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    Your actions make chalklings seem articulate.
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    Here's a light bulb I stole from a lamp somewhere. I have a bundle of old wires
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    Dang, everyone above me already has a rating... Well I don't care. I like WhyEverNot_8's profile, I don't think that counts as a fractal though, so I don't think it could be a cryptic. Anyways, that's 8/10 for me. Weaver of Lights has a cool axe man, that's pretty cool, 7/10. I'm pretty sure Weirdo has a character from genshin, I'm not sure though. Either way, it's a nice anime style screenshot if it is from a game, although I don't feel too strongly for it, 7/10
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    Hey, look at this ultra dead forum here. I feel a little bad just making a post about my feelings when the last post that wasn't a response to necromancy was 3 years ago, but I don't care, because my life is a TRAGEDY! Jokes aside I really liked this book, and I'm glad I read it. I had kept hearing people talk about it from time to time, and I was eventually convinced to read it after hearing that it was essentially an ex-cosmere book after I had made a joke about The Reckoners secretly being a cosmere book. Anyways, moving onto my actual thoughts, I really really like rithmatism as a magic system. I'm pretty good at math and geometry is one of my stronger math areas, so a geometry math system just makes me happy, ignoring the fact I have abhorrent handwriting and would make a terrible rithmatist. I also really like the springworks technology. Clockwork machinery and mechanical systems are some of my favorite aesthetics ever, so the fact that there are clockwork creations everywhere in this world of math magic is just the icing on top. The imagery is as impeccable as always. The scene where the wild chalklings crawl out of Harding's mouth is probably one of my favorite descriptions in the book, as eerie as it is. There isn't much that I can say about this book that I didn't like, but if I were to pick something, it would be the characters. Not that I think the characters were badly written or anything like that, but they didn't resonate with me as much as in other novels. All in all, I really like this book and it saddens me to think that a sequel is still a ways off. I know the sequel has been a topic of debate for some time now, and now I see what the outrage is about. I think between books like Elantris and Warbreaker, this is definitely the most cliffhangery of the endings. However, I did look around a bit and saw that Brandon said that he might work on Rithmatist 2 after Stormlight 5, which if that can be trusted is moderately soon, plus I can't really complain about him working on Stormlight 5 since I kind of want that more anyways... Uh, I hope you enjoyed my rant. I only wrote this because I saw other people writing their thoughts about other books in other forums. Anyways, I hope anyone reading this has a great day and whatnot.
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    Although a large amount of MoIs involve trauma, that isn't a good indicator of how much investiture is involved. More powerful practitioners like feruchemists, elantrians, and even yoki hijo don't have to go through intense trauma(normally) to have access to their powers. Then there are applications like soul stamps and sprouting that don't take any spiritual aptitude of the practitioner to use, and can be used more like a technology than a personal skill. It is true that trauma seems to be a reoccurring factor in MoIs, but these seem more like natural consequences of the specific art than an actual law of exchange like you imply.
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    Thank you for the conjecture! The last thing I'd like to say though is that I'm aware that the "heat" from Canticle is investiture, and that the resistance and interference is what causes the actual heat related to the phenomena. I seem to cause a lot of confusion whenever I start discussions like this and I will try to be more clear about what I know in the future. I've learned a lot in my short time here and I'm doing my best to build an accurate model of the cosmere and all it's quirks, so I appreciate you and everyone else's feedback in this regard.
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    Thanks for the feedback! However, I do have some issues with your analysis. I know that there are situations where investiture can be captured without conscience or specific intent, but I don't think Canticle works that way. I can't think of any instances where two inanimate objects transfer heat without an incantation from someone or another. In all the instances of heat transfer, a conscience is needed to instigate the transfer, whether it be the donor or the receiver. We can see this when someone frees a charred or when nomad cures his torment; either the donor or the receiver can be the instigator. There is also the fact that if Canticle is an inanimate receiver in this instance, does that make the sun the conscious instigator? Of course there doesn't always need to be an instigator like you mentioned, but the MoI of Canticle seems to be heavily based on connection and intent. I specifically mentioned awakening as a potential fix because we've seen "awakened" machinery referenced multiple times in the book as well as in Tress. Awakening appears to be the cosmere's solution to complex computation with the mention of the awakened steel mind, the beacon ship computer(potentially), and the connection tablet, so a complex megastructure made for a specific unknown purpose seems more likely to be awakened than less likely.
