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We are all pieces of the universe, the cosmos incarnate, made alive to experience and to ask questions about itself.

Ok, but, now what about Listenerine?

Plot twist: it's actually called Listener's oil, and you don't want to know how that comes about.

I have begun to attempt to write verse; enjoy. Please. Here is a little thing I wrote over the past hour or so: In this, I attempt to deal with loss, but not in a way that is sympathetic or empowering or anything, because none of those are accurate, but the real sense of hollowness that loss can set in motion. I'm aware that it is entirely too emo and I apologize, but I digress. If you wanna post any poetry, feel free. I'll keep trying my hand at verse, arm yourself with kittens and happiness. And antidepressants.

Are they fun? Are they really? People tend to get rather, ah, up-in-arms about our dear Shallan and her prospective love interests.

AM I GONNA CRY YES I AM

I sure hope not.

I can second that.

Hey, I'll fight you over Shadolin. I used to be a devout Shasnah shipper but I've grown quite fond of Shadolin.

Hah, I found myself having a good laugh at that one. Props to Edge.

We're glad you did. Regardless, happy 23rd. Hope it is/has been a good one!

There is, but there is not one for the negative, as far as I know. Look in 17th Shard Discussion for a thread named New Reputation Levels (or something of the like).

Now I really want to see Lift and Adolin fight side by side. Not just for the powers, which are, granted, super storming cool, but for the personality clash. Maybe they'll end up best friends. Seriously, though, I quite prefer Edgedancer-hero-Adolin to Dustbringer-rogue-Adolin. Hopefully Oathbringer sheds some light on this.

Ohh, I see. Thanks! Now, on a slightly related note, what are we thinking about The Ring? My personal theory is that The Ring is Cultivation, the Cultivationspren's "Mother" as Honor is the Honorspren's "Father". Or perhaps a spren council of sorts led by Cultivation/Nightwatcher.

Sweet! Thanks for the tidbit, Jond. Since the Unmade are of Odium, d'you think maybe they are to Odie what the Nightwatcher is to Cultivation and what Stormydad is to Tanavast? At least tangentially?

"But all men have the same ultimate destination. Whether we find our end in a hallowed sepulcher or a pauper’s ditch, all save the Heralds themselves must dine with the Nightwatcher." (The Way of Kings, chapter 58) This passage from WoK sort of stuck with me. I've been rereading the Archive recently (I'm on WoR currently), and have been picking up on things I never thought of previously. For example, in the Mistborn series, when a character dies and is in "limbo" in the Cognitive realm, one of the Shards (Preservation, then Harmony) greets the deceased and guides them to what I assume to be the Spiritual Realm. This happened with Kelsier, The Lord Ruler, Ati, Vin, Elend, and Waxillium, to name a few. To all save Waxillium, Preservation/Harmony led the shade to the Beyond, but to Wax he offered a choice: to live or to pass. I propose that the Nightwatcher is a manifestation of Cultivation that resides Physically in "the Valley" wherever that may be, and that those who "dine with the Nightwatcher" have died and gone to the Cognitive Realm. The Nightwatcher greets the newly dead, dines with them (literally or metaphorically, take your pick) and offers them a choice. Perhaps one way of getting a boon and a curse is getting a second chance at life after transitioning to the Cognitive Realm, maybe even with the boon and curse as anchors, holding you to the Physical Realm. Or I could be off my head, reading way too deeply into this whole thing. Either way, thanks for entertaining this little pet theory.

This Is Us, anyone?

The Unmade

Happy birthday, Your Weirdness!

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I'm sure you're very pretty!