VirtuousTraveller

On 11/18/2021 at 1:17 PM, Chaos said:

Eventually, but not soon. Shipping things ourselves would be a big commitment, so we would have to try and find some sort of on-demand store that can handle that and payments for us but also have the quality we want. So I will say this will not be anytime soon because there will need to be loads of research done for that.

@Chaos you may not know this, but as a huge fan of all things Brandon Sanderson, I am very moved by the fact that “Eric from the Shardcast” actually responded to a post I made on here =) I feel so special!

Sincerely, thank you good sir, and thanks to all of you who work to maintain this incredible fandom community!  It’s so much fun to be a part of a legend of literature like Brandon in real time with other people who love it too!

Will the Shard be adding an online store for said and future merch? 

On 9/27/2021 at 9:32 AM, Child of Hodor said:

Kaladin's Fate

Since so much of his struggle has been depression, suicidal ideation and struggling not to give up I think a death would be too easy. The more challenging ending of book 5 for him is to have to continue to live and deal with life. Life Before Death, baby!

You mean..."Dying is easy, young man, living is harder?" 

(That's a Hamilton reference, for those of you who don't already view Dalinar as hip-hop George Washington in your minds)

This is just an insane example of the incredible fandom that is the 17th Shard.  I didn't get to grow up in the era of JRR Tolken, George RR Martin's books were drawn out over such a long time (still waiting), and Harry Potter was incredible in so many ways (but not on the level of theorizing and interconnectedness I love).  Brandon's Cosmere is like the LOST of our generation, and this map shows that his fans SHOW UP with their A game.  Thanks for making this incredible ride even more fun with this map!

12 hours ago, Mistspren said:

Splintering a shard, maybe? Ati almost succeeded with Leras, and that would most definitely be a breach Rayse/possibly Bavadin had committed, making them worthy of Hoid’s ire.

Good call!  Ati was attempting to destroy Leras (which may have violated the rule to not harm any other vessel).

16 hours ago, Ammanas said:

Was it just me or was this the first State of Sanderson where Brandon looked...mortal. Don't get me wrong he has still had a great output and looks like he will be busy next year, but not as much as in past years. I guess I am just spoiled I guess, because he still has more output than the average writer. 

I felt the same way too.  Brandon seems like an incredible guy, Invested with tons of writing and storytelling power, but he is still a human being.  I'd personally like to see him cut back on the random non-cosmere stories (especially in committing to trilogies!), but I understand that this is part of the "I make my living off of being a writer, so I also have to produce content consistently enough to survive" aspect of Brandon's humanity.

I wonder if he's dealing with commitments he made in the past, prior to becoming (at least in my estimation) really successful with his work.  Perhaps these commitments are less "man, I'll just keep writing more and more things because I have nothing else to write!" and more "I wasn't sure how successful my work would be, so I signed [multiple] contracts to write things for INSERT PUBLISHER HERE so I could guarantee my livelihood, so now I have to do so."  I could be wrong, but this seems like a reality professional writers could face.

I'd like to see him take a couple of years to bounce between books specifically within his cosmere.  Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the Reckoners more than I thought I would, and I'm sure I'll enjoy Alcatraz when I finally decide to read it.  I know Brandon has said this "bouncing between projects" is part of his creative process (and my goodness, it seems to be working!), but the longer I've been a Sandersonian, the more the fan in me feels like he's spreading himself really thin.

Seeing The Lost Metal pushed back so far was a let down for me.  I agree with @Ammanas - we've been spoiled.  In the back of my mind, I was thinking "Brandon is going to release Oathbringer and then reveal that he's secretly been writing COSMERE BOOK A and COSMERE BOOK B, to be released in the spring of 2018!"  That's an absolutely nonsense thought (and unfair to Brandon), but to be fair to we fans, he's DONE IT BEFORE (that crafty cremling!).  And, it's not like he ISN'T doing this now - it's just that his other books aren't cosmere.

Again, who are we to tell the master artist what to paint, right?  The last thing I want Brandon to feel from me is disappointment, especially after the incredible universe he's built for me as a fan, which pulled me into the fantasy genre, reinvigorated my love of actual reading as an adult, and which continues to provide me a fun community of people on the shard and in my personal life.

We, unfortunately, don't have any Atium, so while I'd love to believe that Brandon spends his time storing up youth, he's a human being.  I'll grow old with Brandon and enjoy his books as he releases them.  It's funny that he finished the Wheel of Time, because my friends who first introduced me to Brandon Sanderson LOVED this series grew up and grew old with Robert Jordan.

Here's to many, MANY more years of health and joy for you and your family Brandon!  =)

This is so exciting! =) I haven't been this excited about reading since Harry Potter - I'm so glad that this wonderful (and absolutely horrible) anticipation of book releases will continue for what sounds like the rest of my adult life! =)