Popular Post Use the Falchion Posted July 3, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) So I took some notes during the Q&A. I ended up paraphrasing a lot due to the speed of the questions, and I DEFINITELY missed some stuff. Feel free to enjoy these or fine-tune them for other articles or speculation. I'll put the Dark One spoilers in the spoiler section (27-38) I'm currently editing this post, so please bear with me! 1. Television show will still be an adaptation of the graphic novel, if Brandon gets his way. 2. Pattern’s origins are in Dark One (when it was written as a YA sort of Harry Potter book). 3. Graphic novel takes outlines from the TV show and putting in graphic novel form. The TV started to drift from the original property. Still in talks about how much it will look like the graphic novel. Sanderson is not sure how much it’ll look like the graphic novel. There’s a chance the property will be renamed and worked into something else. 4. Outline has more with Lin; graphic novel more focused on Mirandus. 5. If there is a novel, that would be the prequel. “Epic fantasy sort of novel form.” 6. Novel Outline vs Comic Outline Comic Outline: Dialogue Heavy Focused on a large number of characters . Quick moving plots . Episodes vs Parts Serialized 7. Sanderson’s five soul stamps: Recast self as a visual artist Recast as a computer programmer Very different version of self “to see what I could have been” 8. Softer magic system vs we don’t have the rules yet. We don’t have the rules, but it’s softer than Cosmere. Paul’s powers are scary to HIM and aren’t wanted. Sanderson leaned in the horror of this as opposed to the Classic Brandon System, and the story started to work better. 9. Three Seasons outlined! So expect two more graphic novels. 10. Is there a significant difference between time passing in Mirandus and Earth? Sanderson has given leeway, so unknown for now. How it works in the outline – it wouldn’t be required. When the Narrative needs a Dark One and a Destined One, one is provided. Isaac says no. Check the climax of the first volume. 11. There’s a reason Mirandus speaks English 12. There are other incantations like the Mirandus & Earth travel one. 13. Too terrible circumstances for a character? Yes, but no examples given. 14. Isaac did the map stuff. I sorta zoned out on this part. 15. Emily Sanderson did one of the maps for A Memory of Light. Mellior (sp.) Battle map? 16. White Sand Omnibus Isaac is working on this when he’s working around Rhythm of War and the Kickstarter. Adding 38 new pages of artwork at the beginning. 17. Chicken Scouts The Chromatic Chicken Scouts. Cosmere-wide organization and get Chicken Scout badges by going to Roshar. “Brave Like Chickens.” 18. Isaac LIKES the ALTA comics! He has a soft spot for the Hellboy comics. Others include Nameless City, Amulet, Five Worlds Sanderson LOVES Watchmen. Other favorites: Dr. McNinja, old school TMNT, Bone, Amulet (both he and his kids) 19. No Graphic Audio for Dark One at the moment. Separate audio adaptation, but it’d be different from the graphic novel. It’d be like a radio drama. 20. ASMR jokes abound. Isaac then noted that when Sanderson signs things, it sounds sort of like the guitar riff in Pacific Rim. 21. There will probably be a livestream on Tuesday to talk about the book. 22. Leatherbound is the furthest along for the Kickstarter. 23. Isaac’s writing time has been taken up by most other things. Worldbuilding for Darkside (Taldain). Thinking about calling it The Arcanist. Prologue to White Sand. Probably for the Omnibus. Monsters Don’t Wear Underpants Board/Lift-the-flap book. He will read it on a stream sometime. We’ll hear more about it in the next few months. 24. Cosmere storybook is an idea for the future. Kickstarter and Stormlight have sucked the air out of other projects. 25. Isaac is already working on The Alloy of Law leatherbound. 26. RoW cover It’s coming along. The color sketch has been seen. Tor will reveal it when they get it. Sanderson won’t reveal it. DARK ONE SPOILERS TIME Spoiler 27. Nikka as a ghost was left over from when Dark One was in the Cosmere She was a Cognitive Shadow. Elarion the White Wizard was going to use non-Investiture Cosmere magics (i.e. Fabrials) 28. Paul from Dark One is probably subconsciously influenced from Paul Atreides 29. Kingdom of Light uses Narrative-based magic. Not everyone knows what Elarion is up to. 30. How does the government of Kingdoms of Light work? (Argent’s question) Speaking from not having read the outline in six months When it comes to matters related to Dark One & Narrative, Chronicle King becomes a Speaker of the House/First Among Equals Isaac – Dawncoast IS a part of the Kingdoms of Light. In versions 1 & 2, Paul was from a separate Island 31. Would it be better to create a weapon of one forceful soul or many less-forceful souls. One forceful soul is better. 32. Was there truly no Destined One in the time of Malmahan or did something happen? (Argent) Something happened. You will find out! 33. How much electricity stuff will we see later? (Chaos) Depends on the creator. It’s a weird Brandon-style world, and so Brandon is leaving it up to Vault and J. Michael. 34. Did the intermissions occur on Earth or Mirandus? RAFO!! 35. Was Peragator supposed to be peragrator? Peragrate means to travel (Chaos) IDK. 36. When Caligo did what happened at the end, did what happened to Paul mean to have happened? You can assume what Caligo did happened how he wanted them to happen. 37. How come the Drull were never completely exterminated in the times between Dark Ones, given their low numbers and the fact that their war machines required the dark One to work? When the wars are done, going out and fighting them some more is not very high on people’s priority list. People were tired. 