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  1. Kingsdaughter613
    Absolutely not. ...You didn’t tell me why you ordered the hot on Kennedy... TPBM thinks Kelsier should back a Survivorist Metal band in Era 3.
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    Cultivation
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    Samuel Arnold’s Juvenile Amusements, 1797. But it is older than that. Nope. Different Ghostblood. As you well know, considering you gave the order. (Remind me what he did to annoy you again?) TPBM thinks calling American Cheese ‘cheese’ is an offense to cheese.
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    Yes, years and years ago. TPBM knows what book Humpty Dumpty originated in.
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    That’s not very nice... Am I a Shadow at least? TPBM is a Ghostblood (like me!)
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    Actually, you have greenish-brown. Per Brandon: Hazel. Not specifically at the moment. TPBM is bored.
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    Lol! Ton is Regency Era British High Society. Confederation United States was between 1783 and 1787/9. Then we became the Constitutional United States. So considerably more than a decade ago... It was a historical fanfic, but one that had an original plot, characters, and a LOT of research. The character in question, Robyn, was an original creation. She basically told me “oh, btw, I’m a lesbian and I’m sleeping with my abigail” while I wrote her. And then I had to go back and figure out ‘okay, how do I mention this without it sounding forced?’ Honestly, except for the two main characters most of the characters relationships aren’t dealt with at all because the story was more about the historical events. There’s another character whose wife got mentioned in the epilogue, so then I had to go back and throw in a random mention that he was married. No one else’s relationships really get mentioned because they aren’t important. (Said wife was only relevant because she got Robyn out of babysitting - don’t ask.) I’m planning to do more with Robyn and her abigail if I ever complete the Regrncy Romance using the same characters. Still not a major character, but she has a bigger role and that story revolves around relationships so it makes sense it would come up. I am Jewish. And Orthodox. And LGBTQ. And female. And an American. And a New Yorker. And of Middle Eastern descent. And the grandchild of Survivors. And a mom and a wife. And a sister and a daughter. And an artist and a writer. Like I said, it’s only one facet of my identity. It’s important, but it’s hardly the most important thing about me. No clue if I mentioned this before. I don’t try to appear straight. I just act like myself. But everyone assumes I am straight for whatever reason. I don’t see that it’s most people’s business anyway, and it’s not like I’m going around wearing a sign. You are normal, btw. Don’t ever let anyone tell you different. And don’t ever tell yourself otherwise.
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    We know his true name though. Otherwise I would have guessed him.
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    TPBM had a wonderful Shavuos. If TPBM is not Jewish, TPBM has had a Pecorino cheese.
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    I have been to Canada. And Europe. And Asia (ME, which is in Asia). I have not been to South America. NHIE been to South America.
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    “There are some near the exit from the terminal,” Kelsier said, vaguely amused.
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    In this case the character was not a PoV, the people who knew didn’t care or consider it important (the POV was her father’s), and she was acting as a highly erratic spy for said father. The thing you’d remember about the character is that she’s a Ton character in Confederation Boston and she really doesn’t want to be there. Also, in my experience being LGBTQ is the LEAST important part of my identity. It really doesn’t effect me much and it certainly doesn’t play much of a role in my interactions or life. It’s just part of who I am, like having dark hair, but it’s not a big deal or something I dwell on. (Though it does bug me that people always assume I’m straight.) So this is how I usually write my LGBQ characters; it’s part of who they are, but not a big deal. (T characters are a different story.) This is kind-of what I ended up doing. Her father asks her if her abigail - who is her lover - is doing alright in the context of a conversation about their family members. Neither one ever actually says that the abigail is her lover though, as it made no sense for them to mention something they both knew and both are used to playing the charade of the woman ‘only’ being an abigail. (The ton was perfectly fine with people being gay... as long as you were discrete. One of the interesting elements of the time.) Then I made the relationship explicit in the footnotes (which are cannon and part of the story).
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    And then he fell through it and ended up on top of the White Tower. Where Moiraine promptly tied him in air next to Kelsier... Unfortunately, being stuck there for a week in the rain means they’re now allies (temporarily) in avenging themselves against her.
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    You said Cosmere, so... “Well, the Lord Ruler thinks he has claimed laughter and joy for himself. I’m disinclined to let him do so. This is one battle that doesn’t take very much effort to fight.” “You tried,” Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. “But you can’t kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you’ve never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.” “Belief isn’t simply a thing for fair times and bright days, I think. What is belief—what is faith—if you don’t continue in it after failure?” “It’s easy to believe in something when you win all the time, Jastes,” Elend said, opening his eyes. “The losses are what define a man’s faith.” Better to trust and be betrayed, Kelsier seemed to whisper. It had been one of the Survivor’s mottos. Better to love and be hurt. What was it Spook said? Sazed thought, sitting in the shadowy kandra cavern. That faith was about trust. Trusting that somebody was watching. That somebody would make it all right in the end, even though things looked terrible at the moment. To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe. He held his daughter close against his own broken soul. Survive. (Both in SH and in BoM and the last line in WoA, too.) Also literally any time Kelsier punches (or attempts to punch) a god.
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    Exactly how are you supposed to make it clear that a character is gay if their sexuality is totally unimportant to the story? This is a genuine question, btw. When I write I might know X is gay, but if I wouldn’t mention a straight character’s sexuality then why would I bring up a gay one’s? Treating a character differently because they’re gay is literally discrimination... And often it feels very shoehorned to bring it up, because literally the only reason to bring up a character’s sexuality is to point out ‘this character is LGBTQ.’ So how do you do this?
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    Mraize. Or Iyatil.
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    It doesn’t need to be a lot, especially on a first draft. Just be consistent. Have a plan and stick to it. I used ‘one chapter a day’, but there are other methods. ‘I will write from X time to Y time,’ works. So does ‘I will write out this scene/interaction today and that one tomorrow.’ And so on. Find the method that works for you. But once you have a plan, stick to it until the book is done. And I recommend having a basic plot outline first, so you know where you’re planning to go.
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    “It’s in the library. Along with the Encyclopedia Brittanica, which should offer a nice overview. They also have a digital version you can access.” Kelsier opened a small door at the base of the spire, a private entrance in and out of the terminal.
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    As I previously noted, I’m not available until after the 21st of June. So @Frustrationis welcome to run things.
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    Sazed.
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    I mean, one of the Shards literally IS Entropy, so...
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    The available method. And Saze was actively trying to discourage its study. Essentially, there are in-world explanations. There really isn’t a good one for why Saze would want to lead people to falsely believe that some forms of Savantism were safe if they weren’t.
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    Death and the Survivor 8
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    The two missing metals were bases. This was fixed to be more obvious in later editions. Saze very much did not want people using Hemalurgy. Also, the only method of surviving spiking is unavailable to most people.
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