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Tau is so much better. It'd make learning the unit circle far easier. Half the circle would be tau/2. Way better! In basically every physics formula, it's always 2pi. That really should indicate that 2pi is the correct one. I mean, when the hell do we even is C = pi * d? Use the radius! The radius is the important one. You might say, "But Eric what about A = pi*r^2?" To which I'd say, A = 1/2 tau*r^2 is very symmetric with the kinetic energy formula. That 1/2 should be there anyway, due to integration. In fact, I thought that one argument against tau was that the standard normal distribution had a single sqrt(pi) rather than sqrt(2pi), but nope! It does have a 2pi. I guess the integral from -infinity to infinity of e^(-x^2) has the sqrt(pi)... So anyway, I'm a math professor who loves tau. I'm not at all a fan of pi day, and I won't stand for this pi propaganda merely because "well then we can have pie on pi day". Lame. I spend pi day in my math tutoring center explaining why tau is superior.

This is just something I wrote right now If it doesn’t make very much sense I apologize I’m really tired and running a fever It’s mostly just an explosion of thought Also note that this isn’t addressed to anyone here It’s aimed at another group of people (Yes Coder I know I should add paragraphs and indentation)

“When we step outside, we step into God’s classroom.”—Elder Gong ”Touch grass.”—also Elder Gong Also, one of my favorite verses from 2 Nephi 9 is verse 48.

We've known it's possible to push on metalminds since The Final Empire-- we saw Vin do it to Rashek's bracers (which were even harder to push due to their piercing his skin). It comes down to Invested objects resisting being affected by other Investiture, and a more Invested object resists more and so takes more strength to affect. The Bands of Mourning were extremely Invested (well, before they were drained at least) and so they would take a lot of strength to affect. Far more than an everyday era 2 Allomancer could muster, apparently. Sazed's metalminds were very small (you're referring to the bag of rings, I think?) and so would hold far less Investiture, even when full, than the Bands did. Marsh was a more concentratedly powerful Allomancer (as all were in era 1) and also may have had enhanced steel Allomancy (I don't recall if we know how many relevant spikes he had, but we know you can stack Allomantic power by adding more) and may have had some of Ruin's own power to draw on (though I think that latter possibility is pretty shaky). So, Wax's maximum Allomantic strength was less than Marsh's, possibly far less, while he also had far more Investiture resisting his efforts than Marsh did.

This is a thread where we will post about the best moments of any Sharder who decides to/ has to leave the Shard, most likely permanently. List of fallen soldiers: @Verdance @NerdSandwich @Through The Living Glass @Rynturning_Light @I Am A Fish @Kansas Stormcursed @Bird Furious @Mist @Vapor @Condensation @Channelknight Fadran @Thaidakar the ghostblood @The Great Wyver

This one was interesting for me. I both loved and hated TSM. As a standalone book I think it was terrible, as while the plot was interesting the character and emotional beats felt really flat. As a part of the cosmere it was amazing and I loved it, as it revealed so much about how investiture works and how to look at the cosmere. I've honestly decided to just think of it as a canonized WoB rather than a book unto itself.

