Gibo Auja Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 I'm enjoying the book, but I'm worried about what happens to the kidnap victims. Has it been discovered what happens to them? Is it as horrible as some people speculate? Its potentially a topic that causes me real dread. If it becomes prevalent in the story I don't know if I should keep on reading. Spoiler What I heard is forced breeding, but it might have been speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRyan he/him Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 49 minutes ago, Gibo Auja said: I'm enjoying the book, but I'm worried about what happens to the kidnap victims. Has it been discovered what happens to them? Is it as horrible as some people speculate? Its potentially a topic that causes me real dread. If it becomes prevalent in the story I don't know if I should keep on reading. Reveal hidden contents What I heard is forced breeding, but it might have been speculation. As far as I can recall, they do not really resolve this issue. It remains an unknown for the most part. Or, at least, I do not remember any resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 It's never outright stated, but I think the end of BoM answers what happens to them. It definitely isn't forced Breeding. Spoilers for the ending of BoM: Spoiler The Set used Hemalurgy to gain powers somehow, and kidnap victims targeted for likely Allomancy never turning up again seems like it answers the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibo Auja Posted May 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 8 minutes ago, Calderis said: It's never outright stated, but I think the end of BoM answers what happens to them. It definitely isn't forced Breeding. Spoilers for the ending of BoM: Reveal hidden contents The Set used Hemalurgy to gain powers somehow, and kidnap victims targeted for likely Allomancy never turning up again seems like it answers the question. If it's "that" its strange they only kidnaped woman. I don't know how the later books in the series pan out though. I'll just have to have some faith in Sanderson. That he can write those plots without making me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 I don't remember it being only women, but if could be only women were kidnapped for the perceived "weakness" of the fair sex. Northern Scadrial seems to suffer from many of the same sexist stereotypes that America and Europe entertained in the similar time frames. Women allomancers/feruchemists would have been easier to keep/subdue per stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, Green Hoodie Mistborn said: I don't remember it being only women, but if could be only women were kidnapped for the perceived "weakness" of the fair sex. Northern Scadrial seems to suffer from many of the same sexist stereotypes that America and Europe entertained in the similar time frames. Women allomancers/feruchemists would have been easier to keep/subdue per stereotype. I agree. I assumed they targeted females of noble birth for both potential allomantic ability, and because people would assume a motive of ransom rather than investigating what connected them all. They gender of the victims was a smokescreen to hide that they were targeting allomancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikModi Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Without giving anything away for future Wax and Wayne books, I'll say that if the skaa/noble "relations" in the original Mistborn trilogy didn't make you cringe (assuming you read that first), the other Wax and Wayne books shouldn't. The fourth book isn't out yet, but at least in the Mistborn series so far, Sanderson has proven his ability to skirt such issues effectively, placing them where appropriate for the world he's creating without trivializing them, making them prurient, or carrying them into so much detail they alienate the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsdaughter613 she/her Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 My personal theory: the women are being bred, the children snapped and killed for Hemalurgy. Which is beyond horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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