Resonance

[etmental]

can somebody explain resonance on a bit of a deeper level? 

it makes sense that mixing magic systems might create an effect that neither magic system would have had before. a great example of this are the knights radiant and how incredibly different each order is.

what i don’t understand is resonance on scadrial, specifically between feurochemy and allomancy. so twinborn can use their feruchemy to give them certain perks when using their allomancy and vice versa.

but asides from compounding, i cant think of any crazy effects that twin born have. according to khriss, mixing magic systems spawns a type of effect or “reaction” that is unusual. 

wax can use his mass to affect his speed using the properties of conservation of momentum, but anyone who has a basic understanding of physics know that any iron ferring can do the same thing (minus the steel pushing part). 

ex: you tie up an iron ferring and decide to catapult him at a pile of mistwraiths, if he decreases his mass he will get a little spurt of speed because he is still conserving his momentum. no steel pushing required

what can wayne do because of his powers’ resonance? he can put up a time bubble and use that extra time to heal himself, but anybody that has been out in a time bubble can do that regardless of whether they are the ones doing it or not. 

 brandon mentioned in a WoB that TLR didn’t have the same resonance as a twin born did, since he had all of those powers and didn’t use any two of them enough for them to resonate. the just confuses me since i don’t know what TLR couldn’t do with with his powers that Wax can. 

would TLR not be able to play with soeeed and momentum by messing with his ironmind and allomantic steel? 

 

any thoughts or answers or wild guesses on the subject would be much appreciated!

[RShara she/her]

It's like Constructive Interference.  If you're not familiar with that term, when two waveforms meat and interact, it's interference.  If it's additive (the waveform is bigger) then it's constructive. If it's negative (the waveform is smaller than either would normally be), it's destructive.

So each surge is a waveform.  Where they meet, there's interaction, interference.  Eddies and wavelets. And those present as a "perk" of those two powers interacting. The Resonances are generally not directly tied to the power.

The items that you listed aren't actually Resonances.  They are just learning to use each power in relation to the other.

Resonances are like, Lightweavers with their Illumination and Transformation have weird memory effects.

Windrunners, with their Gravitation and Adhesion get lots of Squires.

According to Brandon, Wax's Resonance is his steel bubble (There are some problems with this, that we need clarification on, though). We haven't seen or haven't recognized Wayne's resonance.

We haven't seen enough of the other orders to know for sure what their Resonances are.

People who have too many powers, such as a Mistborn, don't get any Resonances, because that many powers, the interaction is just too messy to come out as an ability.

[The One Who Connects he/him]

On 4/24/2018 at 5:16 PM, etmental said:

can somebody explain resonance on a bit of a deeper level? 

Resonance is when you have two(or more) powers, and through Cosmere Physics, you get a bonus Power. This Power is completely separate from your other powers, rather than a combination. In short:

On 10/2/2017 at 11:54 AM, The One Who Connects said:

(A + B + Physics = D), where A = Power One, B = Power Two, & D = Resonance.
The issue is that we don't know anything about the Physics variable other than it's very difficult/confusing to explain.

To Clarify/Give Examples:

On 4/24/2018 at 5:16 PM, etmental said:

what can wayne do because of his powers’ resonance? he can put up a time bubble and use that extra time to heal himself, but anybody that has been out in a time bubble can do that regardless of whether they are the ones doing it or not. 

A-Cadmium(time bubble) is Power A.   F-Gold(healing) is Power B.   Resonance is Power D.

Placing a Bubble and using that extra time to heal is just "Use Power A, then Use Power B." His Resonance doesn't even enter that situation.
Shallan Soulcasting a Goblet into Blood, and then Lightweaving a floor to hide the mess is just "Use Power A, then Use Power B." Shallan taking a "memory" of someone and Lightweaving to disguise as them later is "Use Power D, then Use Power B."

You can use your resonance and your powers in tandem/sequence, but your Resonance is its own separate power, and you can use it without using your powers at all, just as you can use one of your powers without using any of your other powers.