I Happen to be a bit Obsessed

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

3 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

Yes, absolutely. 
Why would I ever say no to a cookie?

Whoops

now you are an inquisitor

:D

[___ He/Him]

11 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

So. 

According to the thing when I created my account, I’m supposed to create a post so everyone knows I exist. So I thought I should get this one thing across with this post. I am absolutely obsessed with the cosmere. Right after writing this I am immediately going to the stormlight and mistborn forums to post my wacky ideas. I expect that a lot of people here are the same.

On the other hand, I’m a die-hard Syladin shipper. So… maybe not. I’ve read almost all official cosmere novels, but I haven’t been able to get isles of the emberdark yet. I haven’t read some of the unofficial stuff though, like WoK and Dragonsteel prime. I’m actually looking for a way to get Aether of night right now.

Thanks for checking me out!

-A Windrunner with a Lightweaver’s complexity.

New sharderrr!

For @Through The Living Glass, because I can't thing of anything else, WHAT'S YOUR BONE COLOR

[Myst He/Him]

Just now, mippo said:

New sharderrr!

For @Through The Living Glass, because I can't thing of anything else, WHAT'S YOUR BONE COLOR

Oh, sorry, I prefer white, with spirals of blue and red cumulating in gems at the joints for investiture storage

Thats more of a description than a color, but it’s what I’d prefer.

10 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Whoops

now you are an inquisitor

:D

I mean, the spiked eyes is a cool look, and we’re getting new ones with Moash, so I’d thought I’d get on the train.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

7 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

Oh, sorry, I prefer white, with spirals of blue and red cumulating in gems at the joints for investiture storage

Thats more of a description than a color, but it’s what I’d prefer.

I mean, the spiked eyes is a cool look, and we’re getting new ones with Moash, so I’d thought I’d get on the train.

*HISSS*

M**sh

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

*HISSS*

M**sh

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

[Myst He/Him]

2 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

*HISSS*

M**sh

 

1 minute ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

Controversial, I see. I’m advocating for spikes being cool, not Moash though.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

18 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

Controversial, I see. I’m advocating for spikes being cool, not Moash though.

Spikes are cool

@Koloss17 knows all about spikes

[___ He/Him]

43 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

Why

Just

Why

56 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

Oh, sorry, I prefer white, with spirals of blue and red cumulating in gems at the joints for investiture storage

Thats more of a description than a color, but it’s what I’d prefer.

I mean, the spiked eyes is a cool look, and we’re getting new ones with Moash, so I’d thought I’d get on the train.

Coolio

[Belandrius Ohhmar He/Him]

35 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Spikes are cool

@Koloss17 knows all about spikes

Spikes are cool but we must not talk about 'He Who Betrayed' or 'HWB'

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

5 minutes ago, Belandrius Ohhmar said:

Spikes are cool but we must not talk about 'He Who Betrayed' or 'HWB'

Yeah M**sh

[Myst He/Him]

He who Quiets. So make a lot of noise, we don’t want him here. Unless we get Kaladin as well, I’d be fine with that.

[Trusk'our he/him]

2 hours ago, IHadAThought said:

I mean, the spiked eyes is a cool look, and we’re getting new ones with Moash, so I’d thought I’d get on the train.

Ah, does this mean you're a Hemalurgy fan too?

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Spikes are cool

@Koloss17 knows all about spikes

Wait no

hes the f-tin guy darn it

19 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

Ah, does this mean you're a Hemalurgy fan too?

Your the hemalurgy guy

[Trusk'our he/him]

2 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Wait no

hes the f-tin guy darn it

Your the hemalurgy guy

Yes. It's in the self-proclaimed title, after all.

[Myst He/Him]

25 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

Ah, does this mean you're a Hemalurgy fan too?

