theuntaintedchild

Maybe Division is like Scar from the Full Metal Alchemist anime. Maybe their skill set is breaking objects down into their most fundamental pieces.

5 minutes ago, Cryokina said:

I think he's said it's slatrification, which he feels doesn't fit very well with the mechanics of the Cosmere as they are.

Oh yeah. I forgot about his comments on slatrification. It would definitely make more sense to do a rewrite to amend that issue than it would to try and fix the faces. We can't after all unsee those now.

15 hours ago, Weltall said:

in the context of that being an opportunity to remove a troublesome element that made it into the graphic novel

Something tells me this troublesome element is the "sky faces". I really don't think he wanted them to be as noticeable as some of them are.

19 hours ago, king of nowhere said:

It's funny how we are trying to make prediction based on storytelling conventions that are only loose guidelines at best. It reminded me of a character from "the order of the stick" (whom any reader will identify, but I don't mention her name to avoid spoilers for eventual future readers). she was good with several issues, then she had a series of breakdown, she got crazy and did some really stupid stuff, and then... she died. the author wrote that sometimes life does not give us a chance to fix our messes.

I know it's not on topic but I absolutely adore Order of the Stick. I've been reading it for the past 10 years. Also your username makes so much sense now as well.  Do you have a crown around your neck?

On ‎2‎/‎5‎/‎2017 at 8:22 AM, maxal said:

If I am not mistaken, Brandon mentioned the possibility of doing more than one flashback book from a dead character's perspective. Taln certainly is a contender, but a too obvious one to justify the amount of drama being put into it. In other words, I doubt anyone is going to cry nor rip their shirts over Taln turning out being really dead: he hardly is a character within the story and while many find the Heralds very interesting, none truly have any emotional attachment to any of them. 

 

I actually would be pretty upset if Taln died. He's the herald I most closely identify with. I would totally be a Stonewarden. I just love the idea of a man enduring 1000's of years of torture just because he is the rock the rest of the world takes shelter behind.

On ‎3‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 3:35 AM, dvoraen said:

Personally, I've interpreted this as Moelach being the actual speaker, as it seems strange that the individual physically giving these words would say "truths I see", as if knowing what was being witnessed.  Thus, it didn't make sense to me that it was a Death Rattle.

This is my favorite interpretation of this death rattle.

I think the answer is in the name itself. 17th shard. There are only 16 shards. (15 counting the merged one.) I don't think they are controlled by a shard. if they were they would be the 4th shard or the 9th shard. By naming themselves 17th it's like they are setting themselves up as a separate entity not under the control of one of the shards.

As for the shard that knows about events, and is hiding. I like to think of it as the Wisdom Shard. It's wise enough to know to stay out of the fight. You can't be shattered if you can't be found. Thinking about it a shard of Wisdom could have a Taravangian like ability to predict the future. I mean it doesn't take a genius to realize a shard called Odium might not be on friendly terms with the universe. "Wisdom" could have foreseen the shatterings. I'm picturing the moment "Wisdom" picks up his shard he immediately notices an increase in his intelligence and deduces that the same will be happening to the rest of the shardholders.

Although a more hilarious route that would still fit all of the above ideas would be if the shard was "Paranoia".

Has anyone thought to ask whether one can slatrify on another planet? Is it just the sand on Taldain?

I prefer to think that it wasn't spite, but instead The lie that the TLR was still alive was dangerous to the rest of the Cosmere for some reason. If TLR was still alive it would mean that he succeeded in containing Ruin for another 1000 years. Maybe Hoid wants Odium to know that the shards have merged, It's been stated that Odium Is/would be (depending on when this takes place) concerned by Harmony. Perhaps Scadrial was Odium's next target and Hoid is trying to showcase just how much of a threat he would be up against.

Also, That's an absolutely awesome WoB. It's my favorite kind.

I always thought Crem was calcium carbonate deposits like stalagmites/stalactites. Super hard after the rain evaporates.

16 hours ago, Jondesu said:

Heh, I know, most people just don't use the distinguisher of sapience and consider humans and animals all sentient, and then have trouble describing what makes humans different.

Edit: my point being that sentience, not sapience, is the important factor, and explains why a tree couldn't be a Lifeless, while an animal can.

I love things like this, I consider myself to be moderately intelligent,  IQ of 131, was in the gifted class and all that jazz. I'm nearly 30 and until reading this forum post I had never heard the term sapience before. It really gives a "There's always another secret" aspect to the real world. I know scientists have been saying this forever. I just love learning about new things no one thought to teach me. That's a pretty important distinction between sentience and sapience.

Wit needs the quote about letting the world burn with tears in his eyes.

Hoid probably used Stick to scratch his backside. Got all kinds of investiture up in there.

Maybe Ruin was like Alcatraz's breaking talent. Perhaps he looked past progressive change and all he saw was Ruin when he took it.

This is so cool! This is my favorite theory right now.

