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For observational purposes perhaps but allomantically being close to zero is not the same as being zero, my point is that I find it incredibly unlikely that at the planck scale trying to burn two metals simultaneously would actually activate simultaneously. If Aluminium were to burn things over time as Duralumin does then we would likely be told that the other metals faded or somesuch, it is only observational evidence but that's all we can really use for theories like this. Duralumin needs to have a time component because if it were truly instant then the power from the burn would be infinite, tin + Duralumin would destroy peoples minds, as would Bronze, the sensations would be quite literally infinite. Aluminium does not need that distinction. But if for the sake of argument they were to both require time and both to activate precisely simultaneously then the result would be that the metals burn out faster than even normal Aluminium would do, but you would also for the barest instance still have Duralumin powered pewter.

This alliance pleases the Lurkers of the Dark Alley greatly.

This for instance, Vin starts burning Duralumin and then flings their hands aside and then smashes her head up. That would have taken at least 1-2 seconds which while not a long time allomantically it is still significantly longer than instantaneous.

Duralumin doesn't burn metals instantly, it just vastly increases the rate of the burn, that's why you get the increased power, Vin frequently leaves Duralumin and another metal burning, and then takes an action, so it can't be instantaneous. In book there are definitely frequent mentions of activating two metals at the same time. I do know that, I've read them about 7 million times But none of the characters has a sense of time on the planck scale so they wouldn't necessarily even know if they activated precisely simultaneously, and any difference in time even .000000000000000000001 of a second, would be enough for Aluminium to destroy metals or Duralumin to at least partially burn another metal.

Sure, but there will be a very small time difference between the two activations, the chances of the two signals being sent from their brain at the exact same time are minuscule. It's like clicking with both hands at the same time, no matter how well you try to time it there will be a very slight difference in the times of clicks. And which metal comes first will affect the outcome, if Duralumin is active for even a fraction of a second first, you will get a fraction of a second of that metal at enhanced magnitudes, if Aluminium is activated first the other metals would be destroyed before their effects could be observed.

Not when you compare it to something that does take 0 time, if Duralumin operates over a time period then over 0 time it will have 0 effect, if Aluminium does operate over a 0 time period it will have an effect, eg. Aluminium would burn the other reserves out before they could be used. But I think you're underestimating the amount of time Duralumin burns for, in order for Vin to be able to audibly detect allomantic pulses with Bronze it needs to be active for long enough for a) multiple pulses to arrive (To determine the metal type and effect) and Vin's brain to process the wealth of information it just received, same thing with tin, it has to be at least longer than the amount of time that the sensory input would travel to and be processed by the brain, otherwise Duralumin + tin would do nothing. My problem is more the time taken to switch from activating Aluminium to activating Duralumin, however small a time difference there is there will be A time difference, and whichever metal activates before that time difference will be the one to cause an effect.

*Pulls out assorted Atium spikes* Muahahaha

The decision to flare or tap however is not, you have to switch thought processes. It takes a very small amount of time but it does take time, otherwise Vin couldn't use Duralumin on Steel and Pewter at the same time to prepare herself for the landing. If the power was compressed to 0 time it would result in near infinite power.

I'll have to ask Kobold and Lightwards about it As for the rest I often think there's a problem with the stereotyping but my issue is usually more that I wish they'd mix it up a bit more, what I wouldn't give to see a group of drunk elves. On the topic of eliminating the stereotypes altogether I'm not sure how that would work, I do think that to an extent it serves a purpose, WoT springs immediately to mind, it saves time in description if you can just say that a woman is Domani and the readers all know that means willowy, graceful with clinging dresses and acts seductively. I see it as mostly being a social construct as not entirely understanding each others' social cues, here on earth we do tend to have ideas that for example Japanese culture is much more respectful, French culture is all about base pleasures, rich food and wine, and so on. This causes some people to (Inaccurately) ascribe personality traits to entire cultures, French are snooty and arrogant, Japanese can be harsh and orderly, Germans are efficient, and so on. Hope this long rambling has made at least some modicum of sense.

In my inbox I just filtered anything with the 2 or 3 phone numbers they use, haven't had another email yet, and it's unlikely to catch anything it shouldn't

Given that you couldn't burn them at exactly the same time (The human brain needs time to make decisions) the Aluminium would destroy all your metal reserves before you managed it just, assuming you could somehow burn all three simultaneously Aluminium would still destroy them first, Duralumin operates over a period of time, it's not instant.

The poison and negative Investiture removing effects would probably be more pronounced, other than that, not much I don't think

Hobart has now been attacked, I have it on good authority that Hobart==BlackMagic

Noooooooo..... *Slides failed Inquisitor experiments under bed with foot*

Less suspicious you say? Hmmm... Dark Alley to the bakery/spike lab!

Sounds good, when you get a chance and you've fleshed out the character a bit more could you make a post for their bio in the 'Epics of Oregon' thread? EDIT: Also I just realized that with Aldo's updated power set he'd make quite the team with Zip, they can reduce both the mass and physical size of an object to make it portable, then surprise everyone when they realize that the 'toy' car they threw was actually a real car

So the children would be Fuschia? Indigo?

The Great Bounce + Grasshopper = Portland space program

Whichever whoever wants to control him would prefer, I'm not too attached to most of my Epics, I just like making hundreds of them

That was what I'd originally intended SoulSwitch for, but now hes not exactly with the EoL. What about: The great bounce: Any surface he touches is super bouncy, the world is his bouncy castle.

Well he listed it as UFA and hasn't talked about wanting him, but Mundivore does have a prime invincibility so Twi might rather not introduce him yet.

I have to remove Refill and Zip from my unclaimed ones on that list but other than that yup they're all free

*Blushes* Why Lightwards, you do know how to make a schizophrenic pseudo-Epic feel appreciated.

And if you want to create a minor Epic feel free to steal one of the many, many available here.

This thread is mostly composed of shipping, ponies and jokes We have a thread for all the character bios and another for the actual RP, although we really do need a running summary.