balletdragon he/him Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Quick and basic question... should we expect that copper clouds disturb the connection between a spren and their radiant? This seems at least somewhat possible considering the similarities between copper clouds and the suppression fabrial. additionally, would a copper cloud prevent a sphere of light from hearing the rhythms and thereby make it easier to create anti-light without a vacuum tube? Are there any other places where a disturbance in connection like one that would alter the rhythms be important? 1
mathiau he/him Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 If both the spren and the radiant are in the bubble (which would be what happen most of the time) then no Quote additionally, would a copper cloud prevent a sphere of light from hearing the rhythms and thereby make it easier to create anti-light without a vacuum tube? Quote Questioner (paraphrased) Could a Soother prevent a listener from attuning a given rhythm? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) No. A coppercloud could, but I hadn't thought about emotional allomancy interacting. See, the rhythm isn't your emotion and doesn't determine your mood. It is a direct connection to the spiritual realm. So I guess soothing could make it harder just like it makes anything harder, in the same way that driving a car would be harder. [recording starts here] And so, for the same reasons that you can, um, it is possible that a coppercloud can play with it. Not a normal power of a coppercloud, but you’ve seen them do stuff similar. Footnote: Question was cut off in recording, first bit reproduced from memory Boskone 54 (Feb. 17, 2017) Note that coppercloulds don't stop the sound of investiture, they just muffle it (otherwise how could you "pierce" them with an internal metal like bronze?) so it's conceivable it wouldn't muffle it enough to prevent them from hearing the Rhythms. On Scadrial on the other hand it'd definitely make smoker-bloodmakers twinborn able to make the Mist explode Quote Are there any other places where a disturbance in connection like one that would alter the rhythms be important? Quote Keeper Exile Would a Coppercloud at all affect how spren act? Brandon Sanderson Yes. FanX Spring 2019 (April 19, 2019) 2
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