Immortal Platypus

actually, I think we have concrete evidence of the opposite. I think there's a WOB that says that a Leecher would not instantaneously drain Light, but they could do it over time. I could be wrong about that. The reason we haven't mentioned Blades is that while you are being Leeched you cannot summon a Blade. A similar problem occurs with Division. And a lot of the conversation around leeching has been Allomantic grenades, so Division/Blades wouldn't work well anyway.

I actually feel so good today

it's a good day

1st semester

I also think that keeping it at full power might have weakened him to attack from other Shards.

it's finally over

ah. that does make more sense

I don't think so. The quote from the passage talks about how "Odium had been forced to let it weaken." This is from an uninformed POV, but still. I don't think it would be quite as easy to up the power while keeping the whole thing going as most of you apparently do. But I do think that he could stop the Everstorm over certain areas, and increase its power over others

f'(x)=f(x) only in certain scenarios, like when f(x)=e^x

i'm not gonna think hard enough to solve this

oh yeah, him

Platypus was there, but his Author would be heading to a swim meet and would not be able to do stuff for a while.

I gotchu. wait. there's a wit in WoT? Now I need to go reread

it's ok Vyz. I'm here for you

That would be cause I am stoic. I have had some times though. maybe not since you've joined

I thought about each DS being something related to one realm (a PR DS, a CR DS, a SR DS, and a DS that connects them all like Connect), but both Change and Exist apply to all realms. Your body can change, you can change your mind, and your heart can change. Exist also applies everywhere, as all of your Realmic aspects exist (unless you're a CS). I could see Feel as a DS, but I don't know how well that would work with a chart. It would have to replace either Control or Connect, and those if one of them changes to Feel/Think, the other probably has to change in order for the chart to work. I originally had Create and Destroy, but in the process of making the full chart, they didn't seem to work well. Change, Create, and Destroy all kind of encompass the same thing. Creation is Change, and so is destruction. I also ran across a WOB talking about how one is different from the others. I thought about Connect because it seems like the "Unite them" Dalinar heard wasn't from Honor, so I thought it might be a DS. Control seemed very on-brand with Autonomy and Dominion, and it works well with Odium. I kind of reverse engineered my way from the Shards into the last DS that I needed.

I assure you, it's not the most emotion I've expressed. you just don't pay attention

DON'T YOU BULLY MY "howdy" BROTHER!

using Fused or Radiants for Hemalurgy would be pretty tricky. You'd need to hit an extremely mobile foe on a battlefield in a specific spot. I got the impression that the belts were their body, similar to how Magnified Ones can make more carapace of how El replaces his carapace with metal. It could be a suit, I feel like a suit would be able to be cut by a Shardblade more easily. I think it's possible to use Tension like that, but it sure wouldn't be pleasant. I don't know about "easily." could it replace the losses? Probably. Would it require a war-time economy, and directing a majority of resources at the factories. Wouldn't be pleasant, but feasible. Urithiru or anywhere that Retribution is actively providing Light, or at the Well of Control, or the hightstorm (if Retribution allows them to return). If that's the case than Focused Ones in melee combat are even more of a nightmare. I think there's a WOB about it negating Investiture (or something similar), but I don't have time to find it right now. I think there's a comment about how they've been doing stuff like that for millennia. Maybe in the Azimir plotline? Either that or Shattered Plains. Also, Deepest Ones would be a threat to artillery. If they can catch Scadrians off guard, that artillery is in trouble. Similar things could be done with Willshapers, who would be very dangerous; they have Transportation to get there and Cohesion to destroy the machines. Can Kandra use medallions? I feel like it might interfere with them somehow. And they still wouldn't know important things. They could impersonate a foot soldier reliably, but not Fused or generals, so probably not too useful. potentially still helpful though.

i mean, technically, they can, cause mods can change usernames, but they probably wouldn't

They don't have machine guns yet, do they? It would require a lot of Investiture, but if it stops planes from flying over you and scouting, it might be worth it. But the Focused Ones could (I assume) use Tension on themselves like they do with the belts and do the same(ish) thing. It negates Investiture, so I think it would prevent it, just like aluminum, and it would prevent the Focused Ones from shooting the bullets back out. How much of that does Scadrial have? It can't be too much. If the Focused Ones could outrange it, or Heavenly Ones carry rocks and drop them on it, or anything else damages/destroys it (including potentially the Everstorm) Scadrians would be in big trouble. They're not exactly experts in it. In addition, you're trading more soldiers for stronger ones, but leaving some of the power behind. not quite as useful as a "supersoldier." Pretty much undetectable is quite the overstatement. If they don't even speak any of the Rosharan languages, it would be quite difficult for them to pull off the disguise. In addition, they'd need to know all the things that they'd be expected to, which they probably wouldn't.

Yes, but I feel like Retribution could remove it from most of the planet (like he did for Azir), and make it stronger, like the original Everstorm. He could also probably bring highstorms back, making it even worse for flying. In addition, even if neither of these things happen, scadrians wouldn't be experienced pilots and wouldn't have all the tech we do today. Flying in stormy weather was typically not done in that time-frame because it was dangerous, sometimes even being grounded because of low-level clouds. Also keep in mind that in early planes you are completely exposed to the weather. The cold could be solved with medallions (in united planets) and/or natural Ferrings, but that would greatly limit how many pilots they have, thus limiting how many planes they can field at any given time. Add in the potential of losing these medallions (which could be quite dangerous if Rosharans figure them out and start using them) and/or their Ferrings, you almost don't want to field your planes at all. I forgot about that one, you're right. I do think that it would take a significant amount of time to improve this design, as it took them a while to get here, and that was with the direct help of an Avatar, but they could feasibly improve, especially in a war-time economy. Windrunners are currently stuck in Urithiru, but they have Elsecallers (or at least one) who could take them into the CR and into the fight (once they learn how to use Elsegates). Alternatively, in a united planets situation, you could use Dai Gonarthis. I wonder how effective reverse Lashings could be. It could seriously mess up planes, if the Lashings are close enough. Depending on the strength of the Windrunner, the amount of Light used, and the height of the plane, I expect that a reverse Lashing could affect them from the ground. This does assume that Windrunners want to help, so it may not be likely, but it is an option. So if the bullet remains in their skin, they can't heal, but if it leaves they can? Interesting. I would expect that some of the Fused, like the Focused Ones could just shoot it out of themselves, similar to the rocks they launch at the Shattered Plains fortifications. Now silver bullets could be quite dangerous, because I don't think Fused could get rid of them as easily. they would probably be called back to Braize and return. I don't expect the Everstorm could travel to Scadrial very easily. guns don't help if you can't kill the people you're fighting. *cough Focused Ones cough*

They can't make me stop being an Ookla...

nope. it's objective fact.