Why was Vin special?

[White_Tailer]

This is my first post here so please give me any tips or whatever you got for me that I may need. I've watched the site for a long time, and love a lot of the things that come out of here, but am AMAZED no one has had a thread on this.  If there is one let me know, but I have been unable to find it.  So.  Here we go!

We know as per WOB that Vin was special for reasons he has not explained yet.  This was on October 12 of 2015.  I have included everything to keep it in context.

QUESTION

We were talking about Kelsier, and how he was much more powerful than most Mistborn, and how Vin was slightly more than most Mistborn ?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Why were Vin and Kelsier more powerful?

QUESTION

I know why Kelsier, but why Vin?

BRANDON SANDERSON

Vin was not more powerful. Vin just took to it very naturally. She was highly skilled. It was very instinctive to her, but Elend was actually more powerful than she was, if you count just raw power. Vin just knew her stuff. Beyond that Vin is a rare individual that for reasons I have not explained yet, was able to draw in the mists for a little extra boost at times. And there are other characters you have seen do this.

This was on November 7 of 2016

QUESTION

What made Vin so special?

BRANDON SANDERSON

RAFO

So.  Brandon STILL refuses to explain why Vin was a rare individual.  I haven't been able to find anything in regards to this and am wondering if Vin being a rare individual will be important in the future.  It seems like it would be if Mr. Sanderson still won't say anything about it.  Does anyone have anything about this they can share?  Any theories, crazy or not, with proof or not, would be loved. 

Edited February 22, 2017 by White_Tailer

[Thanatos]

Im thinking its because she was chosen by Preservation to be a misdirection so Ruin wouldnt think it was Sazed. 

And being a chosen one gave her certain strengths @ abilites. Like absorbing  the mists and her being a natural in allomancy. Plus her copper earing

Edited February 22, 2017 by Thanatos

[+Extesian he/him]

There is a thread on it here. It's about why Ruin chose Vin but they're interrelated.

Sazed does say in HoA it's because Vin is mistborn with a Seeker sister and a mum crazy enough to kill her other daughter with a hemalurgiv spike and make Vin a SuperSeeker, to enable her to hear the allomantic pulses of the well.  That opened her up to Ruin's influence but that was required to have a Alert of sufficient strength (although a savant Seeker presumably would have worked). But you probably know this!

I don't believe there's been any WoB more than that, and Sazed does say there were reasons beyond that.

And welcome! Great first post.

[Pagerunner he/him]

I have a long and complicated theory about why Vin was special.