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  1. Trutharchivist
    Even though most everyone else seems to be planning on playing an OP character?
  2. Trutharchivist
    How sane is it to come in with a non-OP character?
  3. Trutharchivist
    Attention, attention! This is your (not really last, but we'll call it so) opportunity to get on to the reading group! We're starting off today! Yeah, I am a tad over the top about that... Anyway, anyone who wants to join is welcome aboard!
  4. Trutharchivist

    Hello to all my followers, and happy Year of Sanderson!

    Today, at midnight Utah time (7AM UTC, 9 here at Israel) we got the first of the four secret projects - Tress of the Emerald Sea - and with it, a project of mine almost a year in the planning (ever since the kickstarter, basically) is taking of. This project is SPORG - the Secret Projects Online Reading Group. To tell you the truth, I'm a bit nervouscited about it all (not calling myself a brony doesn't mean I can't take random phrases!) - I really want it to work, it sounded like an amazing idea - but so many things could fall apart. So I really hope this one will work. We'll see it with time, I guess. 

    Have a good time reading (or listening to) Tress of the Emerald Sea! I myself am going to be a little late to the TotES spoiler party, but many of you probably won't. Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful year!

    1. Robin Sedai

      Robin Sedai

      You too! Good luck, and I hope you have a great year!

  5. Trutharchivist
    Alcatraz 6 is out. State of the Sanderson 2022: So... We'll have to wait at least two more years. Probably more.
  6. Trutharchivist
    I don't much like that this is how I find out about the SA5 title, but thank you for informing me that State of the Sanderson is out! I probably wouldn't know otherwise. It would probably be interesting to see your wife's reaction to SA5 along with reading it, just like it was seeing it up until now.
  7. Trutharchivist
    I no longer make Fabrials. Now, I'm... Convincing people to commit suicide to have the Knights Radiant return? Almighty above and all the heralds, how is this a step up? Well, at least I'm not trying to bring about a Desolation like those storming Sons of Honor.
  8. Trutharchivist
    So. It's nearly that time of year again, and you know what that means... Candles, draidels, Sufganiot and latkes. To be quite honest, the main thing I currently have to say is more about how Chanuka is sometimes viewed as the Jewish Christmas and how it irritates me, though I'm pretty sure there was some influence from Christmas on some things (my Grandma hands over gifts to all the grandchildren at the familial Chanuka party). On another note, anyone has time for Chess on Nittel Nacht?
  9. Trutharchivist
    Hmm... I actually thought he'd walk on all fours. For some reason I thought of the "Martha Speaks" series while writing this, and I believe she walks on all fours? But he'll still stand on his hind legs occasionally. I didn't think through on the pilot episode, but it'd be something of a cross between Lilo meets Stitch and Watson meets Holmes. Something like, a kid finds Sparky and adopts him, while a bunch of mad scientists - who gave Sparky his powers - are looking for him. At some point the kid finds out Sparky isn't a regular dog and they somehow succeed in evading the mad scientists. This group will be the arc villains of at least season 1, with most of the episodes being something like Sherlock Holmes short stories or something.
  10. Trutharchivist
    So, that's a weird idea I had. You see, I named my computer Sparchivist (yes, computers always have names, get on with it) because all my Sanderfan siblings called their computers Cosmere-related names, so in an effort to outdo them I called my computer after the Feruchemical properties that it's made of - memory and thought. When I told my father what I called my computer, he nicknamed him Sparky, which I immediately pointed out was a dog's name. Thus, Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog was born. Essentially, this is (as the title says) a cartoon from era 3 of Mistborn, probably made by Terris creators. Sparky is a private investigator - but it being a cartoon, you can probably imagine how ot goes. There's a lot of imagery of using Feruchemical powers, too. Now, Sparky has two Feruchemical powers. We all know that there's only one way to make that possible (miscounting medalions for now)... But this is a children's show, so he was just experimented upon somewhere and magically got powers. Probably by Southerners or something, so that it'll sound extra mysterious. My personal view is that maybe it's an adaptation of a darker original comics where Sparky indeed was a Hemalurgic creation, or that there is a real dog with those powers who indeed was made via Hemalurgy. If so, he actually has the Blessing of Presence (Copper spike) and a spike for Archivist powers. He also has a zinc medallion. Anyway, the cartoon version ought to have a theme song, so I wrote lyrics for it. I don't really have music for it yet, and it probably needs a little adding and fixing, but here it is: Who is that, clearing out the fog? Sparchivist, the Feruchemical Dog! He will remove each and every clog, Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog! Sparky was just a regular dog, Running around and playing catch, But weird experiments with lots of needles Made his metals burn like a match. Zinc for wisdom, to keep him thinking Copper to recall every part An aluminium hat, in case of a riot So he went out, but it was just the start! Because he's Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog Investigating crime all around, Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog Will make sure the culprit's found! With his powers and a v-shaped cape He's as Terris as any dog could be He was offered a piece of Lerasium But said: "Allomancy Isn't for me!" Because he's Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog Thinking faster than someone with steel, Sparchivist the Feruchemical Dog When no one can solve it he will! And if it seems a bit cheesy or cringe-worthy remember: this is a theme song for a cartoon. It should sound like that.
  11. Trutharchivist
    Indeed. I am under the fascinating condition of also living nearly half a word from Utah. Which means contacting my online acquaintances has to occur in somewhat unconventional hours.
  12. Trutharchivist
    Ahem. Welcome to our wonderful community! Someone else said the cult one. To answer your question, you can quote multiple people in one post. I am told you need to press some + button, but to be quite honest, I've found out that just quoting one person, writing a message, then pressing quote on another post works just fine. like this: See? Just quoted you in this post, and now... I've quoted you in another one! Anyway, again, welcome to the Shard, where everyone is nice and accepting... Generally. Don't enter forums of books you didn't read yet (obviously), and stay away from the cookies, at least until you've read Mistborn. I, personally, don't do all caps, and it'd take quite a lot to make me do it. Edit: You can also edit messages, in the case you realize you missed a page or something. Like I did. Anyway, umm, hope it still has a point! Sorry for randomly digressing.
  13. Trutharchivist

