Hi from Spain! Or is it Roshar? Who knows.

[TheToday He/him]

Well, hello there!

General Kenobi!

 

What can I say? I'm a nerd of SO many things and I have SO many guilty pleasures. And I don't even know which is which! From Marvel to Star Wars to LOTR to The Mummy movies to Shrek to whatever.

I could say that I don't dislike pineaple on pizza, but I don't wanna start a war either. Too late Eloy, too late damn!

 

So yeah, that's my name, Eloy. I'm a Spaniard -which is not a great country to be currently from, but hey, I love our food!- and my nickname here is a little joke of sorts. So in Spanish the masculine translation of the would be el, and the translation of today would be hoy. You put them together and remove the "h" letter, and... Voilà! That's my nickname, Eloy -> TheToday.

So yeah, I also have a pretty weird sense of humor. Sorry not sorry!

 

And well, lol. After all this nonsense mumbo jumbo I'm pretty sure you're thinking my my, where is this weirdo coming from? right now.

I've just told you, from Spain! Lol.

Jokes aside. There's not a lot I can think of, but I'm from Spain (have I told you that already?), so English is not my mother tongue. I try my best to comply though.

I've known about Sanderson's work for years now (I can still hear my former friends asking me a million times to read the Mistborn trilogy, and me refusing because I was too lazy to keep reading books by then. Stupid me!), but I just started reading his books by a year ago. I've started through Elantris, I've read a fair amount of the Arcanum Unbound novellas and I've been following my own Cosmere-Reading-Order handcrafter by my wisdomous-y and the fact that I've been checking and asking for SO MANY reading orders and I've just decided to follow this one. Which, to be fair, may suffer from more changes in the future. Who knows. I'm a crazy person, in case you haven't found out yet for yourself!

So I know the introduction topics are not about book questions and debates, but for the sake of introducing myself, I'm at this point now:

 

COMPLETED:
1. Elantris (★★★☆☆)
2. (AU) Hope of Elantris (★★☆☆☆)
3. (AU) Soul of the Emperor (★★★★☆)
4. White Sand (★★☆☆☆)
5. (Mistborn) The Final Empire (★★★★★)
6. (Mistborn) The Well of Ascension (★★★★☆)
7. (Mistborn) Hero of Ages (★★★★★)
8. (AU) The Eleventh Metal (★★☆☆☆)
9. (AU) Sixth of the Dusk (★★★★☆)
10. (AU) Shadows for Silence (★★★☆☆)
11. (AU) Mistborn: Secret History (★★★☆☆)
12. Warbreaker (★★★★☆)
13. (SA) The Way of Kings (★★★★★)
14. (SA) Words of Radiance (★★★★★)
15. (AU) Edgedancer (★★★☆☆)

IN PROGRESS:
16. (SA) Oathbringer

INCOMING:
17. Dawnshard
18. (SA) Rythm of War
19. (W&W) Alloy of Law
20. (AU) Allomancer Jak
21. (W&W) Shadows of Self
22. (W&W) The Bands of Mourning
23. (W&W) The Lost Metal
24. (SA) Wind and Truth
25. (HT) Tress of the Emerald Sea
26. (HT) Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
27. The Sunlit Man
28. Isles of the Emberdark
29. (HT) The Fires of December*

 

And heck. I've loved (and I mean LOVED) the Mistborn trilogy, but the Stormlight Archive has become the owner of my soul. I just can't keep reading, and I'm still half way there! I wanna finish it and I don't wanna finish it at the same time. Does that make any sense?

Anyway, see you/read you around! Looking forward to becoming a nice member of this community -or whatever you choose to call it) and get to know some or a lot of you.

Cheers! And...

Life before destination! No, wait. That wasn't it.

Edited 14 hours ago by TheToday
I wrote "book" instead of "books" lol.

[NeverTrustAesSedai He/Him]

Welcome to the 17th Shard! From what I've seen, everything that makes you weird to other people will make you a great addition to the community here, so that's no problem. However, before officially joining our ranks, you must face the interrogation.

1) What is your opinion of Kelsier?

2) Have you been keeping up with the World Cup? If so, who are some favorite teams/players?

3) What roles should Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston play in the upcoming Cosmere adaptations?

[TheToday He/him]

1 hour ago, NeverTrustAesSedai said:

Welcome to the 17th Shard! From what I've seen, everything that makes you weird to other people will make you a great addition to the community here, so that's no problem. However, before officially joining our ranks, you must face the interrogation.

