Just ask a Silvereye anything!

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

I just reached 42 posts! Well, 43 now. Unless you count the way-too-many messages in forum games. So I thought this was the best time to start an AMA! You can ask me anything, and I will try to answer in less than 7.5 million years.

[Liahona]

What's your username from?

True or false: On a scale from one to ten, what's your favorite color of the alphabet?

Favorite Sanderson book?

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

1) This is the origin of the word "silvereye"

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Was there an Allomantic power that didn't make it into the book?

 

Brandon Sanderson

Was there an Allomantic power that didn't make it into the book. Oh... Yes, but I'm trying to remember. I had like two dozen of them? Oh boy I can't even remember the ones that I discarded. I was going to do a lot more stuff externally, stuff that like wasn't inside of you and it didn't end up working out. The big thing that I talk about with Allomancy that changed is originally I was using...silver as one of the metals, this is-- this is because... Dumb story time, so when I was a kid I painted these little miniatures that you do in D&D so your little guys can actually fight each other, right? And my brother still does this, they're awesome, I was terrible at it, but I painted these little guys. And at one point I went-- and they used to be lead, and then they realized that lead kills you *laughter* and so--or maybe it just makes you strange, I can't remember--I went and all of the prices had gone up, like by a double, because they had made them out of pewter instead. And I said to the guy "What is up with this, you are totally ripping us off. My figures now cost us 50 cents instead of--" I don't remember what it was and he went "Uh yeah it's because pewter has silver in it man. You're buying little silver figures now" and I went "Oh. That's cool." And I bought them. And so for years I thought pewter was an alloy of silver and I wrote an entire book. An Entire Book. The whole first Mistborn book with silvereyes and pewterarms until it went to my beta readers and like "There's almost no silver in pewter Brandon, you don't even really need it. Everything in this magic system works except that." and I went "Well maybe we can just pretend in this world pewter--" "No that's stupid" *laughter* So I had to change it to tin which is actually what you find in pewter. To this day my assistant Peter, who is my continuity editor, came to me and said "You realize you wrote silvereye instead of tineye in the newest Mistborn book that you just finished? It's been ten years Brandon get over it." *laughter* Still happens.

However the name @Silvereye is already taken, hence the "Just a".

2) Bolognese pasta, definitely.

3)I love them all, I can't really name one. If you put a gun on my head, though... I'd go with either Rhythm of War (because Kaladin's arc is just so good), Hero of Ages (one of the best endings I have ever read) or Emperor's Soul (great magic, great character work, and possibly a bit of nostalgia bc it was my first cosmere book)

[Liahona]

On 10/3/2022 at 9:54 AM, Just a Silvereye said:

1) This is the origin of the word "silvereye"

However the name @Silvereye is already taken, hence the "Just a".

2) Bolognese pasta, definitely.

3)I love them all, I can't really name one. If you put a gun on my head, though... I'd go with either Rhythm of War (because Kaladin's arc is just so good), Hero of Ages (one of the best endings I have ever read) or Emperor's Soul (great magic, great character work, and possibly a bit of nostalgia bc it was my first cosmere book)

1) Fascinating! I didn't know about that, that's hilarious.

2) I can respect that, though I'm more of a starfish person myself.

3) Excellent books; excellent answers.

[Cinnamon]

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heyyyyyyyyy Silvereye whats your alignment in LG90?

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jk

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or am I? 

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I am kidding, I don't want to ruin the integrity of the game, plus, I don't trust you to tell the truth  

 

 

 

 

 

 

serious question:

How were you introduced to Brandon?

Edited October 31, 2022 by Cinnamon

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

I fell into Wheel of Time about two years ago, when it was recommended to me by a friend. After the magnificent Sanderson books, I checked on the internet what else did that guy wrote. I see lots of references to something called the Cosmere, and find a website called Coppermind explaining what it is. I read... way too much spoiler-filled pages trying to understand what's the general plot of that Cosmere series, but I love the concepts I read about. 

A few weeks after A Memory of Light, I am emptying my city's public library in prevision for an upcoming Covid lockdown. I see, around the Ss, a thin book called Emperor's Soul. I remember it being recommended as the best entry point for the Cosmere, so I take it.

