Channelknight Fadran Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 Have you ever had one of those moments when you're reading a book, watching a movie, or even just walking around town, and there's just some person and you instantly think "is that Hoid?" before coming to realization that what you're doing has nothing to do with the Cosmere? For example, when I was watching the Hunchback of Notre Dam the other day, I saw that jester-storyteller guy and I said out loud almost instantaneously "is that Wit?" 7
Negative_Null They/Them Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 You know you've been spending too much time here when any sarcastic wanderer is immediately assumed to be an immortal (?) demigod(?) who likes ramen (!) 4
Spren of Kindness she/her Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 ...yeah. Ever read Dragonborn? It's a middle grade fantasy. There's this guy named Axestone, I think that's what his name is, anyway, and yeah... there was a 'Hoid!' moment.
dannnex male Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 Well I was reading this wonderful piece of literature (have you heard of it @Channelknight Fadran?) and I saw the words “carriage driver” and immediately thought “HOID HOID HOID”.
Channelknight Fadran Posted July 18, 2020 Author Posted July 18, 2020 48 minutes ago, Danex said: Well I was reading this wonderful piece of literature (have you heard of it @Channelknight Fadran?) and I saw the words “carriage driver” and immediately thought “HOID HOID HOID”. You made me smile . No, I wasn't thinking Hoid when I was making that carriage driver... when I post the next couple chapters, that's when you'll start getting some Hoid vibes.
Elegy he/him Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 Yeah, from time to time ... I also tend to intuitively sort characters into Orders or to Shards. It just happens: Someone acts a certain way and it's ... Oh. Dustbringer. Also, Tom Bombadil is a worldhopper and you can't convince me otherwise 3
Skylicus23 Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 57 minutes ago, Elegy said: Yeah, from time to time ... I also tend to intuitively sort characters into Orders or to Shards. It just happens: Someone acts a certain way and it's ... Oh. Dustbringer. Also, Tom Bombadil is a worldhopper and you can't convince me otherwise Honestly Tom probably is Hoid...maybe drunk Hoid? Can Hoid even get drunk?
Frustration Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Elegy said: Also, Tom Bombadil is a worldhopper and you can't convince me otherwise 1 hour ago, Skylicus23 said: Honestly Tom probably is Hoid...maybe drunk Hoid? Can Hoid even get drunk? I have been of the opinion for some time that Hoid(/Brandon) is trying his best to be Tom.
Negative_Null They/Them Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 As long as he doesn't get cut out of the movie 2
Karger he/him Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 I wonder what movies Hoid is going to be in/direct in the modern age of Scadrian cinema... 4
Windrunner2319 Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 The same thing happens to me with magic systems in other books, or even in real life, where I start to explain them in terms of Realmatic theory before I remember its not a Sanderson Book. 4
Realmatic Shadow Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 So far nearly every magic system I have seen could be worked into Realmatic theory and sometimes even shardic influences. Some systems actually make more sense to me in that manner than as they are actually explained 2
Frustration Posted July 19, 2020 Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Realmatic Shadow said: So far nearly every magic system I have seen could be worked into Realmatic theory and sometimes even shardic influences. Some systems actually make more sense to me in that manner than as they are actually explained I'm telling you that's why Brandon did it, also the amount of intent in magic is insane it's everywhere.
Honorless he/him Posted July 20, 2020 Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) I sometimes mistake Dark Souls' Patches for Hoid, and think of Elder Scrolls' Maiq as "a Hoid" Edited July 20, 2020 by Honorless
+Invocation Posted July 20, 2020 Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 6:20 PM, Elegy said: Also, Tom Bombadil is a worldhopper and you can't convince me otherwise In a way, Bombadil was indeed a worldhopper. He's just Tolkien. Quite literally a self-insert of Tolkien, hence his line about being older than the first acorn or something like that. 2
Elegy he/him Posted July 20, 2020 Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Invocation said: In a way, Bombadil was indeed a worldhopper. He's just Tolkien. Quite literally a self-insert of Tolkien, hence his line about being older than the first acorn or something like that. That's debatable. But Tolkien wrote stories about him that were disconnected from the Legendarium, so it's basically official that he's not bound to one specific continuity. Edit: Just read that Tolkien re-purposed his poems about Bombadil as songs sung about him in-world after the fact, so this comment was only half true. But he's a character that was not created for Middle-Earth but for his children (apparently based on a toy of theirs) and then rather spontaneously integrated into the continuity when he wrote Fellowship of the Ring. So that's why he doesn't really fit the Middle-Earth mythology. Edited July 20, 2020 by Elegy
Channelknight Fadran Posted July 20, 2020 Author Posted July 20, 2020 Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo, who's coat is red and boots are yellow...
Frustration Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Channelknight Fadran said: Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo, who's coat is red and boots are yellow... *Anger* It's Quote Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow. None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master: His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster Edited July 21, 2020 by Frustration
Channelknight Fadran Posted July 28, 2020 Author Posted July 28, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 8:09 PM, Frustration said: *Anger* I did that completely by memory. Please don't judge.
Frustration Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said: I did that completely by memory. Please don't judge. I am Frustration, not Judgement. So I suppose I should have said *Frustration* instead of *Anger* but whatever.
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 10:26 PM, Windrunner2319 said: The same thing happens to me with magic systems in other books, or even in real life, where I start to explain them in terms of Realmatic theory before I remember its not a Sanderson Book. I mean I literally did that with Paper Mario Origami King today, Olly is an Awakened sheet of paper folded to resemble a person so that it costs less Breath. 1
MrBgarles he/him Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 In The Eye Of The World, I immediately thought Thom was Hoid when he started doing tricks.
Rushu42 she/her Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I've certainly found myself looking much more closely at background characters since Sanderson. And I'll often try to fit various magic systems into Realmatic Theory or connect them to Sanderson magic systems. A lot of his concepts apply really well to other fantasy worlds. I often look at D&D spells in terms of Connection, Identity, and Intent. 2
Halyo_Alex he/him Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Rushu42 said: I've certainly found myself looking much more closely at background characters since Sanderson. And I'll often try to fit various magic systems into Realmatic Theory or connect them to Sanderson magic systems. A lot of his concepts apply really well to other fantasy worlds. I often look at D&D spells in terms of Connection, Identity, and Intent. I feel like as more people read Brandon's Cosmere stories, and some of those people also become fantasy authors, the concepts he's laying down might become more widespread. Basically I'm saying Brandon has/will forever change the general feel of fantasy magic systems for all of time because he's just that good. 1
Negative_Null They/Them Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 I think Brandon is the new Tolkien, honestly. Looking at fantasy before Mistborn and after Mistborn (which I think was the beginning that people really saw hard magic), he's already changed so much of fiction, and I think he's going to continue. Sanderson's laws are being used more often, authors are using more interesting magic systems, and yeah, I feel like I've seen a few Hoids recently
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