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I mean, you can think Shallan is cringe in general all you want, thats a valid-ish opinion. A wrong opinion, but technically valid. OP was specifically calling her cringe because of her mental disorder. Which is not a valid opinion. From what I’ve heard, Shallan is actually a pretty accurate representation of what it’s like dealing with that sort of mental condition. So if the portrayal is accurate, and then you call the portrayal cringe, it’s calling the IRL condition cringe, which is not cool. As for the second part, let’s see... Tyn, Her father, her mother, Ialai, Testament, probably some more I’m forgetting. How much bloodshed does Shallan need to cause to not be cringe? How is that even related? Unless that was poor wording on your part and you’re actually just asking for Shallan to die. Which I have to disagree with. Even if you think she’s cringe, she’s still an integral part of the storyline. Removing Shallan would ruin the entire series.
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I like the idea of Progression being cultivation’s surge, but the fact that the fused only call out Adhesion as being “false” and not Progression seems to disprove it a bit. Also, Fused can use progression, but none of them can use Adhesion. Seems to suggest that only Honor has his own surge. As for Odium having one, I’m fairly sure it’s mentioned multiple times that the fused only have 9 surges. If Odium had one it would replace Adhesion and let them have 10. Wait... unless Fused can’t use Progression, and then they do have an extra surge for Odium. So 10, minus Adhesion and Progression, 8, plus theoretical Odium surge, 9.
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Ok, so I’m not entirely sure what’s going on, but I do think it’s mildly weird that Connie keeps referring to herself in the third person... I get that it’s probably some sorta RP thing, but it’s still suspicious to me...
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Hello! I’ve gotta read through the cycles so far, so don’t expect a ton out of me immediately.
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Just me. I’m the only one. Yeah it’s Ookla season right now. It’s the period of time between Peter Ahlstrom (Sanderson’s assistant if you didn’t already know) and Brandon Sanderson’s birthdays. We all change our name to “ookla the adjective” (or most of us do, some just have something relating to Ookla) because Ookla was Peter’s username on the original Sanderson discussion site, TimeWastersGuide.
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So, we all know that the fantasy genre is riddled with stereotypes. The same magical species and cultures can be found in all sorts of books, while being interpreted very differently from each other. My challenge to all you writer-y people is this: Create a fantasy species that is unlike any other basic archetype (e.g. Elves, Dwarves, Dragons, etc.) but still vague enough to be interpreted many many different ways. The trick here is that the species must still have some distinctive features about it that make it recognizable no matter how any given author chooses to portray them. For example, Dragons are a staple of the fantasy genre. However, they can be implemented in a story in many different ways. Some stories have them as little more than big lizards, while other stories have them as great and ancient deities, more akin to some Lovecraftian Eldritch Horror. But, both versions are still easily recognizable as dragons. This is because dragons have a few distinctive characteristics. Usually they fly. They can sometimes breath fire. They are reptilian. The same goes for elves, dwarves, all the classic and most basic fantasy creatures. (Elves are usually related to nature, dwarves are related to rock, etc.) This is the challenge. 1. Make a species that is completely different from the other basic fantasy archetypes. 2. Have it be open-ended enough to be interpreted in drastically different ways. 3. Be sure to have enough distinctive characteristics tied to the core of the species that it can be easily recognized, however any given author might choose to use it. 4. Give some examples of how the species could be interpreted by different writers in different ways. (Like the dragon example from earlier.) Excited to see what y’all come up with! I’ve found it surprisingly hard.
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Here’s a thread where this has been discussed already.
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Just did some back of the envelope calculations, and I think it’s technically impossible to build Urithiru in Minecraft. The build limit is 500 smthn blocks, and urithiru would be about 720. So if you’re like me and have a hard time picturing how big Urithiru is, make a superflat minecraft world with the floor at the minimum value, build to max, and mentally add about 200 blocks.
its really big.
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I wrote a more fleshed out version of my Death RP for LG72. Please enjoy.
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Dtham was deep in his daily meditation. So deep, that he didn’t notice the mob coming until it was directly upon him. Dtham looked up and fell out of his trance.
“Ah, Radezk-son-Jhoun, how goes the search for the infiltrators?”
“Rather poorly. We think that one of our own has turned against us.”
“Really? Do you have any idea who?”
Radesk sighed, “Sadly Dtham, we do.”
Dtham stood, and noticed that the group had surrounded him. Realization dawned on him.
“Dtham-son-Havam,” one of the mob shouted. “We have determined that you are an enemy of the state and a traitor to the order of the Stone Shamans. We sentence you to death by hanging.”
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Dtham didn’t resist as they forced him towards the gallows. He was taken through the city, the mob growing and growing as people joined, morbidly eager to watch his demise. He was dragged up to the platform and the mob, now a proper crowd, watched from below. As the noose was tightened around his neck, the executioner spoke:
“Dtham-son-Havam, you are hereby given an opportunity to present your final words. Choose wisely, as they will be your legacy.”
Dtham stood, head towards the ground, staring at the trapdoor that would end his life. The crowd fell silent, calmly arrogant in their certainty of Dtham’s guilt. Dtham looked out towards the crowd... and began to laugh. His laughter grew in volume, quickly reaching hysteria. His bellows echoed in the uncomfortable silence that comes from a noiseless crowd. Tears began to stream down his face.
