Introducing Myself

[Hexagonal He/Him]

Hey 17th Shard! New here to the forums within the last few weeks, and I just created my account. I have been reading cosmere for about 4 years now(started with WoK in February of 2021). I absolutely love learning about the cosmere and its unique mechanics. I have read all of the cosmere besides White Sand(I read the prose excerpt in AU, and am super excited for the full prose release)

[Trusk'our he/him]

8 minutes ago, Hexagonal said:

Hey 17th Shard! New here to the forums within the last few weeks, and I just created my account. I have been reading cosmere for about 4 years now(started with WoK in February of 2021). I absolutely love learning about the cosmere and its unique mechanics. I have read all of the cosmere besides White Sand(I read the prose excerpt in AU, and am super excited for the full prose release)

Welcome to the Shard!

Which of the three Metallic Arts is your favorite? What's one cool thing from each that you'd like to see in Era 3?

[Hexagonal He/Him]

My favorite metallic art is definitely allomancy, but feruchemy  comes in a close second. I really like the cinematic ness of allomancy and how creative you can get with the powers(especially steel and iron). I would absolutely love to see more compounders of strange varieties in Era 3. Miles was a really neat villain because of how unstoppable he was, but someone that can compound the feruchemy and then also use their allomancy too would be really cool. Something like a zinc or electrum twin born that has 2 middle of the road powers but could likely do some neat stuff with compounding. An aluminium compounder could also be interesting, as that whole quadrant is very odd and esoteric.

 

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

Hiiiiiiiiii

 

If you were stuck on a dessert island with only a few ration bars and a live chicken, which would you eat first?

[Cookie Spren]

What is your opinion on Hemalurgy?

and do you want a cookie?

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Hey there! Welcome to the Shard!

What's your favorite type of spren?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Hello!  

Would you rather be upside down in a tree or right side up in a bottle? 

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Welcome to the shard!

What is your favorite non-compounding twinborn combination?

[ShatteredDiamond She/Her]

Welcome to the shard!

What is your favorite type of spren?

[Hexagonal He/Him]

1 hour ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

If you were stuck on a dessert island with only a few ration bars and a live chicken, which would you eat first?

The chicken, so I don't get attached.

1 hour ago, The Sly Cookie said:

What is your opinion on Hemalurgy?

and do you want a cookie?

Hemalurgy is really interesting as a concept and to create unique combos of powers, but it is superbly evil. And yes I would love a cookie

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

What's your favorite type of spren?

2 minutes ago, Phendorana said:

Welcome to the shard!

What is your favorite type of spren?

I personally really like ale spren, the ones that Axies was looking for in Wok.

18 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Welcome to the shard!

What is your favorite non-compounding twinborn combination?

I think it would probably be Crasher(Wax's combo). It just works together so well. But besides that A-Steel with any feruchemy.

56 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Hello!  

Would you rather be upside down in a tree or right side up in a bottle? 

Upside down in a tree, its just a fun time up there.

[ShatteredDiamond She/Her]

Have you read any non-cosmere Brandon Sanderson?

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

Just now, Hexagonal said:

The chicken, so I don't get attached.

Hemalurgy is really interesting as a concept and to create unique combos of powers, but it is superbly evil. And yes I would love a cookie

I personally really like ale spren, the ones that Axies was looking for in Wok.

I think it would probably be Crasher(Wax's combo). It just works together so well. But besides that A-Steel with any feruchemy.

Upside down in a tree, its just a fun time up there.

WRONG!

It’s the dessert island.

(ok sorry. Only one person’s caught that)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Hexagonal said:

 

Upside down in a tree, it’s just a fun time up there.

H  H 

(idk what that is even)

6 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

WRONG!

It’s the dessert island.

(ok sorry. Only one person’s caught that)

That was meee  

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

H  H 

(idk what that is even)

That was meee  

IT'S WATER (H2O)

[Hexagonal He/Him]

27 minutes ago, Phendorana said:

Have you read any non-cosmere Brandon Sanderson?

