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Hang on. Do we know that the Almighty died long ago? I don't think that's ever explicitly stated... I believe it is very much open to interpretation. If there's evidence one way or another there, I'm not seeing it. You don't know that. Brandon said Hoid was there when Adonalsium was shattered...

You are brilliant, my friend.

Cheating and getting annotated versions are great for dumb people like me.

Sweet! That's awesome.

Yeah, but you spend effort doing other stuff. I am literally paid for writing.

Note to self: post pictures next time.

You're just jealous Him being jealous doesn't alter the factual properties of his statement I prefer to think of it as "MSU is promoting their students in what they really want to do"

You're just jealous

Thanks guys. I really didn't expect it to go through, considering MSU doesn't even have a creative writing program. The proposal felt pretty loose to be "scholarly"... I'm pretty amazed they were convinced.

So, I'm liking this topic, because now we're also discussing what we're reading I agree with your point on Blade Itself. I started reading it, but I haven't picked it up in, wow, a long time. Also, I didn't like the lack of coherent plot direction its beginnings had. Characters are great and all, but it's still hard for me to stick with a book if there's not a plot or interesting setting/magic to grab my attention. Low plot + low magic does not make Uncle Chaos a happy camper. I'll be honest, the book is really good, but it has the same problem that I felt Gardens of the Moon did - it takes far, far too long for the plot to makes itself really present, and even longer for it to form into something that you actually care about. Unlike Gardens of the Moon, though, the writing is fantastic and it has a more satisfying ending. Of course, an ending where everybody dies is a more satisfying ending than Gardens of the Moon had... Heck, I would have loved it if everyone died at the end of that book... Well, I'm glad I wasn't off-base my analysis there. I mean, I enjoyed what I read, but not enough to propel me through it. Fairly good series no matter all the Goodkind bashing. Very long story that seems to keep having the same thing over and over throughout the entire book. Kinda pissed now that he's writing 3 more books for it even though he said he was done.I've been reading lately: David Farland Brotherhood of the Wolf Joseph Cambell Hero with a Thousand Faces and re-reading as needed various chapters out of the Cosmere stuff. I once read the first few pages of Wizard's First Rule to see if it really was something to avoid. And, well, I'm not upset that that series is never going on my to-read list.

I would like to announce that this just made my day . I haven't decided between between Snivey or Oshawott yet. gonna use Zoroark, Abagoura, Sazandora, and the rest is undecided. I'm such a nerd Pokebeach has all the english names up. Hydreigon is Sazandora's english name. Zoroark is only available through an event, I think. Best of luck getting one. I definitely will need to do some planning soon on my Black and White team. I remember going through some of the Pokemon on Serebii a while back and being pretty pleased with some of the type mixes. ---- In much more exciting news, my book, Rebirth, is getting research/creative project funding through my university. Uh, I guess this makes me semipro, since I am getting paid to write...

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Well, we know Chasmfiends evolve via Thunder Stone... (Sorry, I couldn't resist)

If it's a Dragonsteel piece, and you don't mind sharing, can you PM it to me? I've been wanting to read it, but.... Uh... PM me. I can't divulge anything, though, about unpublished works.

TWG gets tedious for me sometimes. I simply don't have time to correct people, and it seems there's plenty of misinformation going around. Oh well. I think these forums are awesome, but I'm biased.

Join the Mistborn RP! You know you want to. Which is great, if you like the nobility, like anyone with sense should Your jab does not go unnoticed, Chaos. The nobility just strikes me as being Jane Austen with less romance and in Luthadel. And I despise those books. I don't know, I haven't read Jane Austen

I agree with your point on Blade Itself. I started reading it, but I haven't picked it up in, wow, a long time. Also, I didn't like the lack of coherent plot direction its beginnings had. Characters are great and all, but it's still hard for me to stick with a book if there's not a plot or interesting setting/magic to grab my attention. Low plot + low magic does not make Uncle Chaos a happy camper.

It's not there. At least, I'd be immensely surprised if it was. I've read that thread multiple times, and I'm pretty sure I'd remember something about lerasium's Hemalurgic power, considering people still ask about it now...

I haven't heard of such a Q&A, as I was sure it's always been RAFO'd. He's always RAFO'd me. If you could whip that up, that'd be awesome. And no, Shards don't have absolute control over how their magic works, as much of it would be governed by the laws of magic. I'm saying that Hemalurgy is, obviously, a consequence of Ruin.

You mean you don't want to have 10+ characters on the Mistborn RP!? I have no self control, either.

I think the voices in Zane's head would like to have a word with you. That's more a function of the flaw Ruin built into Hemalurgy. Silus is saying that you don't have to have some special quality that Ruin gave you to use Hemalurgy, whereas Allomancy requires Preservation's influence. Of course, I'd just counter that Hemalurgy only works on a general level due to Ruin, so to speak. Now you've got me wondering what a lerasium spike does. The koloss are so twisted because the Hemalurgy is stealing the pure power of Preservation itself, and that twists more than just stealing Allomantic or Feruchemical potential (which is kind of weird, in respect to this topic, since Allomancy is caused by greater Preservation, right? Then again, simplifying Allomancy to "more Preservation is better" doesn't explain Allomancy fragmenting into Mistings). So jeez, things with a lerasium spike in them--literally purified Preservation--must be the most twisted things ever. Now, obviously when it comes to Hemalurgic powers, metals don't have to steal one power, so to speak. Atium could steal anything Hemalurgically, so let's think of lerasium in a more general--and terrifying--fashion. Possibilities: 1. Lerasium spikes could steal the Ruin in someone. I can't imagine what that would even do. 2. Lerasium could fully steal the power of a Mistborn. 3. Anything with lerasium spikes would be hella twisted. (Let's make a collective sigh of relief Ruin didn't have access to lerasium spikes) I'd imagine that atium has a side effect like lerasium does, but I couldn't imagine what that would be. It makes you more likely to Ruin stuff? That's pretty lame. I'm gonna have to go with chaos on this one. Heck, we don't even know actually know WHAT burning Lerasium does, do we? Last i heard that was still an unknown (unless its recently been puzzled out and confirmed and i just havent been paying attention) I'm pretty sure burning lerasium Allomantically permanently increases your Allomantic potential.

Yeah, this theory has gone around the block a few times. I don't buy it. The atium Misting problem isn't as big as you think it is (or its bigger, depending how you think about it). Under your logic, Mistborn shouldn't be able to burn atium, either. I don't think making atium into an atium-electrum alloy solves this problem. So here's a wacky counter-theory for you which I'm not even sure I actually like, though I think it's more likely than atium being an alloy. The Allomantic effect of atium is a combination of Preservation and Ruin's power. You, as the Allomancer, take some of Preservation's power, which interacts with the atium, destroying it rapidly, but as it does, you get an Allomantic effect out of it. This wacky theory could explain why atium burns much more rapidly than other metals. Anyways, that's a weird theory. But come on. It's much more likely that there's some strange Preservation-Ruin interfacing with the god metals than an atium-electrum alloy. The god metals and their alloys' powers are extremely mysterious to us, so I'm not sure why you'd think there's an inherent contradiction in atium's ability compared to the normal temporal metals. Atium is not a normal temporal metal, so any symmetry you see with the normal temporal metals is essentially false anyways. Besides, lerasium most certainly has a Hemalurgic power, and that's certainly not because it's an alloy of something weird. I'll put money on "weird Shard interaction" any day of the week, because that could explain both god metals. I'm not sure how it works, but that's because we don't know how god metals truly work.

I very much like these. Great work!