What would happen if all Connection in the entire Cosmere was simultaneously severed?

[Stormblessed0421 he/him]

I don’t really expect real answers, this just popped into my head and I thought it’d be cool to see what you guys think would happen!

[NameIess]

Short answer? Everyone would die.

Long answer? Everyone's souls are disconnected from all three realms immediately, and everyone instantly goes to the beyond.

[Duxredux he/him]

Agreed. Short answer is that everyone and everything would die. Probably the Cosmere explodes into unrecognizable chaos.

Beyond that, looking into the details, I think this depends on how thoroughly Connection works on a Cosmere level, affecting stuff that in our world uses normal physics for. For example, take the Surge of Cohesion, also called the Surge of Strong Axial Interconnection, that allows Willshapers and Stonewards to manipulates things on a molecular level. What happens if matter just... doesn't stick together? What happens if gravity just doesn't work consistently or in the direction it's supposed to? Does a physical object actually need to be tied to it's Spiritual Identity or Cognitive Identity to remain itself? (I don't know the answer to that one) I usually take the Identity Theorem for granted, but I don't know if that's a given here.

So yes, you should totally be terrified of Ishar and any unchained Bondsmith.

Edited May 13, 2022 by Duxredux
Adjusted per Shardless Vessel

[+ShardlessVessel]

18 hours ago, Duxredux said:

I don't know if it's a good thing that they only have access to Spiritual Adhesion.

Dalinar glues Kadash to the floor with Adhesion in Oathbringer.

[HSuperLee]

I feel like this question is the Cosmere equivalent of asking what would happen if one of the four fundamental forces disappeared for a second. Physics isn't really prepared to answer that question fully because physics is dependent on the existence of the four fundamental forces. Realmatically, I'm not sure we can answer this because realmatics are kinda predicated on the existence of the Connection.