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pik_d posted:I'm curious if there's any reason that the Returned need a new Breath a week, but then can't actually use those Breaths without dying. quote:Since I just finished the first Mistborn era I'm having a hard time not seeing Vasher as Kelsier 2.0 Louisgod posted:Yeah between Tress and The Lost Metal, we're due for some much needed context. It'd be WILD if the bands ended up on Roshar. CapnAndy fucked around with this message at 00:45 on Jul 11, 2023 |
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Warbreaker up to chapter 12 spoilers and Mistborn era 1 trilogyCapnAndy posted:I think -- and I'm not sure if I'm remembering right, and I really don't think this is a spoiler, but just in case: they burn through one Breath a week just to maintain themselves, and have, separately, a massive stash of Breaths they can't access without dying. He needs to be given one every week, and felt weak right before he got one. I sorta assumed he had a lot because he's been given one every week for five years, though he probably has more than just that now that I think about it. CapnAndy posted:Ha! I personally thought a character in this book was Vin 2.0, and there's a Vin 3.0 coming in TWoK. Hmm, Vivenna definitely has the attitude. Siri definitely starts out more carefree than Vin ever was in her life, but they've both proven to be jus as bad at listening to directions as Vin ever did. I'm guessing it's one of them but I can't tell which yet.
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pik_d posted:Hmm, Vivenna definitely has the attitude. Siri definitely starts out more carefree than Vin ever was in her life, but they've both proven to be jus as bad at listening to directions as Vin ever did. I'm guessing it's one of them but I can't tell which yet.
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CapnAndy posted:It is definitely one of them, and you'll know Vin 3.0 the second she walks on screen. i thought it was a little on the nose when brandon named the character Vin 3.0
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Jul 11, 2023 02:23
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Can someone spoil Vin 3.0 because I’ve read all things Sanderson and I am drawing a blank.
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CapnAndy posted:I think -- and I'm not sure if I'm remembering right, and I really don't think this is a spoiler, but just in case: they burn through one Breath a week just to maintain themselves, and have, separately, a massive stash of Breaths they can't access without dying. More minor timeline spoilers Yumi is even further ahead, since Hoid makes a joke about his state in Tress
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Democratic Pirate posted:Can someone spoil Vin 3.0 because I’ve read all things Sanderson and I am drawing a blank. She is awesome
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enigma105 posted:She is awesome I really feel like the Vin label doesn't stick here.
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Jul 11, 2023 06:42
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Is Scadrial Essay the same thing as Secret History?
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Jul 11, 2023 06:43
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Vin 3.0 is the third clone of vin, also known as Viiin
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Jul 11, 2023 06:58
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Democratic Pirate posted:Can someone spoil Vin 3.0 because I’ve read all things Sanderson and I am drawing a blank. Marasi is kinda Vin 4.0, but it's a faint echo at best.
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:Is Scadrial Essay the same thing as Secret History? In Arcanum Unbound when you go to each section there's a map of the system followed by 2-3 pages about that system, that's what I'm calling the essays.
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Who do you think is the character writing those essays?
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M_Gargantua posted:Who do you think is the character writing those essays? My only possible guess, given what I know, is .......Hoid......
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M_Gargantua posted:Who do you think is the character writing those essays? I think very very few people realize who is writing those even after they've read everything.
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pik_d posted:My only possible guess, given what I know, is .......Hoid...... I think the spoiler covers one option, but the actual answer is under this spoiler. I don't believe it's said in the books outright, but it's related to that sand book that was turned into a graphic novel. It's Khriss and her companion. Wax meets her at a dance, she's the one who asks him about how the physics of his powers work. They're hidden in one of the intersitial broadsheets as well asking if anyone has an item in their house that talks to them to come find them for a reward. There's a WoB that says specifically she's written most of the Ars Arcanum at the back of the books.
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That kinda defeats the purpose of watching his theories as he reads more of the books
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Just because other characters are women doesn't make them clones of Vin, wtf. The mentioned characters are all completely different, at most they have a couple things in common.
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M_Gargantua posted:That kinda defeats the purpose of watching his theories as he reads more of the books Don't worry, I didn't click on that spoiler.
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Taffer posted:Just because other characters are women doesn't make them clones of Vin, wtf. The mentioned characters are all completely different, at most they have a couple things in common. Yeah I don't understand these comparisons, either. (Mistborn Era 2 spoilers) Marasi in particular looks like she might be Vin but that's an obvious misdirection that begins and ends in Alloy of Law. (Stormlight spoilers) And comparing Vin to Shallan is even more baffling to me.Of the many adjectives I'd use to describe Vin, "spunky" is not one of them. Vin wears her trauma on her sleeve always, even after she's gotten better, while Shallan literally does all in her power to mask it. Their arcs also look nothing like, obviously. On this note though, Vin is definitely a tomboy. She kinda likes a taste of the glitz and glamor but her core identity is a fighter and she wants to be ready to fight at all times. Fancy gowns and hair inhibit this. I feel like after her Sanderson has emphasized the (conventional) femininity of his female protagonists. Someone like Jasnah is cold and efficient but also always acutely ladylike in dress and appearance. I dunno, just feels like a trend to me. If anything, I feel the the heroines after Vin have been very different from her.