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    After rereading Sunlit Man and hearing about the grand apparatus, I started thinking about what Canticle could actually be. I'm not speculating what it's for in this post, but it started that way. When I got to the part where Nomad realizes that the planet is sucking up the sun's investiture, I had a sudden thought that I think has some merit as a theory. Could Canticle be awakened somehow? The transfer of heat on Canticle seems to only work for things that are "alive" and it has to be done with specific intent when something without a conscience is involved. So my theory is that the planet is able to drain the sun's investiture by using the same method that the beconites and whatnot use to transfer heat, and it can do this because it was awakened for that intent. I looked to see if there were any WoBs that deconfirmed this or if anyone had made a similar theory but I couldn't find anything, so if you have any feedback that would be appreciated.
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    I apologize for not articulating this point better, but this was mostly sarcasm. I know that the reckoners aren't part of the cosmere and I was trying to be comedic in pretending that it was. Rereading my post I realize that I didn't actually state that I already knew that the universes were separate, but I had thought that I implied it. I was just trying to poke fun at how this post apocalyptic superhero novel was so similar to a collection of fantasy novels.
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    So I was actually introduced to Brandon Sanderson through the Reckoners, so it had been a while since I had actually read it. Now that I've literally read the entire cosmere save for the prime novels, I decided that it would probably be nice to reread the Reckoners series to see how it feels now that I'm more familiar with Brandon's writing style. So I've finished my reread and I can't help but notice how similar some of the things in the Reckoners are to the Cosmere. Even though epic powers are a little too random to be an MoI, they still have some similarities. The connection to Calamity is a big one, the fiddling with connection feels very cosmerey to me and I can't help but think about how similar it is to spiritual connection. There's also the whole thing about taking the power for yourself and how the powers and weaknesses are so dependent on perception. Also Calamity is just a shard, Larcener is a terrible vessel and the intent has overtaken him. What intent does he have? No idea, but he is overflowing with shardic behavior. Now all that's left is for Kelsier to randomly show up in front of David and invite him into the ghost bloods, then we'll see him running a ship or something in shadesmar in Stormlight 8 or some crap like that. I hope you all found my joke rant entertaining, this has been brewing in the back of my mind since I finished rereading Calamity and I thought it was pretty funny.
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    This is what I was looking for, thank you all for your help. I realize that shards are often bound in ways that cause me to underestimate how much they can actually do, so I had no idea what kinds of things Ruin and other shards could do to interact with the physical realm.
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    Hello, in my most recent rereading of the Mistborn series, there's something that's been bothering me. The overarching storyline of HOA was ruin trying to find where the atium was being hidden, but one thing I don't know is how he was supposed to access it. He knew where it was once the atium soldiers started burning it up, but apparently knowing where it was wasn't enough. He sent koloss after the atium, but what was supposed to happen after that? Were the koloss supposed to give it to ruin somehow? Was Marsh supposed to do something? I don't know the specifics of how a shard can interact with the physical realm and I think this answer could help me put some other things together too. This feels like something that would probably be answered in a WoB, but I'm not sure how I'd condense this into a search query, so any responses are appreciated.
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    Maybe something like "Assault" or "Armament" would work. The coinshot naming conventions seem to be based on sharpshooter imagery, and I'm thinking something that either hints towards a more defensive quality or someone who attacks without remorse. In combat, A-Steel + F-Gold sounds like someone who can just fire off shots without too much regard for the enemie's attacks. Yhey could go for an all out offensive, or Take a more defensive stance and just tank hits.
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    I had actually forgotten about this, so thank you for reminding me. I don't know exactly what the power would do to try and mitigate the effects of oxygen toxicity, but keeping that in mind does make me think that there would be some sort of protection in place. I can't think of a direct effect of oversaturation. The other abilities have effects that increase with volume, like weight or strength. Oxygen however, is not something that continually provides a benefit. It may allow your body to continue to produce energy at optimum level, but beyond that I can't see it doing much more.
