Swore I’d Never be a Brandon Sanderson Fan

[Paigem1415]

I swore for years that I’d never be a Brandon Sanderson fan, despite having never read anything other than Steelheart, and yet… here I am. Started reading Way of Kings in a line at Disney World in summer of 2021, and now I’m hopelessly obsessed. Almost finished with Mistborn Era 3, finished Tress of the Emerald Sea, currently have one of BYU’s copies of Dragonsteel, halfway through Oathbringer, and have White Sand (Prose), Way of Kings Prime, Warbreaker, Aether of Night, and Mistborn Era 2 on deck. I also started reading Wheel of Time, just so I can read the last three. Although the first one is excellent— Robert Jordan is a great author. Unfortunately, none of my friends or family have read the books, so… I’ve got no one to discuss them with!

[Channelknight Fadran]

Don't look now, but some of the locals here might have you be first in line for the inevitable sacrifice for Stormlight 5

[Edema Rue she/her]

I love Wheel of Time!! I'll talk to you about it .

They get better after the first one, the end ones are the best.

[alder24]

Welcome to the Shard!

1 hour ago, Paigem1415 said:

Almost finished with Mistborn Era 3

Rust and Ruin! You're already on Era 3 when all of us just finished Era 2?  

[Paigem1415]

My mistake! I was thinking about specifying that I was on the third book, rather than just saying I was almost finished, and those thoughts obviously got a little mixed up!

[Paigem1415]

7 minutes ago, alder24 said:

Welcome to the Shard!

Rust and Ruin! You're already on Era 3 when all of us just finished Era 2?  

My mistake! I was thinking about specifying that I was on the third book, rather than just saying I was almost finished, and those thoughts obviously got a little mixed up

[Cinnamon]

Welcome! Why — if you’d be so kind to let enlighten us— did you swear that you’d never be a Brandon Sanderson fan?

If you could be a misting, what metal would you want to burn?

[Paigem1415]

17 minutes ago, Cinnamon said:

Welcome! Why — if you’d be so kind to let enlighten us— did you swear that you’d never be a Brandon Sanderson fan?

If you could be a misting, what metal would you want to burn?

Oh, I insisted that Brandon Sanderson was overrated because he was so popular. I’m not sure why— I do have a degree in literary studies, but I’ve never been an elitist about literature, like some of my colleagues. I think it was really because the size of the books were daunting to me, but rather than admit that, I just decided to claim that Brandon was overrated. Though I’ve read my share of Russian authors and other hefty classics, so I’m not sure why I was so put off by Stormlight. Luckily, I’ve since seen the light!

I would love to burn Tin. As a special ed teacher, I think it would be very helpful to have extra sensitive senses so I can tell what all of my students are up to at any given time! What about you?

[Paigem1415]

1 hour ago, Aes Sedai said:

I love Wheel of Time!! I'll talk to you about it .

They get better after the first one, the end ones are the best.

I’m about a third of the way into the first one! I’ve heard some people say that the books really slow down around number 7? But usually when people tell me that books get really slow, those end up being my favorite books, so I don’t know! I figured they would help keep me occupied until Stormlight 5 is released. I purposefully slowed down on my reading of the Cosmere so that I didn’t run out of material before the 5th stormlight book. Thanks heavens for the secret projects this year!

[Edema Rue she/her]

The Wheel of Time will definitely take a while to read. The first book is super slow, then they get exciting for a while, then they slow down again, (Winter's Heart was one of the most trying things I've ever read) but when Brandon Sanderson takes over they get exciting again. The last couple books especially are just incredible. 

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Welcome to our community! We're happy to have you here

[Paigem1415]

Thanks everybody! This is actually the first time I've ever interacted on a public fan forum like this. Despite growing up in the Tumblr age, I never had a Tumblr, or a Twitter, or anything of the sort. I was a little bit nervous, but you guys have all been so kind!

[Robin Sedai she/her]

18 minutes ago, Paigem1415 said:

Thanks everybody! This is actually the first time I've ever interacted on a public fan forum like this. Despite growing up in the Tumblr age, I never had a Tumblr, or a Twitter, or anything of the sort. I was a little bit nervous, but you guys have all been so kind!

Ha, well in my (horrifically biased) opinion, you couldn't have picked a nicer one. Hope you enjoy your time here!

[Cinnamon]

On 15/3/2023 at 8:55 AM, Paigem1415 said:

Oh, I insisted that Brandon Sanderson was overrated because he was so popular. I’m not sure why— I do have a degree in literary studies, but I’ve never been an elitist about literature, like some of my colleagues. I think it was really because the size of the books were daunting to me, but rather than admit that, I just decided to claim that Brandon was overrated. Though I’ve read my share of Russian authors and other hefty classics, so I’m not sure why I was so put off by Stormlight. Luckily, I’ve since seen the light!

I would love to burn Tin. As a special ed teacher, I think it would be very helpful to have extra sensitive senses so I can tell what all of my students are up to at any given time! What about you?

Yes! Luckily  

I think steel or bendalloy would be my top choices, they’re just so cool!

But if I was choosing based on practicality I’d probably say pewter or zinc. Both of these because I love doing theatre and during a show it would be super useful to be able to get a little extra boost of strength, or to be able to enflame your audience’s feeling of sadness in sad parts or excitement in tense parts to build their emotional connection with the performance.

What is your favourite story in Arcanum Unbounded?

[Paigem1415]

On 3/16/2023 at 1:56 AM, Cinnamon said:

Yes! Luckily  

I think steel or bendalloy would be my top choices, they’re just so cool!

But if I was choosing based on practicality I’d probably say pewter or zinc. Both of these because I love doing theatre and during a show it would be super useful to be able to get a little extra boost of strength, or to be able to enflame your audience’s feeling of sadness in sad parts or excitement in tense parts to build their emotional connection with the performance.

What is your favourite story in Arcanum Unbounded?

I actually haven’t read Arcanum Unbounded yet. I’m waiting until I finish Mistborn Era one and get caught up on Stormlight before reading it.