Chaos he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I wanted a thread where we name what the letter in book two should be called. Either "The Letter Response", or, what I prefer: "The Second Letter". I prefer the Second Letter because then if there is a third or fourth letter, it's a more sustainable term to call it. Thoughts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I like "Second Letter" better, though the letter itself is a bit unnerving to me to be given such a mundane title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I think we should start titling these in regards to their content, if there will be more. At some point, either Hoid or the Dragon will issue an ultimatum regarding their course of action, and we'll want to refer to them by content for clarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 How about these? Letter #1 - "Hoid's Impassioned Plea" Letter #2 - "The Dragon's Reasoned Response" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandi she/her Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hoid's letter 1 Dragon's letter 1... HL1 DL1 the next hoid letter (response to the response) would be HL2 and so on... That way it is clear as exchanges continue which exchange and which half of the exchange you are referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandi she/her Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 or alternatively - by book (assuming 1 letter per book?) WOKLetter WORLetter HPOWLetter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I would say that we either go with first, second and so on or name them after the books. Both is clear on what letter is meant even to people that don´t know about our decision. Personally I like the first letter variante, just sounds better to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 The Hoid Letter The Hoid Response The Hoid Identity The Hoid Supremacy The Hoid Ultimatum 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeiryWriter he/him Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Personally I've been referring to it as The Response. I like the simplicity. As for sustainability I think it could work (Letter/Response/SecondLetter/SecondResponse) and it would help differentiate the missives written by Hoid and those by the Dragon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstSelector Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm personally for "The Nth Letter." It is the clearest and most extensible naming scheme and permits things such as Hoid writing the Third Letter to another party completely. I think we are all now agreed that Hoid wrote the First Letter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Personally I've been referring to it as The Response. I like the simplicity. As for sustainability I think it could work (Letter/Response/SecondLetter/SecondResponse) and it would help differentiate the missives written by Hoid and those by the Dragon? That is what I've been calling it in my head too, that or the Dragon's Response. At this point I think it's find to keep it as "the Letter" and "the Response" since we have a couple of years before book three will be out and may or may not have a 3rd one (though it is likely). Also - how on earth are they exchanging letters? The 17th Shard people can't even locate Hoid... how are they leaving notes for each other? I felt the Response wasn't as fun as the Letter. For some reason I'm picturing a Dragon speaking in a British accent wearing a smoking jacket dictating this letter to someone else in his library somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmingly he/him Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Well of course it wasn't as fun...HOID wrote the first one. Some dragon with a dry and sarcastic sense of humor wrote this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyman he/him Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 For now, The Letter and The Response will work. I don't think we need to bother changing that until the next book, at the very least. Also, the fact that the Dragon also doesn't like Rayse is pretty telling, don't you think? It's not just Hoid/Wit who thinks he's dangerous. It's just that they have a different attitude toward what can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneKEA Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I referred to it as The Second Letter immediately after finding it. I made this thread this thread in the WoR forum with my initial thoughts on what the letter is telling us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShogun he/him Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 I have been thinking of it as "The Reply" or "The Letter, Part 2" (despite the inaccuracy of that name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Who is the dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Who is the dragon His name is unknown right now. He is from Yolen, so I'm of the opinion we have never met him on-screen. I still think the Second Letter is the best name for this I don't think we should give them fancy names, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardlet he/him Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I think we should call both the Dragon and the letter George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well of course it wasn't as fun...HOID wrote the first one. Some dragon with a dry and sarcastic sense of humor wrote this one. It's a letter from a dragon! Okay so... We don't know what sort of a dragon it is, or even what the word dragon translates out to in the cosmere- and I wonder if it's significant that no Shardworld we've seen has examples of the Shards trying to create dragons the way they did humans- but still! A giant dragon, writing a giant letter with a giant pen at a giant desk! Oh, and I was calling it the Second Letter, but the Response is probably better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 I still want to get a plausible idea on how these letters are even being exchanged since Hoid is actively hiding from the group this dragon is sending after him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Do we have confirmation that the dragon is directing the 17th Shard? Yes, Hoid refers to them as 'your friends' in his letter, but I always thought that that was a tad sarcastic; that the Dragon is a neutral party in the conflict, rather than actively supporting one side or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hoodie Mistborn he/him Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Do we have confirmation that the dragon is directing the 17th Shard? Yes, Hoid refers to them as 'your friends' in his letter, but I always thought that that was a tad sarcastic; that the Dragon is a neutral party in the conflict, rather than actively supporting one side or the other. I suppose it's open for interpretation, but I didn't get a sense of sarcasm there, I thought it was pretty specific. we'll have to wait and see I guess. I don't think there is any official confirmation that the dragon directs the 17th Shard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) I suppose it's open for interpretation, but I didn't get a sense of sarcasm there, I thought it was pretty specific. we'll have to wait and see I guess. I don't think there is any official confirmation that the dragon directs the 17th Shard. I didn't get the sarcasm here either. My impression was that the dragon has authority over the 17th shard, though for some reason I can't quite put my finger on, I didn't assume it to be their leader. Maybe because I imagine a dragon sitting around non-intervening on it's pile of gold sipping tea or something, I think either The Nth Letter or the Response is good, but for the sake of easiness and clarity when the next books comes out, it should probably be The Nth Letter. The Nth Hoid/Dragon Letter would work too, but it maybe a bit wordy. Edited March 20, 2014 by Delightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrina Stormshard she/her Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Second letter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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