Yes I have read the Reckoners(only the main 3, no Lux or Mitosis or anything) and The Frugal Wizards Guide to Surviving Medieval England

[Trusk'our he/him]

46 minutes ago, Hexagonal said:

Hemalurgy is really interesting as a concept and to create unique combos of powers, but it is superbly evil.

I'm curious, do you think it's inherently evil, or just that it's evil in the majority of cases due to its set up?

[Hexagonal He/Him]

1 hour ago, Trusk'our said:

I'm curious, do you think it's inherently evil, or just that it's evil in the majority of cases due to its set up?

I think the like destroying the soul part is messed up and we still don't really know what happens to souls that have been affected, though there is a wob(here) that says it reduces the time spent in the cognitive. What that means for the person's self is not super clear, but it seems kinda iffy. There is also the evil of its set up that you point out. I think if it was used similar to how they do the sun hearts on canticle wouldn't be too bad. I still have concerns about the effects on the person who is being turned into the spike, but if it could be used to help make the metalic arts more accessible that'd be good.

[Telrao she/her]

6 hours ago, Hexagonal said:

Hey 17th Shard! New here to the forums within the last few weeks, and I just created my account. I have been reading cosmere for about 4 years now(started with WoK in February of 2021). I absolutely love learning about the cosmere and its unique mechanics. I have read all of the cosmere besides White Sand(I read the prose excerpt in AU, and am super excited for the full prose release)

Welcome to the Shard! It is a joy to have you here  

If you could choose one Sanderson character to have a tea/coffee with, who would it be?

[Hexagonal He/Him]

1 hour ago, Telrao said:

Welcome to the Shard! It is a joy to have you here  

If you could choose one Sanderson character to have a tea/coffee with, who would it be?

I would say Nohadon. His wisdom would be really neat to just experience. If I had to choose someone living, probably Kaladin. His insight into dealing with depression would be nice to hear, plus maybe get some fighting tips from the giant(he's like 6ft Rosharan, so he'd be really tall).

[Mags she/they]

Welcome to the Shard!!

Do you have a least favorite Brandon character?

Do you like bagels?

[Hexagonal He/Him]

6 minutes ago, Magi said:

Do you have a least favorite Brandon character?

Do you like bagels?

Least favorite..... not sure. There are characters like Sadeas who I don't like, but that's part of what their character is. Probably Yeden just because of his horrible decision to attack and then he loses like half of the rebellion. But I honestly don't have any least favorite characters. I'm not a huge fan of the section of Shallan in Kholinar in OB, but that's just me not finding some of Shallan's story that interesting(it's interesting but sometimes it feels like she just doesn't do anything because she won't let herself and then it spirals). But I do like Shallan, her overall story is neat and her character is cool.

Yes, I do like bagels. Plain with strawberry cream cheese is quite good.

[Mags she/they]

1 hour ago, Hexagonal said:

Least favorite..... not sure. There are characters like Sadeas who I don't like, but that's part of what their character is. Probably Yeden just because of his horrible decision to attack and then he loses like half of the rebellion. But I honestly don't have any least favorite characters. I'm not a huge fan of the section of Shallan in Kholinar in OB, but that's just me not finding some of Shallan's story that interesting(it's interesting but sometimes it feels like she just doesn't do anything because she won't let herself and then it spirals). But I do like Shallan, her overall story is neat and her character is cool.

Yes, I do like bagels. Plain with strawberry cream cheese is quite good.

I agree with you on Shallan! I used to find some of her pov chapters a little on the boring side, simply because I was more interested in other characters. But . . . over the years I think she's grown quite a bit on me.

Strawberry cream cheese is a fantastic choice, I love that stuff!!

[Hexagonal He/Him]

21 minutes ago, Magi said:

over the years I think she's grown quite a bit on me.

Yeah, when I first read WoK, the shallan chapters were kinda jarring from the rest of the book. Her chapters in WoR in the chasms were excellent though. Her banter with Kaladin was really good.