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So, we know that ettmetal/harmonium can be used to replicate Allomantic abilities (engines using Steelpushing to move turbines, primer cube/grenade Wax and co charged with Allomantic steel, Allomantic cadmium and Allomantic bendalloy). While all those abilities are external Allomantic and we don't know how would internal work (for example, how would tin work with allomantic grenade?), perhaps they could be used also with feruchemy. Thus, we could make machines which could use Allomancy and Feruchemy (and perhaps Hemalurgy) since sentient machines would have a soul. Now, let's leave all the "hey, Metallic Arts golems/Terminators etc" and focus on other uses. How could we use the fact that machines could use Allomancy and Feruchemy? My first idea is computers using Feruchemical copper to store data. I think it could be faster than traditional methods. What else we could do with such technology?

Strawman. Gavilar did not get an urge to "unleash DOOM" as you try to argue so badly; what Gavilar wanted to do was a tool, not an aim in and of itself. The visions are interactive in nature, so we don't know whether Gavilar got the same content from the same visions as Dalinar. Dalinar is still getting new visions; Gavilar may have seen more and we don't know what's in there. We don't even know whether he have seen the same visions or if they were in the same order, as @Argent pointed out. Furthermore, he may have interpreted them differently. Et cetera, et cetera. Yeah, usually when God says something, people totally should go "nothing good comes out of it, shut up shut up shut up". When people discovered the sixteen as sign from god, they should totally go "nope, that's god talking, let's not investigate it". Vin could have still succeeded in killing Ruin, the only problem is that Sazed would have died because koloss would tear through humans like a hot knife through butter. And Returned should totally not listen to their visions, nothing good comes out of it. What in the Damnation are you trying to argue?

Thanks Seriously? 10 years after publication of WoA I mean, it's one thing to talk about Shadows of Self or Bands of Mourning without spoiler tags in Stormlight subforum... but original trilogy?

It's fascinating how some people are already bashing Gavilar based on very little. Anyway, I want you to consider two things: 1. (Spoilers for WoA) 2. God was directly pushing Gavilar to unite the world. I mean, your god, the good god, not the evil one, is telling you to do something. Now for the philospohy problem: are your actions justified, whatever they may be? If human morality is holding you back from doing what god told you to, what does that mean? It's not as clear cut as many would believe. I wonder if Gavilar realized that the visions are actually god's apocalyptic log, not a conversation. Dalinar only realized that at the end of WoK.

Nicrosil already does that (and more).

Guess what I'm watching right now.

About FTL: how about sentient ships Compounding steel? (I believe I have already mentioned that possibilty somewhere) WoB implying sentient machines do have Spiritweb

So I'm not the only one who saw WW trailer and thought of Captain America: First Avenger?

Death Rattles began to surface about the time Gavilar's expediction started to explore Shattered Plains (WoK, end of chapter 71). It's caused by Moelach (Taravangian interlude in WoR). On the other hand, this WoB says:

<insert a bad pun about Spiritual Realm and it being time-independent>

I think the case with Leecher cleaning a Compounder is like Miles' case - metalminds piercing flesh. Since anything in organism can be burned (so theoretically Inquisitors could burn their spikes) then it means that Leecher is making his victim destroy anything accessible Allomantically.

No. Huge amounts of Investiture can cause sentience, that's a fact well established. I am not talking about things made by magic. To reiterate - sentient AIs or robots, thinking machines.

Do we have anything on the matter of... those things (I wanted to say "non-organic sentient life" but spren )? Artificial intelligence, sentient machines? How would they be, Realmatically? Would they get a Spiritweb? Would they be able to use medallions? Etc.

I don't want to drop crem all over that idea... but you know that's pretty much every "stuck in a game" plot we can see everywhere nowadays?

My mom is reading AU. She has read Emperor's Soul earlier but now reads it again and she commented that now she notices more things: she asked me about Shai's Uncle and Aunt (since they're not real, she thought that Shai has Stamped herself and was confused since Soulstamps don't work longer than 26 hours). I explained and then said: "You have missed one more thing, in the beginning. Remember the Imperial -" "No, I didn't miss anything." Makes me proud with Hoidspotting

This: Be sure to read subsequent posts as there is a funny screenshot I took. Also, that's my 3000th post!

Gavilar's assassination will only be in the first five prologues. I tie prologue PoVs with the flashback characters: Szeth/Kaladin (I think it's obvious - both Windrunners, one tries to protect, one must kill. They were set up for a battle since the beginning) Jasnah/Shallan (master-student realtionship and few other things) the other two flashback characters are Eshonai and Szeth. I think Book Five will be Gavilar/Szeth. It provides nice closure (the first prologue is viewed form the mind of the killer, the last from the victim) and Gavilar's got to be the last as he will reveal the most. However, if Gavilar ends up as the Prologue Four, I will start running around screaming "WHO IS THE PROLOGUE FIVE CHARACTER, BRANDON? WHAT HAVE YOU PREPARED FOR US?!". Szeth's flashback will provide insight in Shin culture and it could be vital to overarching plot - Shin are the keepers of the Honorblades after all. It will also explain why he raised Desolation alarm which could also be important. This leaves us with Book Four being Eshonai's flashback. Who could we pair her off with? Who else was on the feast? Amaram? Nale? The other male Herald (probably Kalak)? Elhokar? Taravangian? Shalash (maybe?) I rule out Dalinar unless he had a really interesting drunken dream. Herald being prologue PoV in her book would work on dichotomy of... well, Herald - Voidbringer (I mean, she is a Voidbringer now. I don't know whether she will continue to be). Amaram - Son of Honor, wants to cause Desolation; Eshonai wanted to stop Parshendi gods from returning, hence Gavilar's assassination. Elhokar doesn't seem an active player at the time, so I mostly rule him out. Taravangian... I don't know.

I've discovered Imaginary<INSERT NAME> family of subreddits. I'll be back in a year or so.

I read it at first: I scratched my head fow a while, then read again.

WoB about afterlife has it that it has implications for the transit time in Cognitive but not for Beyond: WoB.

Only one? You can do it yourself

Wait. I think all of Mad Max films are set in Australia. ... Hold on. Did I somehow slip into alternate universe? I was pretty sure we're talking about post-apo genre, not dystopia Please disregard everything I said about Metro 2033. Those are all post-apo.

I don't know. The first, the original one is definitely worth reading (Metro 2033). It's great. I've read the sequel, Metro 2034 and it was not so great. I haven't read the final installment, Metro 2035. In meantime, it gave birth to a shared universe of post-apocalyptic world where people survived nuclear apocalypse usually by hiding in metro/subway. Different authors set their own stories usually in their own cities. I have read one book set somewhere in Russia, don't remember where, and the first Italian. They were not really memorable. There is one set in my own city, it could be fun to read it.

Probably because authors of those live in USA? Universum of Metro is usually set locally. For example, there are some set in Italy (Italian author) or one set in UK (English author), few set in Poland (Polish authors)...