Zath

When you can't stop listening to The Black Piper's album Kaladin and imagining Kaladin's story arc in The Way of Kings in vivid detail. Seriously, it's almost scary how perfectly that music fits the story. Just amazing.

Granted! However, Kidpen's memory of the forum rules mysteriously vanishes and so Kidpen triple-posts. The site administrators' omnipotent banhammer emerges from the fourth dimension to crush Kidpen and Kidpen's three posts into oblivion. You never find out what those three posts contained. ...Also, Kidpen's ghost haunts you forever. I wish to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me Almighty.

Training yourself to use Allomantic Electrum as a signaling system so your future self can warn you of a social faux pas. Here's Kurkistan using Electrum this way in the Mistborn Adventure Game over at SteelMinistry.com. So great. And there's these WoB's... So far as I know, credit goes to @Kurkistan for this innovative use of Allomantic Electrum. (And to Brandon Sanderson, of course.) EDIT: Also, Allomantic Electrum is discussed more in this topic.

Minor Mistborn/RWBY spoilers past this point... The thing about Sanderson's Cosmere is that it's so comprehensive that you can find a lot of parallels between it and other works of fiction. Doesn't stop it from being fun to think about, though.

I love how you just stuck this on the end. The rest of your post is talking about how Autonomy might use something like the Shard version of autotomy to create other Autonomy avatars, and then out of nowhere you're like, "Autonomy could be a dragon. Deal with it." Context is for wimps! Anyways. The whole Autonomy -- autotomy thing is an interesting theory, and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be an apt analogy for how Autonomy creates her avatars. Of course, it'd probably be whole lot more complicated than simple self-amputation, what with all the wibbly-wobbly, Investiture-westiture stuff going on, but that's neither here nor there. Good theory!

Granted! You become the Lord Ruler -- you staved off the end of the world for a millennia thanks to your unbreakable will, and you forged the Final Empire with your strong personality (and also with your koloss hordes and supernatural powers. Those helped too). Unfortunately you also enslaved the skaa and perpetuated corruption and vice in your government, so expect a visit from the Survivor and his crew -- and his army of skaa zealots -- sometime in the near future. I wish for a bag of potato chips. That's all.

Granted. Your penthouse is fantastic by any standard. The spren servants are a tad grumpy, but they always perform their duties to the letter. Those letters are RAFO. You never actually know what the servants do or who they are. You know that these servants exist, but when you try to remember what they said, or what they look like... It's all a hazy blur. Also, whenever you leave your penthouse, you lose all memory of what happened outside. You know that you did leave, but your next memory is of you waking up in your bed (your extremely comfy, penthouse-worthy bed) as one of the RAFOspren shakes you gently awake. This bane will be lifted when Brandon Sanderson finally writes a Silverlight novel/novella, at which time you will be evicted from your penthouse and forced to live on the streets of Silverlight. At least as a street urchin you won't have your memory wiped by RAFOspren -- though in the Cognitive Realm, who knows what the gutters are like... I wish to know exactly when all of Brandon Sanderson's future novels/novellas will be published, so I can start a count-down calendar and not be kept in suspense. That's an innocent-enough wish, yes...?

