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Wecome to the Shard. It is a feature of Vorin Languages (see below) that Symmetry is "holy" but being truely symmetrical can be blasphemous. So, in the Alethi Women's Script, the letter "h" is a symmetrical placeholder that is written as the letter to which it is paired, but with a diacritic mark showing that it is pronounced as an "H." Words of Radiance Ch 47: So, written in the Women's Script, it would look symmetrical (except the diacritic). For more on how the Women's Script was decoded by fans, please see this (very long) thread.

I feel like a person's opinion of over or under-rated for both of these series is mostly dependant upon their expectations and context when they pick them up. Lord of the Rings: If you go into this knowing how old the series (1930s-40s) is and you understand the context and social mores that have changed since this was first published (1954) then the stories can be enjoyable - just realize that fantasy was only a few decades old and not very codified yet, so conventions like handling subplots and character arcs were much looser than modern novels. Personal Opinion: This series both has too much detail and not enough detail for my taste. I'm glad to have read it once, but I doubt I would read it again. There is a ton of worldbuilding minutae detail on non-plot relevant matters, but then plot relevant topics get very sparse (nearly DEM-level) detail that inhibits my ability to really enjoy the stories. Harry Potter: This is very much a Bildungsroman Middle Grade story. If you go into the story expecting adult themes and plots, you will likley be disappointed. If you go into the story realizing it is meant to be read by people the same age as the protagonists, then it makes much more sense. Also, if you know before reading that Ms. Rowling's (debatably) greatest strength is Foreshadowing (some Chekhov's Guns prepped in book one do not "go off" until book 7, and every book has at least one thing forshadowed for the book after it) and that her (debatably) greatest weakness is internal consistency and character developement; then you can enjoy the series much more because you know why more time was spent on <this>, rather than <that>. Also, anybody who has seen the films, but not yet read the books, should be warned about how much was changed to meet the film media requirements (timing, budget, etc) before they try to read the stories. Personal Opinion: I've read this series more than once, and I can enjoy it - but there are many parts where I just have to remind myself of the intended audience to enjoy what I can and ignore what I find annoyingly plot-driven (rather than story/character consistent).

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There are as many "reading order" lists as there are people who have read the cosmere, Please see these posts for much discussion on the topic: What Book to Start On "Best" Cosmere Reading Order Reread Order My Reading Order Really, in my experience, giving a new reader enough information to make an informed decision will usually turn out better than just telling them what order to read (because each of us have different preferences and tolerances). So, with that in mind, here is what I wrote up and turned into an ePub to share with my friends and coworkers: When in doubt, publishing order is usually a good guideline as well. Hope that helps and welcome to the Shard.

Counterargument to what? I was neither agreeing nor disagreeing with your assessment - I was merely showing the book referenecs so they were available for the discussion. Inconclusive. Sazed sees Elend in twilight (it's before sunset when Elend and Spook arrive at the gate), and the candle is still working (if flickering) with Marsh - so without data on how his sight was "enhanced" I would tend to agree with your assessment (tapping sight helps you "see" what you intend to "see"), but the evidence is not definitive to that assessment. Neither "scene" states or implies if he using sight "zoom" or sight "low-light-dilation" or some combination thereof.

It may or may not be as @alder24 theorizes, but I would like to point out that the separation of senses into different storages goes all the way back to the first time "tinmind" is used in the trilogy (WoA ch 12) and continues with each time F-Tin is used in Era 1 (though it could simply be "this is what I was taught" and it works that way because each feruchemist was taught that it worked that way). Examples: Looking these references up did make me consider. . . what about different applications of the same sense? Will those also require separate TinMinds? WoA Ch 12:

Unknown. Midnight Spores do, but while they are related to Midnight Essence the two are not the same: I'd imagine that in the Venn Diagram "Midnight" (Pre-shattering); that Nightmares, Midnight Essence (SA), Midnight Spores (Tress), and Midnight Aether (Presumed), all four would intersect with each other, but none of them would overlap by more than 50% and all four together are not likely to cover more than 60-70% of the "whole" of Midnight. It does not say if Twinsoul sensed it directly or Siljana explained what was there (unless it's mentioned in a later passage) - TLM Ch 45: Ch 47 does have a passage like you describe, though it is unclear if he is using the speech pattern because Siljana is really explaining, or because that's how Twinsoul describes sensing though the Aether: As for the Rosharan Midnight Essence, in OB ch 25, Rock describes the Construct as using a conventional weapon (though it may be an assumption, unclear if he saw an actual knife): But in the Starfalls vision, the Constructs very clearly are able to form sharp claws: Hope that helps

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Right, I was pointing out that it seemed you wrote only from Sharshara's POV. As we learn in SA and ES: I'm not saying you are wrong in any way, I'm just pointing out that there is more than you have accounted for so far. Nightblood wasn;t just influenced by being a sword, the shape of his sword likely mattered (a cutlass has very different "uses" than a broadsword, for example), it likely mattered if he was a newly forged sword or had already been used in combat or to kill something/somebody, etc.

