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General Note on the above comments - I think many people fail to understand what the Order/Book/Flashback chapter's goals are - it's not that Oathbringer was a book about Bondsmiths or RoW was a book about Willshapers - the book/flashback tie is meant to indicate "this is the book where we start to explore the surges for this Radiant Order" - and we did that. We see Spiritual Adhesion and how Bondsmith's Surges differ from Windrunner/Stonewards due to the CR/SR aspects those surges take. We see how Cohesion works for Willshapers in RoW. Goal met. Concur. Done is done - we can say what we dislike and why, but there is no "fixing" what is published. That said, I can see why WoK!Prime was not published and am very glad we got this version of Roshar over that one. He said that he had armor spren from both his first and second set of ideals Sigzil never had Windrunner Armor, he has windspren in his Skybreaker armor. It was very well established that the windspren that become a Windrunner's Plate start following them after the third ideal. We see Kaladin's Windspren deflect the highstorm winds to protect the captured Alethi in OB Ch 31 and his Platespren manifest in Shadesmar as they follow him on Notum's ship in OB CH 108. Likewise, we see that Sigzil's Third-Oath bound Windspren are still following him in WaT Ch 147: WoK: No comments WoR: Shallan ignoring Soulcasting because of Stick and Jasnah's admonition to not pursue it alone felt more like a gimmick than an extension of Shallan's story. .It felt like Brandon was saving Shadesmar for later. . . and he was. Which is fine, but the Watsonian reasoning falls flat for me. I also wish we had seen more Kaladin/Lighteyes interactions in his role as Captain - but overall the book is solid. OB: Easily the worst of the five for me - almost entirely because of Shallan (with a side of Lirin who makes my top-3 hated characters in SA). Kaladin has depression and SAD and we feel that he struggles with these conditions while they do not define him. Everything about Veil and Radiant in this book feels fake - like a person that had read about DID once is trying to fake having DID. I've stated in other places the long descriptions and do not feel inclinced to repeat it here since it is tangential to this topic. I wish Doors of Stone (which still does not exist, and likely never will) had not prompted Brandon to change from the plan for book 3 to be Stones Unhallowed - saving Dalinar's flashbacks for Book 5. RoW: I liked RoW, even if it was Die Hard on Roshar. I loved the lore and worldbuilding and artefabrian reveals. I wish we had gotten some Windrunner vs Skybreaker content from the Azimir front. Shallan's sections continued to be the weakest component of the story to me, made more tolerabel by being in Shadesmar and some good Spren information; though I wish Felt, Stump, and Godeke had gotten a bit more rounded in these parts - again it flet like intentional blinders because Edgedances and Truthwatchers are reserved for the second arc. WaT: I still need to do my first re-read of WaT, so it is the book I have internalized the least. I understand why Brandon wanted to include linguisitic drift in the story - I just wish it had happened either in RoW (we had a 1 yr time skip) or in Book 6. The fact that people speak differently from WaT ch 1 than they did in RoW Ch 117, when it is "the next day" is what I find jarring (not the lingustic drift itself). I also found Jasnah's debate with TOdium to be unconvincing. Jasnah has been built up from first intro as an intelligent and eloquent speaker with much practical experience in debate, but that she somehow fails to call out ad hominum, and other glaringly obvious logical fallacies undermines the entire scene as Diabolus ex Machina - designed to get the result the story wanted, even if the path there was false. I'll reserve other thoughts for after a re-read...

