From "Eh" to cosmere fan

[xinoehp512 he/him]

The first Brandon Sanderson books I read were the Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series. I see the first book, pick it up, read it, and decide I might as well read the rest of the books as well, which, at that time, numbered exactly four. I finish the series and move on with my life. Fast forward 2-3 years, I decide to look up and see if any books have come out in that series. As it turns out, The Dark Talent, the fifth book had just been released (or was just going to be, I can't recall). Since it's been so long, I decide to reread the series. I come to the ending of the last book--

Spoiler

And I come to the flap. When I started reading the book, I had seen on the dust jacket that it contained the map of the world with the Freelands. (It turns out that the library had put paper over the map. Why, I don't know. I was able to look up the map later, so I'm not too mad). I flipped to the end to see if the map was there and found the flap. I assumed it was the map, but thankfully, didn't open it (probably because it said DO NOT OPEN). I read the book, and got to the ending. I flipped to the next page, but there was nothing. I felt a sort of emptiness. That surely couldn't be the end, could it? I flipped through what was left of the book (some sort of reading guide), hoping that there would be something more. Eventually I got to the final page and had to accept that that was the end. Then, like I said at the beginning, I came across the flap, which I had forgotten about during my reading. I flip it open, expecting to see a map, and see the letter.

Just one word: YES!

I decided to look it up to see more about, more specifically--

Spoiler

When the next book was coming out.

Unfortunately for me, there wasn't much. What there was, however, was information on Brandon Sanderson's other novels, which seemed to be of much higher priority. On a whim, I decided to read these so that maybe I would actually be interested in them. This was not high on my priorities list, so it took a couple of months until I actually got around to reading them.

I was hooked. There was no going back.

Fast forwards again, I finished every Cosmere book (except White Sand) and was hungering for more. I went searching and came across this forum. For a while, I just read the theories and thought about them, but then I began to realize I felt like I had something to add. So I created this account, and I'm here now!

Two last things:

1. How do you make a signature?

2.Dark Alley, before I accept any of your cookies I want to know exactly what is in them and what effects they will have. As much as I like cookies, I keep hearing the word "hemalurgic" associated with them. While powers are always welcome, I feel that 1) it probably goes against my religion to kill people for power and 2) it's sort of hard to hide a spike sticking out of your chest. :-)

Edited December 15, 2017 by xinoehp512
Figured out those pesky spoilers

[Stormblessed Dolphin he/him]

Ha! I also got hooked by Alcatraz. Then I proceeded to read the Stormlight archive, and I'm also stuck.

As for the cookies, I'm not allowed to divulge the ingredients. However we do have a disclaimer if you wish to read it (in my signature below)

in the meantime, I have some freshly baked holiday cookies!

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Good to know that no kandra were harmed. They're an endangered species, ya know...

Thanks for the cookies, they're great!

[Totally_Not_A_Worldhopper she/her]

19 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

1. How do you make a signature?

I've been wondering that too... 

[ccstat he/him]

19 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Again with the spoilers. Seriously, how does that work?

How do you make a signature?

 

11 minutes ago, Totally_Not_A_Worldhopper said:

I've been wondering that too... 

Spoiler boxes are made by clicking the eye symbol in the formatting bar when you compose a post. (It's just to the left of the smiley face that lets you select emoticons.) Now that you can do spoiler formatting, I want to hear your thoughts on Dark Talent. 

The signature is confusing to find. Click on your name/icon in the top right of the screen. In the dropdown menu, select "Account Settings." This will bring you to a page where you can change your email, password, username, and signature. 

Edited December 14, 2017 by ccstat

[MacThorstenson he/him]

As an official member of the Dark Alley, I would like to say that the initial cookies don't actually give you any special powers. Those cookies are easily and harmlessly removed. If you decide to become a  member, then we can divulge the recipes to you. You also don't have to kill anyone if you don't want to. Our bakers never make any products that are used to kill people purposefully without their consent* (accidents do occur occasionally, allergies and the such). Hemalurgic research generally involves killing, and so does spike production, but baking is relatively peaceful. Also our spikes are designed to be concealable, other wise how would we spike people make sales?

*DA disclaimer applies.

Edited December 15, 2017 by Ookla the Capricious