    Am I a Brony?

    Well, I'm aware that one came out of nowhere, but I have a point with this question, so please hear me out. Personally, my answer to the above question - which I'm the only one asking - is actually no, I'm not. I intend to elaborate here a bit on why that is. But Trutharchivist, don't you have a blog here? Why use a status update? Well, my blog is for different things, like trying to explain the history of Judaism in the previous two-three centuries. I don't want to digress there. So, without lingering any further, let's begin.

    Since I opened with that, I guess I'll start with the Brony situation. Bronies are defined as fans of My Little Pony (specifically Friendship is Magic) who are outside the regular target demographics of little girls. Mostly, we're talking about adult men at around their early twenties. I am, indeed, a men at my early twenties, and I've been watching MLP: FiM and adjacent content a lot lately. That, supposedly, places me under the definition of a Brony. So why am I in denial about it?

    But here's the thing: I do like MLP: FiM, but I wouldn't call myself a fan of it. Or, well, not a very dedicated fan. You see, I tend to go through various temporal obsessions during my life. A few of the more severe ones include Harry Potter, Tolkien's Legendarium, possibly Percy Jackson and, yes, MLP: FiM. I have a somewhat extensive knowledge on those franchises, but not as extensive as more dedicated fans. I can tell you approximately what happened during the First Age of Arda, how Voldemort found Barty Crouch Jr. to infiltrate Hogwarts, How Percy reacted to meeting Echidna (and who's the Greek Mythology hero that defeated the monster he faced back then) and what musincal the song "Best Night Ever" from the first part of MLP: FiM's season one finale references (though it has more to do with liking said musical than liking the show...). I can randomly quote the Inheritance Cycle, Discworld or random stuff from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (and it's not just 42). I'm also exaggarating a bit to sound impressive, but I do randomly quote books sometimes. Oh, and there's a person or two out there who view me as the resident Marvel expert (not around here). My point is, though, that all those won't be in my "most favourite" list (though all will be in my favourites); they had their effect on me, but I don't see myself as a part of the fandom. Same may well go for Sanderson books, BTW: I may read the Cosmere as it comes out, but I don't consider Sanderson's books to be necessarily the best I've ever read.

    My point may be mute after all that I said, but in the end, the fandoms I most identify with are the smallest ones I'm a part of. Perhaps the Underland Chronicles, Diana Wynne Jones' books, Anne of Green Gables... A few small books that caught my eye and - dare I say it - my heart. (Not necessarily just books, though.) MLP: FiM may or may not join this more exclusive group of media that had deep influence on me, but it isn't there yet. Which is why I don't see myself as a Brony, or Potterhead, or Whovian or whatever weird fandom name those others have: I'm not that much invested in those Fandoms for the long run, or not invested very deeply. My latest obsession is MLP: FiM. Who knows what I'll get into next?

    Hope it made sense! Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful day!

    -Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle- no, wait, that's not right...

    Ahem! -yours, faithfully, Trutharchivist, AKA Ookla the Questioning?

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    2. Ixthos

      Ixthos

      My dearest and most faithful student Trut- ... uhhh ... Ookla the Questioning?