LG112 - Aftermath: At What Cost? (Writeup contains spoilers for the outcome) ~ Divergent has been killed! They were a Vanilla SE Player. But we all knew that. Now for the main event. Hoid Slayer(man) has been executed! At the start of the game, Hoid was an SE Player PseudoGM. At the end of the game… Hoid was an SE Player PseudoGM. The Roleplay Characters have emerged victorious! Free at last to live out their lives in peace. Congratulations to @xinoehp512, @Qianweilian, @coco.pudding, @Verdance, and finally, swooping in at the end to save them all, @Araris Valerian! Thank you to @Through the living Wahr for being an amazing co-GM. He more than pulled his weight. I wasn't planning on having a co-GM going into this, but I would have been in a bad spot without him. Thank you also to @Jo and the Bush for helping us whenever problems or mistakes arose. And thank you all of you, this was an amazing game to watch and it's probably my favorite (as much as I love LG105, I think this one surpassed it). You did so well with the rules, and I couldn't have hoped for a more dynamic game. Thanks especially to those of you who stuck it out the whole 30 days. See you all in the next one. Documents: Players:

LG113: The Thaylen City Council “And you are certain, that these Fabrials work, Ulvlk?” Queen Fen asked once again, as Kmakl oversaw the installation of the Voidlight Detectors. Abaray nodded, an eager smile on his face. “Yes your Majesty, my colleagues in Emul have tested it in the battles there. They were able to detect a Masked one, who was then captured by the Windrunners, and several incursions of Deepest Ones, before they could disrupt the formations.” “Why don’t we have these Fabrials everywhere then?” The Queen asked. Abaray pointed to the large Heliodor mounted in the center. “They require captured Void-spren. Intelligent and tricky those ones are. Very difficult for us to get into a gemstone. We’re hoping to get more, but, with the Contest in another 10 days, it doesn’t seem like we will have the time to do so.” He shrugged. “So we decided to put these prototypes into circulation, rather than continuing to tinker with them. Better to have them be of use now, then to continue refining them until a point where there is no use for them.” The human queen smiled at him, relief evident in her face. “Thank you Ulvlk. Your work will keep Thaylen City safe.” Abaray bowed. “Thank you, my Queen.” He departed from the hidden council chambers, wearing Ulvlk's face, and resisting the urge to hum to Spite. The queen didn’t know yet, but his work would keep Thaylen City safe. It would keep it safe under Odium’s protections. He just needed to convince the Council that Queen Fen and the Coalition wasn’t who they should be following. It was time to start gathering secrets. —--- Welcome to LG113: The Thaylen City Council! All of you are members of the titular council, and your job is to keep Queen Fen in power so that the Coalition continues in strength! But you may find yourself voting against the Queen, if the price is right. . . I am Jo, your humble GM. @Cuendillar is my assistant Co-GM, and @|TJ| is our Impartial Moderator. Please sign up here, and tell me as much as you can about your character! The more the better! Whoever has the best sign-up post will receive fabulous rewards! (Probably not fabulous, but a minor boon to be sure.) This game will begin on Thursday, July 23rd, 3AM GMT. Rollovers will always be at 3AM GMT. The rules are here, though they may be changing slightly as I run tests and simulations. When the game actually starts, I’ll post a full breakdown of all changes that were made from this post. Player List: 1. @Through the Living Hopper as 1, a Highspren who secretly possesses the first person to arrive at a mass murder site. 2. @Wahrheitswächter as Ralm, a Truthwatcher and one of the newest Merchants on the Thaylen City Council, after surviving an otherwise Disastrous Expedition to the Reshi Isles. 3. @coco.pudding as Essyn, a Ghostblood who is returning to the council after secretly causing a Disastrous Expedition to the Reshi Isles. 4. @Mystfall as Fickle, a Cognitive Shadow who joined the Council due to a Letter of Endorsement from Archer. 5. @TwinStorm as Shemyn the Accused, a pirate who accidentally joined the council simply by stealing enough ships to count as a Fleet Lord. Now that he gets a cut of the Taxes, he's stopped robbing the Tax Collectors and instead wants Thaylenah's wealth to grow. 6. @Illwei as Councilor #6. 7. @Hoid Slayer as Tshanin, who buried his sister in the stars, so that every sailor would see her at night. 8. @Ascended Grubberfly as Dvalk, who once bet his belief on the flip of a card, and settled a debt in return for a council seat. 9. @Mat as Mat, one of the oldest council members, who is tired, and frankly too busy for this treaty nonsense. 10. @Ink and Embers as Ari, an Irian Immigrant who has cornered the painrial market in Thaylenah. 11. @The Unknown Character as Tin Capone Old Man Maker, a hole digger and post maker. 12. @WhimsyIsTheBestShard as Leb and Geb, the Twin halves of Lord Falwin. 13. @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren as K-Sauce, the legendary chef who invented Krem Sauce. 14. @Mint11 as Chise Hatori, who won her seat on the council after being sold to an ancient Artifabrian as a slave. 15. @Araris Valerian as a rather lost swordsman. 16. @Stardust as Ensha, a merchant conartist 17. @Archer as Noran, Cousin to the queen, but using Tyn's eye-darkening Contacts. 18. @KeyFox as Makkib, a former Skybreaker from Babatharnam. Pinch Hitters and Spectators: 1. @Ashbringer 2. @Aeoryi Quick Links:

