Flying

When you see someone walking around a store with dyed hair and think, "They have the Royal Locks"

When you have a panic attack when you find a shard of plastic in a cookie that you bought at a restaurant and are convinced someone had tried to spike you.

I didn't think the Power Rangers movie that came out in 2017 was nearly as bad as everyone kept telling me it was.

I hated the first book in the Divergent trilogy.

I love Brandon Sanderson's books for the obvious reasons, such as the characters and the magic systems, but I also have another reason. When I first read Mistborn, I was fairly new to being a reader and the only books I had really read without being forced to read them were Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, and Percy Jackson. I'd also recently discovered that I loved writing fantasy stories of my own, but they lacked creativity and the characters and worlds were very poorly developed.

Then I read Mistborn, and something just sparked within me. It's hard to explain how, but exposing myself to Brandon Sanderson's books helped me make my own stories and characters a lot more well developed and interesting. My writing got better, and I realized I didn't have to use the same fantasy tropes a lot of writers used, which I'm particularly guilty of using myself. I stopped trying to copy what other successful writers had done in their books and just let myself write magic systems, even if they're crazy and earn me weird looks from the other students at school. My writing is definitely nowhere near perfect, but it's a lot better than it was when I first discovered Brandon Sanderson's books. 

I guess I kind of look up to Brandon Sanderson as a role model. He's the reason I'm not afraid of my ideas being too weird or crazy to be turned into a cool fantasy novel. I mean, who would have thought that a book about humans eating metal to access super powers would have been one of the best fantasy books they've ever read? 

I could write a whole essay on why I love Brandon Sanderson, but I should probably return to the one I'm avoiding writing currently 

I was originally planning on reading the chapters as they were posted online, but I decided against it because I didn't want to torture myself even more by exposing myself to parts of Oathbringer and being forced to wait for the next chapter to come out a week later. It's just so much more satisfying being able to sit down with a copy and read the storming book for hours non-stop 

I'm curious to see how a fight between Vin and Szeth would go. 

I've actually been wanting this for a while. Whenever I hear I'll make a man out of you, my overly cosmere devoted brain goes straight to thinking about Kaladin and Bridge Four. Thanks for writing this !

On 4/25/2017 at 11:02 AM, Captains Domon said:

 As a young kid, I loved Harry Potter. It still holds a special place in my heart, but has weakened as of late because of one thing. The Cursed Child. This pathetic excuse of an "eighth book" was only made to please fans, but it failed to do even that! Here are my thoughts.

One thing I was perpetually disappointed in was Ron. In the actual books, Ron is an idiot but slowly grows up and develops. In Cursed Child, HE'S BACK TO BEING AN IDIOT!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, ROWLING?? RON BECAME A BELOVED CHARACTER, BUT NOW YOU'VE MADE HIM THE CRAZY UNCLE WHO PULLS THEIR NIECE'S NOSE OFF!! AND LET ME ASK YOU, WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE?? HE SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF WEASLEY WIZARD WHEEZES, NOT RONALD!! DID HE DIE OF AN EAR INFECTION? DID HE?? DID HE?? YOU MADE SO MANY PLOT HOLES!!!

Another thing I was mad about was Hermione. Not because they cast a black woman, however. (People are allowed to interpret the character any way they like, but in my mind, I've always seen Hermione as an Emma Watson type.) It is because they FREAKING MADE HER THE FREAKING MINISTER OF MAGIC!!! NOBODY, AND I MEAN NOBODY, BECOMES THE HEAD OF THE WIZARD COMMUNITY THAT QUICKLY. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT WAS THE MINISTER, NOT HERMIONE!! MAYBE LATER IN LIFE, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW! Also, in one of the parallel dimensions, it appears that Hermione and Draco Malfoy are becoming a "hot ticket" UHHHHH, GAG!!! ARE YOU DETERMINED TO KILL HARRY POTTER?? THAT IS NOT COOL, J.K.!!!

The characters of Albus and Scorpius was....odd. I didn't have a huge problem with it, but they made it feel awkward. Albus does have the temperament and attitude that defines his sexuality, but it's just weird. (I personally don't approve of this, but again, interpretations are a thing.) One of the most confusing things was the time jumps and the parallel dimension stuff. I couldn't follow any of it at times, and it just made the book (or play or whatever) a lot worse.

And finally, the biggest problem in the book. You all knew this was coming, and I have the right to smack this down, because it destroys Harry Potter continuity as we know it. This blemish is......THE TROLLEY WITCH!!! DUH!!!! J.K. ROWLING, I RESPECT YOU, BUT THIS MISTAKE ALMOST MADE THAT RESPECT FLY OFF THE CLIFFS OF INSANITY!!!!! WHAT IN THE THUNDERBIRD WERE YOU THINKING!!?? THE FREAKING TROLLEY WITCH IS A REAL PERSON!! SHE'S NOT "THE SENTINEL OF THE TRAIN"!!! SHE DOES NOT HAVE PUMPKIN PASTY GRENADES!! AND SHE DOES NOT HAVE A FREAKING SPIKED MACE FOR AN ARM!!! IF SHE ACTUALLY WAS THE SUPPOSED "GUARD", THEN WHERE WAS SHE WHEN THE DEMENTORS CAME ON BOARD?? WHERE WAS SHE WHEN HARRY AND RON FLEW A CAR OVER THE TRAIN?? SHE WASN'T THERE TO HELP HARRY WHEN HE GOT PWNED BY MALFOY! SHE WASN"T THERE WHEN THEY TOOK LUNA!! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!! I WILL NOT!!! HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD HAS EARNED ITS PLACE AT MY BOOK BURNING!!!

To sum things up, if I didn't make it quite clear, I thought that The Cursed Child was the worst piece of fan fiction I've ever read. And it was written by the author! Anyone is welcome to challenge me. Go on. I dare you.

Actually, the script for the play wasn't written by Rowling. She contributed on a few things, but overall she didn't actually write the script. John Tiffany and Jack Thorne wrote it. In my opinion, I think they just put J.K. Rowling's name on the storming book just to catch the attention of people (And I totally agree with you; it was awful).

I wouldn't say the ending to Calamity is bad, I don't even think Brandon is capable of writing something bad, but it does leave a few things unanswered. Of course, the Apocalypse Guard is set in the same universe as the Reckoners, so it might answer some of our questions, and probably create even more of those. After all, there's always another secret 

I'm so amazed by the fact that you guys can even make out any of the words on the back of the book that I'm not thinking properly 

Hello everyone! Since I started reading and received the Mistborn trilogy on my birthday last year, and my birthday this year is in five days, I thought I'd finally join 17th Shard. I've read both Mistborn Era 1 and 2, The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, the Reckoners, Elantris, Warbreaker, the Rithmatist, and Arcanum Unbounded in the year I've been a Sanderfan. I haven't read Alcatraz or White Sand yet, but I'm sure I'll read them sometime after I'm done rereading the two Stormlight Archive books and obsessively counting down the days until Oathbringer. 

My favorite book so far is definitely The Way of Kings, and my favorite cosmere character is Kaladin, Lightsong being a close second.

Anyways, I'm excited to finally be able to discuss the books I love with other fans like me. I’ve tried converting a lot of my classmates to the cosmere fandom, but I only get weird looks and told I’m crazy. It’ll be nice to have other people around who understand my love for my favorite author.

(I'm also a huge Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter fan, so you might occasionally find me making bad puns based on them in the forums )

When you considered giving your math teacher, Ms. Tien, a box full of rocks for her birthday. 

Here are mine: