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I ... I honestly can't decide if Adolin and Shallan are right for each other or not. I think right now Shallan thinks that the person that Adolin is interested in is not the person that she wants to be but I also think that Adolin would be interested in who Shallan really is if given the chance to meet her (he's caught a few glimpses).

I think Kaladin and Shallan may well have a deeper connection but I don't necessarily see it as romantic. I wouldn't necessarily complain if it were but for those two, I think they would be friends for a long time before letting it develop into romance, and they would both be very surprised when it did.

Unfortunately it does feel like it's being set up as a love triangle ... I really hope it doesn't turn out that way. If Shallan does end up breaking up with Adolin, I'd much rather see her end the relationship simply because it wasn't working and not for another man. There are eight more books, she can afford to spend a few of them single ;-)

I think Nightblood will be good for Szeth. Nightblood has always reminded me of a puppy. A terrifying, arguably evil, merciless, all destroying doom-puppy who leaves trails of death and destruction in his wake, but a puppy nonetheless. Considering Szeth's depression and nihilism, I think a puppy may be just what the doctor ordered.

Having Nightblood around might at least force Szeth to think for himself about what defines good and evil, so, there's that.

Ah crap I tried to upvote from my phone and hit down instead sorry :-(

Anyway, I didn't know something like that existed, that's pretty cool! Though I suspect the fifteen-year-old graphics bother me less simply because ... well the last time I really played any computer games was aboit fifteen years ago.

Anyone play Starcraft? I am playing through the campaign of the original game right now and I'm really enjoying it. I've never been all that into computer or video games and I'll admit I only started because a) my husband is really into sc2 and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and after seeing a picture of Kerrigan I thought she'd be really awesome to cosplay but I figured I should actually familiarize myself with the source material first. But I'm really enjoying the game for its own sake right now. I think once I get to sc2 I might try out the online multiplayer stuff? Not sure yet though. 

If you like Arkham Horror, i HIGHLY recommend Eldritch Horror. It plays very similar to arkham horror in style and goals, and it's made by the same people (FFG) and also Call of Cthulhu/Lovecraftian based, but i honestly enjoy it more. It's much more streamlined, and less "chunky" than AH, and your goals change depending on the ancient one chosen, and the randomly drawn mystery.

 

 

Oh yeah, I saw that in the game store, it looked intriguing! I couldn't quite tell from the box how similar it was to AH, so thanks for the summary!

I dislike authors attempting to edit their books after publication in this way. Then again, Tolkien did it, and I forgive him for it, so maybe I'm just biased?

 

It's interesting to me, because I dislike what Rowling has done with the revelations after HP's ending, but think it's cool when Sanderson does something similar. I don't really know why- maybe because Sanderson's comments aren't as blatantly intrusive on the text as Rowling's?

I think the difference is that Sanderson's comments are generally about adding something to the world of the story, not taking back something that was established in canon.

As far as Hermione goes ... I guess I don't have a problem with Rowling saying what she said, I just wish that various media outlets wouldn't change it to "she should have ended up with Harry" because as far as I can tell, Rowling never said that. I wish people would stop trying to turn things that aren't love triangles into love triangles!

I've kind of been holding back on board games until I decide to buy a tablet (playing them on my phone is alright, but bigger screen is bigger). I got Elder Sign: Omens a while back, but it applied too much boot to my posterior, so I let it wait for the time when I have a tablet at my disposal during bathroom breaks...

Oh, I didn't know there was a version of that for android ... I played the Elder Sign boardgame over thanksgiving, it was fun but I think not as much fun as Arkham Horror.

I basically failed at converting my sister: that is, she read the entire Mistborn trilogy and then Alloy of Law, but she never stopped complaining about Sanderson's writing style. I keep telling her to try Emperor's Soul, since it's a much more compact story, but I think it's a lost cause. Ahh well, you win some, you lose some.

But wouldn't be a Spinner able to trump a Seer, as well?

I mean, the atium burner is able to predict what the Spinner is about to do and decide on the counteraction, but it doesn't mean that he can't fail to counteract. And the Spinner should be able to make the Seer fail with, say, 99% probability, right?

It may well depend on the situation. You're describing a situation in which they're working directly against each other and bartbug was talking about each of them working against some system--I think in this case, luck becomes more relevant/useful the fewer outside forces are involved.

You might be the single most tweeted fan at this point, Feather. This, the soulcaster, and I think there might have been one or two other things...

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS??? I knew he posted my Soulcaster on his blog a few years ago (with a similar freak out from me) and then this, but IS THERE MORE?

 

I am... singularly unable to handle everything to do with this whole situation.

Ahem, Feather: a challenger appears!

(still not over that "best inquisitor ever" comment)

FWIW, I originally posted the lyrics here on 17S a couple years ago in the comments for the Christmas giveaway--someone else started re-writing Christmas songs with Mistborn-themed lyrics and I just jumped on the bandwagon! Feather you are really awesome for recording it.

I was going to respond to some of the posts here, but Feather said pretty much what I was going to say and more.

I'm enjoying the show so far, but I wish they'd do more with character development. Right now it seems like Skye and Coulson are the only people who have anything going for them in that field beyond a couple of superficial traits. Like ... we know that Fitz and Simmons are science types, but what's their motivation? Why are they working for SHIELD? Does the fact that their work may never make it to the world at large bother them, or are they happy with that? I realize we're only a few episodes in, and overall the show's still fun, I just expected a bit more from characters in a Joss Whedon show.

