Gasper he/him Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 What would be Darwin Award worthy deaths or feats of stupidity in the Cosmere? And what characters in the Cosmere deserve a Darwin Award so far? For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Darwin awards, a Darwin award is a posthumous award that goes to people who die extremely stupid deaths. The sick and twisted logic behind this award is that they remove themselves (or are removed by something else) from the gene pool and are playing a part in the evolution of the human species by proactively participating in Natural Selection and survival of the fittest. Please post your comments below. 4
Quantus he/him Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 The Allomancer that dies from Heavy Metal Poisoning for not burning off their metals before bed. Anyone that Stores Gold To Death. 3
+Ark1002 Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) Eshonai. She was the leader of her entire people, then died. How? Drowning in a big thunderstorm. Edited October 29, 2018 by Ark1002 Typo 1
HSuperLee Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) The Lord Ruler. Got so overconfident that he let himself get killed by someone who he could have killed in an instant. Edit: also that he didn't have back up Atium hidden within his body Edited October 29, 2018 by HSuperLee 10
Krios Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 Any idiot worldhopper taking a detour to Threnody, lighting a fire. 3
Nathrangking he/him Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 Edwarn for making deals with unreliable foreign gods and was killed by the emmissary. 2
+Invocation Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 Pretty sure I don't have to spoiler this, but I'm going to do it anyway. Spoiler Sadeas for taunting the son of the guy he left for dead (who was also left for dead) without even wearing armor and with no witnesses around. 13
SilverTiger she/her Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 I think yall are taking explanation of Darwin Award wrong. A Darwin Award goes to someone who dies a stupid death, because of their own stupidity (i.e., walking across the (busy) street without looking both ways at o'dark thirty in the morning, when it is foggy, while wearing navy blue). The death itself is not necessarily stupid. Also, I would nominate Sadeas for a Darwin Award, b/c taunting someone who hates you while there are no witnesses, in an unexplored area of tunnels, is dumb. 7
+Invocation Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 2 hours ago, SilverTiger said: Also, I would nominate Sadeas for a Darwin Award, b/c taunting someone who hates you while there are no witnesses, in an unexplored area of tunnels, is dumb. check the reply above you
king of nowhere Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 if we want to be technical, then most examples here would be disqualified, as getting killed by another person does not award a darwin. but for the sake of this thread, we can accept the general laymen acception of darwin award, that is "death caused by consequences of acting really dumb". I nominate yeden, the former skaa rebellion leader on scadrial, for leading his army against overwhelming forces against the advice of people much more competent than he was 3
Yezrien Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 How about Spoiler the entire civilization of Ashyn? 2
+Ark1002 Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 All the Elantrians, for just assuming their godhood would last forever.
RShara she/her Posted October 29, 2018 Posted October 29, 2018 Aesudan should count. "I'm going to swallow this gemstone that, if I don't choke on it, will either turn me into a freak of nature, or kill me anyway!" Amaram should be right behind her for that, actually. 7
CrazyRioter she/her Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Amaram was even warned that Yelig-nar ate the last person who tried to deal with him. Idiot.
dashardie Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Jastes Lekal, for thinking he could "bribe" and command a Koloss army with fake wooden coins without any problems indefinitely 7
Zelly Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) Scholars and scientists in general. They get a Darwin Award and a medal for courage. "Let's go out in a Highstorm to record windspeeds!" "Let's poke this unknown animal and see how it reacts!" "Let's turn on this mystery device and see what it does!" Edited October 31, 2018 by Zellyia 7
Toaster Retribution he/him Posted October 31, 2018 Posted October 31, 2018 Tillaume, for trying to suicide-bomb a guy who can stop time and self-heal. 3
Gasper he/him Posted October 31, 2018 Author Posted October 31, 2018 14 hours ago, Zellyia said: Scholars and scientists in general. They get a Darwin Award and a medal for courage. "Let's go out in a Highstorm to record windspeeds!" "Let's poke this unknown animal and see how it reacts!" "Let's turn on this mystery device and see what it does!" That is awesome. And yes, as a scientist, I have done very similar things to this. "There's no way this high voltage, fast discharge capacitor is charged." "Look, a storm is rolling in off the ocean, lets stand outside and watch it!" "Huh, that snake/lizard/venomous bug/feral cat looks dead. Here, someone hand me a stick." Ah, the Darwin award worthy things homeschoolers do. 1
king of nowhere Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 14 hours ago, Toaster Retribution said: Tillaume, for trying to suicide-bomb a guy who can stop time and self-heal. actually, he almost made it. wasn't a bad plan. though shooting wax while he was asleep would have been even better
HSuperLee Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 Just now, king of nowhere said: actually, he almost made it. wasn't a bad plan. though shooting wax while he was asleep would have been even better The problem with that is that we're talking about Wax. He's probably gotten used to waking up whenever someone turns his doorknob. And considering it's Wax, he's got at least 4 guns within arms reach of his bed.
+Invocation Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 23 hours ago, HSuperLee said: The problem with that is that we're talking about Wax. He's probably gotten used to waking up whenever someone turns his doorknob. And considering it's Wax, he's got at least 4 guns within arms reach of his bed. 4 is being stingy. He probably has like 16. 3
Kaladin Zahel Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 The Rift king, Tanalan. Poking the Blackthorn and giving him the highground. Shhshshhsh, Evi.It's cold but true in my opinion. Elhokar and realistically Kaladin... sure, let's wrestle with oaths in the middle of absolute chaos. Kelsier, plan A is a hailmary, plan B is death and hope things get better. Presumably Adonalsium, I am God, but let 16.5 mortals tear me apart. 2
Fanghur Rahl he/him Posted November 3, 2018 Posted November 3, 2018 Anyone who accepts a challenge to duel Adolin (though technically they wouldn’t die, but still).
Philomath she/her Posted November 4, 2018 Posted November 4, 2018 Can Hoid jumping into a chasamfiend’s mouth count? Even though he wouldn’t die, to everyone else watching it would have seemed very Darwin Award worthy. Also the Alethi captain who abused Herdazian women, got caught, and agreed to wrestle the hog with the arrogance of not knowing anything about other countries and cultures. 5
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