Six months later, I was up to date save for White Sand (which I still haven't read)

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

What is this? Certainly not me trying to resurrect my own AMA. No no no nonononono. I would never do that ever ever ever. Who is this Just a Silvereye, by the way? I'm Just A Silvereye, completely different person. Nothing to see, move on.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR BONES?!?! :D:D:D

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

10 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR BONES?!?! :D:D:D

My bones are deep black, the same color as the eternal darkness that my soul is trapped in

Uuuuh excellent question. Slightly dark blue I guess? Really like this color. Soothes me.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 hours ago, Just A Silvereye said:

My bones are deep black, the same color as the eternal darkness that my soul is trapped in

Uuuuh excellent question. Slightly dark blue I guess? Really like this color. Soothes me.

. . . so

wait

which color are they

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

. . . so

wait

which color are they

Dark blue. (Looked up on the wiki page for shades of blue, because yes it's a thing; dark blue #00008B is the best one here.) 

Darth Silvereye disagrees, but you shouldn't listen to him.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

16 minutes ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Dark blue. (Looked up on the wiki page for shades of blue, because yes it's a thing; dark blue #00008B is the best one here.) 

Darth Silvereye disagrees, but you shouldn't listen to him.

Uh oh

UH OH

Do you have DID too?!

Nooooooooo!

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42 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Uh oh

UH OH

Do you have DID too?!

Nooooooooo!

.....no. I hadn't thought this could be taken this way. (Yes I am really oblivious sometimes.)

 

It's closer to... do you remember when Kaladin talks about "the wretch" in Way of Kings (I believe)? Well, that's something like that.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Just A Silvereye said:

.....no. I hadn't thought this could be taken this way. (Yes I am really oblivious sometimes.)

 

It's closer to... do you remember when Kaladin talks about "the wretch" in Way of Kings (I believe)? Well, that's something like that.

Oh yeah 

So yours is Darth Silvereye?

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10 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Oh yeah 

So yours is Darth Silvereye?

Well I just made up the name, but it's fitting so guess we can make it official now

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

6 hours ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Well I just made up the name, but it's fitting so guess we can make it official now

Join us!

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

4 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Join us!

Yeah why not! Wait, who is us?

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

30 minutes ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Yeah why not! Wait, who is us?

. . . his one million personalities.

He's the guy with DID 

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33 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

. . . his one million personalities.

He's the guy with DID 

Oh, really? I didn't know

(Might sound sarcastic here; I swear to you I am not )

So what, do you want me or Darth Silvereye to become another of your personalities or...?

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Oh, really? I didn't know

(Might sound sarcastic here; I swear to you I am not )

So what, do you want me or Darth Silvereye to become another of your personalities or...?

NO SILVER

DON'T FALL FOR IT HE JUST WANTS YOUR SOUL-

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

NO SILVER

DON'T FALL FOR IT HE JUST WANTS YOUR SOUL-

Hey, I wouldn't have agreed to that. I'm pretty attached to my independence. But before rejecting a bargain I need to know what the bargain is in the first place

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

3 hours ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Oh, really? I didn't know

(Might sound sarcastic here; I swear to you I am not )

So what, do you want me or Darth Silvereye to become another of your personalities or...?

Hhhhhmmmmmm…

Darth… preferably…

3 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

NO SILVER

DON'T FALL FOR IT HE JUST WANTS YOUR SOUL-

Nonono, that’s Adtae.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Hhhhhmmmmmm…

Darth… preferably…

Nonono, that’s Adtae.

YEAH SEE???

[Throw TheLiving Silverware he/him/il/lui]

9 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Hhhhhmmmmmm…

Darth… preferably…

Okay then, it's no. You're too nice, you don't deserve to be sent Darth Silvereye.

And I'm not sending myself to you. As I said before, I'm pretty attached to my independence of mind. Plus, that would leave Darth Silvereye in command and no one wants that.

 

(No but seriously, despite all my bad jokes here, Darth Silvereye isn't a separate personality. It's just... me on a really bad day. Of which there has been quite a few those last years.)

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

5 hours ago, Just A Silvereye said:

Okay then, it's no. You're too nice, you don't deserve to be sent Darth Silvereye.

And I'm not sending myself to you. As I said before, I'm pretty attached to my independence of mind. Plus, that would leave Darth Silvereye in command and no one wants that.

 

(No but seriously, despite all my bad jokes here, Darth Silvereye isn't a separate personality. It's just... me on a really bad day. Of which there has been quite a few those last years.)

*spikes*
Too late!