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    Yay to Venli flashbacks boo to cosmere mysteries the books are better when the cosmere stays mostly mysterious in my opinion. Mistborn era 2 was doing great until the Kandra had their powerpoint on Investiture and Khriss was all "oh hi Wax magic is really just weird science" bit. The books need to breathe on their own and not have some overexplainer drop in to break the immersion. OK I guess what I'm saying is, cosmere mysteries are cool just show don't tell plz,
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    My gut feeling (along with the rough pattern in Stormlight 1-3) is there's going to be a bigger mic drop event to raise the stakes at the end of Part 3 or so from what you outlined. Dalinar dies. Crisis of leadership ensues among the Radiants, just as Odium makes his next move. Cue Rlain stepping up to fill his new role as Bondsmith. Crisis of nature ensues as the Stormfather reels in response to the lost bond (though, have we seen yet what happens to bonded spren when their people die? I'm assuming it would hurt, but maybe not since the oath itself wasn't forsaken as in the Recreance). Szeth in particular is hit hard due to his oath mandating he rely wholly on Dalinar's moral compass to guide him. He has to choose for himself what to rely on, which then makes his confrontation with Nale that much more fraught in the end.
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    This ^^. I enjoy both comics and graphic novels, they can be really powerful ways to tell interesting stories. (My favorite is easily lackadaisy.foxprints.com, I highly recommend it!) This one was intriguing, but felt like a rocky start, because there's just too many words, too many plotlines, too abrupt of transitions, not enough reason to care, for me at least. I haven't read the prose version and I don't plan on it...and to me, this work really doesn't hold up by itself. I'll certainly read the next two volumes when they come out, but I won't be so quick to buy them.
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    A lass who wove light as a trick Went splash and was soaked to the quick Though dying from cold She was repeatedly told That a stick is a stick is a stick!
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    There once was a half-skaa named Vin Who discovered that she could burn tin When Luthadel burned She further discerned That her actual foe was Ru-in.
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    That said, people have brought this up in the discussion before me, but I'd like to hear: what are the specific ways you think Robert Jordan pioneered the future of epic fantasy? Here are a few, in my opinion: -Mixing laws of modern physics with laws of magic -Types of magic with "hard" rule sets: the reader knows exactly what tools a magic-wielding character can or can't access (rather than the Gandalf-type magic, where we really have no idea what he is and isn't capable of, it's all shrouded in mystery) -"Strong female leads" (I put this in quotes because I don't really like the way Jordan executed this concept, but it was clearly his intent) as well as exploration of gender roles and politics -the role of fate and prophecy: while the future initially appears to be set in stone, it may be affected by human choice Any others that stick out to you?
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    Bahaha, my favorite moment of the whole series was when Perrin totally owns Egwene in Tel-aran-riod or however it's spelled. Wipe that smug condescension off her face.
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    Playing the nice guy is fine as an opener, but at some point you have to take the risk and ask her out. It hurts to get shut down, but there are a number of clear advantages to having the conversation in the open. Like, if she can tell you've been meaning to ask her out for a long time (if you've spent a lot of time around her, she probably suspects already) she probably will appreciate you saying so. Either 1) she wants to go out with you or 2) she doesn't, but either way it clears the air. If you never ask, you'll never know. Have you read The Name of the Wind (there are a bunch of Patrick Rothfuss fans here, I know, so I'm guessing you might have)? Kvothe is super awesome in so many ways, but he totally has the Nice Guy problem with Denna - he's just afraid to commit. All his friends can see how obvious it is that he's infatuated with her and that she digs him too, but he has difficulty confronting reality and just going for it, and his life would change enormously if he did. So yeah. Bravery, I say! Ask her on a date.
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    OK chaps, I need advising from those of you who have preordered Shadows of Self already and will be at the BYU release event. I'm processing my order on the BYU bookstore, selected the "Pick Up Signed & Numbered Copy at Oct. 5 Event" option, but it's still asking me for a shipping option that will tack on another $7 or so. What gives?
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    My 8th-grade math teacher liked to say, "Gambling is a tax on people who are bad at math." So apparently Canada uses sweepstakes law to discourage their citizens from being bad at math...I like it.
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    I can't put my finger on what it is exactly, but I feel like the writing in Shadows for Silence, Defending Elysium, and Firstborn seems to come from one author, and all the other Cosmere stuff (including Emperor's Soul) comes from someone else. Does anyone else get that vibe? What I mean is, I'm sure they're all by Mr. Sanderson, but the way he approaches the story arc, the characters' relationship with magic and the world feels completely different. It didn't surprise me that this was the case for Elysium and Firstborn since they are sci fi, but it's odd to me that Shadows feels the same way. Don't get me wrong - I think Shadows is a great piece! I'm just puzzled, and as a Sharder I'm drawn to solving puzzles...
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    I'm in as Dui, a JoSeun immigrant who likes to eat chalk. Or at least he thinks he does. He might also be anemic and have a touch of pica.
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    SLC, by the U of U mostly
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    I would like to join the squee thread. Recently received in the mail the following UT licence plate: STORMIT In the immortal words of Rebecca Black, "we so excited." (be sure and say hi or something if you spot us on the road!)
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    hmmm...any chance I could get me one of these?
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    There's so much potential for Mistborn to be an awesome movie and I hope hope hope that it will be, but I can see plenty of ways that it could also be a total flop. What comes to mind is the film adaptation of The Last Airbender. They had awesome source material, but they lost the soul of the characters going to the big screen when they condensed a season of episodes into a single movie. For a Mistborn movie to succeed, it can't be about the magic, awesome though it may be. It has to be about Vin, about learning to trust and love and believe and fight for a better life in a world of ruthlessness, betrayal, hopelessness, and oppression. The real heart of both a good fantasy novel and a good fantasy movie is what you learn about humanity in the real world. When I first read the Mistborn trilogy, I was taken aback at just how much there was to learn from these characters. I just hope any potential director realizes that. Sorry for the long post, but really, this is why I love Sanderson's works - I come for the fun, but stay for the soul.
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    MV6 Vin And Elend

    Smokestone commented on Herowannabe's gallery image in Mistborn Art

    MV6 Vin And Elend
    I've definitely done the Elend-Vin thing like ten times. It's bad.
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    I'm soooooooo glad Whelan updated the cover art. The book was going on my shelf regardless, but man is it nice to have a less-girly Kaladin to grace the cover.
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    Stormlight Archive character portraits
    Very cool! I never clearly pictured Shen in my mind, but I feel like your portrait captures him especially well.
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    Hey, also a newbie to the forums here, though a longtime Sanderson fan...the original Mistborn trilogy remains my favorite of his works so far (the ending of The Hero of Ages brought me close to tears...that doesn't happen to me much in fantasy novels), but I've certainly had fun with the rest of the canon. And of course, Kaladin is a stud.
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    Assistant Peter has stated on an Amazon.com comment thread (Oct 22, 2013): "I like this version of the cover quite a bit-but Michael Whelan was not satisfied with it, so he repainted it. The new one looks much better. I'm not sure when it's going to be revealed."
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