This may seem confusing at first, but will make sense when you finish reading. First, you have to know Binary, and how to convert it to normal base 10 numbers. In binary, everything is a 1 or a 0, and instead of, for example, a 1s 10s and 100s place like in base 10 (normal numbers), it has a 1s, 2s, and 4s place with the value multiplying by 2 each time instead of 10. For example, let's decode 0010101. The 1 on the right is in the ones place. Current total: 1 The next number to the left is a 0, in the twos place. Add nothing. Current total: 1 The next number to the left, a one, is in the fours place. Add 4 to the total. Current total: 5 The next number to the left is a 0, in the eights place. Add nothing. The number to the far left is a 1, in the 16s place. Add 16 to the total. Current total: 21 There are now no more non-zero numbers to the left, so we are done. 0010101 (binary) is equal to 21 (base 10). Now that you know how to convert from binary to base 10, you can begin creating a single Brickish letter, represented by one word "brick", except the case of each letter matters. An uppercase letter maps to a 1, and a lowercase to a 0. For example, bRiCk would be 01010. Now, to actually create a letter. Each letter gets a number, which corresponds to its place in the alphabet. If you can't figure out what place in the alphabet a letter has, or what letter in the alphabet a number becomes, sing the ABCs in your head and count on your fingers. For example, the A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, etc. To make a letter in Brickish, first find the letter's number. Then encode that number into binary. If the resulting binary number is less than 5 digits long, pad the left side with 0s. For example, 101 would become 00101 to make it 5 digits. If you do this correctly, it should never be more than 5 digits. Now, map that number to the word "brick", where capitals are 1 and lowercase letters are 0. For example, 00101 becomes "brIcK". YAY! You just made a letter in brickish! Now, formatting. Letters (bricks) are separated by spaces - brick brick brick Words are separated by newlines. brick brick brick brick brick brick brick would be 3 words. Now of course, you will never see a normal all-lowercase "brick" in Brickish, because that maps to a 0, and there is no 0th letter of the alphabet. Here is a full example of decoding the Brickish letter "BrICk". Convert to binary. 10110 Convert to base 10. 16 + 0 + 4 + 2 + 0 = 22 Sing the abcs and finger count to find the right letter. 22 maps to the letter V. DONE!!! Finally, the last thing you need to know to be fluent in Brickish: how to convert base 10 to binary, to create a word. Let's use 19 as an example. First, we create the left most digit in the 5 digit binary sequence, the one in the 16s place. If your number is more than 16, that digit will be a 1, and subtract 16 from your number. Current binary: 1, current number: 19-16 = 3 Now we do the same thing for the 8s place. 3 is less than 8, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 10 Now the 4s place. 3 is less than 4, so we put a 0 there. Current binary: 100 Now the 2s place. 3 is more than 2, so we subtract 2 from it and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1001 Finally, the 1s place. 1 is equal to 1, so we subtract one and put a 1 there. Final binary: 10011 THE FULL PROCESS OF CREATING THE WORD "hey": H is number 8 in the alphabet. 8 maps to 01000 in binary. 01000 maps to bRick in brickish E is number 5 in the alphabet. 5 maps to 00101 in binary. 00101 maps to brIcK in brickish. Y is number 25 in the alphabet. Let's go through the process of turning this into binary. 16s place: is 25 more than or equal to 16? Yes. Subtract 16 (new number 9) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 1. 8s place: is 9 more than or equal to 8? Yes. Subtract 8 (new number 1) and put a 1 there. Current binary: 11. 4s place: 1 < 4, so use a 0. Current binary: 110. 2s place: 1 < 2, so use a 0. Current binary: 1100. 1s place. 1 = 1, so subtract 1 (new number 0) and put a 1 there. Final binary: 11001 Now that it is in binary, we just need to map it to capitals and lowercases of the word brick. 11001 maps to BRicK. FINAL RESULT: bRick brIcK BRicK It seems like a long process, but you will get faster at it.

A lot of the major points of contention have already been mentioned, so I'll add that there is a lot of great stuff in WaT but that the execution was poor. Lots of great individual moments but poor connections and structure between them. Especially when compared with other SA books. A lot of stuff is technically there, in a check-the-box sense, but it was a less elegantly written book than the earlier volumes (a problem I feel has been increasing across Cosmere books, generally). Judged only by itself, it's maybe a 3 star book, 4 depending on personal taste and generosity. Judged as a SA book against the other four, it's probably more firmly a 3. Judged as a SA book and the scope of expectations it set up, I'd rate it as a 2.x. "Fine" is a damning assessment of a book which caps a well-regarded flagship series. A lot of the dialogue was weak, but more significant for me was how much most characters speak in the same way now. Gaz and Shallan should speak differently, and they used to. Characterization suffered a lot, particularly in more subtle writing that the previous books had. There was filler and bloat which was mechanically imposed. People can argue about what constitutes "filler", but it became clear long before the climactic portion of the book that none of the separate plot threads were going to resolve, or even change much, before the others-- the fighting at the Shattered Plains was not going to be over any sooner nor any later than the fight in Azir, nor the spiritual realms exposition, nor anything else. It drained a lot of the tension and investment to know that none of the characters' situations were going to really change for the next few hundred pages. The buildup for plot events was enormous, but much of what actually happened was pretty flat in comparison. El's huge, game-changing stratagem for which Taravangian was willing to pay such a high price was... bring more soldiers to the front (and it failed!). The contest ended up being a pretty minor and dull event. Some of that is by design, I think, as its conclusion was meant to repudiate the cycles of violence and conquest that had governed Roshar since the Desolations began. But it also lacked a lot of strong narration-- there weren't moments like Kaladin leaping onto the Tower, or Dalinar walking alone out of Thaylenah with only a book in his hands. Exposition dumps abounded. Dalinar and Navani's stories over almost the entire book were nothing but watching a historical documentary about Roshar, and that also removed them from events. The Shinovar portion was just a tunnel, with Kaladin and Szeth moving from points A to B to C to D to E (etc.). Few, if any, decisions for the characters to make, few surprises, little suspense. The fight sequences were cool and exciting. But I really expected more than that for two of the series' most important and dynamic characters-- in terms of character development and depth of presentation, there was nothing for them on par with Way of Kings or Words of Radiance. A lot of the novelty and creativity about Radiant powers had already been used or was already reserved for future revelations, and the power inflation of characters had already reached extreme levels. That's not the book's fault, but it still makes for a rougher comparison to other SA books. And some characters were just removed from the field entirely. There is a lot to like about WaT, and I suspect I will enjoy it more on re-reads than I did during my first pass. I don't think that anyone who loves it is wrong to do so, but I don't think that it should be that shocking that others feel differently. There's quite a bit of rough around the gems, though the gems are as valuable as they ever were.

ALL HAIL THE COSMIC BRICK!!!

