The Introduction No One Asked For

[VioletNebula_ She/They]

Yello, hello, whatever greeting works. I'm Violet.

I've come here from the discord, and I am slowly working through the Cosmere. Uh, Nightblood, Hoid and Lift are subjectively Very Objectively the best characters that have come out from Brandon Sanderson's work.

Oh, and I will fight everyone in a duel for the title of #1 Wit Fan. That's all.

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

Welvome to the Shard!

Would you mind telling us what you've read?

[Terrisman]

Hey there!!

 What order do you belong to?

[#1 Taln Fan he/him]

12 hours ago, VioletNebula_ said:

Yello, hello, whatever greeting works. I'm Violet.

I've come here from the discord, and I am slowly working through the Cosmere. Uh, Nightblood, Hoid and Lift are subjectively Very Objectively the best characters that have come out from Brandon Sanderson's work.

Oh, and I will fight everyone in a duel for the title of #1 Wit Fan. That's all.

Welcome to the forums, fellow Taln appreciator! 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Hey there, stranger! Welcome to the Shard!

What's your favorite type of spren?

[VioletNebula_ She/They]

6 hours ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Welvome to the Shard!

Would you mind telling us what you've read?

I’ve read Stormlight + WaT + Edgedancer, Mistborn Era 1 and Secret History. I’m starting on MB era 2 and I’m keeping the secret projects til’ the end!

1 hour ago, #1 Taln Fan said:

Welcome to the forums, fellow Taln appreciator! 

Thank you, main Taln appreciator!

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Hey there, stranger! Welcome to the Shard!

What's your favorite type of spren?

Is it cheap to say Starspren and Gloryspren? They had the best scenes in the books (the Oathbringer sanderlanche for Gloryspren and the Starspren scene in Shadesmar.)

 

The best sort of Radiant spren are probably Cryptids, purely because of Design and Pattern.

4 hours ago, Terrisman said:

Hey there!!

 What order do you belong to?

According to the test, Elsecallers. To my heart? Skybreaker. Nale is great.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

18 minutes ago, VioletNebula_ said:

Is it cheap to say Starspren and Gloryspren? They had the best scenes in the books (the Oathbringer sanderlanche for Gloryspren and the Starspren scene in Shadesmar.)

 

The best sort of Radiant spren are probably Cryptids, purely because of Design and Pattern.

Nope! Those a perfect!

[Aeternum]

Welcome to the Shard!

[Annatar he/him]

On 3/2/2025 at 2:51 AM, VioletNebula_ said:

Yello, hello, whatever greeting works. I'm Violet.

I've come here from the discord, and I am slowly working through the Cosmere. Uh, Nightblood, Hoid and Lift are subjectively Very Objectively the best characters that have come out from Brandon Sanderson's work.

Oh, and I will fight everyone in a duel for the title of #1 Wit Fan. That's all.

Greetings my fine fellow! Do you prehapes enjoy the wonders and glory of J. R. R. Tolkien?

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

On 3/2/2025 at 2:51 AM, VioletNebula_ said:

Yello, hello, whatever greeting works. I'm Violet.

I've come here from the discord, and I am slowly working through the Cosmere. Uh, Nightblood, Hoid and Lift are subjectively Very Objectively the best characters that have come out from Brandon Sanderson's work.

Oh, and I will fight everyone in a duel for the title of #1 Wit Fan. That's all.

Fight anyone, ey…

[VioletNebula_ She/They]

3 minutes ago, Hoid_Slayer said:

Fight anyone, ey…

You may be the Hoid Slayer, but you don't slay like Hoid. [Hair flip.]

10 hours ago, Annatar said:

Greetings my fine fellow! Do you prehapes enjoy the wonders and glory of J. R. R. Tolkien?

I do! I have always loved Tolkien's work, even if I must admit that it took me several tries to get through the books because I first tried to read them at age 10 and bounced off of it like oil and water. But, after reading LotR, the Hobbit and the Silmarillion, I have learned to appreciate all of the things that Tolkien has written.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

43 minutes ago, VioletNebula_ said:

You may be the Hoid Slayer, but you don't slay like Hoid. [Hair flip.]

At least I slay, while you’re stuck thousands of light years away [rolls up imaginary sleeves]

[dezaS Hᴇ/Hɪᴍ]

On 3/1/2025 at 11:51 PM, VioletNebula_ said:

Oh, and I will fight everyone in a duel for the title of #1 Wit Fan. That's all.

All at once or 1000 separate duels? 

If the former, happily.

[Kasimir he/him]

Welcome to the Shard!

On 3/4/2025 at 7:16 AM, VioletNebula_ said:

I do! I have always loved Tolkien's work, even if I must admit that it took me several tries to get through the books because I first tried to read them at age 10 and bounced off of it like oil and water. But, after reading LotR, the Hobbit and the Silmarillion, I have learned to appreciate all of the things that Tolkien has written.

100% can relate to this  My younger self hard-bounced off LotR at first until I made my way through the Hobbit and wanted to follow Bilbo more.

[Annatar he/him]

On 3/4/2025 at 9:47 PM, Kasimir said:

Welcome to the Shard!

100% can relate to this  My younger self hard-bounced off LotR at first until I made my way through the Hobbit and wanted to follow Bilbo more.

It took me about 4 years to get through the entirety of Tolkien's works and now I love them unlike any other books on the planet (apart from the Bible). Also is the WoT a series worth finishing? I'm on book 2 and to be honest, its a bit monotonous.

[Kasimir he/him]

21 hours ago, Annatar said:

It took me about 4 years to get through the entirety of Tolkien's works and now I love them unlike any other books on the planet (apart from the Bible). Also is the WoT a series worth finishing? I'm on book 2 and to be honest, its a bit monotonous.

Yeah, LotR is one of my all-time great comfort reads. Trying to keep this one short because I don't want to derail thread - depends on what you like in a book, doesn't necessarily translate well. If it doesn't pick up for you by Book 3, I'd say drop it because the middle is especially sloggy and you don't need to force yourself to go through 10+ books to confirm if you like/hate it. (I'd suggest Book 4 as the cut-off but IMO that's a bit too much a time investment, though YMMV.)

An alternative is to skip the others and just do/try New Spring, as it's a self-contained prequel (nothing in it should be surprising to you given you're on Book 2) and IMO better-paced/potentially a bit more interesting than the early WoT books.