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Ah yeah there we go thank you! That’s true and it’s also an interesting question to ask how much we know about any of the vessels cuz we obviously know the fates of Ati, Leras, Aona, Skai, and Sazed, but I saw a post the other day that talked about how they weren’t sure if Rayse was still Odium that I found somewhat compelling! Our lack of knowledge about the vessels combined with the possibilities of Shardic Intent definitely leave a lot open for sure!

I think this makes a good point too in that this all assumes Bavarian stays as Autonomy! I personally don’t really think any of the Intents have particularly positive or negative connotation cuz I’ve always thought that one of the big ideas B Sands is exploring with is comparing different ambiguous traits and how they manifest in different situations and what that creates! (Miles vs. Kelsier, Gavilar vs. Dalinar, Szeth vs. Nale, etc.) I think and hope that one of the things that he’s trying to show is that nothing (or very little) is the correct path of action in every situation so it’s down to an individual introspection and understanding of values, situation, responsibilities, morals, etc.. All that being said the point was: if Bavadin stays Autonomy, you’re right it seems somewhat out of character for them to become the big bad, but that assumes that Bavadin stays Autonomy! If someone who’s like super anti-coalition, anti-nation, anti-agreement, anti-interaction between humans becomes Autonomy then maybe I can see them being opposed at the end (cuz I know Brands said it was gonna be about inter-culture interaction and conflict) but that feels a little like a reach. I always thought the big bad was some force anti-Adonalsium I thought that was talked about in a WoB somewhere.

I thought Aesudan died in OB from Yelig-nar? Is she still alive? Regardless Gavilar as the overarching hero/champion would be sweet tho

I was thinking about it and always kind of thought it’d be like “Knowledge of Worth” cuz I felt like especially as the last book and Szeth’s flashback book I though the ideas of sacrifice (prices paid) and trust (including in oneself) would be big ones. The only part that makes me wonder is idk if that could be an in-world book and a little part of me thinks that sounds like a self-help book.

I like the ideas everyone’s put forth so far, or extensions of them like a daily (periodic) amount of investiture, and it’s cool to see where other people’s minds go! My first thought was: magic that gets less powerful the more emotional you are, or the less in control you are. Kind of like how Awakening is linked to perception and cognition and better awakeners are better at imagining what they want their Awakened objects to do and giving commands, better casters in this system would be better at keeping their emotions in check. You could then end up with caster battles that were super inflammatory and all about the caster’s ability to keep their cool under pressure, almost like a rap battle where emotional control is paramount. It’d be cool too to have a magic that was that reliant on perception and the cognitive realm in a new way. I realized as I was writing this that it leans pretty hard on the first definition and might better fit like a shard of Discipline or something but I still think it’s cool and could be a cool idea for a system!