Uhhhhhhhhhhh yes hehe Ash Porfa call me Ash To try Heheheh I'm honestly having some very confusing feelings in the past few days. Past two maybe. Or three. I lose track of time, I thought multiple times today that it was already Friday... I journaled about everything a fair amount (I've gotten back into journaling as of a few weeks ago and have been doing it every day or nearly since). Like... where to start I mean also there have been changes that could be impacting it. I got a new med around the same time or a day before I started thinking about this. I also changed my presentation a bit (dyed hair, finally wearing shorts, other stuff too). Like also I'm wearing what i call to myself my depressing hoodie cuz it's black and either makes me more depressed or dysphoric when i wear it or that's just my imagination. oh yeah im depressed again tehe now that the worst anxiety has lifted im tired and depressed. yay... or maybe i was already tired and depressed idk. but uhh.... im just questioning everything about my gender and sometimes i hate it and idk and like for maybe an hour or less i felt strongly like Ash and was even gonna test run it with my dnd group, but then i backed out and like didn't feel it *as* strongly/intensely? And everything is weird *gahhhhhh* i considered genderfluid but idk i worry im just thinking im enby cuz im depressed or dysphoric or something else but i also have never liked having gendered terms used on me at least not the feminine one and i for the life of me cant remember/know if the masc ones bothered me or not, and that makes me worry im actually just cis/male and that all of this was a waste or smth even though ive changed SO much, for the better and some for the worse, but I finally feel human so that's good but i used to, and sometiems still, disliked when people used they/them pronouns on me (in a good-intentioned way, ofc). Then other times it was nice. Though also that was before I was out, and it was an alternative to the other... Sometimes I kinda want no pronouns or gendered terms, and sometimes not even a name. Maybe just cuz I don't like whatever i was/am using in that time. and i know there's such a thing as agender, and im not sure And i could be enby but they/she or she/they, right? (as opposed to they/them, or something else.) What if im masc... i feel a sense of either masc or like....... fem and enby, or masc enby or masc fem (like a girl but kinda masc. I think there's a word for that, demiboy or demigirl or smt or demiguy, right?) but......... idk cuz i just feel like im switching everything up every so often from music taste to clothing to my name or username or pronouns ughhhh my music taste has went from sabrina carpenter olivia rodrigo katy perry etc. to nirvana grunge stuff to j-pop to indie rock and random new stuff rock/metal (or, back to?) and my clothing/style is shifting too, and like... idk. And same with what colors of clothing i like, what types, and ughh it feels like nothing is real/permanent so why bother and why commit and why enjoy it too much if it'll go away/change? How can I say I'm a girl or an enby or whatever? How can I say "I like _____" (skirts, purple, fingerless gloves, hoodies, black, etc...)? My interests, too. Everything I like and enjoy or once did. Who I am. I'm so confused...

ICANTUPVOTE!!!!

You're looking at the two dimensional projection of the three dimensional space - the Z axis is completely missing from this map and you can't accurately estimate distances between stars. While Roshar and Scadrial might look fairly close on the XY axes, on the Z axis they might be separated by dozens or hundreds of light years and the opposite might be true when considering their distance to the Drominad system. And while we know this image represents a real sky visible from some location in Cosmere, we don't know where it is and how far away from other stars is that place.

Book too big. Make book smaller. It's hard to review because it's so big and has so many different storylines. I enjoyed the lore dumps of the new visions and Tanavast POVs. Kaladin's mission felt too videogamey go defeat the guardians of the temple to unlock the triforce type of thing. I felt like we didn't get enough of where people lived in Shinovar. The big loophole in the contract being capturing the capitals was a little disappointing. It was confusing how Taravangian can kind of fudge things in that regard, but Hoid is like "we can't change the laws that would be cheating". El didn't do much after a big buildup. BAM literally didn't do anything after a big build up. Rhlain and Renarin freeing her was a nice touch calling back to when she was trapped. I thought the ending worked well. Having Shallan playing Hide and Seek in the Visions felt a little redundant. We see the visions through Dalinar and then we see them through Shallan. I was definitely poisoned by Brandon saying the book would wrap up the front 5 arc and it didn't except for Dalinar. Looking forward to the Voidlight archives (Warlight whatever). Dismayed that it might be another 6.5 years before the new release.

My Lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady We built it up in fun and games With wood and clay, wood and clay And before they could wash away Oh my fair lady We built it up with bricks and mortar But they’re just weights upon our shoulders We built this bridge with bricks and mortar Oh my fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady What if we tried with iron and steel Iron and steel, iron and steel They’d bend and bow, so says the story My fair lady They say that there lies silver and gold Across the bridge, make that our goal We’ll cross the bridge for silver and gold My fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady There sits a man who guards all night There’s silver and gold dying in the sky And some things I won’t try to fight Oh my fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady The guard just sits and smokes his pipe I watch the fading dying light The sun’s below the horizon My fair lady I watch the smoke rise from the pipe Watch the fire flare and die Sun is setting one last time My fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady London Bridge is falling down Falling down, falling down London Bridge is falling down My fair lady, my fair lady London Bridge is falling down Oh my fair lady

“Spite and gayness.” - @Kansas Stormcursed, June 2026 THE NEXT DAY but no one else posted so I have to edit ”merp is merp.” - @Shatter, 2026

"Good" and "bad" are extremely subjective, as is artistic merit. While I agree that popularity is not a good metric for how worthwhile something is as a piece of art (which, for the record, also applies to one liking it as well as disliking it), it is absolutely a good metric for whether or not it is well liked, which is what the question "do you like WaT" in this thread actually asks. I agree that, if someone dislikes WaT and their only critique of it is that the dialogue was too modern, that seems like a thin reason to me. It may nevertheless be true: if someone doesn't like the book, and that's the reason, then they don't like it because of the dialogue. Just because we might be baffled at how that would ruin the book for them (I found the modernity to be pretty rare, though it did stick out) doesn't mean that it can't actually be the reason someone didn't like it. Some people are really frustrated that their preferred romantic pairings didn't happen, and if that alone leaves them disappointed in the book then that's the reason, even if it's something I happen not to care about at all. Telling people that they're wrong about why they didn't like something, and that the real reason they didn't like it can only be because they're shallow and stupid, isn't any less shallow than the critiques you refuse to entertain. I'm sure that some people really did dislike WaT for reasons like you suggest. But it's an error to say that that's the only way people could dislike it. Comparing WaT to earlier SA entries, I found the writing to be less polished and more formulaic, the plotting and pacing less natural, the characterization far weaker, the dialogue worse (though not particularly due to being too modern), the development and presentation of themes and ideas far more crude and less intriguing, and the worldbuilding details less imaginative and less smoothly integrated into the narrative and prose. None of that makes the things the book does well any less good. But I think that the book could have accomplished everything you claim about it while also being better written than it was-- my issues are not about what the book was supposedly trying to do but rather about the execution of the attempt. People may disagree with any or all of those opinions I hold, and even for those who do agree these items may not have detracted from their experience as much as they did mine. But others may feel similarly, or have other complaints that negatively impacted their enjoyment of the book. I'm glad that you liked it. It's really disrespectful and arrogant to tell others that they're too foolish and incompetent to appreciate the book or even know their own thoughts about it, based primarily on their not liking it so much. There is absolutely room for real critique, and disagreeing with your enthusiasm is not an impressive heuristic for dismissing that.

"Oop! My head exploded again. Glad I learned to speak through my neck and hands after last time." - @Conure1243

Marsh's ability appears to be extremely strong when compared to the small amount of things likely stored in the metalmind to begin with; the Bands are likely filled to the brim with whatever it is that they're filled with and thus resist steelpushing more

Howdy folks I’m not entirely sure what I am or if I even belong here First I thought I was straightforwardly bi, then I thought I was biromantic/asexual, then demisexual And now I really have no idea I’ve been trying to do some research to varying degrees of success As best I can tell, I experience both romantic and sensual attraction but have little to no interest in sex itself And romantic/sensual attraction only with people I’ve already known for a long time and already gotten close to So Yeah I don’t know lol It’s complicated

somewhere around pentagon... Duo is coming for me... If I were a vessel of a Shard, I would go insane... or I would be dead

