The One Who Reads

I'm really torn about the film to be honest. The good: No backflips and spinning in the fights Loved the special effects and the directors restraint in using them. The lightsaber looks slightly more practical with a crossguard (bit of a stretch). A stormtrooper who isn't just another disposable mook! Some good laughs especially the 'troopers backing away when they hear a tantrum in progress. "we'll use the force!" "that's not how that works." The bad: R2-D2 ex machina hey that pilot dude is still alive Death star V 3.0- still vulnerable to X-wings Lack of security cameras in death star (ray's ability to escape detection seems the most obvious example of "HEY LOOK HOW COMPETENT THIS FEMALE CHARACTER IS, SHE DON'T NEED NO MAN TO RESCUE HER" Sure star wars has a reputation to address but its just ridiculously improbable and unnecessary, just have her walk out of her cell and find Han et al. After giving us Finn and establishing the troopers as victims of the first order everyone (including Finn) still treats them as sub-human. No moral dilemma here they're just stormtroopers like your buddy Finn. Untrained sword fighter beats experienced swordfighter but this is only a minor one as realistic sword fights would not work in films.

The first two started blurring together for me in the last book, but don't worry there is like two reasonably sized book series between you and that.

Everyone is ignoring Hrathen here

*Tugs braid*

My comments in red (because it stands out not because I disagree )

Ok let's first look at the production of hydrocarbons. 1) Small organic lifeforms die in the upper levels of deep water low energy conditions, fall to the anoxic sea floor and are covered by fine-grained sediment. 2) Continual deposition of sediments and organics builds up a layer of organic rich mud called sapropel. 3) The paleoenvironment changes (e.g. an outbuilding landmass) and deposition of coarser sediment (which will form a porous and permeable reservoir rock) begins burying the sapropel. (increasing temperature and pressure and beginning the transformation to a source rock) 4) An impermeable layer is added to the top, the cap rock. 5) Faulting, folding and other tectonics creates a structure that will intercept and concentrate oil into economically viable reserve as it migrates upwards. Hydrocarbon production is reliant on the enviroments of deposition not really timescale, we get lots of oil formed in the Jurassic at 180Ma-140Ma (or rather the source rock is that age) in the North Sea because that was when we had the right conditions in the right order not because 'oil takes 180Ma to form'. steps 1-4 aren't that hard to imagine happening at some point in Scadrial's history, but when Harmony rearranged the geography of the landscape it would have been one hell of a job to not only preserve and move Kms of strata but position near to what would become Elendel. You also have to keep in mind this was also Sazed's first use of the shards and we know from past experience that the first time is the not always easy for a Shard-holder. Diamonds come from deep down brought up in mantle plumes, the difference is (mostly) pressure but the pressure is on a different order of magnitude. If scadrian coal seams generally formed under higher pressure than Earth's we would see a greater proportion of higher grade coal however.

The Way of Kings, the in-world book not SA book one. I loved every quote we get from it.

Aside from the obvious double gold and double steel compounders a double iron twinborn pulling scouting enemy biplanes out of the air is the best I can offer. Honestly it seems that ignoring compounding shenanigans Allomantic~Pewter is the winner here simply for the endurance it grants a soldier.

Not sure how often I will be able to check back on this so if shardbearer or someone wants it then he can have it (I only got it because of his post anyway).

The Wind's Pleasure?

Cusisesch (not sure about that spelling) the Protector?

Perhaps Cultivation / The nightwatcher? After Honour's death she just gave up.

Making yourself a Savant? really scraping the barrel here.

Might want to spoiler that post given that we aren't in the warbreaker or cosmere section. Still very true.

Andrew that made my day In warbreaker it is just another busy day in the brandon avalanche.