TwiLyghtSansSparkles

Besides Snowfall and Obliteration, are/were there any other notable Epic despots in the West, in states like California, Alaska, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming, etc.?

Yes, definitely, and absolutely. The "absolutely" is in answer to your next question: "Would she refuse to use atium because of how shiny it was, preferring to put it in her hair and viciously attack any meanieface who attempted to steal it?" There is a French term called esprit de l'escalier. (I think I spelled that right. Literally "spirit of the staircase," it refers to any time you think of the perfect thing to say when it's too late to actually say it-- like the perfect retort when you're on the stairs after leaving your friend's apartment. I experienced this today when I thought to post "Are there any other notable Epic despots in the West, in states like California, Arizona, Wyoming, Alaska, and so on?" ....AFTER the Chicago signing was already underway.

What, scared we'll ponify you?

I totally get it. I don't have a problem with spiders or even snakes, but there's a few things in the animal kingdom that make me make this face:

I'll Alan him.

Especially not the recording devices Funtimes totally didn't install to record things like that.

And it's like the people who ask those questions don't even comprehend the irony of what they're doing. "Let's go to this signing so we can have Brandon answer questions about an entirely different universe!" And I have a feeling they'd be seriously annoyed if a Reckoners fan asked Reckoners questions at a Cosmere signing. Pony related? You could do a Scumbag Steelheart meme about people who ask Cosmere questions at Reckoners signings.

That is not a Lucentia-style complaint. Lucentia's complaints can be replaced with the song "First World Problems," while your complaint is entirely valid.

Aquaman is nobody's favorite superhero. And with good reason: His powers can only be useful in the most ridiculous of circumstances. Most of the time, you could replace him with a goldfish and no one would be any the wiser, least of all Batman, who unlike Aquaman, is not legendary for his lameness. If an Aquaman movie were made, I would be at home not watching it. But man, is his "Rousing Song of Heroism" catchy or what?

Not helping. Not at all. Strong coffee. Lucentia's would be something bitter for sure. And I'm relatively certain Lightwards' would have a toy dinosaur on top. The flavor isn't as important as the toy dinosaur.

She left, and I finished in plenty of time to get the closing stuff done. One of our managers had dealt with her before, and he took care of the voucher thing. She left happy, I think. Still, she even had the same initials as pre-Calamity Lucentia. If she has a brother I'm going to scream. Sweet move, Sam. If only every Epic had a cupcake for a weakness. Out of curiosity, what flavor do you think Steelheart's weakness-cupcake would be?

He already has the resurrection cheat enabled. She came in half an hour after close, and fifteen minutes after I expected her. She hadn't told service she was coming late, so I had to go pull up her car. Mind you, I'm doing closing at this point, so it's interrupting the work I have to finish by a set time. She didn't apologize for being late; just complained about the accident she'd had to get past and asked me if I'd seen it. The fact I have been behind a desk since 2pm escaped her. Well, she had a voucher for a free oil change, but had t given it to the service dept beforehand, so it didn't show up on her invoice. She was really rude about it, did the whole "I'm not paying for it if I have the voucher" thing, and basically just sashayed around like she owned the place and was doing us all a favor just by showing up. And she wore too much vanilla perfume. I almost sneezed.

I think I just dealt with pre-Calamity Lucentia.

Absopositivelilutely.

There is no theme anymore. Post whatever you want.

I think it's fine. I won't be able to get the Financier's intro up for a few more days at least.

My first thought was also that Calamity should have been powerful enough to fight off Regalia, but then I wondered: what if his only power is granting powers to others? When it comes to fighting a woman who can flood a city on a whim, he wouldn't stand much of a chance. Additionally, if Calamity is an Epic subject to the same rules as every other Epic, this could mean the explosion of Epics a year or two after his rise was due to his Rending, while the low numbers of new Epics in the years following can be traced to his need to use his powers. If he's trying to control his Epic-like tendencies by avoiding power use, he would be compelled to use them every so often to keep from going insane; therefore, he could be trying to keep collateral damage to a minimum by choosing relatively few fear-filled individuals each year. Also, the numbers from Newcago may not be reflective of the rest of the FSA or even the world. What if he chooses one from Newcago "every four or five years," and does the same with heavily oppressed cities like Babilar because he knows they will simply be sucked into the infrastructure that spawned them; but chooses more from chaotic areas in hopes they will change said areas somehow? Perhaps Calamity is like Megan in the first book: He sees Epic dictators as terrible, "but the sort of terrible people can live with."

He turned all his dwarves into Epics.

I bet a lot of characters wish they had that luxury.

Hearing her talk might count as a comprehension minigame, what with her "great googly mooglys" and all that. Would Lucentia's power level make her a boss, or would her constant complaining make her an endurance minigame?

If he walks into a room and forgets what he was there for, does he search frantically for his last save point?

If the Adventurer got into a sticky situation where he had the option of turning back, would he mutter "Continue? Y or N?" before choosing Y?

Looks like Funtimes is our only hope for giving the Emperor of Light a more accurate title, then.

I've always thought the answer was right under our noses, hidden in David's narration. Clearly, the secret lies in his terrible similes. All we need is a bagful of snakes at a dance competition, an off kilter washing machine filled with a hundred epileptic chimpanzees, and a potato in a minefield.

He'd be the crankiest "Lord Divinity" ever. Would she call him Lord Crankypants?