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[OB] Full Book Reactions / Full Spoilers Thread
Windborne Sword replied to Chaos's topic in Stormlight Archive
Regarding Teft: I deal with severe depression, borderline crippling (I barely function and can't work a regular job due to it). This was a really accurate description of how it feels for me on a day to day basis. At least the part of me that hates myself and wants to give up. For Shallan and Hoid, it was probably one of my favorite parts of the book. I love how Shallan is almost always happy to see Hoid. Hoid treats her almost like a daughter or granddaughter, or so it seems to me. -
[OB] Full Book Reactions / Full Spoilers Thread
Windborne Sword replied to Chaos's topic in Stormlight Archive
Overall I loved the book (Hey I even wrote a review on it with my advance copy I received on the 2nd of November). Important Bits: Kaladin really didn't get a lot of love this book, but that's okay. We got to learn a ton more about Syl instead. Jasnah didn't get a whole lot of love in this book, but those scenes where she was the PoV. damnation.... Navani seemed more of a backpiece in this entry than in the last couple. Elokhar, I was really growing to like the character.... Dammit. Taravangian is quickly becoming one of my more hated characters. I don't like him, he's a manipulative bastard who is arrogant enough to believe he alone can save the world. All the Bridge 4 scenes were amazing, especially Tefts and Rocks. Rocks family showing up was awesome. Shallan overall was interesting this book if only because of her multiple personas taking on a very increased role. Not enough Vasher, but it was really cool to see Vivenna show up as Azure. It's pretty obvious she has a true awakened blade that isn't a complete failure like Nightblood as well. Nightblood and Szeth's interactions were great. Moash really disappointed me. He's another character I'm quickly growing to hate as well. Dalinar, wasn't expecting his past to be quite like that. It's interesting to see him grow over the course of his flashbacks into who we meet in Way of Kings. My absolute favorite bit though was that I loved Hoid and Shallans interactions. I feel like he's quickly becoming a father figure to her in ways that her own father never was. Frankly I'd love to see this aspect of their relationship improved on in the future. Venli, I didn't like her in Words of Radiance, but damnation if she didn't step up in Oathbringer. Pity about Eshonai though. Points I'm unsure about: Was that Galladon in the lighthouse in Shadesmar? Definitely a person from Sel though. That Blessed Domi comment gives it away. Speaking of Shadesmar they apparently trade with Nalthis quite frequently if they had goods from the Court of the Gods. The third letter confused the hell out of me. It seemed like it was multitude of responses to a letter Hoid sent out to all the shardholders. I could be wrong though. -
He has Breath, been confirmed for a while, look it up on the wiki.
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[Theory] Scholar Form and Nimble Form
Windborne Sword replied to Windborne Sword's topic in Stormlight Archive
I don't know if intellect is really a necessary part of changing forms however, I personally doubt it. Besides changing into Storm form really only requires a Voidspren to be present during a Highstorm, or if Hoid is right the Everstorm.- 20 replies
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We don't know why Hoid has the ability to use those forms of Magic. He's also not immortal, he's just jumped forward through the time that wasn't important to him, since it's been at least over 4 and a half millennium since the Shattering. That said Hoid could've implanted "Taln" with Hemalurgic spikes that held the memories of the real Taln, but like others said there's a seperate thread on the matter.
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[Theory] Scholar Form and Nimble Form
Windborne Sword replied to Windborne Sword's topic in Stormlight Archive
Yes, as others have pointed out Dull Form and Slave form look very alike. Why would Scholar and Nimble form have anything, but different physiological changes inside the head where the brain is, which wouldn't be visible on the outside where others could easily discern the differences. However Venley was way too ambitious and just being influenced by Odium wouldn't explain that I think. Also that epigraph was too conspicuous. Why would Brandon mention the ambition of Scholar form if it wasn't important?- 20 replies
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So I was listening to Words of Radiance and after finishing it, I noticed something about Venley and her scholar friends. She was really ambitious and was quite backstabby towards Eshonai and the rest of the Parshendi. No doubt Odium was influencing her in some way, but my question is how did he get her of all people to listen after all these years? My thoughts on it is that she and her friends actually found Scholar form because of it's innate ambition, and it was more easily influenced than other forms of Non-power. Epigraph on it: Scholarform shown for patience and thought. Beware its ambitions innate. Though study and diligence bring the reward, Loss of innocence may be one's fate. I'd love for this to be discussed, as I'm open to further reworking the theory if I find convincing arguments or proofs to back it up.
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[Theory]The Cognitive Realm and it's appearance.
Windborne Sword replied to Windborne Sword's topic in Cosmere Discussion
I'd love to see the WOB on that, cause I don't remember reading that from what we know from his various signings. I could have missed it however as I took a break after the summer last year to enjoy other series, and haven't been on these forums for ages until I finished Words of Radiance a couple days ago.- 27 replies
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[Theory]The Cognitive Realm and it's appearance.
