You Know You're a Sanderfan When...

[Taliax none (name only)]

3 hours ago, Ookla the maladroit said:

December 19 (Tuesday)

Ah, must have gotten 16 and 19 mixed up. Dang, I’d wanted to be an ookla until then too! 

[Tesh Any pronouns]

When you and two other Sanderfans are celebrating Koloss Head-Munching day by bringing lots of sugar to school, and completely needing out before school starts. And we have lots of extra candy from decorating gingerbread houses.

Edited December 19, 2017 by Tesh

[Steeldancer he/him]

On 12/14/2017 at 5:59 PM, Ookla the Rusty said:

Well, that's not including the interludes...

 

Also:

When it's spontaneously super foggy one morning and you're both excited and unsettled by it. (And unsettled is the more fitting feeling. Turns out it was a mix of fog and smog. The Deepness has come to choke us to death!)

When you think it'd be cool to die like a character in his books would (like suffocating in the mist).

When you make a new friend at school just today from both of you fanboying about Oathbringer, then the entire SA, and then the rest of the cosmere. I'm not the only in-depth cosmere-aware Sanderfan at my school and it makes me so happy! I now know of at least four others. Until today it was three. (Edit: It's five now. One of my best friends just finished Bands of Mourning and freaked out about it. Now she has to read Secret History and really get into the cosmere. Muahahahaha!)

When you listen to WoBs on Arcanum just to find out how to pronounce character names and the word RAFO. (Turns out, it's with a short vowel. I'd always read it as a long vowel, like Ray-foe. But no, apparently it's Rah-foe. I actually kinda prefer my pronunciation. Also, I found out I'd been saying Renarin's name wrong for a long time. Oops.)

You know you're a Sharder when you try thinking of Steelrunners, but the word that comes to mind instead is "Steeldancer". (Edit: You're welcome @Steeldancer)

 

On 12/14/2017 at 5:59 PM, Ookla the Rusty said:

Well, that's not including the interludes...

 

Also:

When it's spontaneously super foggy one morning and you're both excited and unsettled by it. (And unsettled is the more fitting feeling. Turns out it was a mix of fog and smog. The Deepness has come to choke us to death!)

When you think it'd be cool to die like a character in his books would (like suffocating in the mist).

When you make a new friend at school just today from both of you fanboying about Oathbringer, then the entire SA, and then the rest of the cosmere. I'm not the only in-depth cosmere-aware Sanderfan at my school and it makes me so happy! I now know of at least four others. Until today it was three. (Edit: It's five now. One of my best friends just finished Bands of Mourning and freaked out about it. Now she has to read Secret History and really get into the cosmere. Muahahahaha!)

When you listen to WoBs on Arcanum just to find out how to pronounce character names and the word RAFO. (Turns out, it's with a short vowel. I'd always read it as a long vowel, like Ray-foe. But no, apparently it's Rah-foe. I actually kinda prefer my pronunciation. Also, I found out I'd been saying Renarin's name wrong for a long time. Oops.)

You know you're a Sharder when you try thinking of Steelrunners, but the word that comes to mind instead is "Steeldancer". (Edit: You're welcome @Steeldancer)

Glad I'm memorable. Means I'm doing something right 

[thegatorgirl00 she/her]

When you open a tab to Brandon's website and constantly refresh it in the hopes of seeing the state of the Sanderson. 

[Truthweaver she/her]

2 hours ago, thegatorgirl00 said:

When you open a tab to Brandon's website and constantly refresh it in the hopes of seeing the state of the Sanderson. 

This has been me all day.

[Taliax none (name only)]

1 minute ago, Truthweaver said:

This has been me all day.

Saaaame. I'm just glad the site is actually working today at least

[thegatorgirl00 she/her]

1 minute ago, Taliax said:

Saaaame. I'm just glad the site is actually working today at least

We'll see if that's true when it actualy goes up on the site and everyone tries to view it. 

[Quickbronze he/him]

17 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

Glad I'm memorable. Means I'm doing something right

Or, to think like Steris, something wrong 

Don't worry, it's probably something right 

[Elsecaller3414 she/her]

Someone in my school put the First Ideal of the Radiants on the board in my stats classroom before my class, and it’s bugging me that I don’t know who they are!!!! I just want to find this other Sanderfan!

[Tesh Any pronouns]

When, in Tae-Kwon-Do, you are doing patterns, (a sequence of kicks, punches, blocks, and stuff like that.) And one of them is called Palgay Chill Chung, and you deep hearing it as Palgay chull dung.

[JoyBlu she/her]

When you are at a Christmas party and run into this guy and wonder if he is Parshendi  Parshendi  

 

[Vashakh Sadeas he/him]

When, instead of swearing, you curse by the names of the Heralds. 

When you realize it has never been foggy in the mornings. Only Misty. 

When you use "storms" in casual conversation as an outburst of surprise or frustration. 

Edited December 20, 2017 by Vashakh Sadeas

[Steeldancer he/him]

When youre super hyped by book music!!!!

[Rebecca she/her]

When you’re at school reading WoK, and get to the part where...