1) What is your opinion of Kelsier?

2) Have you been keeping up with the World Cup? If so, who are some favorite teams/players?

3) What roles should Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston play in the upcoming Cosmere adaptations?

 

My my! Not the interrogation 

Alrighty, let's see. And since I'm that weird, I'll go backwards with it. Just because why not.

3) Hiddleston is my Hoid, I've been sure of it for a long time. Maybe he's a bit older now? But still. He's too much of a good Marvel version of Loki and that's what makes him such a good Hoid, I guess. Cumberbatch! Not sure lol. And there are many books of the Cosmere I haven't read yet so maybe he truly fits a Mistborn Era 2 character and I have no clue about it. What a shame! But as far as I've read... Uhm. You've got me there. Maybe the main prince of Elantris? I forgot his name. Or one of those high princes of Roshar that Dalinar is trying to unite.

2) Well, I'm from Spain so I'm going for Spain I guess! Although and if I'm being 100% honest I find our team kind of weak this time despite the luck we've had so far. Maybe France? Norway is doing great, but their game feels boring (they've been playing kind of like Spain, but they have something we lack: the Viking Targaryen). Not rooting for Argenfifa though! (Yeah, I'm one of those)

1) Well... Kelsier was a great leader and friend imo! Always rooting for the people.

Spoiler

Well, his 100% hate for the nobility was a bit crazy. I do like him to be fair, and I've enjoyed his journey through Shadesmar or however you wanna call it in Secret History. I've also accidentally spoiled myself a bit about his... Future? But I can't tell you what I think of it until I actually read it lol.

Have I passed? 

Edited 9 hours ago by TheToday
I've called Haland a Lannister instead of a Targaryen! Shame on my cow. And then due to a typo I've claimed that Kelsier hated mobility. Is that a word? Can he hate a table?

[GG0z He/Him]

8 minutes ago, TheToday said:

 

My my! Not the interrogation 

Alrighty, let's see. And since I'm that weird, I'll go backwards with it. Just because why not.

3) Hiddleston is my Hoid, I've been sure of it for a long time. Maybe he's a bit older now? But still. He's too much of a good Marvel version of Loki and that's what makes him such a good Hoid, I guess. Cumberbatch! Not sure lol. And there are many books of the Cosmere I haven't read yet so maybe he truly fits a Mistborn Era 2 character and I have no clue about it. What a shame! But as far as I've read... Uhm. You've got me there. Maybe the main prince of Elantris? I forgot his name. Or one of those high princes of Roshar that Dalinar is trying to unite.

2) Well, I'm from Spain so I'm going for Spain I guess! Although and if I'm being 100% honest I find our team kind of weak this time despite the luck we've had so far. Maybe France? Norway is doing great, but their game feels boring (they've been playing kind of like Spain, but they have something we lack: the Viking Targaryen). Not rooting for Argenfifa though! (Yeah, I'm one of those)

1) Well... Kelsier was a great leader and friend imo! Always rooting for the people.

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Well, his 100% hate for the nobility was a bit crazy. I do like him to be fair, and I've enjoyed his journey through Shadesmar or however you wanna call it in Secret History. I've also accidentally spoiled myself a bit about his... Future? But I can't tell you what I think of it until I actually read it lol.

Have I passed? 

Yes. Yes you did...

Welcome to this insane and welcoming community! Most people start out on the Q&A section but gradually make their way over to the forum game and general discussion section of the Shard

English isn't my native language either, although I was born in the US

[TheToday He/him]

34 minutes ago, GG0z said:

Yes. Yes you did...

Welcome to this insane and welcoming community! Most people start out on the Q&A section but gradually make their way over to the forum game and general discussion section of the Shard

English isn't my native language either, although I was born in the US

Thanks a lot!

I may be weird, but I like to introduce myself first lol. 

I'll be checking the Forum around soon though.

So what's you native language, Mr. Mistery?

[GG0z He/Him]

1 hour ago, TheToday said:

Thanks a lot!

I may be weird, but I like to introduce myself first lol. 

I'll be checking the Forum around soon though.

So what's you native language, Mr. Mistery?

Russian... it's hard to switch languages if I want to speak English after only speaking Russian for days. My grammar gets completely messed up

[ParaTulip fae/faer (declines as she/her)]

Hey, welcome to the shard! Since you like both and are pretty deep into the Cosmere stuff: Any feelings on how it compares to Lotr and star wars?