Stormgate

I think Pattern is talking about inconsistencies. Humans are very protective and tend to avoid human corpses, but the dead parts of everything else seem to be fair game. To Pattern, everything is alive, it's just a lot of things are stupid. 

Pattern is a human scholar, that is, a scholar who studies humans. And he's very intrigued here by the lie that people avoid corpses, but surround ourselves with them. 

It's entirely possible, although I'm not sure how probable. I do think that a dual Shard of some sort may be coming, perhaps depending on how Sanderson wants to take the story of the Cosmere. Harmony is currently the most powerful entity in the Cosmere, but that has inherent issues. But Hoid is much more present here, and he might manipulate the situation into something less problematic. My thoughts go back to TWoK, where Hoid tries name dropping Adonalsium to Dalinar and covers by mentioning what would happen if you took a man apart, and then put him back together. Perhaps something like that is Hoid's endgame.

I think Sanderson told one not in the books: how do you get a one armed Herdazian out of a tree? Wave

YKYASW one of the highlights of the week is receiving a Doomslug plush in the mail as a fully grown adult. 

The only problem is that, due to Reasons (TM), Hoid is unable to injure or kill someone. I'm not sure exactly what reasons, though. 

So, I have a theory that the Radiant bonds are formed through trauma, and the oaths are standardized ways of healing from their individual trauma. For Kaladin, I think he needs to accept that others want to help him, and that sometimes he needs to let himself be protected. How this will be accomplished, I don't know. 

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no. There are dogs other places in the Cosmere, and Sanderson has said that Scadrial (Mistborn planet) is basically an Earth analogue. Anything on Earth is on Scadrial. And we know Wit has been to Scadrial. 

Also, no version of Earth exists in the Cosmere. It's actually a pretty good test if a book is in the Cosmere. 

I'm inclined to agree in the face of what you've brought up. Do you have any ideas about the nature of the Dawnshard? 

The bond can form before any Words are said. It's just solidified by them. And Szeth is an odd one in general. I make no further attempts to figure out what is going on with him. 

I think this is a case of not remembering that the First Ideal is Life before Death, etc. The Third of the Windrunners deals with protecting, even when they don't want to. 

As far as Szeth, his may come from the fact that the words didn't mean something to him at that time, as far as I know there's no solid answer on that. 

And Nale might not use the Plate as a matter of preference. 

I see it as Kaladin and Shallan in WoR after their time in the chasms. They very much came from a pit, holding a large gemheart, and lots of gloryspren came to mark the occasion.

I've fantasized about being a Knight Radiant (as you do), and realized that Cryptics have names that are so confusing for us that they are willing to go along with whatever other people come up with. For my imaginary Cryptic, I decided on the name of Fractal.

Hear me out, this is a literal tinfoil hat theory. What if the box was made of aluminum? We've seen aluminum do lots of wierd things, doing this doesn't seem that far-fetched to me. 

Thank you for the answers, it seems that I was slightly mistaken on what exactly a Shardblade is doing. 

I will restart the wishes. 

I wish that 2021 brings as much good as 2020 brought bad. 

We know that when a limb is severed by a Shardblade, it goes dead, and is usually amputated. If it isn't amputated, would it cause gangrene? 

The reason this isn't a "No duh" in my mind is because of what a Shardblade actually is doing. It's basically cutting off the arm on a cognitive level, making your body think it no longer has an arm there. That being the case, would blood flow stop to that limb as a result, preventing the spread of gangrene? Or is that not how gangrene works? 

Adhesion is pressure and vacuum, yes? Pressure vs pressure equals deflected storm 

My brother, who just finished reading Mistborn/Wax & Wayne, has just started reading The Way of Kings. He just asked the question of what happens if a kandra is cut by a Shardblade. For example, if one cuts off a kandra's arm, can't they grow a new one? If their head is cut off, does it actually kill them?

Forgive me if this has already been answered. 

3 hours ago, gak said:

gets Talenel'Elin in a cake

*inserts brother*

Gets an Iron Inquisitor

Inserts the entirety of Brandon Sanderson's published books. 

Yesterday, I decided to try to make my best guess as to the 5th Oath of the Windrunners. 

