You Know You're a Sanderfan When...

[Mistspren she/her]

6 hours ago, Pagerunner said:

Ask your doctor if Arcanum is right for you.

*playing happy clips of jubilant axehound pups and windrunners soaring in the sunlight*

Other side affects may include, but are not limited to: obsessive WoB hunting, moderate to severe procrastination, eye strain, excessive theorizing, acute balderdash syndrome, reckonersisntcosmerepleasestopaskingorillfeedyoutothekandraism, stress and/or anxiety, Capitalization syndrome, whatisingavilarssphereitisntobviousbrandonplease disorder, and in severe cases, death. Consult your doctor if you are using 17th shard or Coppermind while using Arcanum. This may result in extreme loss of motivation and increased procrastination, which can be fatal. 17th Shard cannot be held responsible for any abuse of Arcanum, or its affliated sites.

 

[Undead Wookiee]

2 hours ago, AonEne said:

You know you're a Sanderfan when Arcanum is right for you.

I prefer Atium 

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

52 minutes ago, Undead Wookiee said:

I prefer Atium 

Well someone likes to live dangerously.

[Calderis he/him]

Breaking news: Sandersitis treatments found to be highly addictive.

In an unfortunate turn of events, it appears that the treatments for the pandemic case of Sandersitis marketed to sufferers as "17thshard" and "Arcanum" have been found to be intensely addictive. 

Users of these treatments have been known to spend more time partaking in "treatment" then was lost to the original disease. 

There is no known cure for this addiction at this time, and it seems to only alleviate during severe flare-ups of Sandersitis itself, last seen with the "Oathbringer" strain. 

Many self described addicts seem to have made peace with their plight. 

Edited August 20, 2018 by Calderis

[Kidpen he/him]

1 minute ago, Calderis said:

Breaking news: Sandersitis treatments found to be highly addictive.

In an unfortunate turn of events, it appears that the treatments for the pandemic case of Sandersitis marketed to sufferers as "17thshard" and "Arcanum" have been found to be intensely addictive. 

Users of these treatments have been known to spend more time partaking in "treatment" then was lost to the original disease. 

There is no known cure for this addiction at this time, and it seems to only alleviate during severe flare-ups of Sandersitis itself, last seen with the "Oathbringer" strain. 

Many self described addicts seem to have made peace with their plight. 

Darn my lack of ability to give you more then one upvote!

[Ashspren]

Science Today: The Oathbringer Strain 

An untreatable virus has recently found its way into the world. All attempts to cure it have failed, and anyone who succumbs to it cannot resist its effects. What is the mysterious strain, and what makes it so resilient? 

Introduction

Known as the Oathbringer Strain, it was first discovered a few months leading up to its breakout on November 14, 2017. It primarily targeted users of the treatments 17S and Arcanum. Though the two aforementioned treatments were created to battle another disease known as Sandersitis, the Oathbringer Strain appears to augment the affects of Sandersitis, rendering 17S and Arcanum useless. 

Molecular Structure 

In its most dangerous format, the hardback edition, the Oathbringer Strain is comprised of 1,248 pages. In its ebook versions, the pages vary due to varying font sizes, which makes the disease harder to track— however, due to the search functions, the ebook version is much less threatening. Regardless, within these pages, there is a total of 454,440 words, which is what signifies the Oathbringer Strain. 

Additional features of the molecular structure include images of men and women at the beginning and end of the hardback. Initially, these further inflamed Sandersitis, of which Oathbringer is a strain, however results were soon found and the effects wore down. 

Progression in Treatments 

A group of scientists known as the Arcanists are trying to strengthen the treatment known as Arcanum. However, they consistently run into a roadblock known as the “RAFO,” which they, unfortunately, cannot get rid of. 

The 17S treatment, while somewhat curing a person of Sandersitis, continues to inflame the disease more than contain it. 

However, there is a new treatment in the works. Known as “Coppermind,” scientists in the field are working on examining the Oathbringer Strain page by page to work out its secrets, and make them easily accessible. Research is promising, however, there are some effects that Coppermind just can’t eradicate. 

Conclusion

With the recent Oathbringer Strain, the disease known as Sandersitis has inflamed beyond control. Though treatments are being tested day after day, it is safe to say that the insatiable curiosity, frustration, and obsession is here to stay. 

Edited August 21, 2018 by Ashspren

[+Ark1002]

When you hear "my favorite line in that book was..." and immediately assume they're talking about the Rithmatist.

I once told my friend (mistborn spoilers)

Spoiler

Me: Kelsier dies

Him: I knew it!

Me: But then he advance to preservation

Him: What? Did he come back from the afterlife?

Me: No. He died. And didn't come back from the afterlife.

Him: how does that work?

Me: it doesn't.

Him: What?

Me: *laughs uncontrollably*

I have since infected him to the point where he has sanderitis and takes 17th shard and arcanum.

Edited August 20, 2018 by I'm pretty

[Ishar]

On 8/18/2018 at 0:49 PM, Ashspren said:

So... you guys remember this? 

 

Well, I have a new entry... 

~~~

Them: So I started reading Mistborn...

Me: *squeals* *screams* *screeches* *hugs them* 

Them: *gasping for air* Can’t... breathe...

Me: It’s amazing, isn’t it? 

Them: (grudgingly) It’s pretty good... but you are NOT allowed to say “I told you so.”

(I said it anyway.)