       

      I agree with just about everything you said in this, except for the last paragraph. There are many works of fiction that I enjoy and would consider myself a fan, and I'm likely more knowledgeable on a lot of the minutia than many of the other people who enjoy that work (and I love finding out details and trivia of stories I like, including often the background behind the writing or production of a book or series or movie), but there is no single fandom of which I would consider myself to be a "super" fan. I am not a Brony, but I too thoroughly enjoyed MLP:FIM, and the whole of Generation 4 - also, Sunset Shimmer is best pony AND best human. Even the Cosmere, which is something I enjoy, isn't a fandom I would consider applying an epithet to myself for. Indeed, all of that sort of affection is something I reserve for my own fictional worlds, and G-d willing I'll soon be able to share that with others. As for MLP, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (a lot of stars ...), Tolkien, Narnia, Harry Potter, the Dragonriders of Pern, Dune, the Cosmere, and so on and so on, are things I love, but not things I consider my identity to be fundamentally tied to. One can love something without defining oneself by it, but that certainly isn't to say there aren't things and people worthy of becoming the centre of one's identity. That's may take, but yes, I do agree with almost everything you said here :)

      and I will leave you with this: 

       

    3. Trutharchivist

      Trutharchivist

      Ahem. So.

      I considered my fandom definitions later, and found it useful to look at it as a scale of fandom - from having read a book and liked it, to being obsessed with it to the level of opening a website for fans and organising fan events (I guess? Though this isn't necessarily the end of the scale). Anyway, definitions here can be a little hard, since you can't really measure levels of being a fan. So, I guess there isn't a good scale for measuring others, you can just know things like this about yourself.

      I would like to mention, Ixthos, that I didn't exactly said I'm defined by my fandoms - though I see the point, the whole naming a fandom thing seems to look like it refers to that, I guess. Well, kind of? Not really, I think. The point of saying "I am a Whovian" is to say "I really like Doctor Who, I watch it and talk about it a lot". If people introduce themselves this way it can get to being defined by it, but it all depends on the context, and quite frankly sounds like a complicated thing. My point about the fandoms I see myself as part of was more along the lines of "things that deeply influenced me", and while I'm not necessarily defined by it, it makes for a big part of who I am today. Though maybe by disagreeing you just meant that it's inapplicable to you? Well, if that's so then there's no issue. You're a different person from me, things like that ought to not be the same. Again, definitions on that matter can easily end up being surprisingly subjective.

      Hope what I said made some sort of sense, have a good day!

    4. Ixthos

      Ixthos


      It does, yes :) fandom very much is a subjective thing - there are those who could call themselves a Whovian or a Trekkie / Trekker who love their respective shows, but meet someone who knows even more about that show than they do, has watched it more often and knows more about the behind the scenes set up, but doesn't consider themselves a member of the fandom. Perhaps it is more about the level of involvement one has with other fans, that it is in a sense a term that more accurately describes ones relation to fandom rather than to the object of affection of the fandom? Whovians who don't watch Dr. Who but dress as different versions of the Doctor, Trekkies who have scale models of various ships but don't watch Enterprise or DS9? Those who go to conventions regardless of how often they read or watch the media in question? I hate self-defining terms, but perhaps Brony, Whovian, Grognard, etc., are all terms that are only true if one claims them - like the question on if the words autological / homological applying to themselves - if yes then yes, if no then no. If someone says they are in a fandom, then maybe that is all it takes for them to be in it, that or their interactions with other fans. But again, this seems a little unsatisfactory ... ahhh well.

