Dankworth Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 When one of your relatives makes a Stick joke at a picnic even though they've never read Words of Radiance and you realize that you've referenced the Cosmere so much that the people around you make the references automatically, even if they don't understand them. (Kind of like when I was little; I repeated and laughed at the adult jokes I had seen on Dad's favorite movies, without the faintest idea what they meant.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoidhunter Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When your wife and coworkers know almost as much about the cosmere as you do...even though they've never read any of the books... When you read your newborn son so much Sanderson that his first words may end up being "Mistborn" or "Life before death."... When you come home from work and your wife asks how you day was...and your reply is..."Well some the other members on the forum really liked one of my theories..." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When you feel mingled joy and frustration waking into a bookstore to find no Firefight or adult Sanderson books, but you do see Alcatraz in print for the first time! (But not the first one . Can they be read out of order?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) When your wife and coworkers know almost as much about the cosmere as you do...even though they've never read any of the books... When you read your newborn son so much Sanderson that his first words may end up being "Mistborn" or "Life before death."... When you come home from work and your wife asks how you day was...and your reply is..."Well some the other members on the forum really liked one of my theories..." My wife is not a huge fan of that answer from me. Everything in this post is accurate except the reading to my kid because I'm childless as of yet. Edited January 30, 2015 by BreathTaker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When your friend shouts, "YOLO!" and you reply, "Ah, but what if you become a Returned?" 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When your friend shouts, "YOLO!" and you reply, "Ah, but what if you become a Returned?" "Or a resurrection Epic, and you're not factoring in Cognitive shadows at all. Really man, check your facts better next time." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiosity Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When you feel mingled joy and frustration waking into a bookstore to find no Firefight or adult Sanderson books, but you do see Alcatraz in print for the first time! (But not the first one . Can they be read out of order?) I found it first in *gasp* a library. Sort of weird, right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1616 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When you feel mingled joy and frustration waking into a bookstore to find no Firefight or adult Sanderson books, but you do see Alcatraz in print for the first time! (But not the first one . Can they be read out of order?) To my knowledge they are a continuous story, with each book having a resolution to the problem that gets brought up in the beginning. I have not read them though, but that is the impression I get having done some no-spoil research about them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 When you feel mingled joy and frustration waking into a bookstore to find no Firefight or adult Sanderson books, but you do see Alcatraz in print for the first time! (But not the first one . Can they be read out of order?) Alas, they must be read in order. Hopefully there will come a day (late this year) when you see the reprinted versions from the beginning in this same bookstore! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoidhunter Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 When you and your ex-room mate both get each other bridge 4 patches for xmas...(this actually happened)...we now do the salute each time we see one another wearing it (his is on a jacket...mine is on a hat) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Arum Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 When you're girlfriend roasts a whole chicken and tells you she put an "aluminum hat" on it and you wonder why it needs protection from emotional allomancy since chickens are only from Roshar. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookspren Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 When you constantly quote Wayne to your non-reader friend to show her what she's missing. When you're watching Frozen and that friend asks how the trolls necklaces glow, and you say "oh, probably with Stormlight." Or when you get really distracted because you're comparing and contrasting Anna with Shallan. They do kind of look alike. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unhinged Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 When you try to get a friend to read Stomlight archive by telling him a few tidbits about the books... and twenty minutes latter you've told him the complete background story for the Cosmere. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haradion Drogon Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 When you try to get a friend to read Stomlight archive by telling him a few tidbits about the books... and twenty minutes latter you've told him the complete background story for the Cosmere. There is something I have done many times... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreathTaker Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 As have I. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Yes we have 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiosity Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 No, I haven't. I wait for them to read the books, telling them that they cannot look up any spoilers on the Internet (since the Cosmere is acknowledged FAR too widely on the web, in my opinion). Then I figure out if they have any suspicions, and then I push them in the right direction. I personally believe that the Cosmere is so much cooler if you figure it out on your own. Like I suspected for a few years and then finally found out. ... What? I like secrets. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjustice99 Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I've done it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese United Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 No, I haven't. I wait for them to read the books, telling them that they cannot look up any spoilers on the Internet (since the Cosmere is acknowledged FAR too widely on the web, in my opinion). Then I figure out if they have any suspicions, and then I push them in the right direction. I personally believe that the Cosmere is so much cooler if you figure it out on your own. Like I suspected for a few years and then finally found out. ... What? I like secrets. One could almost say there's... 'always another secret'...*cracks self up while being burned at the stake by angry forumers. "I regret nothing!"* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 When you make the most Epic custom fighter possible in Smash Bros: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirce Luckwielder Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 When you "accidentally" build a new game based upon the SYMBOLS of Mistborn. True story, I did that, so far I have spent fortyish hours writing rules, constructing cards, and using Photoshop to make it look literally perfect. I showed it to him at Comic Con this last Saturday and he thought it was pretty cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookspren Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 When a conversation goes like this: Friend 1:Why are you petting the table with your foot? Friend 2:Maybe it wanted petted. Tables have feelings too. Friend 1: No they don't. Me: Actually in the cosmere all things exist in the three realms including the Cognitive realm. So the table kind of would have feelings. If you were a Soulcaster you could go to the Cognitive realm and try to persuade it to change... Friend 1:*eyes start to glass over* Oh go talk to Friend 3(my only Sanderfan friend). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khyrindor Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Caution: A non-spoilery line from Firefight is referenced in this post. When you hear that "The average person speaks 20000 words per day, that's enough to fill a book!" And your response is: "Well sure, if you wanted to be a pedestrian with your books." Edited February 5, 2015 by Khyrindor 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwloose Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 When whenever you mention something remotely fantasy related your friends immediate reaction is to say "is that something from Mistborn?" (and when the only times they're wrong are because its something from another Sanderson book.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiosity Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 When you decide that just buying a bluebook for your next exam is silly so you look around for something else to add to the purchase, and you walk out of the store with a copy of The Emperor's Soul. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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