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  1. Kaymyth
    Arguably, the one quoted states the same thing. "Overwriting" the Allomantic charge could be construed to mean that the Feruchemical is the only one left for the Compounder to access, though that would mean some odd Identity-related things are happening in the metal because another Allomancer would be able to burn it like normal. But there! That's what I was looking for! Ideas about what could be involved with "practicing". Thinky thoughts! I think for now, though, I need to not think too hard on this stuff for a few days. I inhaled enough cleaning products today to kill off brain cells, and I need what's left for NaNo.
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    So much. Or maybe you haven't had as much of a chance to share muffins lately, and you have a backlog? That...that was kind of awesome. Wait, no, I meant weird and gross. Yeah. I am not in any way fascinated by weird and gross things.... Yeah, I'm not particularly awkward (at least, not like I was in my younger years), and I enjoy the heck out of parties with my friends, but when it's over I want to hibernate for a full day or two before directly interacting with anyone other than my husband.
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    This one, specifically: Which from the context, was him wanting to explain how Compounding worked. I mean, I kind of get where you're coming from, but when it comes to WoBs, starting to discount them here and there to account for discrepancies doesn't work well for me. I'd rather say, "OK, let's see how we can fit these pieces together," or even encourage someone to ask a follow-up question to see if we can add a new piece to the puzzle. There's an awful lot of theorizing and pondering on the board that hinges on various WoBs, and I don't really think that it's fair to start saying, "Well, I don't buy that one." The only two people who could tell us for sure that something is or isn't accurate are Brandon and Peter. The rest is just us throwing words at each other. True. You'd have to tap more speed to accommodate for the fact that you're not rushing, of course. I'm going to hold fast to the laws of momentum when it comes to turning corners, though. And I say that loose shoelaces are one of a Steelrunner's greatest fears.
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    Because music is superior to wandering around aimlessly? I dunno. Yay singing!
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    If this is the case (and I'm not convinced that it is; I think that both interpretations have merit), then the real question comes down to what Kurk brought up earlier - what exactly needs to be practiced? This is what doesn't make sense to me. It's not the burning; we have sufficient WoB stating that the Feruchemical charge completely overwrites the Allomantic one. So if you're a double-metal Twinborn and you burn a charged metalmind, you definitely get the Feruchemical effect. There's no practicing; it's either charged or it isn't. Is it, then, something to do with how the power is channeled? If you burn a metalmind, does it take practice to figure out how to use all of that power without losing a piece of it? Does the flow come in that differently from a basic tap? Or is it simply a matter of having to learn how to take that excess power and re-store it in a new piece of metal? Perhaps, then, it's easy enough to get the blast of power, but takes some level of practice and skill to shunt it back into another metalmind and start the perpetual motion machine.
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    Maybe that's the super-secret ultra-high rank. Someday, when Kobold King reaches 50,000 rep, we'll see him flip from God Beyond to Stick.
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    Yes, I had read it. The tack that I'm taking here, though, is that in this case "practice" would mean "practice with the powers and figure out how to do it". They didn't know how. They might have had an idea that The Lord Ruler was doing something weird with combining things, but they didn't have the nuts and bolts of how. I am also speculating that Ruin would not, and possible could not, have told the Inquisitors how to Compound because the use of the power is so steeped in Preservation that spreading the knowledge went counter to his Intent. (Either that, or he had a specific reason that he didn't want them doing it. I agree that the idea that Ruin didn't understand how Compounding worked is ridiculous.)
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    Yes, he was speculating, and my theory here is that he was just plain wrong. You can speed yourself up all you want, but that's not going to make the action on the gun's trigger and firing mechanisms any faster. And trying to fire too quickly is liable to jam your weapon, and becomes more and more likely as firearm technology develops and gets fiddlier. Well, you're still running, and it's hard to step carefully when you're running full-tilt. Maybe with speeding yourself up and walking? I don't know. It still seems fishy. There is definitely a lot in there that has me going . To the point that even after taking the new information into account in my rewrite, I'm still gonna be depowering a bit. No, Eva, you can't turn on a dime when running at 45 mph. Just no. Even if Brandon says so, no. (Follow canon until canon doesn't work anymore, and then break it as needed.) It took the Lord Ruler forever to figure it out because he didn't know how to do it to begin with. There's no reason to believe that he ever explained Compounding to the Inquisitors. I'm with Kurk about there not being much to practice once you know the method. The real question, then, would be why did Ruin not tell the Inquisitors? Maybe amplifying his power like that is too far counter to his Intent? Compounding is rather wildly additive and might overbalance the entropic qualities of Hemalurgy too much for him to be able to stand to use it.
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    Yay good interview! Yay birthday! And YAY FRIDAY I am so done with this week.
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    I really have to ignore those ones. There is literally no response I can make to those without offending somebody on my FB list.
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    I am the Forum Mom, and combat boots are dress attire for me. There is no insult here. Oops? I saw that one, too, and didn't even read far enough to suss out the pyramid scheme aspect. You chose wisely. I ignore all of that kind of crap on Facebook. I especially hate the emotional manipulation crap that says, "If you reply/repost/do the Hokey Pokey under the pale moonlight on date, then I will know that you caaaaare!" Take the train to Nopesville, kids.
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    This explains so much about last year. ...I joined the board during Ookla Season.
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    Mine, too! That's it, Sharder birthdays count as holidays. It is written!
  14. Kaymyth
    Until you try pulling the trigger on the gun too many times too fast and jam the thing...
  15. Kaymyth
    If she is, then she is the tiniest, dumbest kandra ever to walk any planet inside or outside of the Cosmere.
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    I can only imagine what your nightmares are like...
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    Yeah! It's all black and sparkly, with a long-haired dachshund on the front that looks kind of like Leia. And then it's "signed" by her in a careful, scrawling print that deliberately disguises the actual handwriting. There's no return address on the envelope. I suspect that my mother-in-law actually sent it.
  18. Kaymyth
    Mmmmm, scallops... We got a Halloween card in the mail the other day. It's...it's from our dog.
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    Why are the bad guys always so super serious? Would it kill them to have a sense of humor?
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    Or like the Small God of Hangovers, just said, "Oh, me," on occasion.
  21. Kaymyth
    She...she lectures the dog? What...I...but...NO. That just goes straight through passive-aggressive and cruel right into blithering idiot territory.
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    See, my take on that is, "If you stare into the abyss for too long, it stares back at you. And that is when you poke it in the eyeball!"
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    Did...did you actually say that last sentence to her? Because if you did, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
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    Hee, I had one of those as a kid!
  25. Kaymyth
    Ice! Or better, a bag of frozen peas. Molds to your face and brings down the swelling (but don't forget to put a towel in between the frozen things and your skin).
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