Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 He holds the powers of creation in twain, a god among gods. Is this a quote?
Eternal Khol he/him Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) yes, from Secret History. the full quote is "Huh, Kelsier thought. He hold the powers of creation in twain, a god among gods, And he's still a terrible liar" Edited July 27, 2020 by Eternal Khol 1
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted August 5, 2020 Author Posted August 5, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 4:19 PM, Eternal Khol said: yes, from Secret History. the full quote is "Huh, Kelsier thought. He hold the powers of creation in twain, a god among gods, And he's still a terrible liar" I meant, is Kelsier quoting something?
Honorless he/him Posted August 5, 2020 Posted August 5, 2020 54 minutes ago, Hoid the Drifter said: I meant, is Kelsier quoting something? No, he just noted Sazed's hesitation and realized that he was lying to him, that there was a way to regain his body.
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 20 hours ago, Honorless said: No, he just noted Sazed's hesitation and realized that he was lying to him, that there was a way to regain his body. but it seems like something that Kelsier wouldn't come up with by himself, as he isn't a poet, and the line seems pretty poetic. Maybe it's from Alendi' s diary? (I'm speculating, I haven't read Mistborn in a while.)
Honorless he/him Posted August 6, 2020 Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Hoid the Drifter said: but it seems like something that Kelsier wouldn't come up with by himself, as he isn't a poet, and the line seems pretty poetic. Maybe it's from Alendi's diary? (I'm speculating, I haven't read Mistborn in a while.) Kelsier did receive an education and he does wisecrack. He's perfectly capable and willing to come up with a line like that.
Hoid the Former Drifter he/him Posted August 6, 2020 Author Posted August 6, 2020 31 minutes ago, Honorless said: Kelsier did receive an education and he does wisecrack. He's perfectly capable and willing to come up with a line like that. I know but it just doesn't seem like him. He's more into getting things done than writing poetry.
+robardin he/him Posted August 6, 2020 Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Hoid the Drifter said: I know but it just doesn't seem like him. He's more into getting things done than writing poetry. You can think of it as "translation license" from in-world Scadial to our-world text. Kelsier is thinking in semi-archaic and formal/poetic phrasing that would echo religious texts, as we might echo the King James Bible, to recognize that Sazed is now divine, and doubly so... To contrast it with the fact that even so, he has the same "tell" that he did as a man.
Hoidolasium he/him Posted August 30, 2020 Posted August 30, 2020 On 8/6/2020 at 0:56 PM, Hoid the Drifter said: I know but it just doesn't seem like him. He's also refencing a similar comment he made about Leras when they meet.
trav Posted September 1, 2020 Posted September 1, 2020 On 27.7.2020 at 11:16 PM, Hoid the Drifter said: He holds the powers of creation in twain, a god among gods. Is this a quote? just Kelsier musing about how odd it is that two gods rolled into one could still remain so human. there is really nothing poetic about that line except for the usage of the word "twain" maybe. and thats unusual rather than poetic.
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