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I know I should know this, but after a bit of searching, I could not find a clear argument. I mean, people reference it all the time but I can't seem to find an original theory or something. I thought the dude everybody calls Talenel is actually Talenel. Why don't most people think it is? The Coppermind isn't helping me much. If you could just link to something that explains it more clearly, that would be a big help! Thanks, and sorry for the (probably) repetitive question.

I'm at a friend's library and see THIS ... (sorry it's sideways) then THIS YES Sanderson is getting some traction in the YA sections at least

I wonder if that's on purpose... either way, that is really neat.

The Nightwatcher is confused. She doesn't know what Earth is, much less snakes. So you get enlarged cremlings with hands that take over only your house instead. Your furniture becomes their servants and you are forced to move. The Nightwatcher thinks that's appropriate, seeing as how you confused her with your incomprehensible vernacular. As your bane, you receive limits on your knowledge: you can only learn 8,000 things about any one subject. I wish to never have to use a school-issued yoga mat ever again.

My friends and I just had a long conversation about Mistborn and the depth of both the worlds and the characters. One of them has read TFE through BoM plus SH, like me, but the other just finished HoA and is getting increasingly annoyed by our wide-eyed, wordless reactions to SH and BoM. However, we did agree to back off a little bit, since it is finals week and she doesn't have time to read. ... well, neither do I, but that never stopped me.

Shhh... we have to avoid instigating an intraforum war.

We have a name for "Sanderfan" but not one specifically for Stormlight people or Mistborn people or Reckoners people or Alcatraz people Once you read one, you are somehow sucked into the magic land we call "Cosmere + others just as awesome" (yes, that's its actual name)

Granted. You lose both feet tomorrow. Not because of age but because of ... uh ... magic ... oooOOOooo I wish for a sweatshirt that stays magically clean so I never have to wash it.

Granted. Unfortunately, your Breath requirement jumps from one a week to five, and every two years, it doubles. On the plus side, Domino's probably will give you frequent flyer miles, so there's that. I wish for a free flight to anywhere every time I want one

Granted. Yummy, yummy meat and gravy and tortilla-esque thing. However, you can never touch a piece of paper again without getting a papercut. The size of the cut is in direct relation to the size of the paper. Better avoid posters. I wish for chocolate ice cream. mmm....

@Left Well, that was helpful. and made me feel very, very small in relation to things, but okey dokey

You are the one who determines the problems... IMMORTALITY! two boons in one! mwahahahahahhhh Granted. You can burn steel for Allomantic and Feruchemical effects. Cool. You lose the ability to read. You can relearn but you will never be as good as you were ever again. evil laughter I wish to never get sore ever again.

You didn't wish, @Firerust the Terris Gyorn!!! You now have the ultimate bane... the Bane of Incarna. Good luck. I wish for more chocolate muffins. And Oreos.

Granted. Your ears are now filled with the sounds of "it's a small world", never to be ceased. You can hear other things, barely. I wish for a laser pointer that upgrades items its beam hits.

Granted. You can no longer eat meat. You have no appetite for it and you simply cannot get it in your mouth or taste it. I wish for less homework to do.

I hate to double post but it's been like a week, so..... Researching names for characters today and finding ... baby Hoid? why the heck would you name your website that? Ohhh, baby HOLD. Nah, still confused.

Granted. You are taller. Now every time you pass under a tree, 30% of its leaves or needles fall off. I wish that I could stay home and read instead of doing things

Okay... granted. Many middle schoolers thank you for the ability to burn down their schools. You now have to deal with farm animals constantly stealing your bassoons and other weapons/instruments. The pigs talk. I wish for the power to make people around me burst into choreographed song and dance, much like a live musical.

Wish granted. You do realize there's no Stormlight or other investiture on Earth, right?... I mean, you might be able to swallow pure metal but that's debatable. Any incandescent lightbulb that is within a 4ft wide circle with you in the center turns off and never works again. I wish for a nice pair of bluetooth headphones.

When you write "I wish I had feruchemical steel to finish this quickly" on an assignment nobody will read to give a paragraph length. Then begin to wonder if steel grants some measure of zinc, too... do your thoughts keep up? Anyway. I'm just seriously done with this thing.

Granted. You'd better use them fast, seeing as they lose potency over time. Somehow you've also got to break them off your knife so they can properly lodge in a body. You are now incurably invisible. I wish for a hypoallergenic cat that's not hairless.

Pleasant surprise. The Nightwatcher looks at you in confusion. Your wish was a strangely temporary one. She thinks it's only fair that your bane be strangely temporary as well. Your bane, sir. I wish for a marker that can write on the air.

Granted. The question was inane. You now have to use Rick Astley for every profile picture on every platform you have. I wish for a waterbottle that never gets empty.

When you wonder if your school would be socially accepted in Alethkar (it's STEM. not quite arts, meaning not quite "feminine", but neither is it "finding someone to stick a spear in you" or any modern sporting equivalent)

Granted. You no longer have to post in haikus. (The second line of the second has eight syllables, by the way) As your bane, you lose all your fingernails. I wish for a packet of Alfredo sauce (I'm all out and really want pasta)