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Wayne takes a swig from his canteen: @Stardust

Dear Highprince Torol Sadeas, that was quite the show, But it doesn't take a duel to get your true colours exposed Blinded by eye shade and scared of the dark You're clutching at roles that are falling apart A Highprince, a lighteyes, a slaver, what next? Drowned innocents in blood to meet your saviour complex I've made many mistakes, I know that I'm flawed But I'd choose my lessons over your indifferent applause Allied with murder and married to guilt Set in the empire which through death you built Trading for bridgemen, you barter with lives These are your people and they choose your demise Ruler of "intelligence" and perpetrator of war Highprince of Alethkar, up on your high horse (...Oh, I'm sorry, you don't have one, do you? It's good to know even Rosharan horses have taste) Challenged to a battle of wits, yet you can't outwit one As sharp as a sphere and a Brightlord who's dun You can call me a puppet, a plaything of the Shards You're too concerned with division to tell hate and honour apart Line up your massacres, life after life Your death saved a thousand with one stroke of the knife You were a case no one bothered to solve And here you are trying to control the tale told You paid in other's lives to be somebody Yet you'll still be a footnote when it comes to history So rusts if I'm perfect, it's not what I'd wish But at least when I'm gone, I know I'll be missed

To dearest Nomad Szeth-Son-Neturo wore white on the day he was to roast a thing. @AonEne, Checkmate.

Highprince Torol Sadeas accepts your challenge, Lord Ladrian! Ten heartbeats are enough, I have the wit of a king, Nine houses talking tough, But who’s pulling their strings? Ate and drank to their health, I was everyone’s friend. Seven princes served myself, So I tried a Kholin cleanse. Six feet under I could put you, I’m no stranger to war. Five years on the plains crew, And a decade before. Fortune favors the bold? I’m Highprince of Sedition! Three words on you: old, rash, and lacking ambition. To best you I’ll succeed With my tactical logic. One blade’s all I need, Not reliant on magic. Zero in on my face, ‘Cause I’m ready to duel. Heroes leave in disgrace, For I’m proficiently cruel. What do you mean you didn’t bring a sword? I assumed a House Lord could at least borrow a blade. No matter, we will continue with words alone! I run a policing staff, Our laws are followed entirely. I’m here on Lessie’s behalf, To launch a formal inquiry. Lord Ladrian, called ‘Waxy’, Like the skin of a corpse. My spies told me facts, see, To bring the dead some recourse. Bloody Tan the mortician, Shared, “great shows are unrepeatable”. Buddy’s plan met fruition, Snared the cop thought unbeatable. An old chap in your head, When you let in a Shard. The old chapel turned red, From bullets you discharged. Your love died that day, I would pity her. Were she here she’d say, Eye wounds really hurt! “Someone moves us”, Tan said, As in your arms she expired. You then moved west, and fled, Holstered arms and retired? From the city wanted liberation, But in the Roughs wore Sunday best. Was Mister Suit your inspiration? Your uncle’s boy, even in dress. The way you’re fighting all is tricks, Know when you’re beaten, coward. I’ve yet to learn your politics, But I’ll have your seat in hours. Cordially yours, Future Elendel Senator, Highprince Torol Sadeas

