Wax and Wayne Names

[Aciilnt Stormblessed she/her]

Does anybody know if there's any significance in the names of the main characters of Mistborn 2? I couldn't help thinking of waning and waxing moons but i couldn't think of any relevance to the story. I'm probably missing something really obvious here or Brandon's already answered this but i couldn't find anything. If anyone knows or has any theories I would love to hear them.

[Calderis he/him]

Beyond the obvious pun? 

I don't think so. I think it was an admittedly bad joke, and that's all. 

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

12 minutes ago, Calderis said:

Beyond the obvious pun? 

I don't think so. I think it was an admittedly bad joke, and that's all. 

This is exactly what Brandon says it is in the annotations for AoL

[Aciilnt Stormblessed she/her]

@Calderis and @Cowmanthethird(nice username XD)

Thanks

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

2 minutes ago, Caitlin said:

@Calderis and @Cowmanthethird(nice username XD)

Thanks

You're welcome, and thank you, I've been using it for years on different games and forums.

Edited August 19, 2017 by Cowmanthethird

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

Does Wayne mean anything in english? I know what Wax is, but I dont get Wayne? Can someone explain the pun?

[AbsentKeeper he/him]

33 minutes ago, Toaster Retribution said:

Does Wayne mean anything in english? I know what Wax is, but I dont get Wayne? Can someone explain the pun?

Wax and Wayne (normally spelled wane), in English, are terms for when something increases or decreases, usually the moon cycle. When someone says 'it waxes and wanes' in real life, they mean it goes up and down in a cycle. It's not even really a relevent pun, its just bad wordplay.

[Toaster Retribution he/him]

6 minutes ago, Cowmanthethird said:

Wax and Wayne (normally spelled wane), in English, are terms for when something increases or decreases, usually the moon cycle. When someone says 'it waxes and wanes' in real life, they mean it goes up and down in a cycle. It's not even really a relevent pun, its just bad wordplay.

Thanks cowman! 

[XenosHg]

This pun is always mentioned with a footnote that it doesn't mean anything for the characters, only for us, because the book's world doesn't have a moon.

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Edited August 21, 2017 by XenosHg
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[Aciilnt Stormblessed she/her]

thank you @XenosHg

[ShadowLord_Lith he/him]

Wait, no moon? Then... doesn't that mean that there wouldn't be any tides? Aren't those extremely important for sea-fishing and sailing?

[Weltall]

Even with no moon there would still be tidal forces caused by the local star, they just won't be as pronounced as tides on Earth. And there will still be currents produced by the combination of factors that cause them on our own planet (chiefly wind and the Coriolis force). Sailing and fishing would be affected by the reduced tides compared to what we're used to but it wouldn't be the end of the world, figuratively speaking.