Quickbronze

Cal: IRL nickname I don't want to disclose 

Dragout: Shortening of "knock-down-drag-out"

Downer: Double meaning:  partially a mocking name in reference to my sarcasm, boredness, and general unfun-ness, and partially a cocky name, implying that I'm good at "downing" the enemy 

Spur: Wild-west related name because I live there and I love the concept

Rules: 

-You still have your own mind, but with some characteristics of the original character tagged onto you 

-You can transform into that character and back into yourself whenever you please

-I'm not talking about living out the story of that character, just having some of their characteristics 

I would pick Nightblood 

Because what's more awesome than being a huge, evil-destroying, sentient sword?

The problem with that is I can't really do much on my own 

But Nightblood is really cool 
Barring Nightblood, I'd probably go Elend or Wax.

1. I'm not 100% sure. I'm gonna have to give a suite; Glynda, Yang, Ironwood, and Taiyang. 

2. Emerald

3. Oh... I don't really know. Probably Tyrannopotomos Rex

4. For what?

Good advice

The problem is thus 

If I ever become a full-time writer, I want to never, ever bring back someone from the dead. I want everyone who pays attention to my work that if someone should be dead, they are dead, and dead for real. 

However 

I also want to play a trick like this at least once-someone thought to be dead returns, only it turns out the person really is dead and the returned person is an impostor 

I'm sure you see the problem, but I'll spell it out anyways: If I always kill my characters for real, then everyone's immediately gonna know something is up when someone returns from the grave. I won't get the proper, "WHOA, THEY'RE ALIVE AFTER ALL" reaction, but instead, a "okay... what sorcery is this that someone who is obviously dead is back? the author is obviously messing with us" reaction.

I'm honestly shocked that no one has mentioned Zuko from A:tLA yet, but he's the first villain from my favorite series(that's plural there) that came to mind as really compelling. As I think about it, I also really like Makishima from Psycho-pass. He's a very interesting character, partly because of how terrifying he is as a sadistic genius and partly because you find yourself sometimes agreeing with him when he talks about the way the Sibyl system holds people back from being their true selves. The only book villain I can add to this list is the final villain of the Heroes' Guide books, because he manages to be hiarious and genuinely threatening at the same time. 

Stereotypical Shonen Anime Protagonist 

Hi, I'm a young male who has powers rivaling those of the strongest beings in the world/universe! I never give up on anything or anyone, even when what I'm doing is super dumb. I'm also invincible, because my power always grows according to how powerful my opponent is! Oh, and I'm also invincible because I have friends. Not like anyone else has those. Also, I'm always cut as heck, whether I'm a skinny and five feet tall or ripped and seven feet tall. You can call me Sun Natsu.

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to be honest there are probably a lot of people who can do this a lot better than me --I've never even seen a single episode of a  shonen anime, and I've never even finished any anime series(unless you count A:tLA or RWBY.) All the knowledge I have comes from prolonged internet exposure. Still, this was fun to do.

 

Well the Allomancers burn all of the metal(unless they're semi-suicidal and/or Zane) before it gets through their stomach, and they usually put it in something digestible.

And besides, IIRC drinking blood causes digestive issues.

I very much doubt it. It doesn't seem possible for Lurchers or Mistborn or iron in their own blood, though we do know via WoB that the metal just has to be inside of you, not necessarily eaten. Then again, perhaps it is possible and no one has ever tried just due to the sheer inefficiency of doing that. 

Alloy of Law 

Edit: Darn, BitBio beat me to it 

This is actually a really complicated issue, because 

1) Brandon has said that he intended for it to be center of mass

2) But the lines are from the chest, IIRC because Brandon thought that was center of mass when first writing the books 

3) also I believe there are some instances of mistborn and coinshots accurately shooting coins from the hand, which would be pretty difficult using actual center of mass but not too hard from the chest. I don't remember any specific instances of this, however, so it's possible that they always use shotgun-like sprays of coins 

thank you 

57 minutes ago, ElephantEarwax said:

This is why down votes were removed. So you don't lose all of your rep.

Probably true tbh 

Well of course

Actually I think Warbreaker is the only Cosmere book I haven't read

I didn't read Warbreaker, and actually still haven't 

but I did look up the plot on the coppermind...

1 hour ago, Reckless Reader said:

More than one if you count Khriss and Nazh.

Speaking of, I just ran into who I think is Khriss in Bands of Mourning. She's sciency, right?

She's a literal professor, if I recall correctly

Pretty accurate, based on the amazon preview. It's very adult though, and has a lot of swearing, just FYI.

So yeah, this is what I made for the Tyrannopotomus Rex prompt in a recent episode. Enjoy, if you can 

 Trouble was coming. The bull Tyrannopotomus Rex could sense it; smell it in the air. But of course trouble was coming. It's always coming at the beginning of stories; if there were no trouble, there would be no drama, and therefore no way for ridiculous and silly things like the Tyrannopotomus Rex to become ridiculously popular with the masses. 
       However, you have been lied to. I don't know how, or where, or why, or when, but it has happened once in your life. Also just now when I lead you to believe that trouble was immediatly forthcoming. The truth is, the trouble our heroic Tyrannopotomus Rex feared was not to arrive until hours after his original observation. I could have used a short, efficient timeskip, but I chose to do this instead to help you have some empathy for the poor animal. He literally did nothing but stand in a river for 10 hours, and I hoped to impress on you the insane levels of boredom he heroically endured. He cleverly took a nap to pass the time, boldly leaving his herd defenseless for hours in end, despite the fact that he knew danger was coming. 
    Now, I’ve already wasted a lot of your time, but I have decided that you still cannot empathize with our Most Excellent Protagonist™, so I have added the following intermission. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    No, I’m not going to let this up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Quit trying to convince me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    You won’t deceive me with your lies; this is not ruining the flow of my story, no matter how you slander me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    This is boring? I suppose… but that’s the point! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Oh, fine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    The trouble eventually did come, in the form of a tribe of Tribicerasontops. They were charging at the river the Tyrannopotomus Rexes(Rexs? Rexii?) were resting in, running from something; probably their own collective shadows, or perhaps a groundhog. 
     The bull Tyrannopotomus Rex prepared to fight, because he was an animal, and had no concept of diplomacy or even getting out of people’s way. 
The other Tyrannopotomus Rexii fled, leaving the bull alone. He did not care. In fact, it is likely he did not notice, and was distracted by an insect floating in the water. That hypothesis would also explain why, when the charging herd of furry monstrosities crashed into the river, the bull Tyrannopotomus Rex did nothing to defend himself and was ingloriously slaughtered by the bovisaurs. As he fell, the ugly brute reflected one the fragility of life, and regretted abandoning his herd(he had, by this point, noticed the herd had gone; however, he assumed that he had somehow wandered downriver). How he did this, despite being--as we established earlier--a dumb animal, is a question still debated by scientists to this day.  
 

My thoughts exactly

It wouldn't be something to constantly do, no; on top of the problems mentioned above, that would also waste a lot of health. It would be only something to do if he was already injured and in combat, and would prefer to heal as fast as possible.

I always assumed that he could just let it flow into him directly, rather than storing it and then tapping it, if he needed to do so. That might not be true though.

Rangers Apprentice 

 

20 hours ago, Sami said:

Also looking at you, @Quickbronze

 

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