Commander Spoonface Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) This seems mostly focusesd on SA characters, but what about Kelsier? Wife dies? MURDER EVERYONE. Attacked by Hazekillers? MURDER EVERYONE. Ska getting executed? MURDER EVERYONE. INCLUDING A FREAKING INQUISITOR. The only person who could kill him was a God! Or what about Vin? Faced with a basically immortal guy you have always considered a god who is trying to kill you? Rip pieces of metal out of his body and cut off his head with a spear. And since we're already doing memes here: EDIT: How can I make that image smaller? It's quite large? Also, should this thread be marked "Spoilers"? Edited January 9, 2012 by Commander Spoonface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eri Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) It definitely should be marked for spoilers. Also, I agree that Ati and Laras were cool. The force of evil vs the lying, cheating, breaking his word force of good. Kelsier... well, murdering everyone isn't awsome, it's homicidal. ;-) I liked him anyway but not as much as some others. I really liked Sazed, I'm very happy with his ending. TenSoon was good, too. And Breeze. And Lord Ruler was cool, too, when you think about it. Honorable mention goes to Marsh, especially for the earring. In Warbreaker... well, everyone was interesting, especially Vasher and his homicidal sword. Oh, and Lightsong, he was great! Susebron was so very sweet. In AoL i really like Steris, Marasi is nice as a character but a bit cliched as a love interest. And Hoid is cool because he deals with metaplot. And go read Mythwalker if you haven't, Ix is great! I want him in a published book (Skeer too!)... and if you don't like Warbreaker's Vivienna, compare her to the prime version, it was much worse. Devin is also an interesing character for me, because he's a conformist and I like characters who aren't morally perfect, because they're three-dimensional. Yes, Kaladin, I'm looking at you. And I also don't care how many fathers has Shallan killed — it is flirting with a guy she doesn't relly want to get into a relationship with and lying to Jasnah that makes her interesting. Big evils from a protagonist create drama, small evils create an interesting character. Edited January 9, 2012 by Eri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) If someone can photoshop Shattered Plains on the background of this it'll be even more win. Done. That took longer than I thought it would. EDIT: And this one with white letters on both. I didn't realize how dark the background would be when I changed the letters to black at first. Edited January 9, 2012 by Kurkistan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Done. Hurray. Speaking of which, this could be the beginning of some sort of new fad around here, as demonstrated by the Vin one above. ... Further gushing: Leras and Ati don't need any explanation. Lord Ruler wasn't like a boss. He was the boss. Boss of the whole world, for a thousand years. Plus everything he did, he did for the world. Or at least tried to. Shame he went nuts but I'm sure no mortal could stay nonnuts in his position. Vin is full of win. It took Sanderson a whole trilogy to explain her awesomeness, me trying here would be so pointless. Hrathen is the perfect villain: he's strong, he's smart, he's dedicated, he has a PLAN; who goes off like a champ at the end, after conquering his own failings. Dalinar has already been gushed on adequately in this thread. Kelsier is Batman. True story. He'd be right at home in a superhero comics universe. Stuff we like about superheroes applies for Kelsier. Denth on the other hand, is more or less Kelsier's mirror image. He could hang out with Kelsier in that comics universe as his evil twin/nemesis. Stuff we like about supervillains applies for Denth. Edited January 9, 2012 by Chicken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eri Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Kelsier is Batman. You've just won this thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) Lord Ruler wasn't like a boss. He was the boss. Boss of the whole world, for a thousand years. Plus everything he did, he did for the world. Or at least tried to. Shame he went nuts but I'm sure no mortal could stay nonnuts in his position. Rule an Empire! LIKE A BOSS. Be immortal! LIKE A BOSS. Compound Atium! LIKE A BOSS. Kill a Mistborn! LIKE A BOSS. Write in metal! LIKE A BOSS. Be from Terris! LIKE A BOSS. Fight another Mistborn! LIKE A BOSS. Now I'm dead! LIKE A BOSS. Susebron: So that's an average day for you, Rashek? Fight two Mistborn and then die? Rashek: Absolutely. I'm the boss. EDIT: Some additional lines: Kill Alendi! LIKE A BOSS. Drink Preservation! LIKE A BOSS. Screw up the world! LIKE A BOSS. Make the Ashmounts! LIKE A BOSS. Persecute Terris! LIKE A BOSS. Control their breeding! LIKE A BOSS. Make the Kandra! LIKE A BOSS. Also the Koloss! LIKE A BOSS. Use Hemalurgy! LIKE A BOSS. Go insane! LIKE A BOSS. Make Steel Inquisitors! LIKE A BOSS. Eat some waffles! LIKE A BOSS. (Word of God confirms waffles exist in The Final Empire) Edited January 10, 2012 by Commander Spoonface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanist Lupus Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Lord Ruler wasn't like a boss. He was the boss. Boss of the whole world, for a thousand years. Plus everything he did, he did for the world. Or at least tried to. Shame he went nuts but I'm sure no mortal could stay nonnuts in his position. Also, if you check the beginning of the thread "FREAKIN' SPACE TRAVEL!", you'll see that a full Mistborn Feruchemist (like TLR) could use compounding to survive and travel in space. If Kelsier is Batman, TLR is Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Also, if you check the beginning of the thread "FREAKIN' SPACE TRAVEL!", you'll see that a full Mistborn