Hi all, Long-ish time lurker and Brandon Sanderson fan. I actually discovered him through the Infinity Blade novellas about fifteen years ago because I was obsessed with those iPad games. I’ve recently finished writing my first fantasy novel and have started thinking about where to take the sequel. In the process, I’ve found myself revisiting a lot of the worldbuilding decisions that shaped the project, so I figured I’d finally make an account and post. Before anything else: What are noble gases? In chemistry, noble gases are the elements on the far-right side of the periodic table. Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon, and Oganesson. They’re known for being unusually stable because their outer electron shells are already full. That idea of stability eventually became the foundation for an entire fantasy world. Worldbuilding The setting is called The Shell. The name comes directly from electron shells (hehehe). Noble gases are unusually stable because their outer electron shells are already full, and I liked the idea of a world built around that same principle. The people living there don’t know it, but their world was deliberately designed to feel complete. Because they're so stable and self-sufficient, nobody has ever traveled the world except for one explorer from over a century before the book's events, and the main character. The Shell consists of six continents separated by vast seas. Rather than cultures naturally developing into what they became, many of their defining traits were intentionally built into them by the world’s creator, O.G. The book teases him as being called O.G. because he's the "original", but there's more to that as you will see below. He wanted each continent to reflect something about its corresponding noble gas. 1. Hent was inspired by helium. It’s the smallest continent in the world, and O.G. imagined it as a place of simplicity. Its settlements are modest and mostly wooden, and they like riding air balloons. 2. Novalcy came from neon. When I think of neon, I immediately think of signs and city lights, so O.G. designed Novalcy to be a place where entertainment and self-expression thrive especially through endless concerts. The continent experiences unusually long nights so they always use their neon lights. 3. Atoraiva was built around argon’s role in welding and manufacturing. O.G. wanted a continent defined by work and physical labor. Most of the heavy industry in the setting ended up there, and the average resident is just ripped as hell. 4. Kerrithe draws from krypton’s use in lasers and scientific equipment. O.G. designed it around efficiency and precision. It became the most technologically advanced continent, and I found myself repeatedly giving its cities glass structures simply because the image felt right. 5. Xhasenthor was inspired by xenon. Xenon appears in a wide variety of applications like propulsion systems in aircraft (which are used for ships instead in the book), and O.G. used that versatility as the foundation for the largest continent in the world. The world is your standard "kingdom", if you get what I mean. 6. Ruin was inspired by radon. Radon is unstable and radioactive, which immediately made it the outlier. O.G. never intended Ruin to support civilization in the same way as the other continents. It remains uninhabited, and most people in the setting know it only through the accounts of the only person to ever travel the world. OK I PROMISE that this is just a coincidence, but I named it Ruin years as a rough idea before I ever read Hero of Ages. I'm a chemist and I had this idea in my college years lol. The connection came entirely from Radon’s instability and decay. The creator of the world is a being known as O.G., short for Oganesson. Unlike the other noble gases, Oganesson doesn’t occur naturally. It was first synthesized in a laboratory in Dubna, Russia, in 2002, and exists only briefly (around 0.89 milliseconds) before decaying. That detail fascinated me when I first learned about it. In my setting, O.G. became a sentient being because the element oganesson was that powerful and the scientists didn't even expect it. He inherited the defining property of his element: decay. From the moment of his creation, he understood that his existence was temporary. However, he also discovered that he could create his own world and control its dimensional frame. Because time passes differently between realities, what measured as less than a millisecond in the world of his creation could stretch into centuries within a world of his own design. O.G. is therefore not a deity who always existed, but the architect of The Shell and the force responsible for many of its fundamental design choices. The world exists because a dying consciousness chose to leave something behind. Magic System The magic system is called Valemancy. The name comes from valency (hehehehe), which is basically the number of electrons an elements must gain or lose to be stable. I really did not want it to sound like Allomancy too, but Valemancy and valency was right there. (Vale is also a reference to this wind-based mage in a MOBA I play.) The system revolves inhaling the noble gas particles and each particle allows different effects. The main protagonist, Cielo, can channel these because he's of Noble blood (get it, because noble gases hehehe). Helium allows Cielo to float because, well, helium. Neon can allow him to locate someone and see them glow with neon colors. Argon, because it's used in welding, gives him a protective barrier. Krypton, known for laser systems, allows him to dash. Xenon allows him to heal because it's used in anesthesia. Radon, being used in tracking air mass quality, allows him to see all the noble gases around him. One thing I always appreciated about Brando’s magic systems is that limitations matter. I’ve tried to do something similar. The body can only channel so much before exhaustion becomes a problem, and most users spend more time dealing with those limits than discovering new applications. He can also use them as long as there's enough of the noble gases. Unlike Allomancy, this doesn't have to be ingested but just inhaled. At the climax of the first book, Cielo learns to channel Valemancy but doesn't fully master it. While writing those scenes, I kept thinking about Vin's progression as she learned Allomancy throughout Mistborn. Cielo ends up drawing upon multiple branches of Valemancy in rapid succession while pushing himself far beyond what should be possible. He guides O.G.'s decay. Because if he didn't, O.G. will take the world, The Shell, with him because this is kind of like "unstable decay". What’s Next? The first book ends with The Shell being permanently changed and not as "stable" as it once was. For the sequel, I’m debating how much to expand Valemancy. I don’t want to introduce a completely separate system, and the comparison I keep coming back to is like how duralumin was introduced in Well of Ascension. That’s the direction I’m currently leaning, and I wonder if I should maybe use some of the other non-noble gas elements, or do Element 119 somehow. For those of you who write hard magic systems, how do you decide when to add something new versus exploring what already exists? Also, if anyone has attempted to build a fantasy setting around a scientific concept, I’d love to hear how you approached it.

Hey everyone. I kinda feel like I'm interrupting a little. Been away for a little bit, but I just need to say this I think. I started on this forum when I was feeling kinda better and hoped to be of more help here. But my meds have been messing with me pretty bad. I had been feeling better, or thought I was, then my anxiety starting coming back and now has surpassed what it ever was to begin with with. Luckily I see my doc today. Hopefully we can find out a solution. I feel like I've been on so many now, I can't believe any more are left. I'm not even sure what's me and what's the medicine at this point. I don't feel like I even know what's actually the problem. According to several different doctors, I'm like borderline for all kinds of stuff, but nothing definitive other than depression and anxiety. Makes it feel like a generic diagnosis, even though I think that's still enough on it's own. This week has been the first time in a little while that I wanted nothing more than just to give up. Just pack my things, get my girlfriend, then drive into the woods and disappear. I'm no outdoorsman, I'd definitely cry the first time I had to kill anything at all to survive, so that probably isn't a great idea. Still seems better than the alternative of sitting at work trembling and fidgeting because I can't sit still. How does everyone deal with these changes? The constant up and down?

