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Mod note: split off the rest of the discussion into it's own thread at Oversleep's request.

I wouldn't bet too heavily on being able to get creative with storing mass, given Peter's reaction to a Tor article's talk about it.

They're reducing mass. I try not to do this, but word-searching "mass" on the Feruchemy Theoryland search should provide ample background. I can't find it at the moment, but I'm also pretty sure we have a direct quote on it not being able to go negative, since ,as Storming Radiant said, you can generally only store what you have. Section x8 here has a bit about FTL possibilities, with a focus on time bubbles, if you're interested.

Not to contradict Chaos, but it wasn't quite "elegant." Simple, sure, but a bit unsatisfying since I'm still unsure of the root cause of the issue. There's something odd going on with the icons (which are technically characters in a custom font library, to give you a hint of how deep the rabbit hole goes) where they think they're much taller than they should be. Nothing could be done to convince them otherwise, so we just threw an overflow: hidden; onto the parent element and washed our hands of the matter.

Fear not! "Lists" and "stuff you've come up with" can be combined! That one time when Argent and I chased him out of the bookstore in Chicago he seemed impressed that our lists were our own, though in my case my own list also included some questions selectively stolen from the community at large.

Well said, and a good insight.

Huh, interesting.

It's mentioned in The Emperor's Soul. Awhile back we got confirmation that it's just what they call aluminum on Sel/in the Rose Empire, unless Brandon is trolling hardcore with his phrasing.

Oof, sorry @Oversleep (see, I did it this time ). @'ing people still isn't really second-nature to me. You still definitely deserve the kudos for finally prying this one out of Brandon.

Behold the power of literary analysis! Thanks for the confirmation, it's nice to get that one nailed down.

Well that saves me some time. Regarding WoPs/WoIs: Yeah sometimes they can be wrong (I think Peter and Brandon publicly jousted over whether Hoid was in SSFH for a year or two there), but usually they're right and they're always better than nothing. Just marking that it wasn't Brandon himself who said X or Y is usually enough in my books. There's also topic where not-Brandon is really the best authority. Like Isaac for symbols or Peter for anything involving math. Having it all available is for the best, rather than making judgement calls one way or the other and possibly excluding relevant info. EDIT: *sees edit* Hm, interesting. I've never seen that link from @Botanica before. I'll maintain that it's better to have the info than not. Even with a "possible blatant speculation" asterisk it's still better to go off than nothing. EDIT 2: Actually wait I believe I recall something like this being mentioned before. These look like Botanica's translation notes and have some info that it looks like Peter might not have expected to become public.

Here's some more (just word-searching some key terms from WoBs I have bookmarked and not finding any matches): https://www.reddit.com/r/Mistborn/comments/3tfao1/so_how_do_the_exact_mechanics_of_feruchemy_in/cx6kgg0/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/3suo4l/oathbringer_i_think_flashback_dalinar_is_based/cx1nfdk/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Mistborn/comments/3y83cl/mistborn_trilogy_spoilers_question_about_the_lord/cyj8cj6/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/5b66wg/no_spoilers_kwaan_might_have_understood_realmatic/d9njbqq/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/5dpic4/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update_5/da6ifpc/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3va8fw/day_4_group_ama_in_support_of_worldbuilders/cxmy70t/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/5li5yl/all_monthly_wob_roundup_december_2016/dc2fjd3/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3npd4h/im_ben_mcsweeney_illustrator_for_the_stormlight/cvq32i2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Mistborn/comments/3n2qv7/could_a_shardblade_cut_through_a_steel_or_iron/cvkwbvv/ https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/3l1i3m/randland_vs_scadrial_wheel_of_time_vs_mistborn/cv363iz/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2ytg2h/im_novelist_brandon_sanderson_ama/cuu7w0c/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3eb3ml/jared_of_pornokitsch_has_a_few_issues_with/ctdomw0/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/3d0rqj/brandon_sanderson_the_accidental_trilogy_a/ct1ypqs/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2ytg2h/im_novelist_brandon_sanderson_ama/cs8qy4c/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/whowouldwin/comments/37yn6r/a_full_shardbearerstormlight_vs_a_space_marine40k/crstw70/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Mistborn/comments/1exfc6/melting_down_metalminds/ https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/2ppyvg/two_mistborn_books_next_year_shadow_of_self_and/cn3j7sk/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Mistborn/comments/2sjqz5/is_hoid_in_shadows_for_silence_in_the_forests_of/cnqlfll/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/2ctcdj/spoilerscosmerewas_at_the_liverpool_signing/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ced7z/iamstilla_novelist_named_brandon_sanderson_ama/c9ftdsn/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/1a3fj0/discussion_of_the_week_shadesmar_truthspren/ -Multiple answers here https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy_Bookclub/comments/oji9u/the_alloy_of_law_qa_with_brandon_sanderson/c3huhis/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1ced7z/iamstilla_novelist_named_brandon_sanderson_ama/c9fwqrl/?context=3 I have what has to be a hundred from his first AMA, didn't check those. ---- To reiterate, this all from essentially going into my bookmarks and opening a tab for everything from Reddit, then word-searching through your spreadsheet for key phrases. I may have missed/duplicated something, and there may be one or two less relevant links in there. There's also some WoPs and WoIs.

Technically I think I'm the source of that assumption—including our suggestive RAFO on the matter. Regarding the Reddit thread here's the transcript.

Do you happen to recall more precisely? Did he say "the nurse" or "one of the nurses" or "one of the handmaidens" or something else?

It's here, though it's not 100% clear whether we're talking about "the nurse" or one of Siri's handmaidens.

Resurrecting this quote because I'm unsure if it was ever resolved (the OP's chart still has a distinct letter for 'h') and Brandon's recent Reddit comment brought it to mind again.

I'd get in touch with Brandon or Peter first, just to be sure.

It looks like @Pagerunner found the WoB in question, but as a fun fact here's some more WoBs on Hemalurgic shenanigans that I re-found while searching myself. http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/47091-the-circle-of-infinite-power-has-been-closed/

Speaking of Dreamer: Last I knew that was only available as part of an anthology; is there a separate ebook release I didn't hear about or is this the only place to get it as a standalone?

I know you're right here because we have a relatively recent WoB on it, but I can't recall from where... :|

Ha! I found my sig first! Cadmium hermit can time-capsule self:

That works. I've taken the liberty of updating the link in the OP.

OP has a very very dead link.

This is you guys I guess? -Aslydin bit at 16:15/17:58. Though I'm unclear on what "one of the nurses" means, as by my recollection was there only the one nurse that Vivenna employs. Were you referring to Siri's handmaidens?