WoK spoilers:

Spoiler

Kaladin offers to join the army with Tien.

...and you start crying. I was crying at school. But that’s okay. No one saw me, and that scene deserves some tears IMO.

[Serce Forts]

When you go to the Orem Barnes and Noble and you pick out Arcanum Unbounded as a not-so-secret Christmas present.

I was drawn immediately towards a section that was just Sanderson and quickly realized I had most of the books/I'm waiting for some series to finish up before I get them all. We found a tiny version of Edgedancer and I said "Oh no! They don't have Arcanum!" Thankfully someone overheard us and said, "Wait. We have Arcanum." So we followed the mysterious man and he led us to an even bigger Sanderson section. 

Both workers at the store I ran into said "You should come to the signing tomorrow!"

I replied, "I'm a sanderfan, I've known there is a signing here for at least a week."

Sadly I have a family conflict, but it's fine because I went to the original release and I was able to see everything set up for Brandon in the store. They have a really cool Christmas tree made out of Oathbringers and giftcards. So all who can go, go.

[Podman]

When you see that someone wrote:

“Hi! How are you doing today?” 

on a whiteboard, and you change it to this:

It won’t go vertical. 

Edited December 20, 2017 by podman36

[evanna]

When you realize that you might die before Stormlight 10 is out and it frightens you more than the actual dying.

[Steeldancer he/him]

When you're torn between listening to the Kaladin album and the OB audiobook from the library. I briefly considered listening to both at once... but whatever. 

[Borio Singaldi he/him]

4 hours ago, Tesh said:

When, in Tae-Kwon-Do, you are doing patterns, (a sequence of kicks, punches, blocks, and stuff like that.) And one of them is called Palgay Chill Chung, and you deep hearing it as Palgay chull dung.

Actually, for some reason, that reminds of ChayShan instead.

 

You know you're a Sanderfan when you're constantly asking your family members what part of the book they're on. My dad is currently at the climax/avalanche of Oathbringer, while my brother is partway through part one of the first Mistborn book (the part where Vin first meets Lestibournes). It's his first cosmere book and I'm so proud of him.

When you have a dream about teaching a Sanderfan friend of yours how to use the Surge of Gravitation. That's all I remember from that dream, and it was so cool!

When you write a ketek based on Hemalurgy: Blood drawn / we steal souls / piercing with spikes / with pierced souls stolen / we draw blood.

When you mentally refer to the weather reporters as stormwardens.

[Tesh Any pronouns]

When you buy two more copies of tWoK, and a copy of tFE for Christmas presents.

[Felt he/him]

When you are a tourist in Athens, the Sanderson way....

 

Edited December 21, 2017 by Felt

[Felt he/him]

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Edited December 21, 2017 by Felt

[Taliax none (name only)]

When you see a picture of the pokemon Lucario, and wonder if the spikes coming out of it are hemalurgic.

Also, nice ketek @Firerust!

[Farnsworth]

This is a college essay I wrote for Stanford (didn't get in )

Dear future roommate,

I love science, but sometimes I get bored with the laws of the universe. As amazing as our world is, I occasionally feel the itch to explore a universe where the normal rules do not hold, where F does not always equal MA. Whenever this happens, I study the universe of the Cosmere. The Cosmere is a universe with slightly different laws than our own that exists in several book series written by the author Brandon Sanderson. I have become rather obsessed with these books over the past few years (in a good way).

I love these books because their magic systems are so well defined that they are almost mathematical. Many readers, including myself, delve into this magic system and treat it like science. Harmonium, a metal with properties essential to the plot, can be best understood through molecular chemistry. The magic of a certain sand is caused by the unique properties of  a specific type of algae that grows on it. Every law of magic is understandable and quantifiable.

I would love to introduce you to the Cosmere. I think you would find it intriguing and fun, as I do. But if your interests lie elsewhere, I am sure we can find other mutual interests to discuss and enjoy.

I hope to have a fantastic year with you, full of interesting and unusual experiences, and I can’t wait to discover what makes you excited about the world!

[Jonathon]

When you change the words of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer to Kaladin the stormblessed bridgeman:

(possible spoilers?)

Spoiler

You know Vasher and Dalinar and Szeth and Vivenna

Amaram and Roashone and Gaz and Elhokar

But do you recall,

The most stormblessed Bridgeman of all?

Kaladin the stormbless bridgeman (bridgeman)

Had a very shiny sphere!

And if you ever saw him

(saw him)

You would even say he glows

(like the lopen!)

All of the other bridgemen

(bridgemen)

Used to laugh and call him names 

(Like The radiants!)

They never let poor Kaladin

(Kaladin)

Join in any lighteyes games!

Then one stormy highstorm night

The stormfather came to say 

(In the storm front!)

Kaladin with your inhaled stormlight

Won't you join the Alethi's fight

Then how the bridgemen loved him

(loved him)

As they shouted out with glee "Bridge four!"

Kaladin the stormblessed bridgeman,

You'll go down in history!

(Just like Nohadon!)