The Invested Beard

On 5/10/2019 at 9:48 AM, Calderis said:

Well, in some ways, I think it actually still is. The way the intents function though, makes that seem exceptionally confusing and misguided. It would just be the shard of non-intervention... For everyone else. Its interventions specifically meant to stop theirs.

Edit: and on that note, if the theory I linked about is correct, your Shard of Intervention, oh bearded one, would be Endowment. 

I would be okay with this. I like her sass.

I just had a random wild theory hit my brain. What if there's an actual Shard of Intervention. Divine Intervention is an actual belief in some cultures. Maybe there's a Shard behind the Ghostbloods and other such groups. I'm also wondering if the Shard that is in Silverlight and seems connected to the 17th Shard is in some way something like a Shard of non-intervention. Would have to figure out a good name though. Thoughts?

Posted this in the Discord but I thought I'd bring it here also just to spread the conjecture.

So I was listening to the latest Shardcast and this WoB stood out to me:

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Skyward Pre-Release AMA (Oct. 22, 2018)

 

dvoraen

"To see the future originates with the Unmade..." "Voidbinding is a dark and evil thing, and the soul of it was to try to divine the future." Is it therefore safe to say that Voidbinding, by extension, also originates with the Unmade?

 

Brandon Sanderson

Not always. But usually.

 

Toast.

40 minutes ago, Hoid8489 said:

Regarding the second part of your comment,

I‘d like to quote DE:

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There was probably a technological aspect to the suppressant device. Many Cytonic abilities had mechanical halves—like the FTL comm feed, which wouldn’t work without physical receivers. The Cytonic behind his imprisonment would be feeding part of his mental energy into a physical device, one that used electricity to amplify the effect. But because of that augmentation, Jason would never be able to break free. He would be trapped forever in the blackness.

 

so i don‘t believe a second cytonic capable being would be necessary to move the ship.

Necessary? Maybe not. Awesome? Yes.

6 hours ago, NoiseSpren said:

Champions are behind us. He will try something new and mean. He lost this turn. I bet he will win the next.

I'm with Noisespren. I think the champion thing isn't actually the way it's all going to play out. I don't feel like Brandon would lay it all out so clearly from the beginning like that.

I'm definitely on the crazy train. I believe Doomslug is a component of the cytonic hyperdrive, either as a backup for non cytonic pilots or as an actual complimentary piece to a cytonic pilot. I have a feeling that a human cytonic doesn't have enough power to move something with as much mass as a spaceship on their own and Doomslug's race is capable of cytonics. Of special note is that Doomslug mimics the humans quite a bit. I don't think Brandon just threw that in there. I think it's a mechanic of how the slug and the human work together to move the entire ship. Human moves themselves where they want and the slug moves the ship. There are also these WoBs:

Questioner
What does Doomslug eat?
Brandon Sanderson
Doomslug eats mushrooms, among other things. I don't want to say anything more...
Questioner
I know, I was trying to find something that wouldn't be RAFO'd
Brandon Sanderson
Yeah that's actually shockingly relevant of a question, so... Hmm!

Sciencetor2
I am subscribed to the, "Doomslug is the hyperdrive," theory. Can you confirm or deny?
Brandon Sanderson
I cannot confirm or deny.

So Doomslug was the reason the original pilot told M-Bot to collect mushrooms. Gotta keep your slug alive.

He might not be good, but the actual big bad? Don't see it.

Oh that's right. Hrmmmmm. Not sure then.

Okay, so all those pieces are a fraction of the amount of investiture Hoid would need. But say he got hold of an investiture vacuum. Such as our old pal Nightblood...

Must be that time again.

I actually don't think the Sibling is necessarily connected to Odium directly. If the reasoning pans out correctly, we have two known higher spren who existed before the Shards showed up and annexed them, Stormfather and Nightwatcher. There appears to have been a third super spren related to stone who was probably the Sibling, but I'm not convinced it was co-opted by Odium.

Beardomancer or Whiskers.

Said this in discord but I'll repeat it here for anyone not there:

Really good book guys. Love how it all tied together but I do have to say I kinda figured it was a prison planet about halfway through. Of course I had read DE beforehand so the seeds were planted. Also: Doomslug has FTL. Fight me.

Liked the characters a lot. Brandon has gotten really good with varied personalities and motivations. Some were archetypal, but most were pretty original, including M-Bot who was a stand out for me. He was hilarious. Brandon hit the nail on the head with him.

The only negative I would say is the repetition of the dogfights. There was a progression to them, but there were quite a lot of them and they all started to blend together for me by the end.

I saw the topic title and couldn't stop hearing "Magnets. How do they work?"

I think they're more closely connected to Odium's spren. They look like Shin and cannot fly, they have to be touching stone or something solid to manifest in the physical realm. See Ulim's introduction and the yellow spren leading the escaped parshmen in Oathbringer.

Stupid sexy Talenelat.

On 10/24/2018 at 1:10 PM, daschaich said:

Yeah, that's about as obviously nonsensical as Internet nonsense can get, not least because the time is being spent revising, rather than writing.

Unfortunately, The Invested Beard, you seem to be applying for a position that has already been filled.

Oh. My. Goodness.

I am so happy this exists.

Yeah on my current re-read I'm really noticing this connection. There is something super important going on with the Shin, spren of stone, and the Sibling. Have an upthingy!

1 minute ago, Toaster Retribution said:

First, nice to see @The Invested Beard again.

Is this your controversial opinion?

See I can't really get behind that. Those editors must have some singularly amazing writing skills. These books have a very particular voice and are almost poetic in their prose. I think Rothfuss is just a perfectionist and is having a hard time with the fact that no matter what he does, it isn't going to be perfect and some people aren't going to like it.

Here's the weird thing about all this. No, the Honorblades were not spren that became weapons, they were formed by Honor from his power. However everything on Roshar has a spren as seen in Shadesmar because a spren is just the concept of an object given form in the cognitive realm. So this makes me wonder if Honorblades, though not originating as spren do in fact have spren that represent them in Shadesmar due to the preponderance of cognitive activity on their behalf.

Hey guys guess what???

Still no word on book 3.

Sorry for the necro troll. Feeling salty.

I'm still really looking forward to The Doors of Stone even though I'm tired of waiting for it and feel like giving up.

On my latest read through of the books I'm getting the feeling more and more that being considered as a radiant isn't just about having cracks in your soul. I think every single person has them to an extent and I don't believe the severity is the gauge by which the spren measure who is worthy. Remember, you have to actively say the first oath and not only say it, but mean it. I think it has to do with realizing and working through what that means somehow. Not sure exactly how to put it into words but that's where I'm at with the whole thing.