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seaborgium posted:I think the spoiler covers one option, but the actual answer is under this spoiler. I don't believe it's said in the books outright, but it's related to that sand book that was turned into a graphic novel. It's Khriss and her companion. Wax meets her at a dance, she's the one who asks him about how the physics of his powers work. They're hidden in one of the intersitial broadsheets as well asking if anyone has an item in their house that talks to them to come find them for a reward. There's a WoB that says specifically she's written most of the Ars Arcanum at the back of the books. I don't think pik_d has even read Mistborn Era 2?
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seaborgium posted:I think the spoiler covers one option, but the actual answer is under this spoiler. I don't believe it's said in the books outright, but it's related to that sand book that was turned into a graphic novel. It's Khriss and her companion. Wax meets her at a dance, she's the one who asks him about how the physics of his powers work. They're hidden in one of the intersitial broadsheets as well asking if anyone has an item in their house that talks to them to come find them for a reward. There's a WoB that says specifically she's written most of the Ars Arcanum at the back of the books. It's this. There are also clues scattered about, though I had to go to the wiki originally to find it out because the clues are...very scattered, and my brain can't hold all the proper nouns across like...almost twenty books? With about thirty books' worth of words in them?
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The character in question signs the maps, so you know the name if you read it.
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Started reading Stormlight Archives last year, stopped after the second book, and now I want to finish the series. I bought the audio books just to refresh and I’m kind of surprised how much I don’t care for the voices of the person doing the reading, I’m guessing there are probably no alternatives?
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Wangsucker 69 posted:Started reading Stormlight Archives last year, stopped after the second book, and now I want to finish the series. I bought the audio books just to refresh and I’m kind of surprised how much I don’t care for the voices of the person doing the reading, I’m guessing there are probably no alternatives?
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Wangsucker 69 posted:Started reading Stormlight Archives last year, stopped after the second book, and now I want to finish the series. I bought the audio books just to refresh and I’m kind of surprised how much I don’t care for the voices of the person doing the reading, I’m guessing there are probably no alternatives? Do you have the version read by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer?
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To each their own but I think I have mostly standard Cosmere fan opinions and one of them is absolutely adoring Michael Kramer. Kate Reading is great too but Kramer reading Mistborn is a vital part of what made me a Sanderson fan in the first place. (Oathbringer spoilers) And he was so exquisitely perfect as Odium.
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NikkolasKing posted:To each their own but I think I have mostly standard Cosmere fan opinions and one of them is absolutely adoring Michael Kramer. Kate Reading is great too but Kramer reading Mistborn is a vital part of what made me a Sanderson fan in the first place. Count me in as someone as falling in love with Sanderson and Mistborn thanks to Kramer's narration.
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Kramer fuckin sells the prologue to Eye of the World so hard. They're a great narrating pair.
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Arrath posted:Kramer fuckin sells the prologue to Eye of the World so hard. They're a great narrating pair.
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MagusofStars posted:If you're just trying to refresh your mind on the biggest plot points and key characters and stuff, you could potentially read the book's plot summary on the Coppermind wiki (make sure you use the "time machine" feature!) or listen to a Cosmere podcast. I like to use the summaries for each chapter on coppermind. You don't have to worry about spoilers as it only reveals what the reader learns in each chapter (just don't click on any links in summaries) https://coppermind.net/wiki/Summary:The_Way_of_Kings https://coppermind.net/wiki/Summary:Words_of_Radiance They have them for the other books but I'll just post these two
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I really enjoyed SP3 as well. As I was reading it I couldn’t stop thinking this could be turned into a script. I know everyone loves the idea of Mistborn movies but I am starting to think SP3 might be the easiest to adapt to film out of everything he’s written. You could tone down/ignore some of cosmere building stuff and it still works. The magic and world building translates well because the book doesn’t fit into the nitty gritty.
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Ok. OK. OK. OK lost metal spoilers KELSIER IS BEHIND THE GHOSTBLOODS!?!
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Tunicate posted:There's the highly produced graphic audio but they're expensive They're quite worth it IMO.
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Mr Hootington posted:Ok. OK. OK. OK lost metal spoilers
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CapnAndy posted:I think you might be the first person in this thread who didn't get that information from Rhythm of War. Did you read that one and miss the clues, or didn't read it at all? And please expand more on your reaction, Lost Metal's very straightforward "oh yeah that's a thing that I, the Resurrected Kelsier, am doing" is way different than RoW's grand reveal at the end of the book. We were genuinely wondering in the thread how people who first got that information from Lost Metal were gonna react to it. I missed it in RoW
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Mr Hootington posted:I missed it in RoW I did too, and I had to have a friend point it out to me. It wasn't as obvious in RoW and, to be honest, trying to absorb anything after RoW was really tough due to how much of a drag RoW was to complete.
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