justinator1

I figured I should probably join this here forum finally, been a fan of Brandon since I picked up Elantris in April 2005; been a fan of epic fantasy since I picked up The Sword of Shannara back when I was 11-12 (I refuse to admit how many years ago that was). I used to be super active in different online forums but haven't had much time for them lately, we'll see if I can make time for this one, especially with the newest Stormlight book coming out sometime in the next year.

See, I'd go with Vin for many of the reasons that people say they wouldn't. She's got issues, but is honest about most of them rather then hiding from them; she's passionate!; she may disappear from time to time, but that's okay because I like my alone time as well (besides, in my universe I'm Mistborn as well, so there's that). She just seems more...real...in many ways to me then some of the other characters. Shallan would bug the HECK out of me, probably because we are too much alike...

I was at home in small town Texas, just getting ready to go off to college at BYU, wandering the Fantasy section of my little public library as was my want, when I saw a book I had never seen before (keep in mind, I had read almost every in the fantasy section of my hometown library by this point, so a new book always caught my eye) and picked it up. Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson. Hmmm, never heard of him before...oh he teaches at BYU I'll give it a go. That was April, 2005...the rest is history.