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    As of late, my brain has been hyperfixated on feruchemy. It is probably my favorite MoI and it is the power I would choose to have if I had a choice. I was thinking about feruchemy in general and I started thinking about cadmium. I remember seeing some people say that they didn't see the use in the power, but after some consideration I believe that to be untrue. In the ars arcanum, cadmium is said to "store breath". The thing is that this definition is a bit vague, and that's probably just because it's meant to sound more mystical. I think more directly, it stores oxygen, which would line up with the examples provided of its use. If this is true and my understanding of metabolism is correct, this power is actually really useful in a variety of situations. First thing's first, your stamina gets an effective boost if you tap enough breath. Even using proper breathing techniques, your body goes into oxygen dept as you engage in rigorous work. If you tap breath, but not too much, you can give your body all the air it needs while you run a marathon or do exercise, which should have an obvious advantage. Of course, your muscles would still get sore and you would still run out of energy since oxygen isn't the only resource needed to make ATP. Taking smaller hits of oxygen could also give small boosts to mental and physical processes. I did a cursory google search to verify if taking breaths of increased oxygen improved performance in any way, and the results were conflicting. Logically though, if you have more precise control over how much oxygen is entering your blood stream, you should be able to temporarily boost energy production in your cells and gain a small boost. There are a few caveats to this power if it does work in this way. The first thing is hyperventilation. If you tap too much oxygen at once you could start damaging your body, which is not a usual concern with feruchemical powers. This does make it easier to store in the long run I believe. Because its usage would be limited to shorter bursts or sustained burns, you wouldn't really have any situations where you'd use up all of your breath in a big burst or something, since your body can only use so much oxygen. This is, however, balanced somewhat by its dangerous storage method, requiring the user to breathe extra hard to get enough air. Then on top of all this, cadmium is an expensive and dangerous metal. I don't know how one would exactly prevent cadmium poisoning if you'd have to make contact with it as much as a feruchemist would, but I'm sure the Scandians have developed something to by pass this glaring issue. All in all, this power isn't too bad, although it is more on the dangerous side. I think my understanding of metabolism is pretty good, but also I haven't had a biology class in 3 years, so I probably definitely have something wrong. That's it for now.
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    Not directly from Wayne but it's still awesome. "'Wayne, you are a uniquely bizarre individual' said Hoid" The irony is too strong
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    Being an Undertale fan does things to you. One of those things being the compulsive urge to turn other things you love into AUs. I started thinking about how an Undertale AU using SA characters would work, but I don't really have a story. I wanted to use radiants as the main characters, but I don't have a way to properly merge the stories like this. For casting I have: Frisk - Rlain Chara - Venli Toriel - Navani Sans - Kaladin Papyrus - Syl Alphys - Shallan Asgore - Dalinar You'll notice that I don't have a full cast of characters. I don't really intend to finish the cast but I still wanted to share the idea since I think it's still an interesting crossover at the very least. The main thing selling this idea to me is Kaladin as sans if I'm being honest. The image of Kaladin in a hoodie with one glowing eye, wielding Sky as a deadeye because of your actions; it's just really cool. I don't know if I'm going to take this anywhere, but again I just wanted to share my brain rot of an idea.
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    Sans and papyrus have to be Kaladin and Syl, it fits way too much. The gravity powers, their dynamic, I even think that Kaladin would be perfect for the sans fight. I get that this thread is old but I saw that there were topics that used the Undertale tag and I had to see what they were about.
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    I knew that those weren't the only two theoretical choices, but I figured they were the only likely ones. Unless I'm misunderstanding something about biology, I would think that an "organic" metal would essentially be an alloy of standard materials. Unless it's something like elemental iron fused with special proteins, I don't see why dragonsteel would be so coveted since it could theoretically be recreated. I also figured that a magical creature having scales of a mystical material that isn't somehow invested seems decidedly unfantastical, and it seems like it wouldn't quite fit that out of all the unique stuff in the cosmere, this one specific thing is has nothing to do with investiture. Although, if that's the case I guess there isn't any use arguing about it. But I hope that clears up my thoughts if any of that makes sense.