Windborne Sword replied to Windborne Sword's topic in Cosmere Discussion
Agreed, I'll edit the main post in a day or so, when I get the time. Also any further thoughts would be great. I just thought I might be headed in the right direction and wanted to see if what I thought would spur others to help build the theory. I agree that it's probably different for each Shardworld and that everyone sees them the same, but still it'd be interesting to see if Shadesmar(or whatever it's called there) is made of metal on Scadrial or sand on the White Sands world. Would possibly be the reason why it's so hard to travel to Shadesmar on Sel as well. I mean glowing lines don't exactly make a stable platform to stand on after all.- 27 replies
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So I was thinking about this last night, when I was trying to go to bed and had just finished listening to Words of Radiance, what if the Cognitive Realm's appearance is based on your perception? For example for someone like Hoid, he'd probably see it as something completely different than say Jasnah or Shallan. Rosharans (is this a canon term yet?) associate spheres with holding power in the form of Stormlight so when they travel to Shadesmar they see a world made out of spheres; where as someone from the White Sands world might see it as sand of some sort. Revision: Instead of having everyone see it differently based on their beliefs, it would be shaped differently for each world, with spheres for Roshar and sand for the White Sands world. Metal for Scadrial. I'd assume something to do with light for Sel, or I've just been playing too much Infamous Second Son and enjoying the Neon Power way too much. This may also explain why it's so hard to travel in Shadesmar (or whatever it's called on Sel) around Shadesmar as well. Edit: I'm leaving the original theory there just for reference purposes, but I'm adding parts that have been suggested in the posts below. Would appreciate any feedback on this, as I found the concept really fascinating and in line with what little we know of the Cognitive Realm.
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Which power would you choose?
Windborne Sword replied to Straff Venture's topic in Cosmere Discussion
This thread is in the Cosmere Theories forum though. So it really doesn't belong in this thread. That said I'd love to be an Allomancer. Never have to use public transportation again except for an airplane ride. -
What I was speculating about in my thread wasn't just about becoming a Feruchemist through taking in Atium and Lerasium. I was speculating about what it would do for people who aren't Mistborn already. For example what would eating a bead of Atium have done to someone like Elend(prior to the end of WoA)? But if you want to discuss that it should probably be done in my thread.
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Words of Radiance Release Date Moved
Windborne Sword replied to Refero's topic in Stormlight Archive
Bummer, I hate delays. At least I'll be able to get it for my birthday! I love having my birthday in March.- 18 replies
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That's my only critique for the cover is that Kaladin looks like he's going to trip and hit his face into those rockbuds.
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Holy cow that looks nice. It looks like we get to see Kaladin in his Kholin uniform, and is that Szeth we see on the expanded cover?
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the most useless uses for useful powers
Windborne Sword replied to king of nowhere's topic in Cosmere Discussion
Give a Lifeless a 2056 bit-esque encryption phrase as it's command phrase and than lose the note with the command phrase. -
So we know that someone who doesn't know what they are doing when ingesting a piece of Lerasium becomes a Mistborn. That led me to start wondering since it and Atium are literally pieces of the Power of Creation, what would someone who wasn't already an Allomancer ingesting a bead of Atium become or would it affect them at all? Would ingesting an Atium and Lerasium bead at the same time make someone a full Feruchemist? Anyone else have thoughts about this or am I just crazy? Maybe this is how Hoid got his Feruchemical powers, by ingesting a bead of Lerasium and a bead of Atium at the same time.
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Brandon's "State of the Sanderson"
Windborne Sword replied to eojsmada's topic in 17th Shard Discussion
Like you said it's been planned for after book 5 of SA. I wouldn't expect that to have changed really. Remember that Brandon likes to go back and forth between his different series so as not to burn himself out writing. -
Besides we still have yet to learn anything about the Southern Hemisphere people at all. They may have full Mistborn as well, if my idea about Sazed removing Mistborn and Feruchemists from the mix is wrong though.
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We don't know that for sure, and Marsh doesn't seem to be going around murdering people during the Alloy of Law. WoB has said that the plot of the second trilogy will be revolve around a SWAT-like team of Mistings who are going after a rogue Mistborn. That's all we know about the plot of the second trilogy so far really.
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I like the idea that Sazed messed around and made it so there were no Mistborn or full Feruchemists, maybe Sazed wanted the people to become more accustomed to mistings and ferrings and twinborn before reintroducing full Mistborn and full Feruchemists back into the mix. Most of the people who survived the Final Ascension were just plain old Skaa after all. They didn't know what a Mistborn could do, and if someone was to go power-crazy it could wipe out the rest of humanity.
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Since this is a non visual thing it's quite hard to tell, but maybe they caused the land to rise up? Earthquakes are funny things. Just look at this picture from the Japanese quake back in 2011. Who knows how uniform or non-uniform an earthquake caused fissure would react when the quake might have been caused by Magic.
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(Spoilers) Your biggest "WHAT THE---?!"
Windborne Sword replied to firstRainbowRose's topic in General Brandon Discussion
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True, but you could just make the bullets come towards you and than drop the bubble and be fine. Just like Wax did with his Ricochet-style shot to kill some mook in AoL.
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