+Child of Hodor Posted May 9, 2024 Posted May 9, 2024 There is only one unnamed Shard and evidence is mounting that it is something along the lines of Wisdom or Prudence or a similar concept. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/535/#e16590 The Shards we've encountered in the books get a flowery description of their intent "it was a perfect musical note held forever" "it was the most intimate embrace of lovers" etc. That got me thinking how Prudence / Wisdom might be a little lame in a funny way and that it would be fun to riff on what the unmet shards like Whimsy's flowery descriptions are. Prudence: I am the knowledge gleaned from the mistakes of others, I am the meditating hermit on the mountain top, I am looking both ways before crossing the street, I am waiting an hour after eating before getting in the pool! Whimsy: I am commitment to the bit ... until I don't feel like it anymore, I am every shout of "YOLO" ever uttered, I am the sock that catches the wind, I am the flower that waters you, I am so EXTRA!! Invention: I am the curiosity of every scholar, I am the urge to tinker just a little more, I am boredom with the same old thing, I am always in the garage working you know this is my "me" time how am I supposed to get any work done with these constant interruptions I am on the verge a breakthrough here I can feel it. No that's not a colander on my head it's a special device!!! Btw in my head these are all read by Don Pardo the longtime SNL opening credits guy https://youtu.be/_6YXwShVi04?si=m7-GEQeFD2PeiEnf 11
bmcclure7 Posted May 11, 2024 Posted May 11, 2024 On 5/9/2024 at 1:04 PM, Child of Hodor said: There is only one unnamed Shard and evidence is mounting that it is something along the lines of Wisdom or Prudence or a similar concept. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/535/#e16590 The Shards we've encountered in the books get a flowery description of their intent "it was a perfect musical note held forever" "it was the most intimate embrace of lovers" etc. That got me thinking how Prudence / Wisdom might be a little lame in a funny way and that it would be fun to riff on what the unmet shards like Whimsy's flowery descriptions are. Prudence: I am the knowledge gleaned from the mistakes of others, I am the meditating hermit on the mountain top, I am looking both ways before crossing the street, I am waiting an hour after eating before getting in the pool! Whimsy: I am commitment to the bit ... until I don't feel like it anymore, I am every shout of "YOLO" ever uttered, I am the sock that catches the wind, I am the flower that waters you, I am so EXTRA!! Invention: I am the curiosity of every scholar, I am the urge to tinker just a little more, I am boredom with the same old thing, I am always in the garage working you know this is my "me" time how am I supposed to get any work done with these constant interruptions I am on the verge a breakthrough here I can feel it. No that's not a colander on my head it's a special device!!! Btw in my head these are all read by Don Pardo the longtime SNL opening credits guy https://youtu.be/_6YXwShVi04?si=m7-GEQeFD2PeiEnf Prudence is not a shard
+Child of Hodor Posted May 12, 2024 Author Posted May 12, 2024 (edited) 16 hours ago, bmcclure7 said: Prudence is not a shard That’s why I said “along the lines of” it’s a synonym of Wisdom which the WoB I linked to said is thiiiiiis close to the last shard name. Also this WoB says Prudence sounds an awful lot like a Shard. https://wob.coppermind.net/events/398/#e13231 Edited May 12, 2024 by Child of Hodor 1
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