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I think he was described as "lanky" in Words Of Radiance, being chivvied out by Rock. (Trying to sketch the bridgeman tattoos)

That's Sean Bean, dunno, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan. Add to that Samuel L. Jackson (football field groundskeeper mentor in Rudy), Adam Sandler (romantic rival with a literally universal remote in Click), aaaand that's what I've got. So we're up to 14 (13?) without looking it up.

And that is why the Set are the villains, because their actions have suggested that they have discussed precisely this.

I assumed that was psychosomatic, of sorts. Like Violet in Series of Unfortunate Events being unable to think up an "invention" until she ties her hair up. Just a little thing one does to kick-start a thought process.

Also he swore by "Shadows" when exasperated by Nikki.

The "gentleman adventurer" from the Broadsheet pulp stories. Bombastic, reckless moron in a mistcoat and a cowboy hat. Has (in the grand tradition of these tales) a sidekick who is much smarter than he (his "trusty editor" Handerwym) and a love interest playing the role of perpetual damsel.

Why not just use coins? Much easier to explain than a bag of nails. "I was just doing some midnight carpentry, master Keeper, sir!"

...Why that power? Out of perhaps morbid curiosity.

Yeah, that. Oh, Taylor!

Cadmium bubbles - Chromium leeches metals. And possibly, although Khriss probably hasn't made that particular connection yet.

I like the name "Unity" for a Devotion/Dominion hybrid Shard.

There's a theory floating around that this is exactly what Drifter's endgame is: gather together Investiture from all the Shards so he can leverage that Connection to recombine Adonalsium (with someone at its head. Who, him?). However, it doesn't seem to explain why he sent the letter in Way of Kings to his contact in the 17th Shard, which is all about how dangerous Odium is, and what a tragedy it is that he's Splintered as many Shards as he has, and what a shame that the 17th Shard doesn't get off their lazy rear ends and do something about a problem for a change.

Seems a bit hardcore. Earring would be much simpler and less crippling if removed. (There's a reason why Harmony uses earrings in a similar function)

I was right, was I not?

That was in WoK, back when Kaladin was still unlocking his powers. I don't recall whether he had one or not when dueling Szeth in the storm at the end of WoR.

That's the one! (I wanted to wait until Delightful confirmed I had it right, even though I knew I did)

That's basically right. Except for one minor detail: that wasn't the Lord Ruler.

Secret History spoilers:

The kandra had an escape-hatch suicide method that Harmony couldn't touch (otherwise Paalm wouldn't have been able to die on that rooftop in SoS). It was their answer to the Resolution of the First Contract, which as we saw was not 100% foolproof against, well, tampering. If Harmony had clamped down when you're suggesting he did, Paalm would have used that escape hatch long before Trell got hold of her. Actually, maybe Ati was like the Doctor or several anime heroes I could name: Kind to everyone and everything, but leaving the broken remains of injustices behind him and not looking back. That'd be the best way (IMO) to reconcile the fact that Ati was kind and generous, but also was a perfect fit for Ruin. Assuming that the letter writer wasn't lying, which I agree does leave Ati's pre-Shattering character... rather open to interpretation.

Daughter of the Lioness duology, by Tamora Pierce. Preteen boy's mansion is heisted by fairies.

Maybe if Wax had fallen for one of those dangling plot threads that Suit tried to set up at the beginning of BoM, he'd have been led to some of the surviving kidnappees as a reward. And I do mean "surviving" because the allomantic ones have undoubtedly been used for spikes.

Why the spike in the eye, then?

Secret History spoilers: Besides, TenSoon would not take kindly to learning Harmony had assumed direct control in that situation, nor, really, would anyone else in his inner circle. And there's no better liar in Harmony's inner circle than TenSoon, so trying to prevaricate wouldn't fly either, and would probably make it worse. And even leaving aside the events of SoS, Lessie knew what it meant when Wax wouldn't read that note from Elendel, knew that he needed to go back home sometime. And said nothing. When she saw the letter - nothing. When she was taken hostage by Bloody Tan - nothing. After her death by gunshot - nothing. Until she waltzed into Elendel years later and tried to set the world on fire. So unless Harmony had taken direct control of her that morning, and didn't let up until she lost her Blessing (which by the way is severely out-of-character for Sazed, even after 300 years of Intent-juggling) she is complicit in everything she accuses Harmony of perpetrating. EDIT: You do have a point about Ati and the Letter, though. If he was such a "kind and generous man," why exactly did he pick up Ruin, of all Shards?

As others have stated, it's a duramind, which stores Connection. Stamps don't work in Elantris, and that's on the same planet as their country of origin, why would they work on Scadrial?

Galladon wasn't metallic-looking on Roshar like he was on Sel. That could still be an illusion of some kind, but it's looking very likely that it's simply due to Galladon's connection to Elantris being stretched quite a distance (several hundred light-years, assuming I'm judging the scale correctly).