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Why? What makes mushrooms so different?

Guess at this point all we can do is RAFO.

I wouldn't say breed completely normal humans lol. WoB below: zas678 You've said that Inquisitors could have children. Would those children have a better chance at being Allomancers compared to if they had the kids before they were Inquisitors? Brandon Sanderson Yes, but there also could be...complications. /r/Fantasy_Bookclub Alloy of Law Q&A (Jan. 17, 2012)

It is magical in nature. WoB below Questioner My first question is about Shallan and whether what she does with her drawings and the deserters in Words of Radiance, kind of changing them, is at all similar to what Shai does in The Emperor's Soul? Brandon Sanderson Umm, that's a good question. There are similarities, but only so much that The Emperor's Soul is cosmere and is relying on the same foundation of magic. But good question. Are you getting at me saying you've seen somebody do it before? Questioner I talked to Alice. Brandon Sanderson So you have seen what she does before, but that is not what I was pointing at. It's someth-- No one is going to expect it. Footnote: This is a follow-up to this exchange. Firefight Seattle Public Library signing (Jan. 7, 2015) Questioner In Stormlight, with Kaladin and his brother Tien, is there a connection or a reason why, whenever his brother finds a rock, that keeps coming up several times? Brandon Sanderson Yes. So, there's a couple themes going on here. One is just the subtle theme that Tien tends to find beauty in things that Kaladin finds dull. That's, of course, kind of the metaphor. But Tien also was a budding Lightweaver, and he saw color and light a little bit differently than other people did. And he has the same general effect that you'll see Shallan having on people, which is how the Lightweaver views you influences a little bit more how your mood is, and things like that... And there is a magical element to that, as well. There's both a metaphoric reason and an in-world reason. The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson (Oct. 25, 2018)

Personally I disagree. Rysn sees herself as a cripple. Kaladin as a slave. Rysn feels her losing the use of her legs was payment for her taking the (in her mind) needless risk to win the contract. She got the contract, and paid for it with her legs. She has to learn that she is capable even without her legs, and it does not diminish herself as a person. Which I believe is what the wandersail will do. Kaladin still feels he is a slave, beaten down, that people will take away whatever he has built at any moment. I feel he also links that with Tien's death, and betrayal by Amaram. Till he moves past that, the scars will remain. So I very much feel they are equal. But I say that acknowledging that this is very subjective on both our parts.

I agree it would be difficult, but I think it is definitely possible and to me would not be more difficult than getting Rysn to not see herself as crippled. Both are physical wounds that have dug deep into the core of their being. If one can be done, certainly so could the other in my opinion.

I understand, but the point I was getting at is the illusion is just a "bandage", covering the "wound". So it makes sense to me that his identity deeply tied to the scar would push through it. Now I see the other thing she does, as going deep into the root of the person and bringing that out. So by causing Kaladin to see himself differently, Kaladin himself would be the one ultimately getting rid of the scar, which then could be healed with stormlight. edit: another way to explain it. One is just wearing a costume, but you are still yourself underneath. The other is changing the way you see yourself, and then holding yourself differently as result.

That is Shallan using illusions to cover it. Not help him move past the issue that causes him to hold onto it. WoB shown below Questioner At the end of Oathbringer, or near the end, Kaladin is talking to Syl about not getting Shallan or whatever, and he says that she really just reminded him of someone, who is it that she reminded him of? Brandon Sanderson She reminded him of Tien, his brother, because his brother was a burgeoning Lightweaver, and Lightweavers, you'll notice, when they're around someone, that person starts to act a little bit more like a little bit of their best self. There's a bit of, also, counteraction to feelings of darkness and despair, it's just a natural Lightweaver sort of thing. And so, part of what Kaladin was drawing from Shallan was that feeling. I think it could've totally become love. And he's now cutting that off, he's saying it couldn't at all have become-- it could have. But that was part of what was drawing him in. FanX Spring 2019 (April 19, 2019) WoB posted above

I think you just caused me to have an idea that would solve all of this. The chasms. Kaladin mentions how they are so deep they largely never see sunlight, which is why they need to bring torches down even during the day. There are all sorts of flora that Kaladin comments on seeing while down there. I will need time to locate those scenes and read for any insights, but it may answer our question depending on how Kaladin comments on them. Way of Kings page 389 The chasm was shallow here, only about fifty feet down, but that was enough to take him into a different world. A world where the only natural light came from the rift high in the sky. A world that stayed damp on eve the hottest days, a drowned landscape of moss, fungus, and hard plants that survived in even dim light. So fungus is specifically named, but whether that is a translation for us readers, or a Rosharan term knowing they are not planets, I think is ambiguous. I think given the grouping Kaladin would view them all under the same essence but I need to read more of the scene first. Words of Radiance page 689 Behind Lift, Wyndle grew around the doorframe, a dark green, funguslike creep of vines that covered the door, then the wall beside her. Rosharans might see plants and fungus interchangeably, considering they use descriptors for both.

I say go for it. I pre-ordered the seasons of war edition to be sent to my house the day of, but turned out the day lands on the same day I am traveling to Canada for a concert. So I will still have to wait lol. Play in my stead.

Stormlight spoilers He craves power and glory. At least that is my reading of him. I really should find time to work more on that thread I was planning going through all his quotes.

