Haradion Drogon

"Be A Stick" Alternatively "Go Forth and Multiply"

Ask particularly badly behaved children if they want you to help them find out if they have latent Allomancy?

I would say Ruin was Black, and Odium was Red/Black. Preservation would be White. Honour, I get White/Green for some reason, and Cultivation, Blue/Green. Bavadin's, I would say Green.

You could always Forge them afterwards, removing their memories of the events...

I think I might have got confused between the bubbles... Cadium is needed to create the wonderful slow-motion affect for us - but Bendalloy is needed to draw out their suffering give one finer control of the Time out system... Hmm... Okay, place them in a bendalloy bubble, then play the whole area in a Cadium bubble larger, but twice as strong. Therefore, their perception of time is increased, and we get to see their frictionless fun in slow motion...

Okay. I have it. The ultimate Babysitting technique. Hell. I hope this finds a way into the one of the future Cosmere books... Explain, normally, precisely what the child is and is not allowed to do. Invite them to play whatever they want. Possibly with the Invesitur-boosted activities above. However, once a child does something wrong, swears, engages in physical violence, bores you, wets the bed etc, the real fun begins. You simply send them to their room, for a Time Out. Cosmere style. Step One: Create small square area with Lines of Forbiddence Step Two: Use the abrasion surge to remove all friction from their shoe's/floors. Then use it on the beds they are lying on, their toys, their furniture, their game controllers etc. Step Three: Place them in a Bendalloy bubble. Step Four: Apply Line of Silencing. Step Five: Both Riot their boredom, but at the same time, their irritation and 'wakefullness'. Sooth away feelings of fatigue or sleepyness. Step Six: Watch they attempt to exist in totally frictionless environment. Observe how they do this in slow motion, as they try to move. Trying to drag themselves across the floor fails. Trying to grip hold of anything fails miserably. The bendalloy not only allows to watch all of this in hilarious slow motion, but can also be used to extent the length of "Time Out" by any length. A true Time out. See - sending a child to their room, rarely works. they simply end up playing in their room. Not thinking about what they have done in the slightest. Therefore... We have talked about how using the cosmere can be used to excite and make play time enjoyable. I think however, it can also be used to do the opposite quite effectively. Does this make me a terrible human being?

That's a good plan! Hmm... Other useful tips: Children always tell lies - so get some Cryptics in here... Forge-fix their broken toys is always a good plan... Hmm... You know how everyone likes to spin around on those office chairs? Awaken perfectly normal wooden chairs - and ta dah! Instant child jousting!

Can't decide with we hate children... Or its just the idea that with all of these powers we become superhuman... And with all of these powers against small children - we become Gods. Hmm... I think the line of Silencing might be by far the most useful tool... That and the Lashing to the Bed might be the coolest. But... Lets try some more entertaining techniques. I actually quite like kids, and probably wouldn't leave them like that for long... well... not *too* long... Hmm... Odds are children weigh less than you... So Belt buckles, Iron, and Steel pushing. Lets go flying! Of course, a very simple technique would be to use Lightweaving to create a façade of the child's parent's should they get too over excited... And using that illusion, gain express permission to actually use said techniques... Hmm... Use lightweaving to bring their Pokémon/trading card characters to life? Play real battles? We need creative solutions to providing food. I can't cook - but parents would expect me to feed their children I imagine...

See! We are Awesome! We come up with these things almost instantly! Now... Where did I put my Hemalurgy For Dummies kit? They'd love that! But even so, the whole Lashing to the beds sounds as though it would work just fine... Add a Rithmatics "Silence" chalking....

A God of the Dawn might be facinating. He only exists for a single moment each day, at the crack of dawn, before the Sun God/Moon God takes over... Or a God of Change? When a stick turns to dust, or water freezes, or a body decomposes, or flame flickers out. When one thing changes into another, he is present.

When Leras died, Preservation dropped to the ground. Could Ruin have splintered Preservation instead? *Was* trapping Ruin in teh well, effectively splintering him? Divererting his power somewhere else?

Well, with Slops, we tend to allow mana fixing, but creatures and sorceries your stuck with. Same with attacks.

