Noodle Paradox

[dannnex male]

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Questioner

What's the deal with Hoid and instant noodles?

Brandon Sanderson

...He likes his ramen, right? Like any sane person, he likes his instant noodles. Nothing more than that.

Questioner

...Has he ever had instant noodles?

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah, he's had instant noodles before. They have them on Taldain, yeah.

Oathbringer release party (Nov. 13, 2017)

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Questioner #1

Which world does Hoid enjoy visiting the most?

Brandon Sanderson

Scadrial almost has instant noodles. So he's very interested in Scadrial.

Shadows of Self Chicago signing (Oct. 12, 2015)

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Questioner

If you were going to live in one of your worlds, which one would it be?

Brandon Sanderson

Good question, I would live on Scadrial because they are the closest to the Internet and instant noodles.

Skyward Houston signing (Nov. 19, 2018)

So does Taldain have noodles or not

Edited November 23, 2020 by Danex

[Karger he/him]

Just now, Danex said:

So does Taldain have noodles or not

Depends on when.  Also Taldain is hard to get to.

[Mat he/him]

20 minutes ago, Karger said:

Depends on when.  Also Taldain is hard to get to.

This is interesting to think about... if White Sand is the first book chronologically then they don't have noodles there yet. And as of Mistborn Era 2 they don't have them there either... so Hoid is on Taldain after Era 2. Therefore something important is happening there.

White Sand Era 2 confirmed! 

[Karger he/him]

8 minutes ago, Matrim's_Dice said:

This is interesting to think about... if White Sand is the first book chronologically then they don't have noodles there yet

Exactly.

8 minutes ago, Matrim's_Dice said:

either... so Hoid is on Taldain after Era 2. Therefore something important is happening there.

We know that already because Autonomy closed the perpendicularity.  Also they could have regressed from noodles to no noodles(the only too stages of society that matter).

Edited May 26, 2020 by Karger

[Eternal Khol he/him]

3 hours ago, Karger said:

Also they could have regressed from noodles to no noodles

I love this.

like they’re only regression is loss of noodles XD

[Karger he/him]

1 minute ago, Eternal Khol said:

like they’re only regression is loss of noodles XD

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To use one's own intelligence and intellectual ability; to think logically and rationally. ("Noodle" here is slang for head or brain. Often said as an imperative.)

So to loose one's noodle is to loose ones head.

[Elsecaller_17.5 he/him]

I'm going to use a cop out answer. This isn't a particularly important question so Brandon wasn't thinking too hard. Slip of the tounge occurs he said Taldain when he meant Yolen.