Hi Everyone,

[owensbt]

Hi.  I jumped on because I don't have enough people around me that have read these books.  All my observations, thoughts, and speculations just sit in my own head.

I have read just about all the major Cosmere novels... Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, and all but the last half of Wind and Truth (still going...)

I enjoy the juxtuapostion of well thought through magical systems and mechanics with human, heartfelt story.

Looking forward to hearing all of your ideas.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/Him]

3 hours ago, owensbt said:

Hi.  I jumped on because I don't have enough people around me that have read these books.  All my observations, thoughts, and speculations just sit in my own head.

I have read just about all the major Cosmere novels... Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, and all but the last half of Wind and Truth (still going...)

I enjoy the juxtuapostion of well thought through magical systems and mechanics with human, heartfelt story.

Looking forward to hearing all of your ideas.

Yeah I think that's how most of us got here.

Mind telling us the exact list of brandon novels you've read?

[Conure1243 He/Him]

6 hours ago, owensbt said:

Hi.  I jumped on because I don't have enough people around me that have read these books.  All my observations, thoughts, and speculations just sit in my own head.

I have read just about all the major Cosmere novels... Mistborn, Elantris, Warbreaker, and all but the last half of Wind and Truth (still going...)

I enjoy the juxtuapostion of well thought through magical systems and mechanics with human, heartfelt story.

Looking forward to hearing all of your ideas.

Welcome to the Shard!

If you had to spend one day on a cosmere planet of your choice, what would it be?

[owensbt]

15 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Mind telling us the exact list of brandon novels you've read?

Yeah.... 

The seven mistborn, Arcanum, Warbreaker, Elantris, the main 5 Stormlights (not done with Wind and Truth), and Dawnshard.  (Edgedancer was in Arcanum).

I also read Rithmatist.

I think that is all of them.  So I have the smaller new novels and the graphic novels still ahead 

Edited February 26 by owensbt

[owensbt]

12 hours ago, Conure1243 said:

If you had to spend one day on a cosmere planet of your choice, what would it be?

Invested or not?

Most are pretty rough.

Maybe in the west of Rochar in Shinovar if it is just me with no magic... 

Edited February 26 by owensbt

[CoderDrag0n8 He/Him]

On 2/25/2026 at 7:06 PM, owensbt said:

Yeah.... 

The seven mistborn, Arcanum, Warbreaker, Elantris, the main 5 Stormlights (not done with Wind and Truth), and Dawnshard.  (Edgedancer was in Arcanum).

I also read Rithmatist.

I think that is all of them.  So I have the smaller new novels and the graphic novels still ahead 

alrighty tighty

Do you like dragons? Do you like Wayne? What if your favorite compounding or noncompounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals resonate the most with you? What Order's surges do you like the most?

[owensbt]

On 2/27/2026 at 6:59 PM, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Do you like dragons? Do you like Wayne? What if your favorite compounding or noncompounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals resonate the most with you? What Order's surges do you like the most?

Great questions.  I like dragons.  I like the more mystical side and less the animal.
 

Wayne is great... I wondered what would have happened appen if Wayne and The Lopen crossed paths.

Twinborn combos are the least interesting system to me.  There are a zillion combinations and more with compounding, so it is harder for me to wrap my head around.

And on orders, I hate to be cliche, but I like the Windrunners.  I try to look at the orders through their narrative drivers and what they lack more than their power.  (So not... "which powers do I want", but "what does this group struggle with?")  In my first post, I postualted what those drivers might be and how they create ten orders...

So using the model I built... and allowing for some change since I posted, out of the four forces (Exist, Change, Bond, Configure) I see Windrunners lacking in Change.  They have strong presence, connect with others, and arrange the world around them... but Kaladin's arc is around change.  Helping himself be different.  Helping other be different.  Accepting loss.  I see enough of myself in that that I will claim that one for today.

Here is an updated version of the model I posted (with what I think are more precise words).  Still just a theory... but fun to play with.

 

 

Edited March 2 by owensbt
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[CoderDrag0n8 He/Him]

9 hours ago, owensbt said:

Great questions.  I like dragons.  I like the more mystical side and less the animal.
 

Wayne is great... I wondered what would have happened appen if Wayne and The Lopen crossed paths.

Twinborn combos are the least interesting system to me.  There are a zillion combinations and more with compounding, so it is harder for me to wrap my head around.

And on orders, I hate to be cliche, but I like the Windrunners.  I try to look at the orders through their narrative drivers and what they lack more than their power.  (So not... "which powers do I want", but "what does this group struggle with?")  In my first post, I postualted what those drivers might be and how they create ten orders...

So using the model I built... and allowing for some change since I posted, out of the four forces (Exist, Change, Bond, Configure) I see Windrunners lacking in Change.  They have strong presence, connect with others, and arrange the world around them... but Kaladin's arc is around change.  Helping himself be different.  Helping other be different.  Accepting loss.  I see enough of myself in that that I will claim that one for today.

Here is an updated version of the model I posted (with what I think are more precise words).  Still just a theory... but fun to play with.

 

 

Ooohhh nice.

Interesting...