17 hours ago, maxal said:

Brandon confirmed Oathbringer was an in-world book just as he confirmed his plan was to have every single book be named in such manner. I thus seriously doubt Dalinar would dedicate a book to Navani, entitling it "Oathbringer". At this point in time, it makes no sense. Dalinar discarded Oathbringer, it is an artifact of his past life, not his future one. Considering what we know of Oathbringer's origin, the most likely possibility is the book merely narrates the high exploits of this particular Shardblade and its most famous bearer. Likely, the book tells the tale of why this Shardblade was named Oathbringer.

I agree with you that it doesn't make much sense naming the book after a sword he discarded. I was thinking more along the lines of borrowing the title because it so aptly describes Bondsmiths. More of a happy coincidence than a dedication. I just keep expecting Dalinar to have a book written because of his repect for Nohadon and the Way of Kings.

I do love your idea as well though. It would be cool to see that even during his younger wilder years, Dalinar could enjoy the written word. I can imagine him getting readings from a famous shardbearer in between battles. Learning tactics and then eventually winning the blade the book describes. That'd be cool too.

I've had the pet theory for awhile now that Oathbringer would be a book Dictated by Dalinar to Navani. A book chronicling his story about being a Bondsmith and named after his sword. His job is literally to bring people to make oaths. I of course reserve the right to be completely wrong. XD 

13 hours ago, Kingsdaughter613 said:

Once we are going down that route, why a Kandra? Wouldn't a Mistwraith be preferable?

Even better!

I really love the directions this post is going in. I had not considered that a Kandra with access to Kelsier's bones could make a perfect body for Kelsier to squat in. Maybe this new Hemalurgic discovery works similar to Awakening on nalthis in the fact that the closer a vessel is to it's cognitive shadow makes it easier to hop inside. Like how awakening is easier if it's a human shaped object.

1 hour ago, Thunder_93 said:

For the last 2 posts: I'm not sure if you really understand how the storing Identity works.

Of course, it's not all 100% clear yet, but Bands of Mourning gave us a pretty good idea about it: (so, BoM spoilers ahead)

 

A Feruchemist can store all his identity into a Metalmind, and while he does so, store any other Metalmind with the matching attribute.

If he does so, said second Metalmind will be an unsealed Metalmind. This means, everyone with the right feruchemical ability can use the Metalmind.

That's why Wayne could use the gold-Metalmind he found, as it was unsealed. And that's also as the Bands of Mourning themself work, as when the "powers to be Allomancer / Feruchemist" were stored, the person stored all his identity -> everyone could use it.

 

I honestly don't think feruchemical Aluminium includes storing an actual personality into a metalmind

It is still a bit hazy for me. Like I do understand how it worked in BoM. I'm just curious how far it could be stretched. I must say I am liking the idea more and more of them spiking Kelsier into someone else's body rather than Spook.

5 minutes ago, CosmereAvair said:

I don't think the spike would contain Kell, because Hemolurgy always loses a bit of what it is transferring like a leaky pipe. Kell and spook wouldn't do that then because some aspects of Kell would be lost.

I hadn't thought about that outcome.

On ‎1‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 9:07 PM, nervousnerd said:

I'm not really sure I understand why his identity would be in the spike though. Do you mean that Spook is going around with Kelsier's identity instead of his own?

I don't think many people think Kelsier came back in his own body. That was sort of digested. I think most people who believe it is Kelsier believe that he and Spook spiked his soul into a new body (that could have been but is unlikely to have been Spook) and that this new body essentially becomes Kelsier. The reappearance of the scars is then explained by Kelsier's spiritweb changing the body to appear how he believes himself to look (like Kaladin's slave brand).

I was thinking one of the metals is capable of storing identity through Feruchemy. I can't remember which one. If the spike was made of that metal it could store Kelsier's identity.

On ‎1‎/‎13‎/‎2017 at 7:18 AM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

We actually know it can't be Spook's body; Kell was in the South ten years after the Catecande. Spook would be active in the north for another ninety years. The logistics make it just about impossible.

Could Spook not have been active both in the North and the South? We don't have any evidence to support the fact that Spook was always in the North. I definitely hope you're right though. I mean I really like my idea and everything but it's always nice to actually be more clear on a topic like this.

On ‎1‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 8:30 PM, Kingsdaughter613 said:

It can't be Spook as he was elsewhere. It's definitely Kell at this point; Brandon has said too many other things - like Kelsier having an important role in the next two trilogies- for it too really be anyone else. He's also confirmed it by not contradicting or adding caveats to the assumption as opposed, say, to Taln (who Brandon refers to as 'the man who calls himself Taln.') We also do have prior examples, just not using Hemalurgy. The Returned and the Heralds and, to an extent, Tanavast.

So what we are left with is how Kell has done what he's done. Is he using his old body? Is he possessing someone? Did he find another way entirely? And so on.

That's a really good point about The Returned and the Heralds.

I also enjoyed the prose version more. I'll still pick up Vol. 2 though. I don't like quitting something halfway through. For example, against all evidence to the contrary I have faith that Wheel of Time will get better than Eye of the World.