Why was this downvoted?  Fistsofrage expressed his opinion in an informed, considerate manner.  As I understand it, upvoting is for quality posts, and downvoting is for inappropriate, hostile, or irrelevant posts.  The downvoting mechanism isn't meant to be used just because someone doesn't share your opinion.

Taking Kaladin's brotherly love for Tien and changing it to suit this view seems very wrong. Kaladin is all about protecting those who resemble Tien. We've been in Kaladin's mind for most of WoK and seen nothing other than the desire to help those people who cannot help themselves. And Kaladin has had several female interests, so I don't really see anything sparking any kind of love for Renarin at all. Especially since Renarin is a lighteyes.

There might be an unrequited love from Renarin's side, but I do not see Kaladin reciprocating it.

Even the idea of Renarin liking guys is iffy since it seems to be mostly based on his weakness. Being thoughtful and intelligent doesn't really convince one of that at all, and Renarin's desire to fight and help his family shows that the only thing that seems to hinder him from doing so is his weakness.

Tbh, I would not really enjoy dedicating myself to a 10 book series only to find out this kind of sexual information later on. If Renarin is into guys I'd like to find out asap so I can make peace and decide how I feel about it.

And Kaladin being into guys could really change everything. Since we don't know much about Renarin, it'd be ok for him, but we've been emotionally invested in Kaladin's journey and progress, and to not mention something important like that when a lot of people's enjoyment of the story is hinged on this character could be seen as a bit of a deception/betrayal and people might lose interest in the story and decide its not worth their time anymore.

I'm not responsible for any of the downvoting, but I would assume that it's because this post comes across as pretty homophobic. It's one thing (a perfectly reasonable thing!) to read Kaladin as straight, but saying that revealing Kaladin as not straight would feel like a betrayal and would prevent people from being able to enjoy the story as much--when from everything we've seen romance is not a major part of the story at all--really makes it sound like he thinks non-straight characters are lesser/not worth his time even when their orientation doesn't affect the story at all. 

And saying that, were Kaladin not straight, his brotherly love for Tien would have to be reinterpreted, really has some unfortunate implications. It... really comes across like he's saying that gay people can't love their siblings without it being some incestuous pedophilic thing. I really doubt that's what Fistsofrage meant to imply, but you can see why people would find that insulting and offensive!

I went to the Birmingham signing last night and had a good time there. I only ended up asking one Cosmere-related question, but hopefully it will still be useful.

I asked if assassination is common among the Parshendi, since they have a tradition of what assassins are supposed to wear. Brandon said (and I'm paraphrasing) that the Parshendi are a lot more unified than they used to be, and back when they existed as a lot of separate tribes (he didn't say how long ago this was), raids and assassinations were a fairly regular thing.

Someone else asked if Adonalsium had been self-aware, and Brandon said he couldn't answer that yet.

I went to the event in a Wheel of Time costume (I posted a couple of pictures in the gallery) and met up with some people I knew from Dragon*Con. I already owned all the books I was getting signed, but I did buy a couple of other books while I was there, including Dan Wells' Fragments (which isn't supposed to be published for a few more days ... exciting! ;-)

You are indeed ... and in doing so, you've almost enabled me to catch up to you in upvotes!

mwahahaha

Dude, Sweetness, I should be getting upvotes for that not you :-P

My real name does have a bit of a story behind it, too. I was going to be named Helen, after one of my grandmothers, until my parents decided at the last minute that they didn't like the sound of Helen Hyde and called me Ellen instead. I sort of get their point--I mean, Helen Hyde would be a completely awesome name for a supervillain--but throughout a lot of middle and high school I sort of wished I'd been named Helen instead, until I discovered that in Alien, Ripley's first name is Ellen. Then it became cool.

When I started using E. Hyde as an online name, it was my real name, because all the made-up usernames I'd come up with in the past had always felt wrong/"not me" just a short while after I'd come up with them. But of course it also doubles as a literary reference to a false identity. I changed my last name when I got married but I still use E. Hyde (with occasional variations in punctuation) online.

Yeah, not at all how I pictured them either, just kind of cool to see a high end fashion house come up with something that randomly happens to look mistcloak-like.

More high fashion mistcloaks!

(these are going to be huge pictures, sorry)

(Givenchy fall 2012 couture)

Yeah, but aluminum has exactly the same property (can't be Pushed or Pulled) and it's a perfectly ordinary metal.

Yeah I realized this; see my post directly above yours ;-)

Basically you sign in with your library card info and download a book, and it will expire/delete itself after the checkout period is over. They do this with audiobooks too. Though depending on what sort of device you use you can keep the books longer by not syncing. I'm assuming that the limited copies are for copyright reasons; the libraries I've seen that do this usually have a selection of "always available" books that are mostly older out of copyright stuff. Mostly, they just seem to have a really tiny selection.

In Oregon (and maybe other states too), most of the public libraries have combined their digital collections, which makes a lot of sense as it really doesn't matter where you are. What would be really nice though is if it didn't have to be connected to physical public libraries at all; seems like an entirely web-based digital library would be a nice thing to have.

Though I realized of course that "not made up" != "nothing magical about it" seeing as plenty of real-world metals are used in allomancy.

Another advantage that paper books have I've found, is that public libraries are still mostly paper books. For someone who reads a lot, I don't actually buy new books very much; I get a lot of books from the library. Though some libraries are starting to build ebook collections, most are still pretty small. And you really don't see people selling used ebooks either.

Libraries, it's just a matter of people catching up with the technology, but I don't see reselling ebooks ever really being a thing.