Well, since I got the red wedding spoilt for me when reading the books, but before it came out, I am personally extremely anxious to avoid spoiler-ing anything. But I will say I agree - many of your statements are half-spot on, and yet at the same time, half completely out there. There is one prediction which just made me laugh out loud. I hope you can work out which by the end Enjoy!

I personally think White Sand as it already is is BETTER than Elantris - and I have enjoyed both immensely. Its great news! But not sure how I feel... I kinda wanted it in Novel format as well. Still... any is better than none. Should also make spotting worldhoppers entertaining. Whats the bet we'll see something in the back ground is suspicious clothes?

Are then any cards that you think are "Sanderson-y"

I think people's problem with Midichlorians was that the concept is completley the opposite to the spiritualism of the Original trilogy. As someone who grew up with both the Prequels, Originals, and EU, I don't have much of a problem with them...

You know, I've never played a MUD before... Huh...

I often thought Ym's One was Adonalsium. I don't believe his "People" are unique in his beliefs. He tells the boy that he and Ym are "One", and the boy is not the Iriali

Well, has hasn't said that the original shardholders were all human, but he did say that there were Three sentient races on Yolen, and that all original shareholders were native to Yolen. Seeing as there are plenty of ways of becoming immortal in the cosmere, I wouldn't be willing to say definitely that the dragon in a shard, especially as Hoid indicates that it is something recent in their personal history...

If you are very interested in the first law of Magic, then I definitely recommend the Mistborn Trilogy to begin with, followed by either the Stormlight Archive, or one of his standalone books.

Yep. Still we know Hoid can at least one student on world singing. My theory is that she encountered Hoid at some point.

I can't remember anything other than plot points. I kinda think it was here at reading excuses, but that might be my memory playing tricks on me. As far as I recall, it wasn't published and was only available online.

Hey everyone. Not sure if this is the right place for this. I was listening to the radio, and heard on a movie review channel, a call in, of a viewer trying to work out the name of a childhood favourite film. Inspired, I hoped you could help me with a similar problem. I have vague recollections of reading a story (I think it was a group of three or four?) which I am trying to track down and reread here. It wasn't published, it was a piece done for a writing group - and I think it was here. I do not remember who wrote it, only that I liked it. I was hoping if I posted what I remembered about it, you guys would be able to help track it down? It started on a desert world. The main character belonged to a tribe of desert dwelling people, who lived in a valley or canyon. On the world, venturing out of the Canyon, was forbidden by their religion, and meant death, or exile. The humans on this population were photosynthetic, and became faster, stronger, and able to survive more upon exposure to direct sunlight - something that didn't happen in the canyon/valley. However, the main character (incidentally, son the chief?) was never exposed to sunlight other than that of the canyon, which didn't trigger these powers (but at the same time they didn't die of heat. They were aware of other humans, but these were heathens and they did not associate with them. Until of course, the main character's sister becomes terminally ill. The sickness is treatable with the right plants, but the plants are out of season, and the sister will surley die. But upon hearing that the flowers are growing outside, in the desert, the main character risks everything, and leaves the village, along with his best friend, who is a herbalist, to find the flowers and treat his sister. When they eventually do, (experiencing sun stroke, and interpreting it as the Sun God's curse for leaving the canyon) and also feel the affects of the photosynthesis, they return triumphant, but are swiftly ostracised and disowned, for breaking their religious laws. They escape execution, because in doing so, they saved the life of the hero's sister. They leave, along with a few others, and set up their own society, and the next few stories are about their new way of life, solving disputes, trading with other humans, and their society flourishes with their Photosynthesis (which they now view as the Sun God's blessing). Eventually, the viewpoint passes onto the hero's offspring, who through a sequence of events, is forced to return to their ancestor's village, in order to save someone else, but at the same time, risk execution. To their surprise though, the village is now ran by the sister who survived, thanks to her brother's sacrifice, who upon recovering, was disgusted to learn of her brother's exile, and spent much resources trying to reach out and reconcile with her brother as soon as she took power. The tribes reunite, and are now open to accepting trade and communication with the rest of the world (though they still cover their skin when leaving the canyon) and everyone lives happily ever after. Does anyone know what these stories were called, or who wrote them? They were extremely engaging, and still stick in my head over a year later. Any ideas?

When you worry that your UK publisher for Sanderson will change, causing you to have a mishmash of different cover sizes/styles for Sanderson's novels...

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