So uhm I think I might be enby? But not sure... and uhh I also thought of a name that I Kinda might wanna try using and I'm also not sure cuz now I've maybe supressed it or out of it back to feeling normal/"normal" so uhh and idk how to feel about anything and everything is confusing and uhmmm i also feel bad if i just switch my name *again* and people gotta use a new name and what if i switch it agaaain and aghhh and what if ..

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@The Great Wyver All the powder you threatened to give Spartan...

Lol thanks guys. Should note that I am still around, mostly when I'm pinged. I'll rarely post or reply otherwise, but I am technically still here ish

Thank you. im in the EST time zone, im thinking i wont be on again after midnight, however the rest of my day shakes out. so can we stop talking about this and have some fun… *cringes* one last time? (Verdance is going hooooome (teach them how to say goodbye), verdance is going home (you and iiiiiiiiii))

Hi, everyone! I’m Irvin, and I’ve read 11 Brandon Sanderson books so far. The funny thing is, my first one is probably not a lot of others’ first. My first was… Infinity Blade Awakening HAHAHAHAHAHA I was so obsessed with the games on the iPad, that I just had to read the two novellas when they came out. The others I’ve read are the Mistborn Trilogy, 3 out of 4 COVID secret project books (the Cosmere ones), Warbreaker, Isles of the Emberdark, and The Emperor’s Soul. Wanna do Mistborn Era 2 next, but I also have other books in my backlog that I wanna clear first. Excited to join the community!

Coolness doesn’t matter. I can’t replace you, and I don’t want to. I doubt anyone can ever truly replace someone they lost. If they can, they never really cared. We all care, and there will always be a place here for you, if you choose to return

I’m sorry. I wish I could comfort you. The best I can do is offer this from Kansas’ signature. I don’t know what it’s from. ”She told me to look up and scream, it's not your fault that people leave. IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT PEOPLE LEAVE. IT'S NOT MY FAULT.” I wish he would stay, but I can’t wish I could stop him. I don’t want to stop anyone from doing what they feel is right unless it is really wrong (ie murder) and I support whatever he chooses. I will really miss him, but I’ll support him in anything, including this if that’s what he feels he needs to do. He knows what he needs to do.

Had to make this one before @Ironwill2112 could get to it. (And hopefully the poll works out well, because it has been a while since I’ve made one and I’m doing it on mobile) So, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. The best secret project, and my favorite non-Stormlight book that Brandon Sanderson has written. Why? Well despite this book having moments that make me cringe extremely hard (Yumi’s first meeting with Akane, I’m looking at you) Yumi and Painter’s relationship hits hard for me, and the book’s high moments are incredibly strong. Yumi and Painter at the fair, Painter protecting Yumi from the stable nightmare, and the penultimate scene of Painter painting Yumi are all incredible, emotionally resonant scenes. I don’t want this to be too long, though there’s a lot more I could talk about, but I’ll add this: despite what Hoid might think about the matter, this book getting a happy ending makes it a better story.

Not at all. There are plenty of works that I think are not very good but still enjoy. There are works that I think are well done, meticulously crafted and just what the creator wished, but that I don't enjoy. The group that disliked the book has been pretty vocal about why, and the sum of their complaints (voiced or not) is what leads to the assessment of the book's quality. I have a difficult time seeing it as a sign of respect to immediately reject someone's stated reason for why they disliked something, and then assert a totally different reason they never expressed as the reason that is unquestionably correct. Rejecting a view out of hand is the opposite of taking it seriously. It doesn't seem like you're engaging in any inquiry about people's opinions (in this thread at least, which obviously isn't the only one and isn't necessarily representative), instead saying that a variety of expressed opinions can only be wrong both as descriptions of the book and also as description of their own preferences. And it's not like you're raising those points when people say they liked the book because the fight scenes were great or Kaladin is soo coooool or subverting structure necessarily produces great works or whatever. It's only the people who feel differently than you about the book that are told to justify their feelings and rationales to you, or else have them dismissed as false and irrelevant. As I read your posts in this thread I come away with the impression that you think people who disliked WaT mainly felt that way because they are addicted to the narrative structure used in the first three SA books, are incapable of appreciating or enduring that structural change, are incapable of expressing (or even knowing) that that change is what they disliked, and so blindly grasp at an arbitrary (and invalid) detail and wrongly identify it as the explanation, then utterly commit to it anyways in some sort of fumbling, belligerent ignorance. It's a description of someone foolish and shallow. Comments like "most people are very bad at understanding why like certain things over others beyond the purely superficial: if people find the plot boring, or are disappointed by the ending, the real question is why they feel these things" and "Naturally, this is going to upset the people, who feel attached to ideals being deconstructed, which happens to be a substantial part of the fandom. But since these people are not truly capable of the literary analysis to articulate why WaT discomforts them, they randomly latch on to superficial details that they did not like and fetishize them as being the reason why they feel this way" really radiate contempt and denigration, especially when dismissing those people's opinions (both their evaluation of the book as well as why they evaluated it that way). Maybe that's not your actual sentiment and we're dealing with forum-induced lack of clarity or poor articulation. I don't want to assert the contents of your own mind to you, but I suspect most people will read what was written as an intentional, proudly-delivered insult rather than a gambit in an open, good-faith discussion.

