Taliax

1 minute ago, sophiehatter said:

I just ordered the book from the BYU store. The link wasn't live until 7:09pm (I was refreshing every 3 seconds since 6:59).  My order number is 485-SO809. Does this indicate anything about where I am in the digital line? 

My link is still giving me a 404, any idea what I can do?

I think the big specific one for me was Adolin, I thought he was okay before but I didn't really care about him until I read everyone's interpretations of his character on the Shard.  I like how the Shard has helped me be more likely to pick out Cosmere-relevant themes and hints, but it is also nice going into a book with no theories or expectations.  (Though with Brandon, it'll always surpass expectations and blow theories out of the water anyway.)

When you are currently refreshing the page waiting for the Oathbringer preorder link to go live.

3 hours ago, Tesh said:

@Captains Domon Yes!!! This is amazing!

I made a SA version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

Where is that??  Sounds awesome!  

I love this song, I can so see this happening XD

@Archer - might want to spoiler tag those.  Great bad explanations, though!  (lol at the Prof one... XD)

Mistborn Final Empire:

15 hours ago, Viridian said:

At SLCC, Brandon's booth had fliers for the release party. I'd upload a picture if I knew how... It's at 7pm on November 13 & is hosted by the BYU Store, but will be at the Utah Valley Convention Center after all (@Kav & @Taliax).

Thanks for the update!

When I read Mistborn Era 2, I just saw those themes as coming from the inspiration of the setting/time period.  Since Scadrial is a close analog to earth, I thought it made sense that it also had some people working through gender equality issues in that time period, so it didn't really stand out as strange to me.

I'm LDS and still super confused XD

10 hours ago, Sunchicken said:

@Lord Maelstrom I'll bring 2 large pizzas from Little Caesar's and a 2-liter of root beer, so look for those. Is everyone all right with pepperoni pizza? Any food allergies, vegetarians, etc I should know about? @Taliax

I don't have any allergies C:  Sounds great!  I'm excited!

Do we normally have pizza?  I'm down for anything C:

4 hours ago, Steeldancer said:

How long did it take to get it? I'm going next year, but only for a year before going on a mission. 

So I actually got it a week after I reserved it, and I currently have it now.   It is indeed a good feeling.

When you're excited to go to BYU because the library has the only copy of Dragonsteel.

Oh sorry, I missed that.  Darn  

Any night this week works for me, I won't be able to do next week either because of SLCC and some friends coming up for that.  It sounded like Friday might work for everyone though right?

Axies, unless you happen to be a fan of aged meat.

Ah there is a question I really want to ask but it has implicit Oathbringer spoilers, so instead: who would be more likely to like scary movies, Shallan or Khriss?

When you take vitamins for their allomantic metals

I know like everyone and their chull has said this already, but I just literally fist-pumped and screamed when Kaladin punched Roshone XD I just really want someone to draw a picture of this please

12 hours ago, Julio said:

Lopen, because Herdazians rule. And Chouta. And Sebarial is too lazy.

Who'd be more likely to kill Alcatraz Smedry, Kaladin or Raoden?

I was going to say Kaladin because he's more likely to kill anyone, but then I remembered Kal has a thing for protecting small boys.  So I guess Raoden by default?

Who would be more likely to toilet paper someone's house, Siri or Lift?

On 9/4/2017 at 10:39 AM, Crucible of Shards said:

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Put that thing back where it came from or so help me!

 

^In meme form

I just finished this book, and I thought it was pretty dang awesome.  Thanks TwoMcMillion for the super awesome description of why it's awesome.  

Having read Steelheart before this, I see a lot of similarities between Joel and David.  I like them both a lot and I don't think I'd try to put one over the other right now, especially since David's had 3 books and Joel has only had 1.  But anyway, I really loved the ending and how Joel is able to do so much more than he realizes with his ability, even though he's not a Rhithmatist.  This book honestly has one of the most triumphant endings of any I've read.

Also, I'm having to do a huge amount of math before my Calculus class starts, so I really appreciate this book giving me a little bit more appreciation for the subject.

I just finished reading The Rhithmatist yesterday, so as much as I love the Cosmere, I would be perfectly fine with Rhithmatist 2 being in there.  I really do hope the random novella is Cosmere, though.

Still, I'm one of those people who really just wants Nightblood.  ^^;

When you want to preorder Oathbringer, but aren't quite sure how to do that at the BYU Bookstore yet.  (I think I have to wait until there's a post on Brandon's blog about it...?)

13 hours ago, Sunbird said:

We'd love to have you! In case you haven't read through the entire thread to find the meeting time and place (and I don't blame you if you haven't), whichever day we end up meeting, we'll gather in the Cougareat at 7pm. =)

Great!  Thanks, that's really helpful!  I'm excited! 

Hi, would I be able to join too?  I don't have any evening classes so any day would work for me, preferably any day except Tuesday though because I will probably have the most homework on Tuesdays.

Also, on a random BYU related note, a couple days ago I saw where the Bookstore had so many copies of the leatherbound Mistborn on display and I don't think I ever wanted such a ridiculously expensive book so much in my life.

Basically, what @Firerust said.  This is great!  I've been wanting to do some parodies like this but haven't gotten around to it yet.  Thanks for posting!