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Except that metal inside someone, even inside random people off the street, is always hard to affect.

What heinous crime did you commit to be thrown here, of all places? BEES!

Where did the rule that it had to start with the first letter of your name come from? Because if that's a rule, my callsign's Inferno. If not, it's Quicksilver.

Does it matter?

And this is why it's impossible to agree. We're measuring with two different systems. Belt buckles. Anything in their boots. Pant buttons and zippers. We humans use so much metal without even realizing it. I doubt the Jedi are any different. When I was talking about the Mistborn jumping in ways the Jedi wouldn't expect, I was talking about them casually changing direction mid-jump. But you're right about copper. I temporarily forgot how it worked. Metals inside bodies are hard to affect without duralumin

Have you ever felt the empty I'm referring to here? I'm referring to the kind of empty that's Kaladin's depression, that's dull and heavy and blank, that's nothing, that gives you no reason to care about anything, that makes you want to just hide in a corner and cry. If the Jedi suppressed their emotions like that, nothing would happen. They wouldn't care about anything. The entire Star Wars would be "the Sith are doing evil stuff, but the Jedi are too depressed to care, let alone do anything about it." The Jedi are allowed to have emotions, they're just not supposed to let their feelings control them. I looked it up.

Keep in mind, the Force is the Jedi's version of metals/surges, and their lightsabers are their versions of Shardblades/Godmetals. Also, neither of them know the others' powers - they're fighting completely unknown enemies. This means that Mistborn will have their vials and their boxings, and Jedi will be wearing their normal amount of metal. Pewter's not out. It gives grace and strength and would help with dodging. Tin would be a risk. Steel and iron can help the Mistborn move in ways the Jedi would never expect, and can the Jedi really block every single coin from a handful that's shoved at them all at once? Zinc might not be very effective because the Jedi are taught to control their emotions. Riot their emotions and they'll be surprised the first time, and there will be some effect and distraction, though they'll figure it out and deal with it well eventually. Brass however... remember the Lord Ruler's soothing? Remember how Vin could make Straff feel nothing? Soothe their emotions and the Jedi can't do much about it. Soothe everything away and they'll feel empty. The kind of empty that gives them little reason to do anything. The kind of empty sometimes called depressed. Since the Force is the Jedi's version of metals, burn Copper and it's gone and/or severely dampened. I don't think Bronze would be much help.

The muffin man?

O T H E L L O is F U N

The one where the questions are asked to make a point or give an answer, not to get an answer

Neptus. Or Nepnus. But I like Neptus best.

Hypothetical situation: You could have one chocolate kiss now and never have any kind of chocolate or kiss again, or you could have all the chocolate in the world and never taste another chocolate kiss. Which would you choose? Prove it.

I think this is rhetoric

I have decided, after a bit of research, that the bulbs weigh 0.075 lbs which is about 34019.4 mg. The ants weigh 6 mg and can carry 10-15 times their weight which means they can carry 60-90 mg of weight. This means it would take somewhere between 378 ants (who can each carry 90 mg) and 567 ants (who can each carry 60 mg). There's nothing between 100 ants and 100,000 ants. 100 ants couldn't do it. 100,000 would be too many, but - assuming they understood - could probably do it, and there would be lots of sad ants standing around and doing nothing. Now, these ants are big enough that even three hundred seventy eight ants can't be touching the floor and the lightbulb at the same time, so we'll assume they use pilfered thread or cheesecloth and add more ants for the extra weight, which I don't care about right now. There's enough margin that it's safe to assume that 100,000 ants can deal with the lightbulb and cheesecloth and still have some sad lonely ants sitting around doing nothing. You're welcome.

What do you mean, exactly?

W A O W That narrows down the time frame a L O T

How big is this lightbulb, how many ants would it take to lift it off the floor, and what kind of ant are we talking about?

Do you actually want my answer, or were you just trying to get the game going again?

Because Fadran is awesome. Clearly.

Actually it was something that someone said a while ago, just I was wanting to let people know that rhetoric isn't technically allowed (lots of people are, yes, including you. I think. Maybe???) Rhetorical questions are 1) rhetoric and 2) questions that aren't really meant to be answered, only to get a point across Also I think I just lost all my points. Whoopsie.

@The Bookwyrm rhetoric isn't legal, could you add that to the OP?

Thank you so much for this topic, I love it. As for suggestions: (I haven't looked through the thread yet so Idk if these are repeats) the Redwall books are chill and fun and very appropriate The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer is sci fi/fantasy (4 book series with two half-books) (Fairest is a bit iffy) The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool by Margaret Gray (probably written for under-teens, I still think it's fun) The Squire's Tales by Gerald Morris (stories of King Arthur's knights, portrays "courtly love" as a bad thing) (there are ten books, but the last one is depressing, because King Arthur's story has a depressing-ish ending) Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker (it's scary-ish stories that would only be truly scary if you were a fox, and the book teaches a lesson and it's my favorite book and I LOVE IT it's my favorite book you should read it) (there's a second book but I like the first book best) Any of Eoin Colfer's books Enola Holmes by Nancy Springer Dark Life by Kat Falls and the sequel Riptide should be good? I don't recall anything problematic in those two The Ascendance Series (Five book trilogy) by Jennifer A. Nielson (not exactly fantasy, no magic system, but fun) The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale (4 books) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (start of a 3-book series, the series is good) The City of Ember (I don't remember the author.) The Four Kingdoms by Melanie Cellier (4 books with two half-books. Has two other series in the same world: Beyond the Four Kingdoms and Return to the Four Kingdoms) (Fantasy-ish historical fiction with (appropriate) romantic sprinkles, my younger sister likes them because they're medieval-ish feeling and it has an actual plot instead of picking petals off a daisy "he loves me he loves me not" stuff (Quarterfeather says "And they do stuff! The main character princess-like characters actually do stuff!")) Catherine called Birdy is historical fiction Gail Carson Levine writes clean books Robin McKinley also writes clean books as far as I know, though she tends more towards retellings (They're cool retellings) Foundling by D. M. Corinch The Knights of Arrethtrae series by Chuck Black should be appropriate. I haven't read the first book all the way through yet. The author's a Christian and it's very obvious in his book. My sister Quarterfeather's suggestions: Dragon Slippers (first book in a 3-book series) Vivian Vande Velde is an author who does clean books that might count as fantasy. Quarterfeather and I think they're fun. Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts (clean book, steampunk-ish) Shards of a Broken Sword Andari Chronicles (might have language (cursing) issues) Entwined by Heather Dixon The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C. Wrede Mairelon the Magician and the Magician's Ward (omnibus is called Magic & Malice) by Patricia C. Wrede The Moorchild Troll Mill and Troll Fell (I don't remember which comes first) Land of Stories by Chris Colfer Savvy (start of a three-book series) Spellfall (should be good, but we don't know for sure) Gifts (appropriate as far as I remember) The Ring of Five Untold Tales by William J. Brook Icefall Gregor the Overlander is kinda fantasy Seven-day magic by Edward Edgar Wren's Quest (might be a second book, I don't remember) Peter and the Starcatchers No More Strangers, Please! (Not fantasy, but awesome.) Sisters Grim Spinning Starlight is sci-fi

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I want one of those

Welcome to the insanity that is the 17th Shard! (you can actually read the series in whatever order)