Nothing extremely wordy I’ve been only writing snippets recently, but still:

Unfathomably peak

I think I know who it is, its that guy from the Warbreaker Prologue whos gives his Breaths to Vasher before being killed by him.

I don't have a quote book, but I am quoted often in other people's quote books. As evidenced by my foot quote.

Then you should!

“Perhaps,” he said, looking up towards the stars. “Whatever else might be said, at least the world chose a nice night upon which to end.” -Wit in Words of Radiance Wit stepped over to Shallan, then quietly folded his arms around her. She trembled, then twisted, burying her face in his shirt. “You’re not a monster, Shallan,” Wit whispered. “Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.” “I am.” “No, for you see, it flows in the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.” -Wit in Oathbringer.

I thought it would be nice for everyone under the a-spec to have a place to gather and chat So, here we are If anyone is unfamiliar with the term “a-spec” (because I was until like yesterday): A shortened term for “a-spectrum” that refers to those that fall on the asexual, aromantic, and agender spectrums I personally identify as aromantic Welcome y’all

Parshendi escaped the palace and the city at the same time Szeth was on the rampage. Only after Gavilar was killed did Parshendi leaders reveal themselves as the perpetrators, but due to overall chaos it still took Alethi hours before they realized that the rest of the Parshendi had fled the city. They sent 100 horsemen after them, but they all were killed by Szeth who was still with Parshendi. Alethi never stood a chance in capturing them. As for the navigation problem, Eshonai was probably more or less aware how to return home simply just by remembering the way to Kholinar, but let's not forget that Venli had Ulim with her. He could have guided them home from hideout to hideout and thus even if Alethi were to send more people after them, they would have slim chances of finding them. However, it is doubtful that Alethi sent anyone after the initial pursuers were lost, it was just too costly and risky and they probably didn't have any sizable force on standby that could have been sent after Parshendi. They were already gearing up for the war so why would they try to capture Parshendi if they were going to find them on a battlefield anyway? WoR Prologue:

Thanks I might look into getting that but i cant right now thanks tho thanks tess idk, genderflux sounds maybe relatable to me, but idk im so unsure about everything and just feel very different than I did recently. might not even have to do with gender, who knows? but i don't know what name or pronouns to use, like i kinda panic a little when i think of it? This is recently, at least. i don't feel female, am im too scared to consider if i feel male (cuz im scared ill end up detransitioning). I feel kinda enby but it's hard to describe, and a lot of it is presentation and how I feel? Idk what to feel or say though in case it's wrong or not good. I kinda feel like someone I know who's enby. At least I feel like how they look and act? Idk. But then I worry I'm just copying them... I just feel weird also, about my body kinda. I also looked in the mirror this morning and im wearing not a hoodie anymore but a different cardigan type thing and anyway my shoulders looked so broad and i hated it and hated it and idk ugh i wanted to make them less wide/broad but i cant and couldnt, i tried pressing my arms up against myself or hunching or dropping shoulders or moving them around and it didnt work so i just gave up cuz i had to leave for somewhere anyway. TW SH and idkkkk i look at my face and am reminded of this ugly photo i took of myself last year that i hated and hate and ugh i hate that my face still looks like that even if the hair makes it much better. i wish i could change my eye color (no contacts or anything, just like "magically") and my face shape, or like yeah so I'm not reminded of how i used to look and i stop seeing it. also my hair is weird and doesn't look that good cuz idk. the dye is great but the shape isn't... It looked amazing after the hair dye stuff but now i haven't really like done much to it (comb/brush, hair products, etc. Aside from, like, washing it, yk) and haven't had much time anyway, so idk but i look like a mess imo but my outfits are rlly nice i think, at least i like them but.... there's something about them. but idk what to do or who i am anymoree i hate myself cuz of something ughhhh help and can i take hrt even if im enby? do i even need/want it... (im currently taking it, btw) idk i... HATE the thing i used to be, and i love who I've become both in mind and body like clothing and stuff. I feel finally like i can be someone and allow myself to find out who that is, kinda. So like.. i feel.. somewhat content or satisfied, even if not fully? I don't know if that's a good thing or not, though. I feel like I'm finally someone I like, which I guess is good but I'm scared that since I stopped hating myself/my body as much, then that means I'm not trans? Hmm, haven't expressed/thought that yet. cool. ehat do i do and what do i want? i... did have a daydream-ish, lying in my bed yesterday writing in my diary. I think it wss yesterday, at least... But I imaged Ash, who looked exactly as I did and wore the same clothes, but (idk Ash's pronouns but I used she/her?) she was like.. who I wanted to be, kinda. I pictured her confident, like actually confident and comfortable, and.. playing sports, which I basically don't do, but kinda might want to? At least in theory. It seems too late for me now tho... Anyway... Yeah. And when I think of "me", I don't know what name to use... and i don't like it really... i feel like i hide a lot, though. oh ado i must look so awkward but sometimes i *am* like Ash, i think. like with my d&d group, cuz I've been with them for a while now and they're... kinda like friends, yk? Idk. And Sometimes i feel like that too with other people, and can actually talk and be engaged and interested and talk and have a ... different ... posture (as in, sitting up and not hunchback-of-notre-dame, head down kneading hands type crap). Sigh anyway.. ive also just been sad and tireddddddd cuz I haven't been getting quite enough sleep lately oh ado.. ive been falling asleep (not literally, though. Sometimes almost..) basically all times of day, morning afternoon evening etc. by the time it's evening or late evening i basically can't stay awake. possibly from meds too hehe.. they make me ssssleeeppyy but how can i tell if tiredness or depression or dysphoria or somethingggg how can i tell difference? and......... idk coughcoughimjustramblingatthispoint idk i just feel no connection to gender hmm idk howdo i know if its from meds or not thoooo? ugheeeepphshshhsshwkwkwoosossjsm