The crowd began to stir, their earlier certainty dissolving. “What’s so funny?!” a member of the mob shouted. Others took up the cry, the formerly silent crowd becoming a frenzied mob shouting for answers. Dtham stood, unfazed, manically laughing above them all. He spoke, and the crowd fell into a questioning, terrified silenced.
“You got my name wrong.”
The lever was pulled. The rope pulled taught. And Dtham-son-son-Kwathn, Truthless of Shinovar, finally found freedom.
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Context for those who weren’t playing:
I had the unique roll of Truthless, so I was a faction independent of the Elims and Villagers. My win condition was to get myself lynched. Which I did. On Day 1! I’m not even gonna be subtle, I am blatantly tooting my own horn here. THAT WAS AWESOME. I won as early as I possibly could!!!
Also, it seems like the SU did some weird spoiler thing but I think you can still read it all. I didn’t do any spoilers at all, so I think it tried to automatically do one to shorten it.
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Well, in my wonderfully unbiased opinion, I think you should vote gears. actually I kinda think gears is vil but I don’t wanna die sooo
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I think Kal’s 5th oath does seem like it’s going to be “I will let others protect themselves” or something along those lines, but that seems very specific for Kal. Not a ton of Windrunners seem to have the same sort of problem with trying to protect everyone. Also, doesn’t it sorta seem like that would be a step back from Kal’s 4th oath? Knowing that some people are going to die anyway is a much harder truth to accept than accepting the fact that some people can protect themselves.
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I know I’m under suspicion right now, and so it actually might not be a good idea to comment on the current situation, but I don’t think Connie is Elim. She seemed to explain away most of the reasons against her pretty well, at least enough for me. Seems like a lot of people are only voting because it’ll give us information but I don’t really see how.
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Eternum said this: and I agreed. They ended up voting Connie, but I think Illwei is more sus.
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I agree with what Eternum said, but I arrive at a different conclusion. Illwei.
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Well okay then.
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@Ookla Fell From The Sky can I get a vote count?
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Hmm. Fair enough. Connie.
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Also, I’ve thought a bit more about the 2 secret roles and the tiny hints we maybe have about them, and I think The Strangler is Vasher. We have precedence for having characters be roles with Kal and Szeth, and it fits with the guard being strangled in the RP. Vasher has been known to fight with awakened rope. I bet his WinCon is something like “have control of Nightblood” for a certain amount of time. Or maybe die as the bearer of Nightblood. Or kill a certain person or faction with Nightblood. Edit: This doesn’t really affect the game in any way, as it’s impossible to verify, I’m mainly just speculating so that if I’m right I can say that I called it
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I can get behind a D1 Connie lynch. I agree, it seems like she is acting a bit different from previous games. As someone who’s tunneled on Connie before, (sry about that btw) I don’t think she’s being anywhere near as defensive as she usually is.
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I do disagree with you, I think Jasnah is pretty ok, but I genuinely love that you shared your opinion. I think it’s great to have differing opinions, and that the consensus is taken as general fact far too often. Your opinion is presented very well too. While I disagree, I can absolutely see where you’re coming from. I don’t feel like your arguments are stretched or invalid. I think another reason I like this post is because I feel almost the exact inverse about Shallan. Like, why do so many people hate her? She’s an awesome character! I feel like most of the time I see a topic devoted to Shallan, it contains some sort of criticism of her. So I like that you shared the same sorta thought. Even though it’s the opposite, and about a different character. =P Shallan opinions do seem to be split a bit more evenly though. You’re right, it seems like almost everyone has positive feelings about Jasnah. So basically, good on ya for giving the few Jasnah haters the representation they’ve never had
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Belatedly adding a RP character: Dtham-son-Havam. Dtham, like many others, had heard of the plan proposed by Radek-son-Jhoun. Switching the honorblades among them? A dangerous move. However, Dtham would accept this duty with dignity were it to come upon him. Yay I’m here now. This game is gonna be fun! I don’t have a ton to say, haven’t analyzed much yet, but I did notice this in the starting RP: I think this is Ash hinting at the 2 secret roles. We have three groups here, the “large group” is presumably the Elims, while the 2 other factions could represent the secret roles. I’ll be calling them The Strangler and the Vanisher, until we have a better idea of what they are. I think it’s safe to say that the 2 secret roles are against the village, as in the RP they are attacking the Shin. I think The Strangler might be some form of Awakener, (Awakened rope?) so maybe it’s worth looking at past games Ash has been in with an Awakener role? See what those abilities were? No idea about the Vanisher though. Surge of Transportation radiant? Jasnah? Obviously this is all assuming that this wasn’t just meaningless flavor text. It very well might be.
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Agh I want to do this, but LG72 is looking kinda crazy. (In the best possible way.) I’ll pinch hit, but it seems like you already have a lot of those so I doubt I’ll end up being needed.
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Sighh
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Can someone tell me if this is actually gibberish or not. I’m really confused and I don’t wanna spend a bunch of time trying to figure out gibberish.