What! The meme thread dying! Again! This cannot be! I DECLARE THIS THREAD OPEN WaT Secret History General WoR/OB

Y’all there’s a female orange tabby in one of our friends neighborhood with KITTENS there is now a very active debate about whether or not to kidnap them bc YALL A FEMALE ORANGE TABBY CAT That is literally my dream cat

my mom say it would be hard for me if i speak in word with just one sound for all of day and i say i try so far i just have like five times when i say word with more than one sound i am good at this game

lately, ive been trying to romanticize my life more because i struggle with moderate to severe depression and i felt like maybe romanticizing everything could help me reframe and one thing that's really helped (and also helps when i'm anxious) is listening to classical music. like. all the time listen to it while i'm doing my makeup listen to it while i'm doing my hair listen to it while i'm getting dressed while i'm doing my nails while i'm making food and it has helped a surprising amount. idk. it makes me feel like i'm in a cute lil period drama and it's also like super calming i recommend giving it a try

Sadeas never would have wiped the Parshendi out, he was against Dalinar's expedition. He would have kept doing bridge runs until the Listeners summoned the Everstorm. So now the humans lose their best Radiants, don't get to Urithiru until Jasnah returns, they don't have a Bondsmith with a Connection to the Thrill, so Theylenah falls, assuming they can even get a Windrunner to open the gate. Szeth is never defeated, and so he continues to kill monarchs which causes a greater amount of social unrest. He also never goes with Nale, so Lift doesn't have anyone to help her in Edgedanncer, which means Nale continues to kill Radiants around the world, which further weakens humans ability to fight back. There's no one to save Elhokar, so he dies, assuming Sadeas lets him live that long, which likely fractures Alethkar as the various Highprinces fight each other. There are no visions so no coalition is made. Basically everything other than Azimir ends up in the control of either Taravangian or Odium. However Taravangian doesn't have any bargaining chips and thus looses the upcoming battle, and Odium wins.

Sadeas vs Szeth In Highprince Sadeas' tent, a glowing pen scribbled as he dictated. Words of Torol's creation: "To sweet Ialai, my light. Let's use spanreed vibrations, As god intended tonight. Without you I'm unwhole, There's a rift in my essence. I'd burn a canyon of souls, For the gift of your presence. Some lovers chase down kings, Or sweet-talk men's sisters. Call me one of those things, For I wed the Queen of Whispers. My love for you won't waver, For your safehand I'd still kill. I can't be your sonmaker, But I'll promise you a thrill. Much more I would describe, But our work never abates. I leave you with the scribe, My duel with Szeth awaits. I read the scouting report, He's too exposed on high kicks. And when exchanging retorts, He's prone to moral crisis. And there's another weakness, I needn't get in his head. That sword, in its uniqueness, Blathers there in my stead." Realizing he was rambling, Sadeas composed himself and exited into the evening air. The contest commenced. Here to duel, Stonewalker, At your oathstone's insistence? I thought you spit on rocks here, What a strange inconsistence. No, you're Dalinar's pet now, A man I used to obey. Thanks for Gavilar's take-down, It helped show me the way. Your Blackthorn has flaws, That make him unfit to rule. I ditched him because That drunk's the Tenth Fool. Your mentors serve elsewhere, Who's to say they're not right? With a solider you paired Just to keep picking fights. Naive as your weapon, You want evil to lose. But you can't say who's won With your morals confused. Killing makes you feel strong, You just like being ruthless. Until you know right from wrong, To me, you're still Truthless. Sadeas pointed at the Assassin in White's foot. Your soul is leaking. Ha! Made you look.

notifications anger my ocd. the red bubble must die and everything must be read.

