The Sovereign

We have already seen Dalinar use his Plate on screen or at least the beginning of him using Plate. In the vision that Dalinar brought Venli into after Odium starts to unravel the world Dalinar forms plate around his arm and uses it to pull himself up a rock. For that matter, we have seen Jasnah and Shallan's plate as well.

This is likely the case, but as long as people believe it Silence can cash in on it. Alternately, if enough people believe it, it may actually become true. We could be seeing something similar to how Spren can change if human perception of them changes.

Humans are weird.

I'm pretty sure Silence outright says that pigs tend to keep Shades away. That seems like an excellent reason to keep them around on Threnody.

I believe you are misinterpreting Fortune in the Cosmere. You seem to be equating it to luck. It is more like clairvoyance and seeing/knowing/predicting/interpreting the future. Think of Fortune more in terms of a "fortune teller" than "that was very fortunate". As for her having snapped, this I agree with*; I highly doubt she snapped in an Allomantic sense (I have seen some theories that suggest she is a worldhopper or Scadrian decent and whatnot). Instead I think we are seeing a constant of the Cosmere in that severe trauma can damage your Spirit Web. I think we are seeing something very similar to the screams Szeth hears when he closes his eyes when Sebruki stares at a wall blankly.

I can see how the Sazed voice would be a give-away, but personally I found it obvious anyways. My first time reading HoA I had it figured out at: The structure of the speech screamed Sazed at me right away, so... @Govir you beat me to it mate.

It's a bit outdated, but I suspect you'll get a kick out of this thread.

I've actually been thinking about this for a couple of days now since origonally reading your post and last night I went back and re-read the scenes where Hrathen and then Sarene are in Elantris. Hrathen doesn't remark any injuries whether it be bruising, scrapes, etc. after his "fight" which he certainly would have sustained even in such a one sided fight. If you've ever punched someone in the face (which Hrathen does to one of the Elantrians that attacks him) then you know you almost certainly would bruise your knuckles if not worse. We also see him become delirious with dehydration something we do not see from the other Elantrians. We then see with Sarene that while she has normal hunger and such but she doesn't have the ravenous hunger of other Elantrians. Also we see her hair growing. If the potion had faked Connection enough to actually to actually mimic the Shaod transformation then it stands to reason they would had that same complications of the Shaod as the true Elantrians. I think it is far more likely that Forton's concoction magically-chemically mimics the appearance of post-Reod Elantrians as you had origonally assumed.

Always sad to see the media trying to keep a good clown down.

What are your thoughts on seeing a clown as treatment for depression?

I've been re-reading the Cosmere the last few months and I just got onto my Oathbringer reread. This time around I caught something that I hadn't seen talked about so I figured I'd point it out; When Shallan is exploring Kholinar as Veil she encounters Hoid telling the story of Mishim. He recognizes her through her illusion. Shallan comments that Hoid has a white and black jar in his satchel. This is a jar of White Sand and is likely how he identified her since the Kinetic Investiture of her illusion would change the sand's color.

The first Sanderson work I read was The Gathering Storm the first Cosmere book I read was The Way of Kings.

Not really related, but the potion Hrathen drank was invested. So yeah, your Invested eyedrops aren't so unfeasible.

Seeing as I am apparently a Dawnsinger now... "These Voidbringers know no songs. They cannot hear Roshar, and where they go, they bring silence. They look soft, with no shell, but they are hard. They have but one heart, and it cannot ever live."

Aran'Gar: Mesanna:

Correct. And for that matter, Aran'gar is Balthamel post-resurrection.

You are born with your latent Allomantic powers. Vin for example snapped at birth due to complications and a difficult childbirth. This WOB confirms it:

I believe you are mis-reading my post; I am saying that I believe Trell is Autonomy. Either way, your point is valid. My point was regardless if you think that Trell is Autonomy or Odium, you are seeing a case with Bleeder where a metal of non-Scadrian origin is being used for Hemalurgy on Scadrial.

Bleeder's spike was made of "Trellium" [for lack of another term]. We can make an educated guess that Trell is Autonomy (or a less educated, but still somewhat reasonable guess that Trell is Odium). And that metal was used one Scadrial. This would indicate the metals origin isn't necessarily relevant. I believe there was a WOB that said a spike made of a gem was plausible although I can't find it. Also Vyre's dagger is Hemalurgy after a fasion. Here are a few relevent WOBs:

Mate, I hardly ever need to post anymore because you type my answers for me

Please disregard this post, I apparently posted it in the wrong thread, not sure how that happened...

To add more to this, I need to put another point in Oathbringer's favor; The Dalinar flashbacks are the best of the three books.

I tend to agree with @Calderis here. To build on this, I suspect that the Illumination surge is actually giving Shallan a brief glimpse into the Spiritual Realm here. With mastery of the Illumination surge, she may be able to do it at will. It should also be noted that assuming that she in fact is glimpsing the Spiritual realm, these things she is "seeing" and drawing are likely happening simultaneously. In the Spiritual realm all locations are one so it stands to reason she is seeing things happening in other places.

I've read everything in the Cosmere several times. This is a tough question... I find it hard to separate the books, as it really is just one long story. ... I suppose I'll give multiple answers; The Way of Kings is the best written of the books. Words Of Radiance was probably the most enjoyable and best paced of the books start to finish. Oathbringer had the best scene.

Personally, I would recommend the Following: Elantris The Emperor's Soul White Sand Mistborn Era 1 *Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell Warbreaker Stormlight Archive (Insert Edgedancer before Oathbringer) Mistborn Era 2 Mistborn: Secret History Sixth of The Dusk *The only one that is up in the air is Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell, I would recommend reading it before Mistborn Era 2 just because of a small thing in one of the broadsheets of Bands of Mourning.