You Know You're a Sanderfan When...

[AngelEy3 he/him]

Not sure about anyone else or whatever, but I gained permanent photosensitivity after taking some really hardcore anti-fungal meds for a bad run in with some nasty stuff in lake water. 

[Oversleep]

4 hours ago, Calderis said:

I thought that most cases of "born allergies" were a similar response that is typically called such, but isn't technically an allergy. Like people allergic to water or sunlight. It's easier to say "allergy" than to try and describe what the actual cause is. 

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying that the common allergies - like being allergic to some food or pollen - can not be "born allergies"? Or that they're different from the ones like being allergic to sunlight?

Allergy is like Allomancy: you're more likely to have it if your parent has it and you can have different one(s) from your parent.

[Calderis he/him]

15 minutes ago, Overstorm said:

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying that the common allergies - like being allergic to some food or pollen - can not be "born allergies"? Or that they're different from the ones like being allergic to sunlight?

Allergy is like Allomancy: you're more likely to have it if your parent has it and you can have different one(s) from your parent.

Yes,  there is a genetic component that can predispose you toward developing an allergy. It's still something that develops. 

With my son, when he was first starting various solid foods, they told us to continue watching for multiple times of eating common allergens because it's not common for a reaction to occur on first exposure.

There are conditions though that present symptomatically very similar to an allergy like the ones I mentioned, but aren't actual an anaphylaxis reaction 

[PlanetReelo she/her]

When you force your husband to read SA just so you have someone to fangirl with!

Oh, and when your daily struggle is trying to resist reading the available Oathbringer chapters because you want to read it all in one go on the official release date

[Tesh Any pronouns]

1 minute ago, PlanetReelo said:

Oh, and when your daily struggle is trying to resist reading the available Oathbringer chapters because you want to read it all in one go on the official release date

Same. I read the prologue, preordered it, and now I am trying to get through the gigantic pile of books nsaxt to my bed.

[PlanetReelo she/her]

Just now, Tesh said:

Same. I read the prologue, preordered it, and now I am trying to get through the gigantic pile of books nsaxt to my bed.

I find myself dying to peak in to the Oathbringer spoiler board too  I know I'd regret it but what can I say, I'm a glutton for punishment. I'm re-reading WoR to tide me over till release date, which is a couple of days later for me since I live in the UK.

[Tesh Any pronouns]

When rolls have a special place in your heart.

[King Cole he/him]

When you judt broke your arm and your first thought is "Darn it, I'm gonna type so much slower on the 17thshard "

Edited September 10, 2017 by King Cole

[Tesh Any pronouns]

(This happened at church today). When Laurel sitting behind you tells you she's reading tWoK and you start bouncing in your seat because your so happy. My friend (fellow Sanderfan, but she didn't understand my excitement) finally got me to settle down. And in the middle of Sunday school, you start talking to a friend who has only read SA about Oathbringer. He thought it's coming out in October. But I told him it's going to be released on November 14th at 12:01AM. I think he was slightly surprised...

[Sami she/her]

When every morning, you jump out of bed, turn off your alarm clock, and check the Shard. Then you "accidentally" do nothing else while catching up on the Shard.

Also, 400th post!

[King Cole he/him]

10 minutes ago, Sami said:

When every morning, you jump out of bed, turn off your alarm clock, and check the Shard. Then you "accidentally" do nothing else while catching up on the Shard.

Also, 400th post!

When I saw this I was at 400 as well 

Edited September 10, 2017 by King Cole

[Tesh Any pronouns]

33 minutes ago, Sami said:

When every morning, you jump out of bed, turn off your alarm clock, and check the Shard. Then you "accidentally" do nothing else while catching up on the Shard.

Every. Single. Day.

Sometimes I have to force myself to get ready for school instead.

It never works. 

[Nathrangking he/him]

When the weekend is a curse from the Nightwatcher because it is too far from Tuesday.

[King Cole he/him]

1 hour ago, Nathrangking said:

When the weekend is a curse from the Nightwatcher because it is too far from Tuesday.

But also a boon cause you can spend more time on the shard.

[Tesh Any pronouns]

6 hours ago, Nathrangking said:

When the weekend is a curse from the Nightwatcher because it is too far from Tuesday.

What's on Tuesday?

4 hours ago, King Cole said:

But also a boon cause you can spend more time on the shard.

Or reading.

I have 14 books in a 2 by 2 foot area next to my bed. And then about another 125 on my bookshelf, one under my mattress in case of an emergency...

And now that I'm writing this, I am realizing I have a slight problem...

[Sami she/her]

@Tesh, the new Oathbringer chapters

Edited September 11, 2017 by Sami

[Tesh Any pronouns]

40 minutes ago, Sami said:

@Tesh, the new Oathbringer chapters

Oh, I knew that. Maybe. Sort of. It was stored in the back of my brain. I just wasn't thinking.

I'm not reading it till it come out though. It's horrible. But fun. I guess...

I have no idea where I'm going with this.

Edited September 11, 2017 by Tesh

[Sami she/her]

When your Sanderson-themed email inbox is appropriately jammed up with 17th Shard emails 

[Calderis he/him]

When you read Reddit/Facebook theories and can't understand how in the world anyone can read Brandon's books and misunderstand the Cosmere that badly. 

[Tesh Any pronouns]

11 hours ago, Sami said:

When your Sanderson-themed email inbox is appropriately jammed up with 17th Shard emails 

When your background is a map of Roshar, profile picture the Bridge Four glyph, and you have about 200 emails. I haven't cleared it out for about three days...

And when this is the background on your kindle:

It works really well as long as I am holding it landscape.

Edited September 13, 2017 by Tesh

[flying_shadow she/her]

When you're sick and really should be sleeping, but the 17th Shard beckons...

[Emerald101 he/him]

When you're copies of WoK and WoR are full of little footnotes for things you've noticed on rereads.

[King Cole he/him]

Just now, Emerald101 said:

When you're copies of WoK and WoR are full of little footnotes for things you've noticed on rereads.

I mark the page then come back to it

[Emerald101 he/him]

It's funny, because I had to stop lending out my books because I don't want people to read the spoilers I wrote in them.

 

 

[Kairos]

When you're prepping for a hurricane, and you keep thinking "Is this what people feel like when a highstorm comes? I guess it's easier when it's only one direction."

And then you get bogged down wondering how they deal with everyday life like that.