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    Yeah that's fair. You're correct in assuming I don't have any fighting experience, and now that you've mentioned it I remember hearing that real fighting isn't as telling as it's portrayed in popular media. That is what I was trying to get at. My thought process was that if you see and process what's happening, your conscious decision/reaction would start before someone thinking at normal speed.
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    I'm unsure of where we officially learned this, but I learned in Tress that the material dragonsteel comes from the scales of dragons. I didn't think much of it at the time, but then I started thinking about how there are essentially zero mythical metals besides the god metals. So considering that this elusive material is meant to be at the core of the plot to the Dragonsteel book, it is either regular metal that's been specifically invested, or it's god metal. Considering that God metal can manifest in a multitude of ways, I wouldn't consider it impossible if dragonsteel was secretly Adonalsium's metal. We've already seen spren manifest as metal and we know that nonhuman creatures in the physical can interact with the cognitive realm to a degree. Although interacting with splinters and the cognitive is typically exclusively Rosharan, I wouldn't be surprised if some really weird stuff was going on with the dragons considering we don't know a whole lot about, or at least I don't. That concludes my brief theory. If you see any holes in my logic or whatever feel free to say... I never know how to end these...
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    I agree with this for the most part. I had been thinking that if I actually had the power if it might actually make me worse at thinking fast at base power, but I also feel like the pewter caveat, I'll keep calling it that for consistency, doesn't apply as much. I say this specifically because tapping mental speed doesn't increase your mental capabilities, like you said earlier, so I believe that most people would still think to train their mind to understand more since they know that tapping mental speed doesn't do that. I also believe that they wouldn't be as dependent as pewter burners because Feruchemy requires a lot more regulation assuming they aren't a compounder. I know it wouldn't always be helpful in a selection of combat situations, but in the section you quoted I think most powers theoretically wouldn't have been able to help save for pewter burning or maybe more physical speed. Even something like atium would have been the same in my estimation; it shows the next few seconds and expands your mind, but your physical capabilities are the same. I feel like the few times Yomen fought with atium best represent what I believe the power could give. Even without strong reasoning skills, you would be able to read tells from your opponents attack, like seeing which direction they're trying to swing in. You wouldn't be able to react to stuff behind you like atium seems to be able to do, but you would be able to see and process someone prepare a knife strike fast enough to move out of the way. This is also assuming that mental speed increases reaction time, which I don't see why it wouldn't.
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    So I was scrolling through the forums yesterday when I saw a topic discussing what the most useful twinborn combination would be in the modern day. After thinking about it I decided that F-Zinc would be my preferred Feruchemical power, and I realized that F-Zinc has been heavily underutilized. Mental speed is an amazing power for basically any situation, whether it be scholarship, combat, politics, sports, basically anything that takes a brain, which is most things. I imagine compounded zinc would have a similar effect of atium, not seeing the future, but being able to take in and calculate everything around you so fast that you can anticipate everything that's about to happen. Combined with rioting I think it could make for someone particularly threatening. I really want to see F-Zinc be utilized more in the future because it really is just an awesome power, and I can't stop thinking about the possibilities of compouned zinc.
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    Yeah I definitely get this. I think I only see the humor now because I'm rereading it. I definitely felt more serious on my first read and the whole arc with marsh was a lot, but I think now that I've already processed the current events of Mistborn that it's easier for me to poke fun at this stuff.
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    My top three combos are: A-Steel, F-Zinc A-Steel, F-Iron A-Zinc, F-Zinc I think that being able to psychically push metal just by drinking some steel flakes would be really cool, as well as, you know, flying. I also really like the idea of being able to store mental speed. Most of the other Feruchemy powers feel more like novelties to me, storing up sleep or determination sounds cool, but mental speed has the most personal use to me. I can do homework in a flash, outwit someone in a conversation, or even give myself a boost in a difficult video game. The other choices are mostly self explanatory. F-Iron is infinitly more useful in combination with A-Steel/Iron, and compounding infinite mental speed sounds ridiculously useful. I probably wouldn't make as much use of rioting as I should since I don't do a lot of face-to-face social interaction, but it still seems like a nice bonus in addition to becoming a literal super computer.
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