Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Probably the best choices to not let things stall, although I supposse if we go with multiple fights at the same time someone else could write commentary. I think Winter did introduce another Epic commentator who just didn't speak much during the Savannah fights so if someone wanted to write them that'd be fine, or use their own Epic.
Blackhoof Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Done neither combatant would be able to hear the commentators in this arena so commentary was probably happening, even if i didn't mention it.
Comatose he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 SpaceJam: Gravitational manipulation and substance cushioning. Can cause a timed gravitational shift in any object he touches, though he lacks the ability to cancel or change the shift in gravity after he's applied it. Also has the ability to cause a cushioning effect in any material he touches, causing it to become soft and capable of cushioning a fall. Hephaestos: Fire Epic with secondary metal manipulating capabilities. Quickshift: Former street performer and sleight of hand expert, now a force manipulating Epic who can join two objects so that any force applied to one is also applied to the other. Pivotal: Can manipulate own rotational inertia. Viscera: Can manipulate atmospheric pressure, in combat creates a small ball of incredibly dense air which she feeds to her opponent, then allows it to expand again. Quickshift's power reminded me of sympathy from the king killer books, and that just made me wish Pat Rothfuss could craft his exquisite prose a touch faster.
mail-mi he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I think Winter did introduce another Epic commentator who just didn't speak much during the Savannah fights so if someone wanted to write them that'd be fine, or use their own Epic. I'll take that epic, for now at least, while Winter's gone.
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Quickshift's power reminded me of sympathy from the king killer books, and that just made me wish Pat Rothfuss could craft his exquisite prose a touch faster. I was in the middle of a reread when I realized I had no Sympathetic Epics (In both senses of the word) If someone could merge Brandon Sanderson and Pat Rothfuss I would be one very happy reader 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I was in the middle of a reread when I realized I had no Sympathetic Epics (In both senses of the word) If someone could merge Brandon Sanderson and Pat Rothfuss I would be one very happy reader I'm currently reading (about 20% in) the wise man's fear so I apologize in advance should I point out that two objects would only have a very bad sympathic link between each other.
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I'm currently reading (about 20% in) the wise man's fear so I apologize in advance should I point out that two objects would only have a very bad sympathic link between each other. I did intend to include slippage in his powers as a side effect and a limiting factor, the exact ammount depending upon how OP whoever picks him up wants to be / what the setting demands, so feel free to correct me if needed
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 I'm currently reading (about 20% in) the wise man's fear so I apologize in advance should I point out that two objects would only have a very bad sympathic link between each other. I've never read anything by Rothfuss.
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I've never read anything by Rothfuss. Well prepare to be amazed in advance, he writes some of the best prose I've ever read.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 Well prepare to be amazed in advance, he writes some of the best prose I've ever read. Yeah, everyone who reads his stuff says he writes beautiful prose, but he writes it very slowly.
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) I've never read anything by Rothfuss. I'd say he's good. His prose is a lot more artistic than Brandon's, which means he needs more time for a book but some would say that the prose is worth it, which I would agree with given that it might be the best prose I've read in a fantasy novel or at the very least one of the best. The world his story is set in isn't quite as unique as something like Roshar but still well developed (to be fair we also haven't seen everything of it) and the magic system is also on the hard side (the protagonist attends a university for among other things the arcane arts). He also deploys a story telling device I'm personally rather fond of, namely the telling of a story in a story, meaning we have the protagonist Kvothe in present day telling his story to some else. And I'm reasonably sure that there'll be another series of books continuing the story in the present after the first trilogy but that's only my conjecture. So yeah, it might be worth to check him out. Edited June 29, 2015 by Edgedancer
Blaze1616 he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) SpaceJam: Gravitational manipulation and substance cushioning. Can cause a timed gravitational shift in any object he touches, though he lacks the ability to cancel or change the shift in gravity after he's applied it. Also has the ability to cause a cushioning effect in any material he touches, causing it to become soft and capable of cushioning a fall. My God why hasn't this been thought of before? It would only be worthwhile writing him, though, if every post contained Space Jam lyrics though. Edited June 29, 2015 by Blaze1616
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 My God why hasn't this been thought of before? It would only be worthwhile writing him, though, if every post contained Space Jam lyrics though. Because everyone assumed I already made it? I have reference Epics to many many things
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 I have reference Epics to many many things Do you have one referencing the failure of the Articles of Confederation after the Revolutionary War, leading to the ratification of the Constitution?
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Do you have one referencing the failure of the Articles of Confederation after the Revolutionary War, leading to the ratification of the Constitution? Not quite but I do have a great many Constitution-based Epics after you pointed it out as a source of capitalized words 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Not quite but I do have a great many Constitution-based Epics after you pointed it out as a source of capitalized words How about someting easy, like one based on zippers? By the way Twi, I know you're currently reading WoR but did you make any progress with the serial killer books? 1
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 How about someting easy, like one based on zippers? By the way Twi, I know you're currently reading WoR but did you make any progress with the serial killer books? Not sure if this is a callback reference to when you last asked about that or if you forgot
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Not sure if this is a callback reference to when you last asked about that or if you forgot Just wanted to know if you covered your tracks by now. 1
Voidus Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Just wanted to know if you covered your tracks by now. If I said I have a track-covering Epic would that answer the question?
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 If I said I have a track-covering Epic would that answer the question? Only if it is a meta Epic.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 By the way Twi, I know you're currently reading WoR but did you make any progress with the serial killer books? No, sadly. I started the first and made slow but steady progress, but then I realized how much further I had to read in WoK before my loan at the library was up, so I focused on that and wound up having to return the other book to the library because it had a hold on it. I put it back on hold, though, and if it comes in by then, I'll probably wind up reading it on the plane when I go up to Portland for a friend's wedding. (Fun fact: I almost wrote Poetland instead of Portland. )
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 No, sadly. I started the first and made slow but steady progress, but then I realized how much further I had to read in WoK before my loan at the library was up, so I focused on that and wound up having to return the other book to the library because it had a hold on it. I put it back on hold, though, and if it comes in by then, I'll probably wind up reading it on the plane when I go up to Portland for a friend's wedding. (Fun fact: I almost wrote Poetland instead of Portland. ) A pitty. to which point did you get?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 A pitty. to which point did you get? His first talk with his therapist--slightly past that, actually. I really liked it, though.
Edgedancer he/him Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 His first talk with his therapist--slightly past that, actually. I really liked it, though. Ah, Doctor Neblin, one of those fictional therapists that don't completely botche their job for the sake of more drama.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted June 29, 2015 Author Posted June 29, 2015 Ah, Doctor Neblin, one of those fictional therapists that don't completely botche their job for the sake of more drama. You mean....I Am Not a Serial Killer broke the unwritten law of fiction stating that all therapists must be terrible at their jobs in case the author needs an easy source of manufactured drama? 3
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