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  1. Yeah, I think that all makes sense and is probably the most likely reason for it all. And the maipon sticks never being mentioned as an off-world term by Hoid at any point during the book I think is the biggest case to make for why this would not actually be anything significant. I just found the combination of the "-nimi" honorific only showing up in the old-timey Komashi mixed with the fact that there was some sort off cultural element of not walking on stone interesting. Brandon really loves the whole "this specific religious ritual/action actually comes from a history of practicality that got misunderstood and turned into some sort of religious thing over the course of generations" plot points, so I thought it would be interesting to bring up. But yeah, it's probably nothing XD
  2. I know that I was not the only one who thought about this when reading through Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, and I have seen people mention a thing or two about it in various places, but I figured it would be good to compile thoughts all in one place. What are people's thoughts/opinions about the connections between the people of Komashi and the Shin people? There are just a few choices that seem too intentional to me to not have been on purpose. These are the few things that I have personally noticed about it. Things suggesting there might be a connection: The people of Komashi use the honorific "-nimi" (At least they did 1700 years ago), just like we see Szeth do in Stormlight. Both the Komashi and the Shin do not walk on stone. Things suggesting that there might NOT be a connection: We know that of the people groups on Roshar, the Komashi specifically look the most like Vedens who very much do NOT look like the Shin. The Komashi do not walk on stone because of its heat (they use clogs to elevate themselves off of the stone instead of touching it directly with their skin), whereas the Shin do not walk on stone because they view stone as holy and it would therefore be sacrilegious to do so. Now, on that last note, I do think it is interesting to take a look at the religion of Shinovar. It is stated that they do not worship stone itself, but the spirit of the stone. Considering that on Komashi, one, they have spirits, and two, the spirits are the ones who give heat to the ground, making it unable to be walked upon, I could see some distant connection between them and the Shin here that got warped through time and generations. This is without mentioning the fact that Komashi spirits are drawn in by the stacking of stones, adding more to why stones themselves would be seen as holy. On top of all of that, the religion of Shinovar sees the sun as the "god of gods" which seems to be a sentiment that very much would be agreed upon by people of Komashi because of the whole situation with the Shroud (given there would likely be some timeline issues with that). BUT, all in all, there seem to be a lot of interesting connections between the Shin people, how they talk, and their religion and the Komashi. So, any thoughts on this? Anything I did not bring up or notice?
  3. So THAT'S how we restore the imbalance of Ruin being stronger than Preservation... Unless it takes consuming the entirety of Preservation to reach that point, which then implies that there is an alternate way of taking up the Shard or Preservation. Eat all of the Preservation-flavored gummies
  4. A land with Vikings and perhaps... Cthulu??? Maybe Brandon is working in some of his Bad Story Ideas from his podcast XD
  5. That just reminded me about how we have not really received any information on Kelsier's connection with the Malwish and what he has done with them since becoming such a revered and god-like figure to them as revealed at the end of Bands of Mourning. Perhaps the Malwish are much closer to being a nation of Ghostbloods (although honestly probably nowhere close to that extreme). I could easily see Kelsier taking care of them and manipulating them to use them for his plots by becoming their "god" in contrast with Harmony considering the fact that Harmony left the Malwish in the dust. And we already know that Kelsier has done this to some extent with the Malwish.
  6. That brings up an interesting point. In general, what would burning Lerasium do if you are already a Mistborn? Whatever the effect is in this instance seems like it would affect the answer to what Duralumin does when used on it. After a little bit of research I found this WoB: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/61-firefight-seattle-ubooks-signing/#e1304 This seems to imply that ingesting Lerasium after you are already a Mistborn would just make you an even stronger Mistborn. In that case, it seems that burning Duralumin and Lerasium at the same time would probably still have no noticeable effect since the Lerasium is still burned up all in one go even when used by a Mistborn. This does bring up some interesting questions on how powerful a Mistborn could become by continuing to ingest Lerasium, however.
  7. For anyone looking for some grand theory on Harmony vs. Discord... this is not where you are going to find it. This is just something that briefly thought was going to happen while I was reading TLM (but then very quickly realized would not) and thought other people would find interesting to speculate on. Basically, if I am remembering correctly, it seemed that we got the most references to Harmony's dark shadow/Discord from Wayne and specifically during his death sequence. Since the shadow was appearing concurrently with Harmony, I briefly thought that Harmony might split once again, but this time into two different Shards, Harmony AND Discord (both of which would hold a piece of Preservation and Ruin). Since I had this thought during Wayne's death sequence, and Wayne is generally seen as a wild and--dare I say, discordant--character, there was a moment where I thought that Wayne, instead of passing into the Beyond, was going to pick up the fractured Shard of Discord and then the cosmere was going to be plagued with a god-tier level of Wayne's shenanigans for all of eternity. I'm glad this didn't happen, but I do have to say, Wayne holding the Shard of Discord and constantly bothering Harmony would be a very interesting thing to see, especially since Wayne would likely have a very childish/wacky and non-evil interpretation of Discord. And if he ever met Whimsy as Discord... the cosmere would probably be a very different place. Plus I just think it would be funny to see this almost big-brother/little-brother, "I love him"/"I hate him" relationship between Harmony and Discord rather than the irreconcilable polar opposites that they will likely be presented to be. Anyways, I would love to hear other peoples' thoughts on what the cosmere would look like if Wayne was Discord .
  8. The back half is actually just Moash being a general menace in his group therapy sessions that he is forced to go to by Kaladin
  9. I agree that Moash definitely seems past the point of traditional redemption now. I think in my head it would be more like a breaking of ties from Odium, leading to him being more of a "I do whatever I think is right" (kind of lawful neutral) character that just generally opposes Odium because he feels that he was used by him, and maybe does things that he thinks that Kaladin would think was good, not necessarily because he feels any conviction for the actions themselves, but because he feels indebted to Kaladin to do so if that makes sense. Or maybe it just ends up being a "Kaladin dies to save Moash, and then Moash has just enough change of heart in one specific important moment to do the thing that stops Odium but also ends up killing himself in the process" kind of thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Who knows. Like you said, I'm sure Brandon has a plan and I'll be completely sold on whatever it is . The blindness thing seems too out of the ordinary to not end up being an important part of it though, so I am curious to see how it factors in, since I'm sure it will end up being important for some reason. Thanks for the welcome!
  10. Hello, everyone! This is my first post here on the 17th Shard, so please excuse if I mark anything wrong on here. I do not know if this has been said anywhere else, but while listening to one of the Shardcast episodes theorizing about who would die in Stormlight book 5 and who would survive to make it to the back half, I had this thought come to me. It is a common theory that Kaladin will not make it to the back half of the Stormlight Archives since so much of the front half has centered around him, and so much of his character arc has already been completed. Thinking about how complete Kaladin's character arc feels made me realize how incomplete Moash's character arc has seemed to me. I do not know if anyone else has felt this way, but throughout all of the books it has felt like Moash should be an important character, but comes across more as a side character that sometimes is heavily involved with the plot. In theory, Moash's character and story arc seem really important and impactful, but I remember not feeling that way completely while reading the books, like I was waiting for more to be done with his character. In short, if Moash's charcter arc ended anywhere near where it is currently, I feel like I would be left with the impression that he was not used to his fullest extent. In addition, Kaladin cannot just die in book five. If he does, he needs to go out in a big and important way. He is too important of a character for anything else. This leads me to my theory. I am not sure to what extent spoilers need to be marked, so I am just going to mark the entire thing as a spoiler. Thoughts?
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