She's pretty awesome. We've been together for about 8 months now, so it's been pretty awesome. She's blonde, and is a theatre kid, so we talk a lot about musicals, and she's just genuinely awesome

Tomorrow, I'm leaving for school camp for two nights, so I won't be on the Shard, and I'll be back on the evening of Mistborn's 20th anniversary

*Me panicking as I realize that I didn't account for it being EDT* Here is Kaladin's roast! It's not quite as completed as I wanted, and some parts don't flow as smoothly as I want. I just ran out of time in the end. But I am still quite proud of some parts of it, and I hope you all enjoy!!! Spoilers for all of SA and Misborn This was so hard, but it was so much fun!!! Thank you so much @Ashspren for doing this again! And @Ascended Grubberfly, great job on your roast, I was laughing so hard. And the rest of you did a great job as well, you made it look so easy!!!

Yep it's a scam, I've sent a ticket to Dragonsteel to report it

This absolutely is a scam site.

How are we defining "major" characters? Are we talking just POV characters? Or characters we watched die 'onscreen'? Do flashback deaths not count? Where do we draw the line? And how is Teft above it? Like why didn't Sadeas, Jezrien, Zane, Dockson, Clubs, Tindwyl, Teleb, Eshonai, Amaram, Graves, Tien, Leyton, Raboniel, Lezian, Ati, Leras, Rayse, Tanner, Denth, Praxton (and all the Sand Masters), Neturo (and all of the Honorbearers), Blushweaver, Heleran, Lin, Tyn, Mraize, Iyatil, etc. make the list? I'd argue most of these people matter more than Teft.

Well, I’m off to High Adventure We’re doing a survival “alone” type thing. And having the internet at your fingertips kinda ruins that. As such, I won’t be on the Shard till some point on July 2nd. Please don’t spam me with too many notifs, I’d like a chance to have some understanding of what’s happening. See yall in a few days. Also, based on a comment or two I’ve seen, I have a reputation?? How? I spend the majority of my time in SE. I only pop out between games and when I’m dead.

Chat I'm not gonna lie @Honors Spectral Image might have forever warped my opinion of the gays I went to a punk museum in LA, and whenever one of them was trans I was like 'ohhhh like honors ghost' cause honors ghost is the THE Trans punk lesbian

Off topic! I made a lil' guy on a skateboard! I'm bad at any type of art,btw

currently achieving my dream of being a cute pinterest girlie slow and steady but it is happening and i am so happy i feel so cute

me because i got through nine and a half hours straight every day last week of not looking at my phone but all of a sudden my attention span is COOKED what the sigma bro idk what happened but i can't go like 5 minutes without looking at my phone this is bad please send help

Guys i've been trying to be more healthy recently some examples are: 1. eating lunch daily ... yeah nothing else LOOK GUYS AT LEAST I'M TRYING yeah and so who knows when school starts back up again, but I've been trying this summer but today I was doing this fun climbing/repelling (which means jumping of a cliff (with a rope)) thing and it went until 3 and now it's almost dinner and uhhh my lunch was 2 chewy bars T^T ok guys I tried

bro i swear i thought i was having a fever dream last night i spent a week with my platonic crush/friend crush teaching middle schoolers how to sing and dance and we were texting last night and he was like "bro i adore you so much i hope you know" and i was like i HAVE to be hallucinating i was in fact not hallucinating you have to understand bro you gotta understand ive wanted to be friends with this kid for like going on five years and ive looked up to him forever and it's like he ADORES me??????????????? are we fr????? im gonna die bro im gonna die this is so great i love making new friends i also made friends with a different friend crush and she's amazing and said when she met me she thought i was super cool am i getting played bro best day ever >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'm so sorry, Kal Kal is my favorite character! It hurts to do this to him