The Second and Third are about when to protect, that is, protecting those who can't protect themselves, even if you hate them. The Fourth is, in part, when to stop protecting, or to accept that sometimes you can't. 

My thought is that the Fifth is when to stop protecting altogether, to let them protect themselves. I don't have much rationale behind this, just that, to me, it seems like the most appropriate next step. 

Thoughts? I am looking for support if you agree, or alternate ideas otherwise. 

On 11/22/2020 at 4:51 PM, KandraAllomancer said:

I'm not sure about this, as we have 16 Shards and just 7 colors of the rainbow... Plus, Shardic colors are complicated. Voidlight is hyperviolet, the corresponding rainbow color is violet (with an extremely broad band) and the color of Rayseium, also used by Odium in his visions, is gold and white.

Also, we haven't seen Ruin's or Preservation's Lights, just their godmetals (solid state), Shardpools (liquid) and mists (gas), while Lights seem to be something between liquid and gas

One thing I learned in Chemistry is that every element and chemical compound has its own spectra, that is, pattern of light frequency that the element creates when a lot of energy is pushed through it to make it glow. This principle led to helium being discovered in the Sun before it was discovered on Earth. I was under the impression that these patterns were the basis for the different lines for the different Investiture sources. Also, I don't believe that any two Shards are the opposite of each other like that. They were one being in Adonalsium, and opposite energies in a single being like that would annihilate each other like we see in RoW. I'd posit that Navani discovered that Investiture can have a value (the Intent or Shard of origin) but also a charge (positive or negative.) When Preservation and Ruin killed both the hosts, it was more like two stars colliding and causing their mutual collapse. 

3 minutes ago, CogitoErgoArclo said:

 

Again, I could be wrong, as I don’t have access to the text of Dawnshard. But I don’t believe we have seen “on screen” anyone actually soulcasting something into aluminum. My understanding is people in world assume it is soulcast, as that’s how they get most all of their metals, and it doesn’t seem to occur naturally outside of meteorites. And the people (Horneaters) selling Aluminum to them for ridiculous prices, are protecting one of their most valuable commodities by not correcting that assumption. 
 

supported by this WoB: 

If we actually see a Soulcaster making aluminum in Dawnshard this can be put to rest, but it’s my understanding that this is not the case. 

I'd like to point out that what Sanderson is correcting is not that Soulcasting can make aluminum, but that it's the only way to get it. Aluminum being unfamiliar might make it difficult to Soulcast compared to other metals, but the way I read it is simply indicating that there are other ways to get it. I respect that it might be impossible to Soulcast, but I haven't seen much evidence to doubt that it is. 

The thing is that, especially right now on Roshar, the Radiants are all engaging in war to some degree. I would expect every Order, except Bondsmiths, to spend a fair amount of time on fighting skills with their Surges and weapons. I might add that especially the Windrunners are used to fighting against similarly powered individuals. 

Mistborn are rare at the best of times, and rarely fight each other as a result. They don't have as much experience fighting people with a high level of abilities. In addition, Radiants have weapons and armor that is too invested to be manipulated easily, and is probably bulletproof (to a point), as well as the fact that I can't think of a good way to counter Surgebinding with Allomancy. 

In conclusion, In a fight of abilities and preferred weapons, the Mistborn don't have a chance. The best they can do is hide, manipulate emotions, and hope the Radiant doesn't kill them. Or get a cheap shot in with an aluminum bullet. But that's not the question. 

Cultivation is a Shard of growth and change. One theme throughout the Navani plot line is how Odium has become one of the tones of Roshar. Perhaps she wants Odium, Cultivation, and Honor to find a way to coexist. 

I'm aware that there are things going around about why Kaladin remained awake, as well as why his powers kinda worked. 

Venli asked at one point about the 9 kinds of Fused versus the 10 orders of Radiant, and which one was missing. The Fused she asked claimed Adhesion wasn't an actual Surge. This happens to be the only ability that Kaladin was able to use. Perhaps, as the most senior Wind runner, he had the closest relationship with the Surges, thus the one remaining was more powerful. It's also worth noting that the Windrunners were the only ones that showed signs of maybe kinda waking up during that time. I think this Surge was the reason.