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No no no no. Only working together could they create AT ALL. Laras gave the humans on Scadrial sentience by sacrificing part of his sentience. Which is why they were no longer equal and Laras had to imprison Ruin.

I think the only reason this isn't likely is that we've already had a series that ended with someone becoming God. So, while what you propose is certainly possible in regards to the rules of the cosmere, it doesn't seem likely from a story-telling standpoint. It could quickly become, "Oh, look. Brandon Sanderson wrote another book about somebody becoming God. ZZZZZZZZZ." So, in summary: Possible? Yes. Probable? No. Also, Dalinar FTW.

Man, I would have asked him that if I hadn't thought I'd just be RAFO'd. Well, thanks for the information regardless.

Okay. It's just that the interview question you quoted said... I thought I'd missed something. Phew.

Sorry Holy First Witness, but Musicspren are actually in the book!

So, wait, we know that the pool in Elantris is Skai's?

Mycoltbug speaks the truth.

Those were my thoughts as well.

Besides which, Shardplate grows back.

I think it's more that shirts with that kind of theme are pretty common. My cousin actually made a shirt for Brandon that says "I gave my breath to the God-King, and all I got was this lousy shirt." (And got a picture of him wearing it.) Now, that and the bridge four shirt mock-up are awesome. But the form is a little tired, and I think we can do better. But if that shirt comes into existence, I will totally own one.

So. Taravangian. When we meet him he appears to be a well-meaning, if somewhat slow-minded, King. He shows nothing but courtesy to Shallan and Jasnah, but has some trouble following the subtext of their conversation. At the end, however, he is revealed to be considerably cleverer than he first appears, and is the one responsible for Szeth's assassinating world leaders. He has killed innocent people with his own hands. He is planning to kill our favorite High-Prince. These all seem to be small parts of a larger plan. The reader may conclude, not unreasonably, that he has, in fact, been using (and nourishing) his reputation for stupidity to prevent people from investigating him if any of his plans go awry. I'm not sure this is true though. What I have noticed is on the very last page of the book. The Endnote. The Ketek was recorded from the lips of one who Taravangian ordered killed for that purpose. The writer of the endnote takes notice of the fact that while the poem is well written, its contents are somewhat cryptic. Then he says, (Paraphrasing) "We leave it to the King's mind on a strong day to determine the significance of silence both above and below the storms." (Emphasis mine) Could it be, that Taravangian is not merely acting slow-witted, but on some days actually is slow-witted? That on some days he is the brilliant monster with big plans for the world, and on others merely a slower than average person? I wonder...do his motives and methods change with his intelligence?

Brain Bleach?

I suppose a daily comic strip would technically fall into this category, lolz. 'Course it does! That's why I put it here!

Schlock Mercenary. Every day. Sometimes I go back and reread "Resident Mad Scientist," and "Longshoreman of the Apocalypse," for fun.

Everyone has been told they were lying about the visions. Maybe some of them...weren't?

I'm thinking he moved it. Didn't want anyone to find it, did he?

Chaos, I think we already had this conversation. First name, Middle Initial, Last Name? Nothing related to BWS? 1 Post? Even a link to a website in the profile. You, sir, just replied to a spambot.

He means both. If you look at the chart, (assuming the big circles to correspond to an order and the smaller ones to correspond to a magic system) you will notice that each big circle is linked to exactly two of the small circles AND that each small circle is linked to exactly two of the big circles. The big circles are also linked to each other according to which of the small circles they share. (There are exceptions to this however, with big circles on opposite ends of the chart linked to each other as well.) Let's look at Kaladin and Szeth. Both have access to Windrunning. (Surgebinding? I forget the difference. Dangit.) However, that does not mean they are of the same order. It could mean (and the more I think about this the more likely it seems to me) that they are of two separate orders, both of which use Windrunning, and are probably linked in some other ways as well. The exciting implications of this are that both of them are due to discover another magic in addition to Windrunning, which would link them to yet another order each.

I think what he meant was that it was Ruin's lake. Preservation gets Lerasium, The Well, and The Mists. Solid, liquid, and Gas. Ruin has Atium, which is just Solid. Ruin's power in Liquid form?

I had the same problem the first time I tried to listen to it. But then I tried again a few hours later and it worked fine. Maybe something changed, I DON'T KNOW.

4) You sir, just blew my mind!

Perhaps you guys have noticed, perhaps not. But there have been a recent string of people introducing themselves in the "General Theories" part of the forums. Kchan dutifully moves them to the "introduce yourself" section and then replies. I've noticed, however, that all of them 1)follow the username format: First name, middle initial, last name 2) post things completely unrelated to BWS 3) all still only have a post count of one. They don't seem like Spambots per se (there's no links or weird advertisements) but I don't think they're people!

Perhaps you should have posted this under "Introduce yourself" elsewhere on the forums.

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I prefer Darth Vader's, "Impressive. Most impressive."