TheLopenLord58 Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 + I finished the Cosmere. I just read 'Tress of the Emrold Sea' like 20 minutes ago. I started this epic journey through the Cosmere on October 1, 2022, with 'The Way of Kings.' I had no idea what the Cosmere was or who Brandon Sanderson was, but I was hooked, and I plowed through all four Stormlight books. Then I found out my cousin had read Stormlight too, and he told me about how every Brandon Sanderson book was in the same universe. I can remember the pure joy I felt when he told me that my favorite character, Hoid, was in every book. Since then, I've learned so much about the Cosmere. These books have been life-changing for me and helped me get through my first year of high school. It helped knowing I was never alone; I always had my books. And maybe I might make some friends next year because if Kaladin can survive a highstorm, I can talk to people. I don't know I'm just so thankful for these books. They were always there for me when I needed them, and I'm so happy I found them. 7
Treamayne Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 Welcome to the forums. 5 hours ago, TheLopenLord58 said: I finished the Cosmere. I just read 'Tress of the Emrold Sea' like 20 minutes ago. I started this epic journey through the Cosmere on October 1, 2022, with 'The Way of Kings.' I had no idea what the Cosmere was or who Brandon Sanderson was, but I was hooked, and I plowed through all four Stormlight books. Then I found out my cousin had read Stormlight too, and he told me about how every Brandon Sanderson book was in the same universe. I can remember the pure joy I felt when he told me that my favorite character, Hoid, was in every book. Since then, I've learned so much about the Cosmere. These books have been life-changing for me and helped me get through my first year of high school. It helped knowing I was never alone; I always had my books. And maybe I might make some friends next year because if Kaladin can survive a highstorm, I can talk to people. I don't know I'm just so thankful for these books. They were always there for me when I needed them, and I'm so happy I found them. Very glad you enjoyed the series. If you have not also read some of Sanderson's non-Cosmere works, you may find it interesting that the magic in The Rithmatist (self-described by Brandon as "a Muggle in Hogwarts") was originally based on Cosmere magic, so you can still see links like Command and Intent in the way that works. If you don't mind sharing, maybe you can write up something on some of the reveals. For example, since you read Stormlight Archive first, many reading order threads suggest reading Stormlight Archive after Warbreaker due to how Vasher/Zahel and Vivenna/Azure appear in the SA. Can you elucidate on how those reveals felt going the other direction. When you read Warbreaker, did you realise at first that Vasher was Zahel whom you had already met in Words of Radiance? What other "reveals" did you find as you wen through the rest of the Cosmere after having already read Stormlight? Also, please try not to multi-post. I've already reported your duplicates for you, but in case you don't know how to use the tools you have available - maybe this can help: Spoiler At the bottom left of a post you will see a "+" icon, a "Quote" link, and (your posts only) and Edit and Options tools. On the bottom right you will see an up arrow. The Up Arrow is how you thank people or "like" a post The "Quote" link is exactly that, when you click it the quote will be added to the reply at the bottom of the thread wherever the cursor is So, if you have already started to reply before you decide to quote you can then add the quote before or after your text depending on the cursor location when you click "Quote" The + icon is multi-quote. As you read a thread, if you want to quote multiple items you click that for each post As you click +, you should see a toaster pop-up on the bottom right of the browser window showing how many quotes you will have They are added in the order you click the + icon, not in the original post order, so you can set the order of quotes for your reply When you are ready to reply, click on the toaster pop-up and it will take you directly to the reply section and add the quotes automatically Finally, you can also highlight a small section of a post and, when hovering over the highlit portion, click the "Quote" button that pops up. Also note that you can move quotes after they have been added to your reply. For example, you add a quote and realize there are no empty lines below it for you to type - so you can hit "enter" before the quote to make an empty line then when you hover over a quote you will see a 4-way arrow at the top-left that you can use to drag the quote up (or down) and move the quote to before the empty line. . . Use the Edit link to make changes to a completed post or add information to your post if it is the most recent (to avoid double posting) Quote buttons will still send a quote to "Reply" if you have a post open for edit, but it is easy to cut/paste the quote to the Edit box Editing the first post in a thread allows the thread-creator to edit the thread title. Editing allows you to add a reason for the edit (Spelling and grammar (SPAG), formatting, clarification, new information, etc.), but it is not required. Next to Edit you will also find an "options" dropbox, you can use this to hide your post if you want to remove it after posting At the top of a post you will find "Report Post" Use this if you do accidentally double-post (sometimes it's the browser or a slow link that causes a double post) - just leave a message that it was an accidental double post and the Mods can fix it. If it was the first post of a new thread that doubled, they usually can merge the threads if they both have answers, so all of the content is retained. Hope that helps. 1
The Sibling she/her Posted June 20, 2023 Posted June 20, 2023 13 hours ago, TheLopenLord58 said: + I finished the Cosmere. I just read 'Tress of the Emrold Sea' like 20 minutes ago. I started this epic journey through the Cosmere on October 1, 2022, with 'The Way of Kings.' I had no idea what the Cosmere was or who Brandon Sanderson was, but I was hooked, and I plowed through all four Stormlight books. Then I found out my cousin had read Stormlight too, and he told me about how every Brandon Sanderson book was in the same universe. I can remember the pure joy I felt when he told me that my favorite character, Hoid, was in every book. Since then, I've learned so much about the Cosmere. These books have been life-changing for me and helped me get through my first year of high school. It helped knowing I was never alone; I always had my books. And maybe I might make some friends next year because if Kaladin can survive a highstorm, I can talk to people. I don't know I'm just so thankful for these books. They were always there for me when I needed them, and I'm so happy I found them. Congratulations! Getting through the Cosmere is a huge accomplishment! I agree with you that these books are always there when you need them. I've read Way of Kings so much that I had to buy a new copy because it was so destroyed. I love the joy of discovering the Cosmere. My neighbour told me that Brandon's books were connected, right after I read Skyward. So I went a very long time believing that Skyward was part of the Cosmere. Anyways, nice job! 1
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