There's no content warnings for this entry. Today I woke up at noon and ate two meals (which is good) and did some stuff and overall had a pretty good day. I did a bunch of stuff downstairs instead of hiding in my room and it felt better. Maybe not perfect, but it felt much much better. A little bit less bleak. And I wonder, is this normal enough? Is this what it was like before? I need more plans of things to do to look forwards to, I think. Tomorrow is an appointment for more HRT and maybe I'll get ice cream on the way back. It doesn't need to be stressful. My past still haunts me, yes. And there are issues I need to address that I cannot forget so easily. But it feels so... blissful to put them all aside for once. You may notice that this entry is suspiciously not heavy. I have realized that posting about terrible things and about the cruelty of everything almost contributes to materializing it in my life. While expressing emotion is good, sometimes it can become more of a flood than a stream you can control, and it overwhelms you. And then when every waking moment is spent worrying about that, it becomes hard to do anything else. So this is a test to see if things change in a positive direction instead. The truth is that I've known for a while that what you talk about influences how you feel. I've just never accepted that to be anything more than a cautionary note. Yet now I can see it, I can see that influence of lingering in the darkness for too long: it can make you forget about the light. The saying "look at the bright side of things" has always seemed like a naïve statement to make because I assumed things were more complicated. And they are, as much as I can tell. There is not going to be a magical cure to the problems I face and the cure will not be just to pretend that everything is perfectly good and fine. Doing that causes problems when sustained over time. But perhaps for a day or two, it can be a relief instead. An alleviation of suffering. A day of a perfect little primrose. Until it all comes crashing down.

Hello, everyone! Lifelong Alaskan here. I discovered Brandon Sanderson in 2019, when a rando on Reddit mentioned The Way of Kings in a popular thread. Since then, I've read many of his books. I still have the Cytoverse series, the Reckoners series, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, White Sand, The Sunlit Man, and the second half of the Alcatraz series ahead of me. I'm introducing my 10-year-old to Sanderson. Currently, we're about 15% through TWoK and nearly halfway through the Alcatraz series. (It's amazing how many more connections one makes on a second pass through epic novels like TWoK. I'm sure I'll eventually re-read it all a third time as well.) Someday, I hope to get my wife on board. HOBBIES I enjoy running, lifting, reading (especially biographies, fantasy, and sci-fi), listening to podcasts, listening to National Public Radio (NPR), playing video games with my wife and kids, and going on long walks. I'm also a longtime Colorado Avalanche and Denver Broncos fan. BACKGROUND I'm retired now. Over the years I've served as an active duty Army infantryman and Army Reserve engineer, worked as a legal aide during college, spent several years as a police officer, and later became a state investigator handling licensing investigations involving healthcare professionals. FAVORITE CHARACTER My favorite character is Hoid, followed by Kaladin.

