GroundPetrel Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Hello! I'm GroundPetrel, and a massive Brandon Sanderson fan. I first discovered Brandon's work while surfing TVTropes, of all places, and decided to go try out Warbreaker. Three hours later, I begged my mother to get me Elantris. One week of waiting, three hours of obsessive reading waaaaaaaaay after my bedtime, and one utterly blown mind later, I decided that I absolutely needed to get Mistborn and The Way of Kings. You can probably guess my reactions to those. So now I'm obsessing about Words of Radiance. My current favorite Brandon book is Steelheart (I have a signed copy!), and my favorite Brandon protagonist is Kaladin, because awesome, followed by Vin and Kelsier. My favorite Brandon villain is Steelheart, followed by Dilaf and Ruin. If I had the chance to date a Brandon character, I'd go with either Megan (even though she's also Firefight) or Sarene (because I have bad ADHD and a woman like her would be really good for me). My most burning question is: If a Skimmer were filling iron as much as possible, and were Surgebound by a Windrunner in some random direction, would the decreased weight from filling an ironmind have any effect on the Lashing's effects? Also, could Shardplate stand up to one of Raoden's energy blasts (using Aon Daa)? Edited February 23, 2014 by GroundPetrel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbereth she/her Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Welcome to the 17th Shard! Have you read any of Brandon's short stories? And how much do you know about the Cosmere? Have you read Alcatraz or the Rithmatist? (They're children's, yes, but they're also hilarious). By the way, we don't do spoilers the same way as tvtropes. To tag a spoiler: [spoiler*] blah [/spoiler*] without the *s. Like this: THis is what spoilers look like! How did you discover the 17th Shard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundPetrel Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Welcome to the 17th Shard! Have you read any of Brandon's short stories? And how much do you know about the Cosmere? Have you read Alcatraz or the Rithmatist? (They're children's, yes, but they're also hilarious). By the way, we don't do spoilers the same way as tvtropes. To tag a spoiler: [spoiler*] blah [/spoiler*] without the *s. Like this: THis is what spoilers look like! How did you discover the 17th Shard? Thanks for the help! Yeah, I've read Rithmatist, Hope of Elantris, and at least one of his other shorts; don't remember which. It was the one with Jason from the Phone Company. I know the basics of the Cosmere (Adonalsium, Shards, Hoid, Investiture, et cetera), but my information is from the published stuff and the annotations on Brandon's website only. I've been surfing the Coppermind and found that I was, in fact, right about a couple of hypotheses--and dead wrong about others. I discovered this site while surfing Brandon's website; I actually clicked the wrong button. Ended up here. Got lost in the forums. Decided to make an account to contribute, and maybe try the Steelhunt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbereth she/her Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 All right. You read Defending Elysium. (That's one of my favorites.) Firstborn is also available for free, and Legion is well worth the price. Mitosis takes place between Steelheart and Firefight. Also, definitely take a look at the Alcatraz books. They're great. Did you do the Shardhunt, then? Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundPetrel Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks! Working on the Shardhunt. Stuck on hint #3 for over 4 hours now. 1 and 2 were easy (1 was quite clever, I thought), but 3 is a doozy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbereth she/her Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 There is a thread for Shardhunt hints, if you want help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundPetrel Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Yeah, I saw. Found 3-5 by pure chance. Now I'm trying to use my patchy Interwebs access to figure out 6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beautor he/him Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 Welcome to the forum and good luck on the Shardhunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundPetrel Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Thank you! I finally figured it out relatively easily after I got 6 (felt pretty damnation stupid, let me tell you...). Then I nearly died of concentrated awesome. Brandon will definitely give me a very fun heart attack with his books one of these days. Can't wait for Words of Radiance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Always happy to see a new fan to join the family, especially one as enthusiastic as you. Keep that, the world has plenty serious and boring people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaDad he/him Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 It sounds like you've found the correct website. This is a great place. I can't believe I ever left. I won't let that happen again. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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