LG112 - Metacycle Four: The Hunt For Redtired Modtober The mods were on the hunt. They had tracked down all but a few of the lost mods. “I found one!” A message popped into the chat. Questions flooded in. They sent a message to the old mod. The old mod started typing a reply. … They waited in anticipation. … This was it. They could almost regain control of the Shard. … You have been blocked. Cries of dismay filled the chat. A new message appeared from an unknown user. “Tin Capone sends his regards.” ~ The Unseen Deity looked at the Shard, they had really hoped that the mods finally had made some Progress, but No, Tin had to appear out of nothing and thwart their plans, where was Preservation? They were supposed to Stop Tin but it didn't seem like they did a very good job. Maybe he should have summoned a more aggressive shard. ~ Striker has been killed by the elims! He was a Village Tineye. TJ has been killed by the Shades! He was an Elim Coinshot. KitKat has been executed! They were a Village Vanilla. Vote Count: Striker (2) Divergent, Hopper Kit Kat (4) Striker, Araris, TJ, CadCom, This cycle will end on Friday the 12th of June at 11:00 AM Central Time. Players:

“Your the best Izzy never go sober”- @SpartanBrigade

Conure! yes? Oh. Um, not much honestly. The only topic (excluding intro and ama and whatnot) I’ve made has gone months and never gotten a single reply. But then it was boring anyway. Oh! I revived How Do You Imagine Your Fellow Sharders? So yeah. Oh, I made the clay Doomslug, and came out and whatnot. I’m one of the few Sharders who’s read James Riley. I was featured in your art! Mostly I’m just a participant in a couple forum games and TLPL and nightmare bagel and whatnot. I also made some useless theory comments, one which no one acknowledged and one that was immediately disputed. Oh, and I was the last to know about the skyward adaptation and that Sadie was a viewpoint in riftwake. Ooh!

It's WaT chapter 7, I think The full relevant passage is in the spoiler box below

It is NOT the deceiving Kabsal. It IS the sincere Gaotona!

I swear some sharders really are not fully sane. "I have a toe. It isn’t mine. Does anyone want it?" - @Through the Living Wrath

Oh, Verdance... I will miss you so much. Here's what I think was my first interaction with you: On the second page of TLPL... I feel so old. - All your Subnautica 2 talk - You on CGD. Whether or not it was a lie, it helped us. And sorry for pestering you so much. - Your conversations in MFD comment sections. - You explaining music lore in Green comment section - You're the only person I've ever found who knows James Riley! - uwu, of course - so much stuff oh... *cries more* You're making me feel so young now. I usually forget how long you and Tess have been around. Um, there was this one person called @I Am A Fish who used to post a lot. Sharder Memes got its start as "Fish is Scared of Ene" memes. I'm assuming that they're leaving for the summer like nerdsandwich. Because there's definitely still very active.

I think you were there, but it was a little thing. No arc. Conure kept killing Star with anvils and being specific about the names. Someone asked where he kept them, he said pocket dimension directly above his head, and Coder promptly broke it open. Which was kinda reconned due to impossibility, but Ketek still got to steal one. I'm... probably not going to be on then. I'm shut down in 1 1/2 hours, and me being online before that relies on rationing (I have separate "everything off at 7" and "only hour and a half" restrictions) so it would be hard. Goodbye, Verdance. I'll miss you. Good luck in life, and I hope you can find a IRL community that you feel you can fit in with as yourself.

You are worth it. Every bit of it.