Pretty sure you meant Scadrial there, yes? Do you have the Mistborn Adventure Game? (It's where the short story The Eleventh Metal was originally published.) It actually has some stuff about how Savants are affected by each metal. Disclaimer, though: even though Brandon Sanderson "approved" the game, Crafty Games adjusted the mechanics for some of the metals (really all of them, to some extent) for game balance reasons, so anything you read in there should NOT be considered canon. It does have some food for thought, though. And it's a fun game, to boot. Anyways... These kind of focus on the mental consequences of becoming a Savant, and the possible withdrawal symptoms of not burning. Steel Savants might feel claustrophobic when not burning, since they Steelpush so often that not being able to makes it seem as if everything is closing in on them. Similarly, Iron Savants might feel exposed and vulnerable. I would say that Breeze is a full, bona fide Brass Savant. He burns it practically ALL THE TIME, and has withdrawal symptoms when he's not burning (can't really remember where in the books that he's not burning Brass except the end of WoA, when he was dealing with... other stuff, so don't quote me on that). I agree that Zinc Savants would be affected similarly to Brass Savants. Copper... would Copper Savants even have a downside? Its effect is barely noticeable to the burner (IIRC). I'd say that Copper Savants would be the least affected by their Savant status, whatever that effect might be. Perhaps apathy? Since Copper blocks Emotional Allomancy, perhaps Copper Savants start to block empathy. I'd imagine that a Bronze Savant, when s/he stops burning, would experience a type of claustrophobia. Suddenly being cut off from the pulses they sense every waking minute? They'd feel as if something was smothering their senses and go into a panic attack until they could start burning Bronze again. <shudders> I would not enjoy that... It's possible that Miles in AoL could be a Gold Savant... No, scratch that. He's much more likely to be a Feruchemical Gold Savant -- if that's even a thing -- than an Allomantic Gold Savant. (Oooh, that's an interesting question: can Compounders become Allomantic Savants for their Feruchemical power?) Gold Savants might develop multiple personality disorder -- unable to tell which version of themselves is real, and which are just gold-shadows... I think Electrum Savants would suffer from extreme paranoia and anxiety when not burning their metal. Imagine if you always knew what would happen to you in your immediate future, and then that ability vanished. Boom: instantly paralyzed with uncertainty and fear. Your parkour days are over. Bendalloy Savants might feel (when not burning) as if the world is moving insanely fast, too fast to keep up with. Maybe a severe "fear of missing out". Cadmium Savants could feel chronically bored with the slow pace of everything, or maybe develop Cadmium-ADHD...? Meh, not sure about that one. The Enhancement Metals burn so fast that you'd need a ridiculously large amount of metal to become a Savant. Here's an idea for Aluminum Savants: what if they become the Scadrian equivalent of Drabs? Constantly scouring their bodies of any Investiture / Investiture-related materials or whatever. On that note, perhaps Duralumin Savants become something like a Nalthian with one Breath? A very, very, limited life sense, and slightly more healthy than your average Scadrial Joe. And then when they stop burning, they feel like a Drab. ...yeah, probably not. Nicrosil and Chromium Savants: they constantly want to touch people...? 'Cause that's the only way they can use their powers to get a discernible effect. "Your love language is physical touch."

As far as connected universes go: Could Skyward be a far-future Rithmatist universe? That light-line thing could be a 3-D version of chalk lines. (Or just advanced technology, but... Humor me.) Also, in The Rithmatist you have (Rithmatist spoilers) Color me excited for Skyward!

The Parshendi spoke to Butt, distracting him from the taco-eating chasmfiend: "You are the last and best hope for the Cosmere, oh great Butt -- pffft, hahaha, I'm sorry, I can't take you seriously with a name like that. We'll find another great hero for our quest, sorry to bother you!"

Butt Nothing ventured, is the best nothing gained. (Gaz's justification for gambling) Joe felt that he had to burn the present for the sake of a brighter future, but he was surprised when all the future held was ash.

Mistborn: The Final Empire spoilers (and puns, of course)...

That "in the case of Inquisitors, with their Allomancy" part of the annotation seems pretty conclusive. Good find, @Oversleep, thanks! That would totally make sense if they're burning Steel and Iron all the time just to see. I think you mean, "take that with a pinch of copper" Zath: Hey guys, I think I might have a theory! The One Who Connects: Uh, Zath, there's kind of a big hole in your "theory". Zath: N-no there's not... <plugs hole with a wad of chewing gum> Oversleep: The hole's still there. <so-called "theory" crumbles> Zath: Rust it, I'm all out of chewing gum!

A chick chull and a bunny-rabbit Herdazian went frolicking floundering through the grass crem on a sunny day during a Highstorm. (you can use Hoid's adaptation apocalypse or make one of your own ) Oh man, I could really go for a burger right about now.

Ha! Well played. In retrospect, I really should have seen that coming. (..."seen that coming." Get it? <giggles like a 5-year-old after a dumb "knock, knock" joke> That's seer humor, right there ) Granted. You get a single can of worms. It's always on eHarmony and Match.com, looking for love. It finally finds a nice, compassionate fishing pole and they settle down, eager to start a new life together. Then you're like, "Wait, this is really weird. A can of worms and a fishing pole? You're both inanimate objects -- how can you feel anything, let alone love?" The romance dies, and the can of worms becomes single again. It blames you, and you can never eat spaghetti again for fear of finding a non-noodle on your plate. I wish for limited cosmic power!

