Bendalloy and cadmium speed bubble combinations

[the masked carly]

Hey guys, ever since era 2, bendalloy and cadmium have been my personal favorite medals, as I feel they have massive untapped potential when combined together. We know that when they overlap, they will simply cancel out. However, we also know that with enough skill, the shape of a bubble can be manipulated. So theoretically, an extremely skilled mistborn could put out a cadmium bubble covering everything, and then put out a bendalloy bubble covering everything EXCEPT the area around the person their fighting. This would effectively create a cadmium bubble around the opponent without the mistborn being caught in it. what do yall think? Is there any other metals or combinations you can think of that are untapped?

Edited May 30, 2024 by the masked carly

[+Lewis Nethur He/Him]

7 hours ago, the masked carly said:

Hey guys, ever since era 2, bendalloy and cadmium have been my personal favorite medals, as I feel they have massive untapped potential when combined together. We know that when they overlap, they will simply cancel out. However, we also know that with enough skill, the shape of a bubble can be manipulated. So theoretically, an extremely skilled mistborn could put out a cadmium bubble covering everything, and then put out a bendalloy bubble covering everything EXCEPT the area around the person their fighting. This would effectively create a cadmium bubble around the opponent without the mistborn being caught in it.what fo yall think? I'd there any other metals or combinations you can think of that are untapped?

Oh! I love when this proposal comes up!

Yeah, if we still get a mistborn serial killer series eventually, I assume freezing and stabbing victims, then rocketing away at supersonic speed, is going to be one of their favorite tricks. lol

Honestly, I don't expect that they would even need to be particularly gifted or skilled in order to pull this off; simply possessing both powers is the real hurdle in my eyes, and...it's only a matter of time before people understand how to make artificial mistborn. The breeding programs and bloodline concentration initiatives are completely disgusting and doomed to fail in my opinion, but...hacking Connection to Harmony or distilling pure Lerasium? That sort of stuff could work and be very difficult for Harmony to stop once it's written down and disseminated.

[the masked carly]

2 hours ago, hwiles said:

Oh! I love when this proposal comes up!

Yeah, if we still get a mistborn serial killer series eventually, I assume freezing and stabbing victims, then rocketing away at supersonic speed, is going to be one of their favorite tricks. lol

Honestly, I don't expect that they would even need to be particularly gifted or skilled in order to pull this off; simply possessing both powers is the real hurdle in my eyes, and...it's only a matter of time before people understand how to make artificial mistborn. The breeding programs and bloodline concentration initiatives are completely disgusting and doomed to fail in my opinion, but...hacking Connection to Harmony or distilling pure Lerasium? That sort of stuff could work and be very difficult for Harmony to stop once it's written down and disseminated.

That would be really cool! My only gripe with era two was not having full mistborn, so it would be epic if they came back that way! We also know that era 3 will take place a good bit after the events of the stormlight archive, and I think the technology is supposed to be about 1980s. What If we get introduced to more god metal alloys, like melatium? Exploring that could get really interesting imo.

[+Lewis Nethur He/Him]

16 minutes ago, the masked carly said:

That would be really cool! My only gripe with era two was not having full mistborn, so it would be epic if they came back that way! We also know that era 3 will take place a good bit after the events of the stormlight archive, and I think the technology is supposed to be about 1980s. What If we get introduced to more god metal alloys, like melatium? Exploring that could get really interesting imo.

Something else to consider with double time bubbles is that any bullet shot at the operator would be wildly deflected not just once, but twice! Statistically speaking, it might be effectively impossible to ever land a hit on someone standing in the center of a double-bubble even if you sprayed them with a machine gun. I would have to find and crack open my old quantum physics notes to be sure but, off the cuff, I'm pretty sure that, even in Scadrial's distant future, laser or plasma weapons should essentially be rendered ineffective too due to how the momentum of photons gets transformed when passing through their edges.

And a double-bubble savant could walk around while being even more bullet-proof than Wax! It would just cost a lot.