But not just her conception of sapient sword - it is also influenced by the physical and cognitive identity of the oject itself. WoB: I think of it like a recipe. When baking, for example, cookies - Flour, Sugar, Moisture (oil, milk, cream, etc.) are all main required ingredients. But even the salt, baking powder, baking soda - despite being such a small percentage of the whole - can have a huge effect on how the final result turns out. So, your three-item list might be a good start from the perspective of the Awakener, but the result will be influenced by all of these smaller "ingredients."

@alder24 is not saying "two Awakenings" he's saying "Two Steps" - the same way we saw the Squirrel done in Warbreaker Ch 21: So, you give the breath and use a Command to Awaken - Then, separately, you use the security phrase to give the Awakened Entity a Command. (note how it is capilatized in Ch 21)

Well, I was pressed for time, so here are some of the other WoBs: Divine Breath is a Splinter of Endownment - not actually a "breath" at all (that's just the current Hallendren Term for it). It does not work like Breath, but may have uses besides healing: Please note, that comes from the Warbreaker Annotations (Specifically Ch 47) - he references Nightblood, not because Yesteel's experiements will be the same, but because Nightblood was the only example of a Metallic Type 4 Biochromatic Entity known to fans in 2011.

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Possibly other effects, but not Resonance for a mistborn. WoB: But yes, especially because a Cadmium bubble's default size is so much larger than a Bendalloy bubble, there are likely many useful ways to use the Venn Diagram bubble cancelling to determine what speeds up and what slows down.

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This would seem to indicate to me that Nightblood was leaking from the moment of his creation. I would argue that the 1000 he started off with would be part of consumed breaths. Please read that WoB again (emphasis added) - Nightblood did not leak until after Vasher used it to kill Shashara. He wasn't even named Nightblood when created (because, no leaks) and was renamed after he consumed Shashara, her Divine Breath and all of the normal breaths she had remaining (likely, at least 8th Heightening or more in qty). It's not in a WoB, because it's said outright in the book and annotations (which are part of the eBook as well):

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With the caveat that extreme emotional states also prevent the Control. So, it seems likely to me that it's less about "emotional stress" than it is "permanent emotional/cognitive damage." Which is why I said my opinion was unlikely - no matter how much distress the Goldshadows cause in the moment, the likelihood of permanent damage is low (as mentioned above). Could it happen? Probably. Especially if somebody was making that their goal on purpose. Is it likely to happen to the average Auger? Doubtful.

My guess is that it would depend on the Manifestation of Investiture. In Spook we saw that the Savantism Soul Deformation meant that without Tin burning he was nearly numb and senses far lower than normal. In Miles, he also lost the ability to feel pain (and fear to some extent) which made it easier to be injured or push things too far (not much of an issue for double-gold). SA Spoilers So, I would guess it is less "a Savant thing" and more of a "Miles thing."

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I beleive it is there until we know how they factor into events after Secret History

Well, Medallions (though we don't know much about that yet). Hemalurgy also causes cracks. Much larger cracks actually, which is why The Flaw is more pronounced in Hemalurgic constructs. It was in the WoB I posted, but more explicitely stated here:

Have you read White Sand? The Omnibus and Ars Arcanum? I think if you are looking to make connectsion to other Manifestations of Investiture for what little is known of Aethers, you will find the most relevant similarities there. Spoilers:

If the person is an Auger - they already have cracks. That's what Snapping is - there is no Allomancy without cracks in the spiritweb (that is then filled by the power of Preservation - making you an Allomancer). (SA Spoilers) I'm not sure what point the OP is trying to drive toward with Spiritual cracks. Maybe I could answer in more detail if I understood why it matters if cognitive dissonance in an Auger causes additional "cracks" or mental issues. . .

It would appear that the Breath does allow the stone some flexibility, based on this WoB (SA Spoilers): So, if that works and allows movement, then likely Kalad's Phantoms were also solid stone around a framework skeleton held together with their Lifeless Breath (WoB and Annotations on Warbreaker):