Feruchemist (like TLR) could use compounding to survive and travel in space. If Kelsier is Batman, TLR is Superman. But can he fly around Scadrial backwards and turn back time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 If Kelsier is Batman then Vin would have to be Batgirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 If Kelsier is Batman then Vin would have to be Batgirl. Does that make Spook Robin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunblesser Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Clubs is Albert while Bruce Wayne gets his own character in Breeze. Ham is the commissioner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Okay, I'm really bad at picking favorite characters (because my favorite Brandon book is whichever I'm reading right now) but I'm going to try. Scratch that. I tried. I backspaced a bunch of times. Can we just all agree that all these characters are awesome? If I had to pick some tops I'd go with Kaladin, Dalinar, Szeth, Vin, Elend, Kelsier, Wax, Denth, and Vasher. And Nightblood. He totally counts too. Sadeas is probably my favorite villian ever. Just because he's such a jerkface and every time I read WoK, he convinces me that he's not going to betray Dalinar this time. (Also, I have a somewhat irrational fear that book endings will change on me when I re-read them. I blame the Great Good Thing.) Taravangian and Ruin come close too. Special mention to Demoux, who was apparently awesome enough to learn to worldhop and possibly join Seventeenth Shard. Bridge 4, especially Rock. And, hey, let's throw Ix in for good measure. People who wouldn't make the list? Shallan, Vivenna, Siri, and Sarene are probably the characters I connected with least. Wow. I'm sexist. Only 1 girl in my favorites and 4 in my least favorites? Hmm. Makes me want to add Jasnah or Navani to the favorites just to balance it all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Best Brandon character? Duh, it's Leavenworth Smedry! EDIT: The explanation arrived late to this thread, sorry. Why is he the best? Because he's awesome. And he's old. And as we all now, G=I*A*N*S That is to say, Gross Awesomeness is equal to Inherent Awesome times age times the Ninja Constant (1 if they are not a ninja, 8.74563 if they are), times how many shoes they can wear at one time. Math! Edited January 13, 2012 by Commander Spoonface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliare Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 I think I like Elend. Maybe he's not a uber-over-the-top guy like the ones you have been choosing, but I feel he was really well-portrayed. he was a freak in Luthadel society without being too much as a freak to be unbelieable. I could see him reading in those balls and felt a kind of... identification with him, it was a mixture of that desire he had of annoying his father... and plain boredom. And how he is kind about skaa but more out of curiosity than because he really understands them. ... and then all his doubts on the second book, oh, there were such a good essay about leading, democracy and dictatorship... somehow, I think everything Elend asked himself is whyat every honest ruler asks himself, sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulir Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) I really liked Elend because he read at a ball. That's what I would have done!!!! Edited January 14, 2012 by Tulir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Spoonface Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 I really liked Elend because he read at a ball. That's what I would have done!!!! And somehow he used that reading to attract Vin. That takes skills. (When a Ska is awesome, do we say they have Skalls?) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeatherWriter Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Skaalls. Haha! Definitely. That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
name_here Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I liked Elend too, actually. My favorite for just the first book, but Vin beat him out over the rest of the trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windrunner Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I forgot to mention my other favorite character, Wit/Hoid from the Way of Kings. This might be cheating a bit but I found his teasing to be hilarious throughout the book. I hope that he is acting at least somewhat like himself. I'd be disappointed if the whole funny guy thing was just an act. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 And somehow he used that reading to attract Vin. That takes skills. (When a Ska is awesome, do we say they have Skalls?) Yeah. Elend's got nunchuck skalls, bowhunting skalls, computer hacking skalls... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRioter Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 well if he'd lived in a modern setting he might have had computer hacking skills, he seems like the type to be a computer geek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynaut Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Wayne from AoL is almost too interesting for his own good. He is funny He can alter time He can rapidly heal himself He is a kleptomaniac He refuses to use guns He is a master of disguise He likes girls who can beat him up and he has a lucky hat What is not to love? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yeah. Elend's got nunchuck skalls, bowhunting skalls, computer hacking skalls... Lady woooing skalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhalagirl Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 So Elend is really Eric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 So Elend is really Eric? naw, Eric has lady stalking skalls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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