Spiritual pushing and pulling

[Dancer]

In the Stormlight Archives we see a certain character being able to use Spiritual Adhesion. Instead of sticking two things together using air pressure this character sticks two souls together using Connection. Because of this Spiritual Connection, information between the two souls could be shared like being able to understand the different languages the two souls spoke. My theory is that this can be applied to Allomancy.

Steel and Iron Allomancy work by creating a Spiritual connection between the Allomancer and any nearby sources of metal. These connections can be percieved by the Allomancer as blue lines leading from what they perceive as their center of self to the nearby metals. Lets say this Allomancer is a Fullbourn just so this thought experiment is easier. The Fullbourn fills a metalmind and places it somewhere away from themselves. They then burn both steel and Iron. They see the blue lines coming from the metalminds that they filled and because the metalmind is keyed to them there is little interference. Because there is now a spiritual connection between the Fullbourn and the Metalmind, information should now be able to flow between them. I believe that because the Investiture is keyed to the Fullbourn they should now be able to spiritually pull the Investiture out of the Metalmind as if they were tapping it. The opposite also holds true they should be able to fill a Metalmind using steel to push Investiture through the spiritual connection between the Allomancer and the metal.

Another application of this would be burning metals at a distance. As Brandon has stated there is nothing special about the stomach of an Allomancer. One can burn metals as long as it is inside the body because it is closer to your soul that way. Well what is closer to your soul then having a spiritual connection. If you were to burn Steel and/or Iron because of the spiritual connection created between you and the metal you should be able to burn that metal whether it is inside you or not. 

What do you guys think. Do you agree or disagree.    

[Honorless he/him]

Filling a metalmind seems to require contact. I do agree that there should be a hack to burn metal outside of the body though

[Tglassy]

That would be an interesting thing, and if true, then Wax would be able to change his weight simply by burning Steel and having it connect him to Iron.  Could be that nobody's ever thought to try it.  

[Halyo_Alex he/him]

This sounds crazy, if possible. It seems just logical enough that it could be simple perception holding people back from doing that. After all, most steel/iron allomancers don't think you can push on anything but the center of "mass" for metallic objects, yet you can. So perhaps it's a matter of Intent and changing your perception to allow information to flow through the connection.

[Tglassy]

I've often wondered if someone burning Steel or Iron could shift where in their body the blue lines emit from.  If they could switch it to their hand, or feet, then that opens up all kinds of possibilities.  

[Elsecaller_17.5 he/him]

1 hour ago, Tglassy said:

I've often wondered if someone burning Steel or Iron could shift where in their body the blue lines emit from.  If they could switch it to their hand, or feet, then that opens up all kinds of possibilities.  

There's a really good thread on this I'll try and find it. The consensus was yes you can. The main argument is that the center of the chest isn't the center of gravity, so it's a matter of perception not gravity. And perception can be changed.

Here it is.

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by Truthwatcher_17.5