Kaymyth

You know, there aren't actually many Sharders who are older than I am. So many young whippersnappers around here. And then there's me, growing out my henna so I can have wildly colored midlife crisis hair. This is...hilarious on so many levels. 17th Shard - the place that decided just because I'm not gonna gestate any kids doesn't mean they can't just decide that I'm the Mom anyway.

staaaaaahp or I will turn this forum around and take us straight back home, mister. Ha. I imagine that was more DA's intent than Ravioli's. Too bad for him I was sleeping.

Well, I'm 40. And you have had a heavily bearded userpic as early as I remember seeing you after I joined the Shard. So...

I think it's a conspiracy. He's trying to hide his beardyness in a mad attempt to convince me that I am old enough to be his mom. IT SHALL NOT WORK.

I refuse to accept the possibility that I am old enough to be YOUR mom.

1) The alloys in a jet engine are specifically designed to hold up to heat and pressure. They're certainly not the same alloys as used in buildings (and use metals like titanium and aluminum, which you won't find in building superstructure). 2) The jet fuel was basically just the accelerant. As other portions of the towers caught on fire, the chemical makeup and heat properties changed. 3) The fire didn't have to MELT the beams - it just had to soften/weaken them enough to where they could no longer hold the load of the building. They didn't liquefy, they just warped and finally broke, starting a cascade failure. Kinetic energy took care of the rest.

I remember when I got randomly and unilaterally declared the Forum Mom by certain parties. It was funny until I realized that given the number of teenagers on the Shard, I'm actually old enough to BE a lot of these folks' mother.

Google Maps instead of Apple, maybe? You can even get driving directions from the continental US to Hawaii from Google. Granted, that includes a step that says, "Kayak across the Pacific Ocean," but they're there!

I am very amused. I'm also not sure how I would deal with my mom being on the Shard, but I think that potentiality to be very unlikely. Of course, I'm pretty sure that I'm closer to @The Queen Mother's age than @Kobold King's, so there's that. (I also need to update the purple in my hair.)

This is your friendly neighborhood reminder that lots of big images should go under a spoiler cut. The books are indeed very pretty, but they are also very BIG. (I edited the original post, but two other posts had already quoted it and zomgsomanypicturesonscroll.)

Very similar, though more flipped upside down. Still, this is a good thing to add to the discussion.

Nah, it's for clocking in and out of work when you're on shift work. Shows that you're there on time, working your full shift, etc.

I dunno. There was no context given. I think it's more fun without it.

Awesome things my friends discuss on Facebook: 1) How biomes and civilizations would look different if the Earth turned the other direction. 2) Would a bear cavalry be feasible? This is just what I've seen so far today.

My two cents: I vastly prefer a good, relevant thread necro to the forums getting cluttered up by a zillion people asking the same question every eleven-and-a-half weeks on the dot like clockwork...

For apparently being a lot more familiar with me than I am with you. o.O I'm slipping, guys.

You're how old? 15 or 16? No. 1) You're still a kid. Your parents are adults. You are not responsible for whatever relationship failures they may or may not have had. And if they're blaming you for that, then they're terrible people and also possibly idiots. 2) Your mother deserves to have her mom card revoked for saying crem like that. As the long-ago elected Forum Mom, I can declare that. So mote it be.

For having a username and avatar that could turn a Red Dwarf gag into a horrifying (yet still hilarious) nightmare. S'cool, so long as that wasn't the only thing you said.

OK, yes, that cover is amazing, too. And my apologies; when I said "both" I was referring to Whelan and McGrath, who do the Stormlight and Mistborn covers respectively. @Mestiv - As I said, I like the Polish Mistborn covers. I haven't seen the other two Stormlight covers, but that one for Oathbringer is just so...generic. It's like someone looked over a synopsis, seized upon the term "Knights Radiant," and decided that meant they could slap an ordinary medieval knight on there and call it good.

There's an official 17th Shard Discord now! The link is on the sidebar of the main forum page.

I turned 40 last month. I'm on a cane-shaking gerroff my lawn kick right now.

1) The cover of a book isn't always a perfect depiction of a scene, but it should give you an idea of something about the book. Not spoil major plot points, but show you something cool that you can expect to see. While Jasnah may not be the central character of Oathbringer, it's reasonable to expect that her return is going to be a Big Deal, and this reinforces that. Plus, she's just looking completely badchull there. It's not just that it's Jasnah, it's Jasnah being awesome. 2) I actually like the Polish covers for Mistborn Era 2. They're lovely. So it's not a matter of style so much (though I do like both of the American cover artists' work in general) as this particular cover is just so...generic. It's a stark contrast of content when you compare the Mistborn covers with the Oathbringer one. 3) I guess that's supposed to be Dalinar? In...armor? Maybe Shardplate? But if it's Shardplate, it's either completely inaccurate for what the book should contain or it's a major spoiler for the growth of his relationship with the Stormfather. The former strikes me as lazy, and the latter is a cardinal sin for a book cover. 4) Yes, I'll admit, I find Dalinar to be a lot less interesting than Shallan or Jasnah. He's sort of...there. Driving the plot along and having his moments of existential angst, but not really capturing my interest that much. So yeah, I'd rather see Jasnah on a cover than Dalinar, because she's a much more interesting character to me.

Dobby is a FREE ELF!

For unwittingly bringing my love of pumpkin spice out of the shadows and into the light, thus horrifying the Shard. (Whoever responds to this is not allowed to make a crack about pumpkin spice. :P)

It is not sarcasm. I adore pumpkin spice. If you don't, then that's just more for me. IT IS THE DELICIOUS But...but...Jasnah! How can you not love the cover with Jasnah on it the most?