The Unknown Medallion

thank yall

2025 has had highs and lows, as some of yall know, but overall, its been great

thanks for being my friends

@Through The Living Glass and @Bird Furious (when you come back) thanks for being amazing in every way and for listening to me when noone else would

to those who have passed on of my friends, have a great 2026 in the real world

to my SE buddies, SE has been a highlight of the year on the Shard at least, after TLT started to die it was a place I could really commit thanks @Hoid Slayer @Kasimir @KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren @Araris Valerian @The Unknown Ookla (running a game with you was rly fun) and @Doc12 (tons more of yall I want to @ but won't dw)

to my rp buddies, especially @DragonHeir and @SpiritOfWrath and @NameIess (and @xinoehp512) in TLT, as well as the trio, yall have been so fun to hang out with and I would rather waste hours with no one else. This also goes for @Spark of Hope @Ookla the Bread Duck @Kansas Stormcursed @KnightSkye Reforged @Sarcasm spren in other rps, which have been just as fun. Hope to come to rping properly soon, yall are too much fun.

then theres just a lot of you I've had fun conversations with, @Mags (you showed me up in every way on LOTR knowledge) @#1 Taln Fan (bonus points for being a mod and a GOAT) @echo74 (ur just fun) @kajsa (your too good at writing, and your SUs are really fun) @Edema Rue (same deal as kajsa, ive learned a lot from your writing) and the rest of my shardbuddies, I'm going back to bed after publishing this, so I'll just @ yall and hope you know that you are the best people in the word.

@Through The Living Glass @Vyzkel @kpShadowFox @LIV_SB-DustBringer @Doomslug Doomslug Doomslug @The Halcyon Girl @SpiritOfWrath @DaveSouls @echo74 @WhiteHairedDrifter @The Sly Cookie @KnightSkye @The Wandering Wizard @The Bookwyrm @Ancient Elantrian @Thee insane @#1 Taln Fan @Magi @Kaladin Stormcursed @Hoid Slayer

have a great new year

thanks for everything

You should change your name to The Unknown Ookla

What sounds best/seems most realistic:

1. The Blade of the Rebellion 

2. The Knife of the Rebellion 

3. The Blade of the Revolution 

4. The Knife of the Revolution 

God-Emperor of Dune is a deeply intellectual book.

I've been in Salt Lake City proper about three times, in the airport several other times, and have driven through even more times. It has yet to be for anything related to Brandon or Dragonsteel. My life is weird. 

My family is going on a road trip from Montana, to Salt Lake City, Utah, to Davenport Iowa. We're taking our cat, and he is not used to car rides.

I feel so bad for him, but we're trying to make it as easy for him as possible. 

With that PFP, you could have kept the same username, ya know. lol.

Dear my local library system,

You had one job:

To the other Americans who got the national alert test—

Isn’t it wild to think about that all of us just got the same alert, along with most people you’ll meet this year, and the next, etc?

a shared experience that means nothing

W day:

• Brother’s birthday
• Got a Homecoming date
• Set my all-time 5k PR in the first race of the season

Too bad I still have schoolwork to do lol

Alright, so I'm worldbuilding for a book idea right now and I need to decide which way I'm going to describe something. 

The evil(ish) magic users in this setting have a certain type of deadly assassin creature that are called Smilers in world. That's important, I'll get to ut later. They can look completely like a human, but once they attack they drop their disguise. They have long manipulatable claws on their hands and slightly off proportions, but their main defining feature is their face. They don't have a mouth, but kinda to compensate they have a very large nose and big eyes, topped by bushy eyebrows and a small forehead.

My main point of contention is deciding what their mouth area looks like. I'd appreciate if you could tell me which option seems scariest/creepiest.

Option One: Nothing, just unblemished skin. I like this one, but feel it might be a bit too bland.

Option Two: A painted smile, kinda like the Joker, but without an actual mouth inside. I don't know what it would exactly look like, but just some sort of tattoo thing that is permanently smiling. I like this one too, and it was my original idea, but I kinda think it might be too goofy for the serious tone of the world.

Option Three: A sort of shriveled up mouthlike line, kinda Deadpool (not the current one, the old one) esque, with stitching appearing to seal it shut. Not so sure about this one, it kinda feels like it would attract attention away from the upper part of the face, which is kinda the opposite of what I want to do, but I think it's probably the creepiest.

So your input would be much appreciated, this is bugging my mind and I'd really like some extra opinions. 

Alright, so I'm worldbuilding for a book idea right now and I need to decide which way I'm going to describe something. 

The evil(ish) magic users in this setting have a certain type of deadly assassin creature that are called Smilers in world. That's important, I'll get to ut later. They can look completely like a human, but once they attack they drop their disguise. They have long manipulatable claws on their hands and slightly off proportions, but their main defining feature is their face. They don't have a mouth, but kinda to compensate they have a very large nose and big eyes, topped by bushy eyebrows and a small forehead.

My main point of contention is deciding what their mouth area looks like. I'd appreciate if you could tell me which option seems scariest/creepiest.

Option One: Nothing, just unblemished skin. I like this one, but feel it might be a bit too bland.

Option Two: A painted smile, kinda like the Joker, but without an actual mouth inside. I don't know what it would exactly look like, but just some sort of tattoo thing that is permanently smiling. I like this one too, and it was my original idea, but I kinda think it might be too goofy for the serious tone of the world.

Option Three: A sort of shriveled up mouthlike line, kinda Deadpool (not the current one, the old one) esque, with stitching appearing to seal it shut. Not so sure about this one, it kinda feels like it would attract attention away from the upper part of the face, which is kinda the opposite of what I want to do, but I think it's probably the creepiest.

So your input would be much appreciated, this is bugging my mind and I'd really like some extra opinions. 

I been watching this video:

and unfortunately, I now have to add a bazillion layers of bio-engineering stuff to Space Dragons

I know I don't do these, like, ever, but I can't contain my excitement. 

He's back! He didn't die and I love it so much I just want to know how he lived. Oh wow. Goodness I'm happy and I'm not even sure why it's so extreme, but HE'S BACK! And he's kneading storming dough. Wow. Okay, I'm going to cut myself off. I love Brian McClellan, and no, you get no other context.

Way back when in the far off times of the Kickstarter, I and my siblings earned the chance for our parents to join the ebook tier.

The only problem now is that my mother doesn't know how to gain access to said ebooks.

Help?

Any poetry anthologies you like? My mum used to write out poems in a notebook and make me memorize them, in order to improve my English. Example:

But that was years ago and I haven't really read any poetry since. Any recommendations?

Also, 1500 posts, very cool!

Am I right or am I right? Sean Bean to play Kelsier!

I wish you the happiest of birthdays!

Happy Birthday TUN!

Happy birthday for tomorrow 

Happy birthday!

I’m so 1337 Hoid can’t compete!

But what about Elaine?

1500 posts! 

I wasn't paying attention and used my milestone on blowing the whistle on an SE turn.

Just realized that I’m

now a Faceless Immortal

Just call me SzeEth