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Actually, your post is not very long at all. hard to read, but not too long. Policies can be reviewed here. But please, for Ado's sake, capitalize and punctuate (not to mention spelling, which I also struggle with getting correct). I will try to interpret. I hope I preserved your meaning, while increasing legibility. Please note if I got something wrong (Missing words added with [] brackets). As far as the theory, Some considerations: Thought representations are already shown to exist in both Roshar's and Scadrial's Shadesmar. On Roshar, they are the "lights" that represent each sapient soul (rather than beads for non-sapient souls) Also, the Everstorm had a Cognitive Representation in Shadesmar; without a corresponding Physical Representation until the Parshendi Storm-forms "pulled" it through The Visions would have to be in a Demense (term from another IP that means a temporary self-enclosed "realm" partially in two different "zones") that lies between the Cognitive and Spiritual realm, since we have multiple examples of Time and Location not applying Including (non-complete list) Kaladin and Stormfather, Dalinar's Visions, Kaladin and storm-riding Dalinar, Odium and everybody We know time didn't apply, and location was irrelevant and that their Physical body never went anywhere; which is what implies a SR/CR Demense You imply a three-tier cake model for the realms, but they are not "stacked" or even really separate - they a different ways of interacting with the same things from a different "perspective" e. g. Shadesmar is neither above nor below the PR, they are side-by-side as one - as shown from the Sja-Anat viewpoint because she is in between and interacting with both at the same time (other examples include Elantris and Mistborn Spoilers) Like I said, it's just food-for-thought to help brainstorm your theory further.

Very happy to hear you are getting the help you need and are improving. For me, the Cosmere character that is closest to this is Zane (Mistborn Spoilers): I don't know if you have read Altered Perceptions (discussed more at the linked post), or Sanderson's Essay for that anthology, but the bolded part was a significant influence on Way of Kings: Essay Excerpt: Thank you. My personal goal has been to shut up unless I can either be helpful (answer questions, find references) or constructive (advice, etc.). Some of my favorite (non-Sanderson) quotes (and guiding principals) come from Jim Butcher books (Dresden Files, Codex Alera - minor spoielrs): Thank you for the thread @JohnnyKaizen. Hope that helps.

Did I spoil something accidentally? Do you mean Renarin (Adolin's Brother - he is in Way of Kings)? Or were you referenceing a post further up than mine?

I have a theory. I think many people that dislike Adolin do so because he suffers from Raoden Syndrome. From the Elantris Annotations: So, in a Roshar filled with Character-driven arcs and lots of personal growth, we have Adolin with a Plot-driven arc (First he thinks his Father is going mad, then the Dueling plots, then the Kholinar trip and the Trial). Sure, Adolin gets minimal character progression (Killing Sadeas; fiding his own way as Highprince, rather than being mini-Dalinar; etc.) but he does not need Character Growth as much (Maya does though). As Brandon points out, the mostly-stable hero with a Plot driven arc is rarely a fan favorite.

We'll see what SA5 brings (no spoilers please, I'm avoiding previews) but, so far, I'm the opposite. Discussed in more detail here - but basically,I liked Shallan in the early books, but really started to dislike her in Oathbringer (to the point where that is my least favorite SA book - pretty much all due to her sections) and RoW didn't improve much for me. It really is hard to choose a favorite character, but I am relaly looking forward to more Renarin in the back-half, because I think he will be my favorite once we get enough backstory and screentime to put context on what we know (which is not much).

I don't have much to add, but I would like to point out that Nomad's assumption that returning to a planet means he's endangering others is not really correct. Once he realizes that if 2 of every 3 skips or so went to a planet previously visited (but a different part of that planet) then his options open up. Unless TNB has thousands of Worldhoppers to waste leaving at least one in every nation of every inhabited planet, then he still won't necessarily endanger people from previous visits. Just look at Blunt, Thinker and Grump's efforts on Roshar in the Purelake. . . I do find it amusing to imagine the results of TNB trying to track him on Drominad amongst the Pantheon though

Sliverism is based off of The Lord Ruler (known in Era 1 as "The Sliver of Infinity") and reveres Ironeyes as TLR's Last Inquisitor Spook was made (The Last) Mistborn at the end of Hero of Ages - which is why he came to be known as "Lord Mistborn" (his title as ruler, possibly?) Kelsier is the Survivor, and known much more for that role than for being Mistborn Also consider - Kelsier was a Mistborn for 2 years, Spook ruled the Basin as a Mistborn for 100(ish) years HoA and Secret History Spoilers: Hope that helps

Just to start brainstorming - what if it was a separate infobox (maybe in the History section) with only two categories: Appears in | Mentioned in?

That all sounds awesome. For a smoked brown butter ice cream, I would probably try a fruit cobbler. Last weekend I made a Cherry cobbler (simmered with a cast-iron toasted cinnamon stick, for just a touch of spice in the compote and a dash of fresh grated nutmeg) with a Cocoa Cobbler short bread. Your smoked ice cream sounds like it would go very well with something like that - and Cobbler is one of those great desserts that can adapt to nearly any in-season fruit. My other weekend test was to use a new batch of Stock (chicken and pork mix - about 75/25%) to make a savory Mushroom Leek Bread Pudding with chicken and sausage crumbles (a mix of bratwurst and bangers removed from the casing, mixed together and poached in the stock so it was not overcooked in the pudding). My herbs are doing well (if getting a bit over-hot if I don't keep them trimmed) so I had fresh sage, rosemary, and thyme from the garden to use.