"You wish for the powers that have caused Desolations? You wish to be the scourge of Roshar?!" the Nightwatcher demands. "Denied! Instead, you shall suffer in torment for eternity--" then the Nightwatcher actually clicks on your link. "Oh. You meant that Desolation. Very well." You are granted all the magical powers and are known throughout the land of Scondera as the "Unnatural, Not-Evil Necromancer of The Fellowship of the Father's Fury." You receive only 1/10 of the burn. Unfortunately, the Nightwatcher defines "1/10 of the burn" as the eternal hatred of 1/10 of Scondera's pre-apocalypse population. The 90% who didn't hate you were killed in The Night of Fire. This means that everyone left alive would love to see you ripped to shreds, even though your Necromancy is certifiably "Non-Evil." Good thing you have all those magical powers to defend yourself with, eh? I wish to see the future. (I'm opening a can of worms on this one, aren't I?)

Hmmm... Regarding that first WoB (Kaymyth's question), I would guess that... (Bands of Mourning spoilers) That second WoB (from Chaos) definitely seems to support the idea of reverse compounding (the "implied" part does throw some doubt into the mix though, obviously). I'll refrain from saying anything more here and instead I'll go look for a reverse compounding topic in the Cosmere Theories section. Anyways... time travel with Cadmium bubbles! Neat, huh? (Didn't mean to derail the thread, my bad)

Minor spoilers for the Mistborn books past this point. So you know how Steel Inquisitors see the world in blue lines like the ones you see when using Allomantic Steel and Iron? Well, my question is this: Does an Inquisitor have to be burning Steel or Iron in order to see this way, or is this just always "on" as a side-effect of having a Hemalurgic eye-spike that grants Allomantic Steel/Iron? (I actually asked this question in a different thread, before I found the Q&A topic. I sorta got an answer there...? Not really, though. ) I couldn't find any WoBs about this in the Arcanum. If there's nothing in canon that answers this either way, then I may just have a new theory for 17S...

Which character am I most like... Words of Radiance spoilers: I'm most like Renarin, hands down. Even the chronic illness/weakness part. It's uncanny.

Oooooh, puns. Yes. Why can't you ever explain a pun to a kleptomaniac? Because they always take things literally. What do you call it when you have a craving for an enormously heavy, randomly destructive, deep-fried Chinese seafood dish? You're wantin' a one-ton wanton won-ton (say that five times fast).

Granted. Her name is "Susan". But only on Tuesdays. Also, she wants you to respect her life choices. Your bane is that every third word you say from now on sounds as if it was said by a pre-teen girl with a bad cold. I wish for INFINITE COSMIC POWER!! Take that as you will, Ms. Nightwatcher. (Ms.? Mrs.? "Is there a Mr. Nightwatcher...?" Zath asks. The Nightwatcher slaps him. "Ow! Why did you..? Oh. Oh! No, no, no, I didn't mean it like that!" Zath protests, blushing furiously)

Snapshot: Sixth of the Dusk:

When you subconsciously translate the word "thoughts" as "expressions in the Cognitive Realm".

Actually, Twinborn Compounding only works for the Feruchemical ability (they can Allomantically burn their stored Feruchemical attribute). So a Cadmium Twinborn Compounder would be able to compound breath, and thus go without breathing for a far longer period of time than a normal Gasper Ferring, but they wouldn't be able to boost their Allomantic Cadmium time-bubbles that way. Their Pulser abilities wouldn't necessarily be any more or less powerful than any other Pulser Misting. I love the idea of a Cadmium time-capsule thing. Imagine a Nicroburst and a Pulser teaming up: "I say, Bill, why don't we pop ahead a few hundred years and see if they've invented instant noodles yet, eh, chap?" "Splendid idea, George ol' boy! Let me grab my Cadmium shavings and we'll be off in a jiffy!" I'd think that any time-capsule-travelers would have to find a really safe, stable place to set up their Cadmium bubble. What would happen if there was an earthquake, or a building fell towards them, or something? If the rest of the world is going super fast, they wouldn't have time to react to anything like that, would they?