MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Hi guys, I've been posting here one-offs, mostly in the Q&A thread for a while, but I thought I'd introduce myself. I started reading Brandon's work with WoK in September of 2017, shortly before Oathbringer came out, at the behest of friends who wanted me to read it so they could talk to me about it. I read the entire Cosmere between then and maybe March of 2018, and almost all of Brandon's other work shortly thereafter. I started a reread of the Cosmere at the beginning of July, hoping to get through the whole thing before Rhythm of War comes out. I'm a 33 year old (mostly) cis straight male doctoral student in Religion whose funding is a little messed up because of the pandemic and is scrambling to support himself next year, hopefully with a teaching job, which maybe I stay at even when I finish my PhD since getting a job in academia is basically impossible now. My dissertation topic is the use of the divine name (YHWH) in the early chapters of the book of Genesis, and what the biblical authors are trying to do in when and how they do and don't refer to God in those early chapters. I'm an extrovert (ENFJ) and sort of an everything nerd (sports, politics, economics, religion, philosophy, theology, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, history (especially ancient and medieval), mythology, hard sciences [especially natural history/evolutionary biology, astro-ish physics, particle physics], broadway musicals, and obviously speculative literature). I don't really get modern art, and I'm definitely not super into the painting sections of art museums, but I love the ancient and medieval sections of those museums. I am from, and currently reside, in the Philly area, but I've lived years of my life in the DC area, and Northern Indiana, spent one interesting year living in Jerusalem. If you want to ask me something, given my background, or just need a friend and think the place to find that friend is on the 17th shard forums, I'm happy to oblige. I wish you all the best. - K-Bob Edited July 19, 2020 by MasterK-Bob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DramaQueen Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi, nice to meet you!!! Do you have a favorite musical? (I noticed that was in the "everything" list) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkfinder Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hello and welcome to the shard What is your favorite book 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hey Darkfinder, My favorite book ever is probably the Lord of the Rings, or maybe the Book of Genesis since I've sort of committed my life to studying it and I love stories of origins. My favorite book by Brandon Sanderson is super hard for me to figure out. I love them all. Maybe most recently I enjoyed my second reading of Skyward, but that might have been because I sort of had a crush on Spensa? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mist Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Welcome! What's your favorite magic system? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, DramaQueen said: Hi, nice to meet you!!! Do you have a favorite musical? (I noticed that was in the "everything" list) Hey DramaQueen, My all time favorite musical is Les Mis. A personal favorite that I absolutely love is Children of Eden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Just now, Mist said: Welcome! What's your favorite magic system? In Brandon's books, I guess I think feruchemy is most interesting, if I can't just call the metallic arts one elaborate system of which almost all magic users only have access to a small part (though I guess everyone in the whole Cosmere has access to hemalurgy). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 47 minutes ago, MasterK-Bob said: In Brandon's books, I guess I think feruchemy is most interesting, if I can't just call the metallic arts one elaborate system of which almost all magic users only have access to a small part (though I guess everyone in the whole Cosmere has access to hemalurgy). Surgebinding is the same. Do you have a favorite cosmere series? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AonEne Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Welcome to the Shard, we’re happy to have you here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, Karger said: Surgebinding is the same. Do you have a favorite cosmere series? My favorite completed series is Mistborn era 1. I think the Stormlight books might be better. Individually, perhaps they are already, but I'll withhold judgment until at least Book 5 is done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adran Oathbreaker Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Hey, K-Bob! Greetings! Welcome to the Shard! Who's your fave character in the Cosmere? And have you taken the quiz? Which Order do you belong? Elsecaller here, an INTJ. Result shows Truthwatcher as close second. So yeah, I'm satisfied with the result. Edited July 19, 2020 by Adran Oathbreaker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterK-Bob Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Adran Oathbreaker said: Hey, K-Bob! Greetings! Welcome to the Shard! Who's your fave character in the Cosmere? And have you taken the quiz? Which Order do you belong? Elsecaller here, an INTJ. Result shows Truthwatcher as close second. So yeah, I'm satisfied with the result. I got windrunner, by a pretty significant margin. I don't recall what was behind it. I adore Lift, but she's almost a little off the wall. Maybe my favorite character I relate to most is Marasi? I think she makes the most sense to me, though I also really like Adolin, Ham, Tensoon, Siri, Lopen . . . this is hard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorless Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the Shard! I see you've already settled in, so I'll just look forward to seeing you around on the forums! Edited July 19, 2020 by Honorless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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