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I like the idea of using POVs of nearby characters in the flashbacks. The investigation might I'd be more than willing to be more specific, and would even welcome feedback on what i've got so far if that interests you. But as far as a public post goes i figured vague was better until i have something more concrete.

I have to go with Mistborn simply because it was the first Sanderson created system that I got a chance to read after his work in WoT. I've loved what i've learned in Stormlight so far, but I feel like we have so much more to learn and witness before I can say it's above Mistborn. But... I'm VERY intrigued by the concepts i've heard regarding White Sand and the Rhythmatist

Hmm...This is really tough for me because in general I enjoy most characters presented, and while I do have favorite Main Characters (obvious choices), I really enjoy side characters. In all honesty, one of my favorite characters Sanderson has written is TenSoon from Mistborn trilogy.

I have an idea I'm working on, and suffice to say there's a couple of major plot reveals involving two characters (who are most often seen together/near each other, i'll refer to them as DUO from now on) play a pretty big part in the history of why these plot points exist. However, in the "present" day story you would follow a different group of main characters, while DUO would be... let's say hidden in plain sight. I want to have "flashback" type chapters where you're following DUO, learning small things about why the plot reveals happened but i'm running into a problem of how to WRITE and ORDER them. For example: Following present day characters, reveals would be A:B:C, each worse than the one before it. But for DUO, the decisions made to create these plot reveals were C:B:A, as in Plot C was the first thing they decided to do, and then Plot B/Plot A came as a result of how to accomplish Plot C. For my writing: I'm thinking of simply writing DUO from the beginning of their involvement in the Plot C (although much of this would probably not go in the book except for glimpses), and then write much of their story between the creation of Plot A and the actual reveal (again probably not going to end in the book) that way I can have a realistic characterization that makes sense as to their involvement in the creation of the plots, yet also allow a realistic way for them to be hidden in present day. For the book: I don't know how to order these things... part me is thinking of sporadically including "flashback" sequences in reverse order of DUO. So we'd start with flashback at the end of Plot A creation... then multiple chapters nearing reveal of Plot A... another flashback but nearer to the beginning of Plot A, hints maybe of Plot B... Plot A gets revealed in main story. Does this make any sense or am I making this too complicated?

I, like many others, have been a fan of Brandon's work since reading his conclusion to the Wheel of Time Series. I didn't know this website was a thing until recently and am excited to nerd out over everything cosmere related and otherwise. So... hi! K... bye! P.S. Am looking for a potential tattoo related to the cosmere, so any ideas?