Moonsilver

Nope, no angsty teen romance here, lol. Arcanepunk is similar to Cyberpunk, except that it explores the advantages and disadvantages of magic, as well as science, and how they often relate to and influence each other. It still has many of the other "punk" elements, like metropolitan cities, the cost of progress, human augmentation, how humans treat nonhumans, what does it mean to be human, advanced science and technology.

Oh wow, I didn't even know that was happening, I am too now!

Howdy from Houston, TX

I know I'm late to the game, but I'm currently watching Invincible and The Boys S2 on Netflix. Both are pretty great, and both have involvement with Seth Rogen, I've found.

Lately I've been loving Miitopia and Hearthstone Battlegrounds

Thanks for the welcome, Marukka, nice to meet you. Are you into arcanepunk? That's the genre of the novel I'm currently working on.

Hey, there's a new moon in town. I tip my hat at you all. I'm a long time 17th shard lurker and listener of WE. I've got the 2nd draft of my first arcanepunk novel that I'd like to start submitting to you good folks, after I get a few critiques under my belt. I'm a creative writing major that never got anything published outside of college magazines. I love to write and I resonate with Brandon in my appreciation of epic fantasy, magic systems, and world building. I'm into many geeky things, such as comics, anime, gaming, and D&D. I am also a wine geek and sommelier, which I try to use in most of my stories. I have 3 cats named after literary characters. Their names are Yorick, Arthur (Dent), and Bast. I also have a bearded dragon named Merlin, because I'm incredibly original like that. I also have a tank of freshwater fish that I can't tell the difference between, so I just call them all Hoid. When I'm not being literary, I like to go camping and fishing, I'm a beach bum, and I'm a foodie and amateur chef. Some of my favorite authors are, in no particular order(Sanderson is assumed, duh): N.K. Jemisin, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Lev Grossman, Jim Butcher, Phillip Pullman, Mary Shelley, William Gibson, Douglas Adams, Ursula K. Le Guin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Phillip K. Dick, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb. My favorite movie is Gattaca, which is partially explained by the fact that I'm a sucker for a good underdog story that makes me cheer. Things currently swimming in my writing playlist are the Daft Punk Tron OST, anything by Hans Zimmer, anything by Thomas Newman. I look forward to getting the opportunity to read and critique some of the community's work and getting to know everyone. See y'all around the forums.

It's not so much that Paolini used tropes as much as he reskinned Star Wars a New Hope and completely ripped off every element of it. Plus, he ripped off names of characters and places straight out of Lord of the Rings. I can understand being influenced by other works, and I can acknowledge that Paolini was in fact quite young when he started writing the series, but that doesn't change the fact that he directly plagiarized major works of fantasy to create the Inheritance Cycle books. I suppose they are useful as a gateway to get other people into reading fantasy, but it's a shame that his plagiarized books are the gateway.

Who's your favorite character and which character do you hate the most? Favorite Character - Hrathan Most Hated Character - Lift What order of radiant are you/ do you want to be? Lightweaver If you could choose one allomantic power, what would you choose? Tin-eye What about one feruchemical power? Duralumin (connector) if you were a twinborn, what would you want to be? Tin Allomancy / Duralumin Feruchemy Of all the powers in the cosmere, which one do you most want to have? Breaths which of Brandon's books do you like the most? Words of Radiance How many more questions can i ask before you stop reading this? I like answering questionnaires

Hey, I just wanted to introduce myself here. Long time lurker and Sanderfan, I've finally decided to create an account so I can get involved in the writing group. I go by Moon online. I'm a 30-something scifi/fantasy geek that found Brandon's books when The Final Empire was published back when I was in college. I live in southern Texas with my wife and 3 cats, and can be found hiking or fishing or grilling when I'm not stuck behind the computer. Nice to meet you all, I look forward to seeing y'all around. *waves*