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It is there however, and it might eventually come back. Also Taravangian was just evil, and in principal we have no way to know wether or not this god like dictator we are 'electing' (the people dont even get a choice, the god just decides to become one) is good or evil, and in general, I find the gods trying to become a supreme dictator are usually evil or with undesirable intentions.

Well, it has been theorized by many that compounding gives a 10x effect.

Susebron never actually held power, and we only see the begining of Raoden's reign. They also don't have a corrosive mind virus slowly taking away their sense of self, or complete omniscience or omnipotence. Ah. Then yes, your theory would be flawed. Because of the direct nature of shards, the vessel will not be the same after a number of years. This will lead to signifigantly easier corruptability, especially when they have absolute power.

Rashek was not well meaning, you are right. But the fact is, we have never seen an immortal dictator that did not go wrong. especially one with an intent constantly banging them on the head until they cave. Sorry, I dont fully understand Compatablism, could you explain it for me? (Wikipedia wasn't that helpful this time) Not unless something is present in practice that was absent within the theory, like moral corruption that you keep avoiding mentioning.

#YouCouldMakeADeltaruneDarkFountainWithThat Twin Copper has been theorized to give 10 of each memories. Each in perfect mint condition, as if they were still in the metalmind. Some people believe that gold could even store Pewter healing. Skybreaker/Stoneward with Lightweaver surges, eh? I'm just a Lightweaver through and through.

Yes, but God isn't a dictator and allows free will (if he even does exist). God doesn't directly control the entire world. And this God we would be talking about would most likely be not a human, where shards have Vessels that have as many problems (maybe more) as your avarage well meaning human dictator that lives indefinetly and has infinite power (wow oh look The Lord Ruler again funny how he keeps coming up). In theory, the best world is a world where a benevolent and kind god rules over everything and doesn't allow free will, but we do want free will, and the person drawing that line (between free will and rules) will be an all powerful god (with the changing mind of a human) that is very fickle and has no opposition or way to be stopped whatsoever. Lots of things work in theory, but I am betting to guess that this, like a lot of things, wont work well in practice.

Hello! I too, enjoy eating cosmere. (wait he said reading? hold on) I mean, I too enjoy... reading? cosmere. (is that really what you're supposed to do with books?) Welcome to the shard, it is probably magic, given that the investiture counter over there is going off. What is your favorite compounding and non-compounding twinborn combos? What Radiant Order's Ideals do you most identify with? Which Radiant Order's surges do you like the most?

Hello! Welcome to Coder's Gauntlet of Questions. Can you survive them all? What is your fav compounding and non-compounding twinborn combos? Which radiant order's ideals do you most identify with, and which's surges do you like the best?

So you are proposing an immortal 'benevolent' dictator. That is also omniscient. And all-powerful. And you dont see any problems with that (cough cough Lord Ruler but more OP and temporarially a good guy). Ya know that term 'Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'. That's why I said "Temporarially" if he ever was a good guy in the first place.

WoB (Words of Brandon) And yes, Nicrosil has so so many uses (see: Unsealed metalminds) WAYNE 4EVER Ops. (but yes, dragons are cool) (and yes, you should read SA)

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Technically, the safest world is one where no one has free will and god controls everything. But you are right, no one should be able to do anything but it gets really tricky when you start trying to draw the line somewhere in Free Will. But I do feel if you get to the point where you are controlling peoples minds (because I do not fully understand the extent to which this 'benevolent god' (whose will could change on a whim) can affect the world) then it is too far. I feel like a single person in power is bound to have problems, no matter what. Edit: Yes, technically, a benevolent god controlling everything is good, but too much control is bad (we still want our free will) and who knows how benevolent or how long they will be benevolent the god will be? There will always be problems in everything, but giving people the choice at the very least insures they (must likely) get what they want.

1) Cosmere. JK, originally Mistborn (what i started with) but i have been slowly liking SA (Stormlight Archive) more and more. 2) Oh, thats a hard one. Metalic arts, if I had to choose, feruchemy, or Radiance, which i have gotten attatched too, and possibly Dragons, depending on how much they are implemented. 3) This Link has all of brandon's books, and i would recomend going through the whole Cosmere. (specifically SA if you haven't read it) Welcome to the Shard! Nice to see you in our humble abode. How do you feel about Dragons (cosmere and non)? Wayne? Fav Compounding and non-Compounding Twinborn?

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Welcome to the shard? Mind telling us what Brandon books you've read?

I FRIGIN LOVE LURCHERS specifically because of what they can do when compounding. "what metal city? i dont see one. only a pile of rubble and my dead body"

"And to you the same." Draco dips his hat.

Mmmm yes, but what other things would mistborns be able to do? And yes, awakening has its problems, but i feel like perma loss isn't that big a deal if your careful, and i would mostly only use it as a copper mind, or smth