ZincAboutIt

I feel like I'm the odd one out here but I actually think I would enjoy seeing Shallan get pregnant and have a child. This ties into what I *don't* want to see in the next book - a denial of the sexual nature of marriage. I'm not saying that I want explicit sex scenes or whatever, but it seems to be a really common thing not only in Sanderson's writing but also in the whole of epic fantasy to sort of ignore the fact that having sex = having kids unless there is contraception. Now, if Roshar has contraception, then great. I would accept Shallan going indefinitely without a child. I've been married for 2 years now and I don't have a child. But I also think that the complete lack of literally anyone besides flashback characters being pregnant at all on screen ever in the entire world of Roshar is a little silly. Children sort of appear after being conceived, carried and born "off-screen" because I get it - it's hard to be epic while you're pregnant. But I also think that it would present an awesome challenge to someone's plot. I don't want young married people to have a cold or platonic marriage and I don't want the basics of biology to be denied. If there is a cool and believable workaround for this problem, then great. But if it's just kind of swept under the rug it would annoy me. People get married, those people sleep together regularly. I don't need to see that (it's usually boring to read anyway) but I'd like actions to have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are inconvenient, and inconvenience generally makes for a more interesting plot.

Lol that's grand! Though I agree, it's pretty obscure.

@Shard of Thought I love me some deep thoughts, keep em comin’!

Welcome and Go Bears! I went to Cal and graduated in 2014. It’s great to find people who share my love of Cal and the Cosmere!

@Shard of Thought I think for Radiant orders I'd definitely be a Lightweaver. I've struggled with a very "lite" version of Shallan's problem with creating different facets of myself for different people based on what I think they want from me. It makes it hard to make genuine friends or to mix my "groups" of friends because I can be different enough with each group that melding the versions would be hard. I'm big on weaving a world of my own for other people to live in - that's what a story is, after all. I'm a big storyteller, and a great liar lol. I try not to lie on purpose but I wouldn't be attracting any Honorspren anytime soon let's just say that

I've read Elantris, Warbreaker, all of Mistborn (both Eras and Secret History) and all the Stormlight Archive. I haven't picked up Edgedancer or Arcanum Unbounded yet but I'm sure I'll get around to it. I haven't read any of Brandon's non-Cosmere works, I love the shared universe aspect so I'm sticking to what I like for now. I'd say for favorite characters, I really like Shallan (I know she's a polarizing character but she's a favorite of mine) and I have always loved Kelsier as a character. He's got a super dark streak to him which I love, I really enjoy when a character gets their hands dirty, but I also like that he's clearly not "evil" either. A nice ambiguous fellow. Keeps you guessing. There's always another secret! Edit: a word.

Hello! I'm also new here, but I've been on Reddit for longer. I'd say beware of spoilers on Reddit, if you're not well through the Cosmere yet it might be better to steer clear or just kick around on the Stormlight Archive Reddit rather than r/Cosmere or r/Mistborn. I love Reddit though, it's so much fun. If you like dorky memes, r/cremposting is excellent but also very spoilery so beware!

I've been lurking this forum for about 5 years now and finally decided to make an account. I'm excited to join the conversation but intimidated by all the knowledge here! I hope one day to be as fully consumed by this universe as everyone else here. :3 I love the Stormlight Archive but my first and greatest love is Mistborn. It's just such a great story! If I had one kind of Allomantic power I'd probably choose Soothing but it's harder to make a punny username with "brass" so I chose zinc. I live in Seattle, I love dogs and birds, my favorite thing about the morning is getting to comb my hair because I love the feeling, and I write for fun. Reading Brandon's work is both inspirational and disheartening as someone who writes for fun, since I know I'll never come close to his greatness. But, it's also a great learning tool reading all his books. Plus, reading is fun yo. Cheers!