Kind of, I think the idea of it is cool, and aesthetically it could be really intimidating, but the practice of it, not really, I prefer not to kill people for my powers

[Trusk'our he/him]

26 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

Kind of, I think the idea of it is cool, and aesthetically it could be really intimidating, but the practice of it, not really, I prefer not to kill people for my powers

But that's part of why it's so fun to think of more ethical ways of fueling it, like using gold Feruchemy to repair donor's Spiritwebs or to only take like 1% of a willing donor's Investiture so that there's no effective reduction to their quality of life.

Edited October 20, 2025 by Trusk'our
Stupid brain said Identity, I meant to say Investiture.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 hour ago, mippo said:

Why

Just

Why

Coolio

MOASH

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

8 minutes ago, Trusk'our said:

But that's part of why it's so fun to think of more ethical ways of fueling it, like using gold Feruchemy to repair donor's Spiritwebs or to only take like 1% of a willing donor's Identity so that there's no effective reduction to their quality of life.

I don't think that F-gold works that way. 

3 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

MOASH

*mental damage*

[Trusk'our he/him]

25 minutes ago, Ashkaloda said:

I don't think that F-gold works that way. 

It is, though it's horribly expensive. You'd really need a way to get loads of health saved up to make it practical.

Spoiler

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/406-general-reddit-2020/#e14304

HazelCharm47

Let's say we have a hypothetical situation with Miles Hundredlives. In this scenario, he is wearing a gold metalmind filled to the brim with stored healing power. He is then spiked with a cadmium spike and loses his gold allomancy.

Now, if I recall from various WoBs, he would be able to heal using the gold metalmind and regain his gold allomancy. I could be misremembering and he cannot heal it, but I believe he would be able to since it is part of his Identity.

However, one question I have never seen the answer to is this: what happens to the ability in the spike? Is the allomantic ability still contained in the spike, leading to a duplicate? Or is the spike's ability lost? Or maybe I have this whole thing wrong and Miles could never have regained the ability in the first place.

If the ability duplicates (which I doubt), that could lead to some crazy things. Also, this applies to any Twinborn with gold Feruchemy, I just thought Miles was a good example I guess

Brandon Sanderson

I'd like to see the exact WoB's here to make sure I'm being consistent, as I don't know that I confirmed you could regain lost powers--only that you could heal from hemalurgic soul damage. Most likely, what you'd end up with is a person who has been healed and can remove the spike from their body without damage, and without needing it to hold their soul together--but who has lost the ability in the spike.

Regardless, though, what you want here (the mass production of spikes charged and even blanked) is possible with the right levels of investiture. It's an energy, like things in our world. The difficulty is finding out how to 1) get enough investiture and 2) key it to the right people and/or magic.

Hope that's a little more clear.

That said, a lot of times people just ask me if something is possible--and a lot of things are possible, but just very difficult. And with the right boost of investiture, in the right circumstances, it WOULD be possible to regrow lost (to spikes) powers. It's just highly unlikely.

I'm not sure if the questions people are asking me are ones I've qualified, or not, in these instances. Also, this is all something I'm playing with still behind the scenes as we enter the modern age of Mistborn.

HazelCharm47

As requested, here are the WoBs I believe are related. They might be obsolete, however. And I assume things will get changed a lot before Era 4, but hey, it's fun to ask anyways

WoB #1:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/331/#e9434

This one states that as long as Miles still has his Identity, he would be able to use his Feruchemical metalminds after being spiked and would be able to heal.

WoB #2:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/102/#e983

This one says that Miles would be able to heal his soul using Feruchemical healing and regain his gold Allomancy (assuming he survives the spiking). I think this is the most essential one!

WoB #3:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/76/#e6335

This one is only somewhat related - implies that the Feruchemical and Allomantic powers are spiritually part of him.

WoB #4:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/7/#e6435

Also tangentially related - damage to the soul from Hemalurgy can be healed (Although this might just be a Hoid thing). I guess the question could be expanded to include non-Feruchemical healing as a way to repair the soul after being spiked.