i had a dream that i had long hair down to like my waist or the small of my back and it was cool and it was weird too and i yeahhh but the dream was weird cuz i also had the thought and plan to post about it (my dream of long hair) on here, THT. Maybe i woke up in the night and had the thought? idk. but yeah and also i was like.. aware of my regular hair? i in the dream looked in the mirror at my normal length irl hair and like..... compared it and knew and isk it was weird and also i went on the shard in th dream amaybe im spending too mcuh time here if i kepe dreaming of ittt. and also i had friends (maybe?) ehcih was cool and i kinda forget but... ee were doing something or walking sownwhere idk and it was maybe fun? basicaly i dreamed of myself more fem ... in multiple ways and yeah and in the dream ofc my doubts/oberthinking followed and i remember watching my feeelings or thoughts and/or wtvr and being like "do i like the longer hair? do i like being more fem? DO I??? What's that little doubt, hmmmmm????" and uhhhh yhe..... idk also i .... i get happy sometiems. hehe. thats unhelpful . i mean................ i like my how i look sonetimes? my body, kindam? mainly... either .. its not always when i look in the mirror its sientiems just the feel? like, i sometimes (like now, i think) am happy, hapy content with my self my body and i like how i look. i like dressing up, maybe i love it.. i love it. i dressed up (by dress up I just mean pick out a fit that i think lookss cute and that i like to wear and stuff). and my hair is nice (idk i have a big thing abt hair and have for a while... idk. its a big part of me, for me..) i painted my nails too (havnt in a bit, like a week or two or so), fonaly and i like them i think. i put on my jewlery. i went out and like got some food and a cofee, with fongerless gluvs and my nice shoes on that i love. idk. soemtimes i feel rlly girly or like i could be a girl.. when im myself or when im rrlaxing, i think. ehen im happy. maybe its the music. i hope its not only it. i put on my "cute" playlist so idk lol.. i just . .. love feeling clean and cute and ... i love wearing a nice fit... love ... love feeling like i can be a human and .. and .. interact withpeople. i eish i could preserve it. idk . oh and purse. i have a kinda purse and i like it i think and i wore that. i did have... maybe it was like overstim or sensory or whateve it was (or low blood sugar idk ) so i didnt ... feel gret tbh. but now im back out of public with myself with music in my room and i fele good. it might end soon or late r but .. idk. it might not even be from Gender Euphoria or something, but idk shrug. ado i dont wanna spiral aahain ado i dont wanna jave to think abt the causee waitttt aait wait i .. dotn remeber ........ what was it... i remmeber saying ot thining to myself "i dont wanna think abt it.." or yeah nvm eyeah it was something bht i wa simaging something else ... anyway uhhhh yeh idk what to do to make it last i think i feel it fading already ... whatever it is/was..

10/10 lunch (i'm breathing fire) (it's so spicy)

So, uhhh... A select 4 of you may have potentially noticed that I was offline for a few days. And as is tradition when I come back from a break, I must say something properly gollywonk. Thus, if you excuse me, I will go eat some femurs. Also, I somehow gained 2 rep. I think it was 2, anyway

A topics:suicidal-ideation Do NOT continue if you are not ready to confront those topics. This is your only warning. ### Fate has a funny way of catching up to us. But perhaps I've evaded it more than enough times. There's a calling to the world you experience naturally, one that makes you stay, makes you think. For some people this is goals. For others it may be their legacy. I am very much a person who cares about legacy. I want to leave a lasting impression on everyone I meet and know, I want them to remember me and never forget me. But now, I have to wonder, what after you impose your legacy? Is it finally time to fade? The world will keep turning without us. It will keep turning without me. I am not... needed, as it turns out. I do not matter. My calling has long since expired and I wonder, I wonder often... if maybe my time is waning. Because death does claim us all, but it's not always going to be by natural means. I already know the end. I just don't know when it arrives. Perhaps that will be soon. Perhaps it will be later. Purpose is so hard to find and even more to hold onto but there is one more thing I have left to cement before I go, the one string keeping my kite anchored in the hurricane: the strong compulsion to provide for others. I have already mentioned my dedication to this task before, in Permafrost which was more of a reflection. But this is an aspiration of mine, a hope. One day I want to be able to provide for as many people as possible. And in order to do that I need to be alive, I think. which means I need to take care of myself. I'm not very good at that, I'll have you know. I've lost about 15 pounds of weight in the last 2-3 weeks due to not eating which is... dangerous (especially considering I'm already barely within the "healthy range"- now I'm underweight) and I have actually awful hygiene habits. It's so hard to care about sustaining yourself further than just... being alive. But there's also a duty to have the capacity to provide, one that I've been neglecting. It's so hard to accept that I actually need to care now and that not caring is just no longer an option. But it is my duty, so I have to fulfill it. The suffering is never over. (essentially this is just bullying myself into not being depressed which is probably gonna just make me feel many times worse later)

