Zelly Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 So Hoid: Quote A Budgie (paraphrased) So, Hoid can't physically hurt someone, but does this ban extend to mental harm and harm through inaction? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) No. Hoid can mentally hurt someone, or allow them to be hurt, but when considering physical trauma he gets nauseous, to the point he can be incapacitated source Which struck me as curiously similar to when good person facing Nightblood feels overwhelming nausea, to the point of shaking and vomiting. I can't really make any why/how hypothesis from this, other than wondering if there is a connection. Scenario 1: person's intentions (good) cause them to sicken when presented with a tool of violence (Nightblood) Scenario 2: Hoid's intentions (violent) cause him to sicken Could............this mean Hoid's inability to cause physical harm is a result of him being a good person? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i’m in the details he/him Posted September 3, 2018 Report Share Posted September 3, 2018 Seems like a tenuous connection to me. That said we have long known Magic’s in the cosmere to cause similar effects across systems, so maybe it’s the same with this nausea effect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storyspren Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 I'm with you Zellyia. There should be something significant to that regarding the underlying mechanics and/or the nature of Hoid. It's like the red eyes occurring when something of shard X coopts something of shard Y. The nausea has to be something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripheus23 Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Hoid is (now) a "robot spren" like Nightblood, maybe... Or it's a sign that Nightblood could be made using the spren of a being like Hoid, or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted September 4, 2018 Report Share Posted September 4, 2018 Well, Hoid gets sick if he imagines causing physical harm. People exposed to Nightblood, on the other hand, are driven to bloodlust if they want to do harm. They're made sick if that's not what they want. It may have a common realmatic root, but it isn't triggered by the same thing by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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