38. In future volumes will we continue to see a hybrid of worlds, or the story will progress only in the fantastic realm? There will be a balance. Third one has more Mirandus in the novel than the outline. 39. Is it possible for a Kandra to bond a spren? Rafo. Yes good question. 40. Has Odium interacted other than any shards in a meaningful way post-Ascension? RAFO 41. Unkalaki jobs are decided by birth order. Is this cultural or for other spiritual reasons? No Rocks’s circumstances are not related to that. Horneater, name of novella between books 4 & 5 42. Showing emotional or non-physical Allomancy onscreen Blue as a signifier that Allomancy is being used. Faint blue lines and flashing items. Blue veins across arms for Pewterarms Eyes flashing blue when using emotional alomancy Non-diegetic cue, and it’s a little hard. Maybe it’ll have an extra weakness and BE diegetic. 43. How did the Knights Radiant treat their transgender members? In the past the KR were WAY more progressive than currently. They would treat them as the gender the Radiant sees them self as. 44. What is the strangest place you’ve pulled inspiration from? Chicken Scouts. Pat Rothfuss’ beard magic system for charity. 45. If you could chose three aspects to have with you, what would their specialties be? Languages, a really good continuity editor (to help Karen), and a psychologist Isaac would go with fashion consultant. 46. What form is a Listener at birth? Technically Dullform but they viewed it as Childform because it’s vibrant and alive in a way Dullform isn’t. It dulls as they age. Maturity is at seven or eight – not sure about continuity. Venli is 14 in Listener years. (10 for Listener is about 16 for humans) 47. Inspiration for the Narrative It’s a balance between the magic system and a modernist take on how narrative shapes who people are. The Pattern is a major inspiration. “Stranger Than Fiction” is an inspiration. 48. Sanderson most likely WON’T write Dark One’s novelization. Due to time allocation. 49. Could a modern human and Listener have fertile children? RAFO. 50. Sanderon is an Elsecaller/Bondsmith mix. 51. The Most Powerful Sword created idea. 780 powers Most of them are useless. Sanderson wants to write this someday. Top Quotes: “Not dropping the framerates like he used to.” “I’m one of the bestselling authors in the world! I can buy a gaming PC!” Edited July 3, 2020 by Use the Falchion 19
Chaos he/him Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 Wow, this is awesome. FAR more detailed than my reactions I was giving in the events channel on Discord. Thank you!! 1
Argent he/him Posted July 3, 2020 Posted July 3, 2020 Brandon "I can buy a gaming PC" Sanderson That entire story was so much fun. 1
Use the Falchion Posted July 5, 2020 Author Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 2:58 PM, Chaos said: Wow, this is awesome. FAR more detailed than my reactions I was giving in the events channel on Discord. Thank you!! No problem! (Sorry I was off-line most of this past weekend.) On 7/3/2020 at 11:11 PM, Argent said: Brandon "I can buy a gaming PC" Sanderson That entire story was so much fun. That and the ever-evolving theme of the Chromatic Chicken Scouts! 1
Aerim Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Hi friends! How did you get the link for the dark one exclusive livestream? I had pre-ordered dark one and was waiting to get the link (apparently waited too long). Just trying to figure out how dumb I was! I also don’t get Brandon’s newsletters even though I’ve signed up for them, so trying to decide if I should be skeptical of my email or.. thanks! Also, thanks for the notes on the livestream!!
Chaos he/him Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Aerim said: Hi friends! How did you get the link for the dark one exclusive livestream? I had pre-ordered dark one and was waiting to get the link (apparently waited too long). Just trying to figure out how dumb I was! I also don’t get Brandon’s newsletters even though I’ve signed up for them, so trying to decide if I should be skeptical of my email or.. thanks! Also, thanks for the notes on the livestream!! If you did pre-order, email Vault and they can send you an email for it. Some people didn't receive the email for the Q&A unfortunately. As for Brandon's newsletter, I've always had issues with those and it took me three emails to actually get the newsletter, over the past several years. 1
Aerim Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 @Chaos thanks! I’ll try a new email for the newsletter - guess I’m glad I’m not the only one!
Chaos he/him Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Aerim said: @Chaos thanks! I’ll try a new email for the newsletter - guess I’m glad I’m not the only one! One was my main Gmail, which has literally never gotten Brandon's newsletter in a decade and when I re-signup I don't get the confirmation. I also tried my 17S email which also didn't work, but hey, 17S emails sometimes bork out. I finally tried an alt Gmail and that worked.
Aerim Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chaos said: One was my main Gmail, which has literally never gotten Brandon's newsletter in a decade and when I re-signup I don't get the confirmation. I also tried my 17S email which also didn't work, but hey, 17S emails sometimes bork out. I finally tried an alt Gmail and that worked. Of course the only newsletter I’ve ever intentionally signed up for struggles to reach me, whereas petsmart and random baby diaper emails I’ve never signed up for (and I don’t have any pets or kids!) find their way easily! LOL Just signed up through and alt Gmail and received the most recent email, so hopefully they’ll keep coming!
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