Extesian

I thought this said pollo on pollo. Figured it was a new KFC creation.

I believe the collective noun is symphony. A symphony of Ryshadium.

If that's you D, imma cry.

SILVERLIIIIIIIIIGHT

When you've been so busy irl that you only read the preview chapters 24 hours after they came out and you've barely been on the forums or Discord or doing other Shard responsibilities, and you're trying to figure out who you should apologize to.

Cool! I understand you were a fan from Brandon's earliest days, how did you discover him and get into him? And what was it like learning about the Cosmere book by book (rather than, as I did, having a dozen books, thousands of WoBs, the coppermind and the forums to learn from :)).

But... you are a feruchemist.

We know he typically travels by perpendicularities (shardpools) as we saw him do in Secret History and as was referenced by Rock in Stormlight. People can Elsecall to other planets but we have no evidence Hoid has this ability. There could be other options though

So I've been involved on and off in discord in this one, I won't go through all my arguments but I support B because I think it makes more logical sense (I appreciate my logic is not the same as everyone). I think gravity is a force that can't just be nullified, despite what the Ars Arcanum says, I think it must be countered. My main non logic argument is this Gravity is a constant (on a planet) and it must be overcome, using investiture. But there's a reason I don't think the model matters, they're the same thing with a different cognitive definitional framework. I believe that even if using a lashing 'nullifies' gravity, that doesn't happen for free. There's a cost. If model A nullifies gravity, that automatically costs you one lashing worth of stormlight. Like a startup cost. For example, if model B requires two upward lashings to go up at 1g, model A would require the investiture of one lashing plus the investiture required to nullify gravity. It wouldn't just be one lashing worth. It may be cognitively one lashing, you think of it as one lashing, but you're not nullifying gravity for free. Model A has a built in stormlight cost even if you only believe its one lashing. Does that make sense? It would reconcile the problem in different stormlight usage across models. It would mean that the cost ion investiture, that startup cost, would be higher on scadrial where gravity is stronger. And i that startup cost would be zero in deep space. I feel that makes the two theories realmatically the same, and the only difference is what you think of how many lashings it takes. But you're still using the same investiture you just don't realize some of it is an automatic cost. Make sense?

Imagine Joe changing it

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There isn't unfortunately

And now to finish. I'll...try to veer away from my Dalinar degustation talk. Mmmm. Degustalinar. Those poor, poor parshmen... Interesting that the voidspren does not have any sort of control but must merely persuade. But even more interesting is that the former parshmen can't yet properly hear the rhythms. Shoring up their spirit webs didn't give it immediately. Or one must learn to hear them. Huh. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise, she's presumably strongly connected to the Stormfather. Cool. In some ways its more surprising that she has to consciously do so. Could prove to be an useful timer for times where Stormlight is running out. But more interesting to me is a possible connection to the prohibition of foretelling. Could it be that spren are better able to do this and it became synonymous with Radiants? Metaphorically, psychologically or realmatically? Oh and keep thinking about that stuff girl. It reminds me of when, very briefly, I fell a little in love with you. Interesting she knows she's invincible. Did pattern tell her? Can she feel it? Has...she tried? Oh and CULTIVATION! My lady! Again, how does she know the name? Pattern or just knowing? Or connecting the name with the power she has access to? More Cultivation now for me more. X m8ing. Ah pattern. Maybe with some spiced chutney and roa... nevermind. Such delicious lies. Interesting to think of holding the Stormlight in as suppressing it. Clearly very interesting that she was actively investing and conscious of how to manage it even back then. And I remain very interested in healing and the way Stormlight triages injuries. I felt like minor ones go first, because of Kal. This makes it sound a little more concurrent? Hmm I'd be curious to know from the stormwardens (I'm looking your way jof) whether this timeframe means the unexpected highstorm was just a normal one brought early, and this schedule fits, or whether its thrown off the pattern. And yeah, how did rust sphere still have light? Maybe they just have huge gemhearts that retain the light and they, like use one to infuse spheres? I feel it doesn't work like that. Maybe adolin has a gem that's been more perfectly cut. IALAI WILLSHAPER CONFIRMED Oh. No. You. Di'nt. MRAIZE IS DRAGON CONFIRMED Well, looking back at my quote of myself, and it's lack of inclusion of the quote boxes I quoted in my quoted box, it makes gloriously little sense. I'll even happier with it than I was before. And a little hungry... Extesian out

Oh rhythms. Allow me to dump wobs on you. I love the rhythms

The map is a physical picture hanging in Silverlight. Here's Brandon's word on it

Woah. I'd heard that the request queue was always huge. That's cool. I realized a while back i don't want to read it myself, i feel like the spoilers won't be worth it, but that's very very cool sunbird!

That's why i made sure i got the screenshot next target is 1337 rep, also a one point band!

That one can be hard to screenshot! In case you need it. For, i dunno, proof of torturey credentials...

Good. Pork.

Well, a Dalinar flashback I'd read (but what a truly beautiful one), a very strange Kal chapter, and a Shallan chapter that was...interesting? At times? I have less thoughts on these ones than normal, but as per operating procedure I'll transmit them directly to YOU, using my thumb, so I have a record at the end of this for prosperity. Posterity. Presuppository. One of them. In a break from tradition though, I'll post the Dalinar chapter thoughts first as I'm about to work and, well, what a tasty chapter it is? Salry, umami and just a little sweet. I...see. why? I'm assuming the blades because Alethela was where the fighting radiants were and therefore probably where they surrendered the blades. But fabrials? HMMMM. Maybe the vorin church recovered them from other nations during the heirocracy? But they didn't conquer the west. Hmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Before i continue, Dalinar. Daddy K. Yeah he's pretty objectionable and morally bankrupt in his younger, headier days. But corrupt my breath, he's absolutely magnificent. The sharp-brained amongst you may have picked up that I'm fond of characters with no fear and utter confidence in their invincibility. The guy walked out into a highstorm to find a knife. Bring that man to me on a plate with garlic butter and a pinch of thyme. Oh, anyway, he saw the same thing Kal saw. The striders in the storm. Cognitive Realm obviously. Some have said the unmade. Tbh I'm not sure. The quack in me wants to say its a glimpse of braize. But i don't believe that. I expect its just some spren related to the Highstorms that manifests way bigger in the CR. And maybe some lemon aioli with a side of honey-braized turnips I feel like we've danced this dance, but yes Sunmaker's empire lasted 1 generation and yes there was a Shin conqueror. That continues to excite me. With the honorblades? Were they left in Shinovar? Do they have them because of the conquering? And if you haven't search the other books for that name, you may find a salty surprise. And pair him with a young shiraz please, something a little peppery, not too earthy, heavy on the tannins. This was very interesting to be indeed. G was all about the Codes 25 years before his assassination! D only needed 6 to bond The Hurricane. But G really was on the path for a long long time. Did the Codes lead to the bond or did a proto bond start a long long time ago? And I'll need a takeaway container please. I'll need this dish to go.

In my much-awaited third weekly closing-theme analysis, last week finished with the punters' favorite, morality. And oh my, what a way: This week, with 35 minutes to go, the current theme is, you're not gon' believe this, PoV speculation and plot elements of the Ghostbloods. I'm proud of you kids. I'm shedding a manly tear here.

I just had to post this WoP, in response to fandoms excitement and countdowns for Terrific Tuesday