathing hard and hiding. "They will be crushed." A large figure lands near her, giving us a look at its steel eyes. Title of movie. The Well of Ascension trailer We hear metal scraping against metal and low frantic breathing. "Please, listen to me" Scene of Sazed studying manuscripts. "Whatever I said in the past." Scene of Elend standing before the Assembly. "However strong my arguments have been." Scene of Vin leaping to the top of Kredick Shaw. "Despite the events that have proven me." Cut to black. The speaker is now shouting. "You must listen to me!" Straff approaches Luthadel with his army. "Enemies descend upon us!" A scene of each of the crew, all with concerned expressions. "Friends and allies are manipulated against us!" Scene of Vin within the mist, she looks and we get a brief image of the mist spirit. "And even worse dangers have appeared!" Cut to black with an open of Elend looking out over the valley below with fear covering his face. "But a worse foe rises!" Close up of a screaming koloss. "One that will bring ruin upon us all!" Cut to black. Scene of Vin crying in a corner. "I say to you now." Scene of Elend with his hands on his head. "All I have said and preached." "I recant!" Dockson looking up in fear at an enormous foe. "I recant!" Breeze hiding in a building with snow and ash around him. "I recant!" Sazed holding someone, screaming. Title of movie. Hero of Ages trailer We have an opening of Scadrial, the sun almost blacked out by how much ash is falling. We see an ashmound explode in the distance. An unknown person speaks (Ruin) "The Hero of Ages shall be not a man, but a force. No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him, and no king may slay him. He shall belong to none, not even himself." A scene of Vin flying over thousands of koloss. She speaks: "The Hero will have the power to save the world. But he will also have the power to destroy it." A scene of Elend leading an army against an unseen foe. He speaks: "The Hero of Ages was not simply to be a warrior. He was a person who united others, who brought them together. A leader." A scene of Sazed sitting in his tent looking at a stack of papers, looking weary. He speaks: "The Hero of Ages was removed from the Terris people. He was not royalty himself, but came to it eventually." A scene of Tensoon as a wolfhound running towards a distant city, Luthadel. He speaks: "He shall defend their ways, yet shall violate them. He will be their savior, yet they shall call him heretic. His name shall be discord, yet they shall love him for it." A scene of Marsh walking towards the camera with a volcano erupting behind him. He speaks: "He left ruin in his wake, but it was forgotten. He created kingdoms, and then destroyed them as he made the world anew." Cut to black. Open to a scene of a burning building. We see someone coming out of the flames, holding someone in his arms. Spook speaks: "The Hero will bear the future of the world on his arms." Cut to black. Title of movie.
  14. I"m split between Ashertmarn and Ba Ado Mishrim. Right now it's Ashertmarn just for how creepy its effects are, but that could quickly change depending on how Mishrim is developed later.
  15. Book 3 of The Ranger's Apprentice, The Icebound Land. The main character Will is tricked into eating a drug that places him in a zombie like state that will do whatever his slave masters order and only wants more of the drug. I read this in my early teens and had to wait a day before continuing because of how it disturbed me. I still get shivers thinking about that part of the story.
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