Brandon Sanderson

Well, I don't think any of those are specifically inaccurate. I just didn't quite understand what people were trying to get out of me. A lot of times, I don't know quite what people are trying to get out of me. I can see now they're trying to figure out.

I see now, and I appreciate you putting this all together for me so I can see what the fans are trying to figure out. So the answer is a cautious yes. The problem here is that he'd need to compound a TON of healing first--but yes, it would work. You could theoretically turn someone like Miles into an invested spike factory.

If he didn't have enough healing stored, though, he'd end up with a healed soul but a gap (like a scar on his soul) where his spiked-out abilities were. That could theoretically be healed with application of more investiture, depending on things like how he views himself, and if you could get the right type of investiture.

Though really, that's just part of the challenge, which is also fun to think through.

Edit: sorry, I just realized you might have been referring to my mess up with Identity when I meant to say Investiture. In which case you would be right, that's not how gold Feruchemy works at all.

Edited October 20, 2025 by Trusk'our

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

1 hour ago, Trusk'our said:

It is, though it's horribly expensive. You'd really need a way to get loads of health saved up to make it practical.

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https://wob.coppermind.net/events/406-general-reddit-2020/#e14304

HazelCharm47

Let's say we have a hypothetical situation with Miles Hundredlives. In this scenario, he is wearing a gold metalmind filled to the brim with stored healing power. He is then spiked with a cadmium spike and loses his gold allomancy.

Now, if I recall from various WoBs, he would be able to heal using the gold metalmind and regain his gold allomancy. I could be misremembering and he cannot heal it, but I believe he would be able to since it is part of his Identity.

However, one question I have never seen the answer to is this: what happens to the ability in the spike? Is the allomantic ability still contained in the spike, leading to a duplicate? Or is the spike's ability lost? Or maybe I have this whole thing wrong and Miles could never have regained the ability in the first place.

If the ability duplicates (which I doubt), that could lead to some crazy things. Also, this applies to any Twinborn with gold Feruchemy, I just thought Miles was a good example I guess

Brandon Sanderson

I'd like to see the exact WoB's here to make sure I'm being consistent, as I don't know that I confirmed you could regain lost powers--only that you could heal from hemalurgic soul damage. Most likely, what you'd end up with is a person who has been healed and can remove the spike from their body without damage, and without needing it to hold their soul together--but who has lost the ability in the spike.

Regardless, though, what you want here (the mass production of spikes charged and even blanked) is possible with the right levels of investiture. It's an energy, like things in our world. The difficulty is finding out how to 1) get enough investiture and 2) key it to the right people and/or magic.

Hope that's a little more clear.

That said, a lot of times people just ask me if something is possible--and a lot of things are possible, but just very difficult. And with the right boost of investiture, in the right circumstances, it WOULD be possible to regrow lost (to spikes) powers. It's just highly unlikely.

I'm not sure if the questions people are asking me are ones I've qualified, or not, in these instances. Also, this is all something I'm playing with still behind the scenes as we enter the modern age of Mistborn.

HazelCharm47

As requested, here are the WoBs I believe are related. They might be obsolete, however. And I assume things will get changed a lot before Era 4, but hey, it's fun to ask anyways

WoB #1:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/331/#e9434

This one states that as long as Miles still has his Identity, he would be able to use his Feruchemical metalminds after being spiked and would be able to heal.

WoB #2:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/102/#e983

This one says that Miles would be able to heal his soul using Feruchemical healing and regain his gold Allomancy (assuming he survives the spiking). I think this is the most essential one!

WoB #3:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/76/#e6335

This one is only somewhat related - implies that the Feruchemical and Allomantic powers are spiritually part of him.

WoB #4:

https://wob.coppermind.net/events/7/#e6435

Also tangentially related - damage to the soul from Hemalurgy can be healed (Although this might just be a Hoid thing). I guess the question could be expanded to include non-Feruchemical healing as a way to repair the soul after being spiked.