~~~

BONUS CONTENT where I troll them (Mistborn Era 1 Spoilers): 

  Reveal hidden contents

Them: So... this Sazed guy. Is he important?

Me: Eh. Not really.

~~~

After MONTHS of desperately trying, I finally did it guys... 

Moral of the story? You know you’re a Sanderfan when the first thing you do is post all of this on the Shard. 

Wow, Months? It has been almost a year... It took you a lot longer to get her to read Mistborn than it did me to get you to read Mistborn. In the time it took for you to get 1 person to read Mistborn, I convinced 6 people to read Mistborn (although to be fair only 4 so far have actually read past the first book).

Edited August 21, 2018 by Ishar

[Ashspren]

53 minutes ago, Ishar said:

Wow, Months? It has been almost a year... It took you a lot longer to get her to read Mistborn than it did me to get you to read Mistborn. In the time it took for you to get 1 person to read Mistborn, I convinced 6 people to read Mistborn (although to be fair only 4 so far have actually read past the first book).

Oh, shut up. You know that she’s stubborn. Plus, I’m me. I know awesomeness when I see it, and Mistborn counts. 

[Life&Death]

I got my friend to read it. But he read the first book and half of the second while telling me he hadn’t started, just to troll me. Now he is halfway through HoA but won’t finish it just to annoy me. (Either that or he’s finished it but won’t tell me again.) The worst part is he owns nearly every Brandon Sanderson book signed by Brandon Sanderson, and hasn’t read any of them!!!!

[Ashspren]

36 minutes ago, Life&Death said:

I got my friend to read it. But he read the first book and half of the second while telling me he hadn’t started, just to troll me. Now he is halfway through HoA but won’t finish it just to annoy me. (Either that or he’s finished it but won’t tell me again.) The worst part is he owns nearly every Brandon Sanderson book signed by Brandon Sanderson, and hasn’t read any of them!!!!

The stubborn friend that Ishar and I were talking about just met Elend, and now she won’t read the rest of it just to be annoying. I hate it so much... ughhhhhhh. 

[+Sorana she/her]

When you look at your shelf and realize athat about half of Brandon's books are missing. Because if I push them in my friend's hands, they take them with them and they usually read it only to give it back to me one day....
 

[BitBitio he/him]

You know you're a Sanderfan when you inhale instinctively whenever jewelry is nearby.

You know you're a Sanderfan when you do ChayShan as a warm-up during gym.

You know you're a Sanderfan when you go around and get people to say my life to yours my breath become yours.

You know you're a Sanderfan when you keep telling sticks to become fire.

[+Ark1002]

You know you're a sanderfan when you wonder if Brandon Sanderson is actually right, and there is a cognitive realm. And a spiritual realm. And adolinisium.

You know you are a sanderfan when you tell random couples "no mating" then walk away laughing.

Edited August 21, 2018 by I'm pretty

[Calderis he/him]

Me, going about my day. Get new coworker. 

Coworker begins talking about needing new books to read and enjoying fantasy... 

Me: have you heard of Brandon Sanderson? 

Him: I've heard the name... 

And there goes the rest of the day... 

Edited August 21, 2018 by Calderis

[King Cole he/him]

30 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Me, going about my day. Get new coworker. 

Coworker begins talking about needing new books to read and enjoying fantasy... 

Me: have you heard of Brandon Sanderson? 

Him: I've heard the name... 

And there goes the rest of the day... 

He wasn't ready for what followed

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

2 hours ago, Calderis said:

Me, going about my day. Get new coworker. 

Coworker begins talking about needing new books to read and enjoying fantasy... 

Me: have you heard of Brandon Sanderson? 

Him: I've heard the name... 

And there goes the rest of the day... 

Conversion stories always bring a tear to my eye

[Ashspren]

I met this guy in a bookstore at the epic fantasy section. I asked him if he liked Stormlight and he said yes. Unfortunately, he didn’t want to talk about it for hours and hours, which made me very disappointed.

[AonEne he/him]

45 minutes ago, Ashspren said:

I met this guy in a bookstore at the epic fantasy section. I asked him if he liked Stormlight and he said yes. Unfortunately, he didn’t want to talk about it for hours and hours, which made me very disappointed.

How. Dare. He.

When you hear that there's a layer of aluminum around the walls and ceiling of a place in a book, and freak out.

When not being on the Shard for a day physically hurts. (Guess I'm overdosing. Never thought I'd be an addict, but Sandersitis is just so bad...)

When you add Sandersitis to your dictionary.

[Silva]

When you come back online for the first time in 28 days and spend a few hours catching up on everything.

[Ashspren]

3 minutes ago, Silva said:

When you come back online for the first time in 28 days and spend a few hours catching up on everything.

Welcome back, Silva! I don’t even want to know how many notifications you have...

[Voidus]

When you come back on the Shard for 1 hour and instantly gain a spot on the weekly rankings for most rep as well as break 30,000 total rep.
(Twi came back to the Reckoners subforum for a while, just for anyone missing the context there)

[Silva]

12 hours ago, Ashspren said:

Welcome back, Silva! I don’t even want to know how many notifications you have...

Only 45, but my inbox refused to count the pms.

[goody153]

When you try so hard to convert other readers you know into reading Cosmere.

[Kidpen he/him]

22 hours ago, BitBitio said:

You know you're a Sanderfan when you inhale instinctively whenever jewelry is nearby.

I too have a working respiratory system.