WELCOME! *confetti* Here, have the new Welcome Tour I've been working on! *shines flashlight up at face* Once upon a time, Will, known as #1 Taln Fan, one of our moderators, locked the thread The Last Post Wins. It was for April Fools, but he forgot to unlock it, leading Sharders into a age of despair... Then, the Sharder @Usseewa created a thread. This thread. With the immortal intro post, quoted for centuries... "Here, take my hot potato!" Some Sharders began to post here, but not many. I myself, having just first posted a few days ago, a new Sharder, was among those first. A first, those Sharders chose to make it, indeed, a game of hot potato. With such words scarved into stone as: "*pulls out a jigsaw and three different kinds of compass*" - @Ink and Embers "Ooh! I like potatoes! Actually, now that I think about it... Not really. Darn." - @Conure1243 and more. The Sharders of this generation began to flock to this thread, and @GG0z finally joined. Next, for a over a hundred pages, was the Age of Star's Deaths. We would discuss random things while we killed @Stardust is every way imaginable, keeping a Death List and Leaderboard. It reached about 215 before the Age came to a close, and the List was declared finished. Now, we are a beutiful community of insanity, craziness, lunacy, and absurdity. Welcome... to The Last Post Loses.

Guys guys woah i got a 5 on art I got a 5 on CAPSTONE ill post art in a bit Ummmm Say here if you’re interested in seeing it

I do think that since the cosmere is a story, it makes certain things (such as plot armor) more justified. There are definitely some characters who abuse this much more blatantly than others, such as Kelsier. (hot take: Mistborn Secret History felt like someone's fanfic). I would've been fine if the only ever mention of Kelsier we got was at the end of bands of morning in the epilogue, and he became moreso a legend, but it appears someone has other plans and now Kelsier feels like an isekai protagonist. I think the main issue with meaningful deaths is that there has to be some kind of build up to it. Take Lightsong, who has a very well written death. His death was magnificent because his entire arc was building up to that point. If we had no Lightsong chapters at all, and he just decided to die without any narrative build-up, it would feel like a "get-out-of-jail free" card because of how conveniently he was posed at that moment. And the truth is that when you have build up to a character, it's hard to simply let that character go. Take for example, Paratulip's example fae just described of Kaladin being shanked by a singer and dying of infection. While realistic, it would leave a lot of people disappointed, because Kaladin is an amazing character and people really want to see more of. It would be disappointing, but even if that was intentional it'd still hurt the series in a way that would hurt the story over all. The closest thing I can think to is the web novel Worm (major spoilers for ~26.2 and onwards) I do think that if fake out deaths continue to happen, they'll lose power quickly unless really done right. And I hope to see more character deaths that perhaps are a bit more... permanent. Reoccurring characters are fine, but there's a point at which it becomes too much. And I think Brandon is a good enough author to recognize this. I don't know where I'm going with this but these are kinda just my thoughts yeah

I would like to apologize if I overstepped in any way I stepped in to comment on what I saw as a single-angled perspective, and I see now that’s not your stance ParaTulip, I’m really sorry for what you had to go through I agree that patriarchy-imposed societal expectations are a serious problem, and I don’t think any women should be pressured to do things they don’t want to

“AGFGHGFHHFHGHFGH I'M VIBRATING” - @Kansas Stormcursed, 2026

i have a different kind of love for Canary in a Coal Mine (by the crane wives)

FSY’s almost over. Which is really sad. I absolutely love the people I met here. They are amazing. But today’s our last day before it ends. Can’t wait to take what I’ve learned here though. The devotionals were amazing. I’m so grateful for my counselors though. The two of them are absolutely amazing for putting up with the 16 of us all week. This wouldn’t have been the same without them

I've made it in... I'm leaving them a little surprise.

WAIT GUYS I THINK I JUST MADE A FRIEND WHAT IS THIS CRAZINESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ADVICE?!?!?!

Ah, age 17. I guess I can watch R-rated movies in theaters on my own now, which is cool I guess. Still, kinda terrifying how close I am to being an adult.

Marketing is one of those few jobs where if you can convince everyone to think you are the best in the business, you probably are.