You're missing the obvious one, mentioned at the end of SoS (Spoilers)

Inquisitors in Era 1 (like Marsh) could learn to compound if they had the Allomantic and Ferucemical powers for the same metal. That is no longer possible after Harmony made some "changes" (possibly unintentionally) post-Hero of Ages. In Era 1, Ruin was pushing the fabric of Scadrial to make things possible that should not have been (like more spikes, and compounding with spikes). But, when Harmony fixed that imbalance (but did not change Marsh himself, as the last old-style Inquisitor) it no longer became possible (or at least without jumping through some hoops). Each Hemalurgic Spike will contain a portion of the "donor's" Identity. That's why a Hemalurgist would be able to access a Feruchemical Metal Mind made by the Donor. However, this also means that the Allomantic and Feruchemical Identity for a single metal would have slighly different Identities (Hemalurgist + Donor A in one, and Hemalurgist+Donor B in the other) which makes compounding with those two abilities no longer feasible (if done normally). Coppermind and TLM Ars Arcanum: Hope that helps

If you checked out those reading order threads, they pretty much list everything. You can also check out this Coppermind page. Probably the big one is Warbreaker (recommended before Words of Radiance - but not spoilery so it can come after, you just may miss references in WoR and Oathbringer). It's also free on the website.

Welcome to the Shard. I see from your post in Hyper's Intro post you have read Mistborn (and Skyward/Reckoners, but those are not Cosmere). Is it just the first Mistborn Trilogy? Have you read any of the other Cosmere works? If no, have you considered your plan for other Cosmere works (skipping them, mixing them in between SA novels, etc.). Slight Spoilers (ish):

I think you meant Resealing. Bloodsealing is very different. A key thing to understanding all of this is the Platonic Ideal - The Theory of Forms (which is what much of this is based upon). Your Spiritweb - Spiritual Identity is the Platonic Ideal of You. When healing, the healing tries to align your Physical Self to that Platonic Ideal - as expressed through the lens of Cognitive Identity. Examples: Lopen never saw himself as "disabled" - Stormlight healed his arm Rysn definitely saw herself as disabled, so eventhough the time-since-injury was much shorter, Stormlight and Regrowth did not heal her legs. Kaladin saw himself as oppressed and dangerous, so Stormlight could not heal his brands until he came to terms with that portion of his past and self-image. To Quote Fuzz (Mistborn:Secret History spoilers P2:C1) Spiritual Ideal > Cognitive Filter > Physical appearance/Effect. If something is not a part of your Spiritual Ideal, then no amount of Cognitive "Perception" is going to make it a part of your "healing." So, it's doubtful that Blue Dyed hair can be "healed," but it might be possible that healing could remove the dye and restore normal hair color the same way that Kaladin's skin pushed the tattoo ink right out. . . Returned are a slightly different case due to being a form of Cognitive Shadow and also due to the nature of Endownment's Investiture. Another "exception" was also seen in Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, due to their specific situation (spoilers). WoBs: Hope that helps

Except, that WoB was confirmed to be about Resonance - which is not-quite-the-same as what causes a Reverse Lashing to be possible. In which case, the Windrunner Resonance is "number of squires" and the Lightweaver resonance is mnemonic abilities.

Not entirely correct - any Allomancer should be able to burn Pure Atium. To burn a GodMetal, a person must have ties to Allomancy (which allows burning metals to connect to Investiture for an Effect) and a Tie to the connected investiture (Vin or Kelsier wouldn't be able to burn a Rosharan GodMetal, for example, without "something more.") Granted, there should be at least one more God Metal that can be burned by "anybody" (like Preservation's metal - Lerasium) - likely Endowment (Edglium) due to the nature of her Investiture. . . WoBs: Hope that helps

Agred Agreed. I, personally, doubt there is a combined application - apart from whatever the Skybreaker Resonance will be. I also think that it is unlikely that every order has an application of their combined surges. For example - Transformation and Transportation (Elsecallers) or Transportation and Cohesion (Will Shapers). I think some surges will have an obvious cross (Reverse Lasjing), some will not and some will be ambiguous (Bondsmiths - we think that was Adhesion and Tension working together, but we don't know for certain).

It's okay, we are allowed to disagree. I added the other half of the reference above, but Shallan herself also notes it was likely a combination of transformation and illumination - and that these illusions had a resistance to physical touch that none of her prior illusions had. However, I could not find a WoB about this that wasn't RAFO.

We see Shallan combine Transformation and Illumination at the end of Oathbringer (120):

FTFY - Idrians would not be so happy

Does that mean the logo change is permanent, rather than a June thing?

Possible, I suppose. But that would seem out-of-place for the rest of the worldbuilding on that continent.

I do not think Brandon has definitively answered why he chose that name, though my personal theory is that:

Sorry about the spoilers. More sorry you don't seem to have been told about the Time Machine on the coppermind that would allow you to view a version of a page from before the release of a given book to dodge spoilers for any book released after that time.

*MeLaan My bad lol It's the Audiobook Curse - primary Listeners tend to have trouble spelling names and terms, unless they spend significant time on the Coppermind (or similar).