  14. Trutharchivist
    For future reference: no need to double post, you can tag people in edits if you can't quote them. Anyway, the obvious answer is both. But mostly the first, since as you can clearly see, I'm not asking any question here, even though I am Ookla the Questioning. But inspiring questions is great! Edit: oh, you joined a year ago. In the middle of Ookla season. That'd explain a thing or two.
  15. Trutharchivist
    Umm... Hi. Just hoping I didn't accidentally brake a forum rule with the question mark. It's there because in the year since I chose it I have strayed off my questioning ways, so I resort to questioning how much I'm actually questioning things. No plan whatsoever to pick another one.
  16. Trutharchivist
    All true. But: a. Nale's Skybreakers still adhere to local laws, to the level that when Lift is pardoned Nale refuses to kill her, even though he believes this will save the world. If an officer of the law asked him a question, and it was illegal in this country to hide information from officers of the law... He'd probably abuse his situation as constable himself to avoid answering, but if that's illegal he'll answer. His underlings... Well, it's true that they disagree. The real issue I see is the one I mentioned in the post you quoted. If they are Skybreakers that took Ghostblood laws as theirs - then they shouldn't care about what's legal; if they care about what's legal - withholding information from an officer of the law is illegal in many places, I would assume Elendel included. They are required to keep a blind eye to their fellow Ghostbloods' illegal activities. Option three will be that they took their third ideal at obeying Kell. In that case, their second Ideal requires them to seek justice, their third - to follow the Ghostblood code. When those two collide they probably go with the third, but in this case - it wasn't completely clear that the Ghostblood code required them to act this way. I'd have argued otherwise, but it's clear that Kelsier himself didn't order them to destroy the ships - Kaise told them he asked them to help Steris, and Steris asked them to sink the ships. Maybe they saw it as too many levels, and thus made sure it was legal. Maybe.
  17. Trutharchivist
    Hello, fellow artifabrian! Let us design new Fabrials together! Nah, there are people for whom it's completely normal. Those people aren't me, though.
  18. Trutharchivist
    Good point. I don't think that's the intention, but you're right that it could be. Mraize is probably sticking to the word of the rules. He did point out that Shallan was fine killing Tyn because Tyn wasn't a Ghostblood. Shallan herself was the one who realized that by saying she might join them but she's not there yet Mraize implied to people that they can attempt to kill her. Is he breaking the spirit of the rules? Probably, maybe. But he doesn't break the word of the rules. Kell probably does hide things from his crew, but avoiding answering questions asked by outsiders is something all the Ghostbloods were seen doing, as a method to intrigue new recruits. This specific question should be easy enough, but maybe he meant to indicate that there's no need to say it, obviously he doesn't keep secrets. Which, since it him, could easily be interpreted as the opposite. In relation to lying to his original crew - it was necessary in that if they knew what he was up to they'd have tried to dissuade or stop him from going through with his plans. It could be that he'd still have succeeded, but that'd be a pain. I'm sorry to say it like that, but... Did you know that airships are big? And are propelled by steelpushing? And that not every traveller on an airship is by necessity Steelpushing? What he said could easily be interpreted as "persuading the ship's crew to throw things off to steelpush off of wouldn't help, since we're oven water". It's not impossible that he is lying to his crew about his powers, but it's not by necessity the case here.
  19. Trutharchivist
    Those are Bluefingers' people. Remember him? The (Warbreaker)
  20. Trutharchivist
    Umm... Just wanted to say a few things, not about Kelsier, Harmony and Discord but about the Ghostbloods: people seem to think that Kelsier and Mraize break rules of the Ghostbloods, but there's something important they are missing: Kell didn't answer Marasi's question... Because she wasn't a Ghostblood yet. Mraize allowed his people to attack Shallan... Because she wasn't a Ghostblood yet. Being on the recruitment list doesn't make you an instant member in relation to the rules. Is Mraize straying from Kelsier's idea of how those things should be handled? Probably. Does Kelsier lie through his teeth to his subordinates? Of course. You do remember that his master plan in the one book he was alive required him to lie to his crew, right? Still, both of them didn't directly break any of the Ghostblood rules - not, at least, in apparent ways. I don't think Kelsier implied that he was steelpushing in the Seon call, but that's just a matter of debate. Also, in relation to Discord, it seems to me that all too often people forget where the idea of Harmony becoming Discord came from originally: "...His name shall be Discord, yet they shall love him for it." -from the original Terris prophesies, in one of the Final Empire epigraphs. Unless it was changed by Ruin (which I think implausible), it was actually part of Preservation's plan. Maybe - just maybe - being Harmony is what freezes Saze, and he needs to become Discord to be more active. It could still be a problem, though.
  21. Trutharchivist
    Yeah, but in a way, the reasons Marasi had to not working with the Ghostbloods were very Skybreaker-y reasons: they don't care to cooperate with local law enforcement. Kelsier, in most places outside Scadrial, leads something that can easily be seen as a criminal organization. This is who he is. His organization has 3 rules - protect Scadrial, don't keep any secrets from other organization members but keep them from anyone else and don't go after other organization members. At least one of those laws is going to conflict with the law - I believe hiding information from an enforcer of the law is a crime. And if you claim that for Kelsier it isn't, well in that case he just ordered them to help Steris, and they shouldn't question the legality of actions done under (eventually) orders from the man who represents the law to them. Yeah, there are some holes in this argument, but it's enough for me to hold yo my position on the matter until Brandon says otherwise.
  22. Trutharchivist
    It always seems to me that I'm the last one to catch on things, but... I didn't think Moonlight was Shai. I actually think it could be great to have another forger around, but no, obviously it is her. Also I'm still unsure about the Ghostbloods at Elendel being Skybreakers. Do you really think Skybreakers will serve Kelsier?
  23. Trutharchivist
    I really do hope there are more continents - the weird shape of the map would suggest it as a possibility, at least. As a matter of fact, it is weird that anyone would fly above water; airplanes nowadays do their absolute best to fly above land as much as possible. Maybe it's connected to the fact their airships are built like... Well... Ships.
  24. Trutharchivist
    Almost never bothered. TPBM hates politics.
  25. Trutharchivist
    Watch it, captivated, as it expands and evolves, moving from my pocket to the whole world. WWYDIYF a platonic idea IYP?
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