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Hey Sharders! I assume you all know how to play "would you rather", but I'm going to explain anyway. One person asks a question--it can be from the books, about the characters, or about Brandon himself ( though I'm not sure how you'd manage that)--then the next person answers that question and asks their own, and so on. Try to keep possible spoilers to a minimum. I'll start with an easy enough question: Would you rather be a Lightweaver or a Windrunner?

Hello all, **SPOILERS FOR ALL THINGS COSMERE** It is probably not news to most of you that the true nature and history of Ado is unknown. My friend and I have been having a continuous argument about this and I was hoping to get some new perspectives / insights. The argument primarily revolves around the central question: is Ado REALLY God God? When I say 'God God' I mean the end all be all, the creator of everything, the root of the entire universe. There is nothing 'bigger', there is nothing more powerful, there was nothing else before. This is the traditional Christian interpretation of God. Hereafter I will be referring to this concept as capitol G God as opposed to the shards as lower g god. This whole thing is very confusing as the only information contradicts itself. For example, we have people on Roshar and Taldain that tell us that Adonalsium created all things. Then we have forums / wobs that state that Adonalsium created the cosmere, with the cosmere being only ONE galaxy in a presumably infinite universe. From the very limited information we actually get in the text, this is how Ado is referenced. However, we all know that narrators in cosmere books can be unreliable. Since it is written as an in world text, people in the books can state something as fact without it actually being factual. We also have 'testimony' from an aetherbound that they are independent of Ado, and argue that together (all 12 aethers) they are equal in power to Ado. If this is the case, then obviously Ado is not God. Still incredibly powerful, but not 'the' creator. Again, this narrator could be flat out wrong. For me, it feels cosmere breaking for Ado to have an equal. Ado is the beginning, middle and end of this story and it feels cheap / diminishing that there would be other forces that surpass or are equal to Ado. The shards carry such weight / authority because it has been implied that they are God split into 16 pieces. That is infinitely more cool, interesting, and terrifying than being pieces of one of many gods (ado's throughout the universe). The shards are still extremely powerful either way, but the gravity of the shattering feels completely undermined if Ado is only the god of this singular galaxy. In addition, outside of the cosmere, I don't see Brandon incorporating beings above Ado given that he won't be done with the current story until after 2060. Ado not being God feels like the scene in men in black where they find out their universe is only a locker in a huge alien hub, but in a bad way (i like the scene in the movie). Or for another parallel, its like Dragon Ball Z where every arc is about getting more power that wasn't known about before. It works for that story, but it diminishes the work / pain that went into the earlier arcs. The only theory I can come up with that makes this all work together is that Ado is God. He created the entire universe, not just the cosmere. After creating everything, he seperated himself into his distinct parts. These parts were Ado (personality / Intent / spiritual), Dawnshards (Command / Action / cognitive), and Aethers (body, Investiture, physical). This would make Ado both God and not God. The aethers would be correct in saying they are equal to Adonalsium as we understand him (just the shards / intents) without being correct that they are on the level as God (Ado + Dawnshards + Aethers) or predate him. Let me know your alls thoughts / any sources you have for this that may help shed some light. I know the true answer is unknown, but want to gauge the communities feelings on this to see if I am an outlier.

Heyo All. Looking for thoughts and potentially clarification. When we visit Ishars camp, it is discovered that through unknown means he is somehow forcing (convincing?) spren to manifest physical flesh bodies instead of as godmetal. We are told / learn (cant remember the passage exactly) that the spren dies within a couple of minutes. The stormfather is understandable upset about this and doesnt really give a lot of information. And then all the other Ishar stuff happens so it isn't really touched on again. I have so many questions. -How is he pulling them in? Is he creating a perpendicularity like Dalinar (unlikely) to force them through? Something with hemalurgy? -Is this one of the mechanisms that was broken due to unmade / trapping of Mishram or was this never possible? if it is a broken mechanism, is the broken aspect that this can be done at all or that it kills them right now? Is there a way to bring spren into physical realm with bodies without killing them? maybe not as flesh bodies, but something similar to Stormfather who is only in PR? -'the spren dies' what kind of death is this? TSM Spoilers: I realize there may not be any answers for these questions, but i hadn't seen this discussed and it feels like it could potentially be really huge. What are your alls thoughts? Is this important or just showing how crazy Ishar is that he would try this?

What are your theories about the Platespren of the different Orders? We know that Windrunners have windspren and such, but what about the other orders?

Hello All, I'm sure you've all heard this before. Long time reader of everything Sanderson, but I have stayed away from this shard for a long time, RoW SPOILERS? I'll try to be vague, but its why I finally have come here. BUT JEEZZEEEE!!!! I just finished that Rhythm of War and oh my goodness. I simply needed to talk to others and listen to others and vent about how amazing this all is. The huge changes, the sudden duping of he who cannot be duped. it just flipped everything I thought and all the presuppositions I depended on. I have a big issue in stories like these of putting a character on a pedestal and assuming that everything they did, was done for good/would in the long run work out. But like, Sanderson just flipped that on its head. As such I need to delve into some forums and discussions. Once again Sanderson pulls ahead as my favorite author.

I chose Sleepless as I just finished Edgedancer a few minutes ago and was enthralled by the concept. With that book I'm caught up on the public Cosmere books. I began this journey in 2013 and, unfortunately, only noticed a connection upon Nightblood being introduced in the Stormlight series. Which I happened to pick up this past year. I was thrilled when I recognized Nightblood because it is by far one of my favorite characters. The simplicity and power that it brings to the pages thrills me. I am now hopelessly lost in my memories trying to remember all the mentions of Hoid, the mentions of Adonalsium, trying to remember what happened in all the books I read 6 years ago, trying to connect the dots between Stormlight and Warbreaker, and trying not to agonize over the fact that I now need to re-read all of the books because I am hopelessly lost. Brandon Sanderson, you are the first author who has convinced me to join a fan club and a forum. Of the hundreds of books I've read, your's have drug me in deeper than any other. Except perhaps the Kingkiller Chronicles. It's a pretty even match there. I look forward to learning more and opening my eyes to that which is not easily seen.

Recently I have memorized the back of the Way of Kings. (I was bored. Now I just have to get WoR down). But the more I thought about it, the more unnerved I was by the last line. One of them may redeem us. One of them will destroy us. Most likely sounds familiar, and you are probably eather thinking, ooooooooh noooooooo, or, that's not such a big deal, or, what's the deal? If I type it like this... One of them may redeem us. One of them WILL destroy us. That's pretty much it. Any thoughts?

I just finishers HoA, and I've been wondering, does Sazed die? I mean, he is a but in the summary thing in Alloy of Law, it says that And on the Coppermind, it doesn't say when he is born or when he (maybe) died. So should I trust the summary thing for AoL, or the end of HoA? Oh, HA! This is sorta kinda barely like when Sazed was going through the religions!

Just asking. And to clarify, I mean the Mistborn Adventure Game book that's a tabletop game.