Brandon Sanderson

Well, I don't think any of those are specifically inaccurate. I just didn't quite understand what people were trying to get out of me. A lot of times, I don't know quite what people are trying to get out of me. I can see now they're trying to figure out.

I see now, and I appreciate you putting this all together for me so I can see what the fans are trying to figure out. So the answer is a cautious yes. The problem here is that he'd need to compound a TON of healing first--but yes, it would work. You could theoretically turn someone like Miles into an invested spike factory.

If he didn't have enough healing stored, though, he'd end up with a healed soul but a gap (like a scar on his soul) where his spiked-out abilities were. That could theoretically be healed with application of more investiture, depending on things like how he views himself, and if you could get the right type of investiture.

Though really, that's just part of the challenge, which is also fun to think through.

Edit: sorry, I just realized you might have been referring to my mess up with Identity when I meant to say Investiture. In which case you would be right, that's not how gold Feruchemy works at all.

Ah yeah, that clarifies it. Thanks. 

[Myst He/Him]

I think if you want ethical spikes, the Malwesh’s medallions(assuming they work the way I think they do) may be your best bet. But a medallion isn’t as cool as a spike. If had to get a spike, assuming putting it there wouldn’t drastically alter my spirited, having one in my cheekbones could look so amazing. Sadly, I don’t believe it’s one of the bind points

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

On 10/20/2025 at 9:10 AM, Belandrius Ohhmar said:

Slyadin?!? that's worse than like Shalladin. Btt you do you I guess?

You can only pick one from each planet no repeats:

What Planet, Race, and Invested Art do you want

Ya, Treamayne's gunna come in here and Copy Paste the same thing they do every time.

Accept the cookie, its yummy.

What's wrong with Shalladin??? (SHALLADIN FOR LIFE KAL IS SECRETLY THE FATHER)

On 10/20/2025 at 2:32 AM, IHadAThought said:

So. 

According to the thing when I created my account, I’m supposed to create a post so everyone knows I exist. So I thought I should get this one thing across with this post. I am absolutely obsessed with the cosmere. Right after writing this I am immediately going to the stormlight and mistborn forums to post my wacky ideas. I expect that a lot of people here are the same.

On the other hand, I’m a die-hard Syladin shipper. So… maybe not. I’ve read almost all official cosmere novels, but I haven’t been able to get isles of the emberdark yet. I haven’t read some of the unofficial stuff though, like WoK and Dragonsteel prime. I’m actually looking for a way to get Aether of night right now.

Thanks for checking me out!

-A Windrunner with a Lightweaver’s complexity.

'Allo, mate! 

What is your fav Wayne quote?

What is your favorite crackpot cosmere theory

19 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

THE PROFANITY!

[-ACE- he/him]

21 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Moash

*singsong*

Moash moash moash moash

This guy... He keeps saying bad words, and its making me... how do I put this lightly?  ENRAGED!

[Myst He/Him]

1 hour ago, Clarkmon22 said:

What's wrong with Shalladin??? (SHALLADIN FOR LIFE KAL IS SECRETLY THE FATHER)

'Allo, mate! 

What is your fav Wayne quote?

What is your favorite crackpot cosmere theory

THE PROFANITY!

I don’t think Kaladin would do that without Adolin’s knowledge, he’s too good for that. Which would turn it into whatever ship name is for the three of them

For the Wayne quote, do you want my favorite of Wayne as Wayne, or Wayne being someone else.

As for crazy theories? I have a lot, like, I have a list on my phone for them

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

1 minute ago, IHadAThought said:

For the Wayne quote, do you want my favorite of Wayne as Wayne, or Wayne being someone else.

either!

2 minutes ago, IHadAThought said:

As for crazy theories? I have a lot, like, I have a list on my phone for them

list one! I like the "El is Elend" theory, or "Shallan is a kandra"