Greetings

[odim89 he/him]

Hello everyone!

It's nice to meet you all, I've been a fan of Brandon's for a while now, but I never got around joining the forums until now.  I guess part of my decision to join is because I actually got to meet Brandon at his signing in Atlanta for Skyward (was such an awesome time!).  I'm still sort of a noob when it comes to the Cosmere, I've only read a few of the books so far.  Right now I'm working through Warbreaker (which is shaping up to be my favorite so far).  I've read Elantris, Mistborn book 1, and a bunch of his short fiction.  What are you guy's favorites?  I'm planning on starting stormlight after Warbreaker, and bounce between it and the Mistborn series.

[Niteshado he/him]

Welcome!!

Mistborn era 2 (mistborn 4, 5, and 6) is one of my favorites. Warbreaker has to be my favorite overall, but era 2 is amazing. 

[Silva]

Welcome to Shard! Sorry you're entering right when Ookla's starting - that can't be fun. Stormlight is great, just don't get intimidated by its size.

[Sherlock Holmes he/him]

My favorite Cosmere book is between the Stormlight Archive and the Final Empire.

[Ookla the Foreclosed]

Words of Radiance or Hero of Ages.

[Voidus]

Elantris because it was the first, Final Empire because Vin, or Words of Radiance.
Depending on what mood I'm in

Anyway, welcome to the forums! Don't mind the ookla's it's a bit of a forum tradition for this time of year.
Can I interest you in a welcome cookie?

[Silva]

*sighs* Can't I get a break from protecting new people from your spiked cookies ever?

Unless you want a Hemalurgically tainted cookie, don't accept it.

Here's a certified Hemalurgy-free cookie courtesy of TUBA (not the DA's TUBA just to be clear).

[Voidus]

But can you even trust a group who doesn't practice Hemalurgy to certify that a cookie is Hemalurgy-free? Plus, cookie that gives you superpowers is intrinsically better than cookie that doesn't. (Also ours taste better)

[Silva]

Superpowers is an interesting way of putting it. 

7 minutes ago, Ookla the Lurker said:

But can you even trust a group who doesn't practice Hemalurgy to certify that a cookie is Hemalurgy-free?

Obviously. We would know better than anyone what has Hemalurgy in order to avoid accidentally using it somehow.

 

9 minutes ago, Ookla the Lurker said:

(Also ours taste better)

For your sake we will not start this debate.

[Ghanderflaffle she/her]

Final Empire, it was my first dive into the Cosmere. (Always accept any baked goods offered to you)

[odim89 he/him]

5 hours ago, Ookla the [your choice] said:

Welcome to Shard! Sorry you're entering right when Ookla's starting - that can't be fun. Stormlight is great, just don't get intimidated by its size.

Probably a dumb question, but what's an Ookla?

 

[odim89 he/him]

2 hours ago, Ookla the Lurker said:

Elantris because it was the first, Final Empire because Vin, or Words of Radiance.
Depending on what mood I'm in

Anyway, welcome to the forums! Don't mind the ookla's it's a bit of a forum tradition for this time of year.
Can I interest you in a welcome cookie?

 

1 hour ago, Ookla the [your choice] said:

*sighs* Can't I get a break from protecting new people from your spiked cookies ever?

Unless you want a Hemalurgically tainted cookie, don't accept it.

Here's a certified Hemalurgy-free cookie courtesy of TUBA (not the DA's TUBA just to be clear).

 

1 hour ago, Ookla the Lurker said:

But can you even trust a group who doesn't practice Hemalurgy to certify that a cookie is Hemalurgy-free? Plus, cookie that gives you superpowers is intrinsically better than cookie that doesn't. (Also ours taste better)

 

1 hour ago, SarcasticRaven said:

Final Empire, it was my first dive into the Cosmere. (Always accept any baked goods offered to you)

Guise, I'm not sure what's going on, but I would love a cookie, preferably a non-tainted one :P.

[Voidus]

Ookla season only started a day ago for most of us so you're just in time for the insanity
It's a forum tradition where we rename ourselves to 'Ookla the ___' in honor of Peter Ahlstrom, Brandon's assistant whose birthday is on November 26th.
You can read more about it in the following thread:

And huzzah for cookies. This one may give you the ability to burn steel, or the ability to burn Aluminium. The bag got a bit mixed up on my way back here so I'm not 100% sure.

[Archer he/him]

10 hours ago, odim89 said:

Guise, I'm not sure what's going on, but I would love a cookie, preferably a non-tainted one :P.

Here you go! It won't give you special powers, but it's also 60% less likely to instantly incinerate your soul. We hope. 

And friendly reminder, the mods get grumpy when you double post. You have to plan in advance when quotes are involved, because you can't add them in afterwards, but most of the time you can just edit your first post to add anything new you think of. Have fun Sharding! 

[Darth Woodrack he/him]

Hey, person, don't double post. It's against the shard guidelines.