A lot to catch up on, so lets begin For reasons I will elaborate below I still believe it would fall under emerald, but as technology advances I could see it falling under heliodor. I agree. Doing a quick bit of research, fungi was originally viewed under the purview of botany till greater research and microscopes became a thing as the main difference of fungi from plants which denotes its own area is because of the fungus's cellular walls as well as that they do not photosynthesis. Both things that cannot be observed just from the naked eye. Though it could be said you could put a mushroom and a plant in the dark and notice one thrives while the other dies. Yep yep. If you could create plutonium, then I am sure with the proper knowledge you could create dead mushrooms for consumption. I agree True Brandon is the ultimate authority, but if we can reasonably state that in our own world for a long time fungi was viewed as plants till technological advancements that Roshar does not have access to yet, then I think we can also reasonably state Roshar would view fungi in the same manner. I disagree. Grain was once alive as a plant yet soulcasting it is no problem. Meat was once "alive" yet soulcasting it isn't a problem. So why would once a soulcaster learned how to, soulcasting dead mushrooms for consumption be prohibitively hard? Well under the ten essences, emerald encapsulates wood, plants, and moss. If zircon is all kinds of oil, and garnet can be all non-oil liquids, I think emerald can cover quite a bit of plant-like life.

Transforming fungi into one of the ten essences does not matter what essence it is associated with. Transforming something into fungi would depend on the soulcaster understanding the result. Once they understand that, they could soulcast anything. The essences are just what is defaulted to. As to what gemstone a fabrial would need, it would be emerald as that is what essence it falls under

I think it is very applicable. The lurcher sees a giant line to the tank surrounding him or her because it is seen as one giant thing of metal. The lurcher in my opinion would be unable to see any other lines to bits of metal flying outside the tank, nonetheless pull on them due to being weakened to the point of uselessness by the tank's armor.

But again the metal is denser, and the objects are much much much smaller. Coupled with the tank being metal and viewed as one whole thing by the lurcher unless he or she was a savant. So again, I do not think it is feasible. The Forumlurker (paraphrased) Can a Windrunner use a Basic Lashing on a specific body part? Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased) Yes, but it works the same way a Steelpusher could push on a specific part of metal. Usually, you'd just affect the whole body, because of its Identity and cosmere magic not working as well on parts of something that considers itself a unit. When you're very skilled, you can isolate a hand, like Kelsier could push on specific sections of metal. Stuttgart signing (May 17, 2019)

The scene takes place on a building that Wax is ascending with Steris. The steel girder is present under the stone. We aren't talking standing on the street. And again we are talking the difference between a huge hunk of metal, vs a flying piece of metal a half an inch to and inch long.

To me we are dealing with increased difficulty, not less. Stone is less dense than metal. You are dealing with targets easily a tenth, if not more the size of a steel girder. So to me, based on the information we have it would be harder not easier.

it needed to be a large steel girder in order for him to still be able to push off it. Unless you are intending the tanks to pull cannon balls towards them, bullets are quite a bit smaller.

Found another quote Shadows of self page 151 He searched out a metal line that pointed towards one of the steel girders in the stone under his feet. With so much rock separating them, it wouldn't be as strong an anchor as otherwise - but it was large and solid, so it would work for his purposes. So rock, which was never alive, diminishes the strength of wax's pushes. It's only because the steel girder encased in stone is so large that he is able to still push off it. So matter that was never alive also interferes

Lol oh then I misunderstood what you were saying. I thought the "ideal alethi" his mother wanted him to be is part of the cause. As in he must appear to be the ideal alethi, not because he admired anyone, but because his mother instilled in him that he must appear to be perfect at all times. If anyone gets in his way to attain this appearance "perfection" he removes them, and then rationalizes it away. So killing Kaladin's men and branding him a slave is because in his head only he could truly make good use of them. Because only the perfect light eyed alethi could save the world. Not some darkeyes. It has to be him. He has to be seen as being the savior. Like Jasnah said, he would tear apart the armies to satisfy his over inflated ego to be seen as the savior.

Maybe thinner but metal is denser.

Hmmmm, could be. His mother pushing him to be "the perfect soldier" could have birthed that. Interesting!

I think there is plenty of reasons. If a standard wall can cause enough of a blockage to reduce Wax's steel sight, then I believe an armored tank would be even harder. Btw, you would want the tank's armor to be thicker/stronger than the wall from the scene I reference considering Wax was able to send a bullet through it by firing his gun at the wall, and pushing on the bullet to penetrate. Your example has lurchers within a tank, pulling on bullets so they hit the tank instead of infantry. So the bullets will already have the momentum from being fired, coupled with the lurcher pulling strongly on all incoming metal so it curves towards the tank, increasing the velocity. So you need the kind of armor plating that can withstand that. The same kind of armor plating which would hamper, or outright prevent this from working at all.

That still does not equate dead wood with blood. And that also does not change the fact that Wax thought to himself obstructions. He did not specify material. he did not say obstructions like a wooden wall (which is an assumption on your part, because the wall could just have easily been plaster board with wooden struts. So the plaster board would be what was blocking it). He said obstruction. Which says to me when anything is in the way, the allomantic lines and ability to push are weakened.