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Dude I've known for ages online did some absolutely baller bookends based off the allomantic symbol for Steel. Here's the reddit post (including Thingiverse links down in the comments if you wanna print your own) https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/aabrhn/finally_finished_allomantic_symbol_bookends/ And here's some imgur albums Finished pics: https://imgur.com/gallery/vpEykHU Assembly: https://imgur.com/a/4yixos2
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eke out posted:yeah no doubt, as ConfusedUs said, Hoid's amassing power at a level we really don't understand - we've only seen tiny glimpses of what he's capable of. Yeah, Hoid has all sorts of weird poo poo at his disposal, from magic systems we've seen and from those we haven't. Check out this list: https://coppermind.net/wiki/Hoid#Abilities Dude could crush anyone who's not a full Shard, and Odium is scared of him, so maybe he could do that, too.
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Wheel of Time is a revolutionary series whose first 3-5 books dramatically re-shaped the fantasy genre. I'm firmly of the belief that it's the second-most influential fantasy series behind Lord of the Rings. While it didn't do a lot that was explicitly new, it blended existing fantasy tropes together in a way that hadn't really been seen before. In a way, it's quite similar to how Star Wars (A New Hope) took elements from multiple genres and made a sci-fi epic that felt completely new and fresh. Unfortunately, Wheel of Time grew bloated and nearly collapsed under its own weight. The pace slowed to a crawl and the popular opinion of the series plummeted starting around Book 7, and while books 4-6 all contained great scenes, it could be argued that it hadn't had a truly great book since The Dragon Reborn. Worse, it was so bloated in books 7-10 that it gave other authors time to take its ideas and run with them to the point that the concepts that made WoT great were trite and overused well before the series itself came to a close. By time the series came out of its slump, it wasn't exciting anymore. The later books felt like they were imitating popular fantasy, where the early books were what popular fantasy imitated. Jordan's death didn't help, although let's be honest: Brandon Sanderson knocked it out of the park. It is no easy thing to take over someone else's life's work, much less do it justice. The series was ultimately brought to a satisfying conclusion, but it was really too late to go out on a high note. There was no way overcome the negative reaction to the bloated middle act of the series or to make its existing concepts fresh and exciting again. Maybe Jordan could have pulled it off, struck lightning twice, but Sanderson--while I love his works--was not and is not a revolutionary author. Today, as seen in this thread, popular opinion of the series has never recovered. Negative opinions abound, and there is absolutely truth to what they're saying. The gender dynamics are more than a little outdated, and most sexual relationships (when they are discussed at all) tend to have some degree of fetishism. Certain character traits are repeated to the point they're ridiculous, pardon me while I tug my braid. But while all that exists--and boy, does it exist--no one ever talks about the good things the series did. So when you hear those, also think of the amazing set pieces, the way homosexuality is treated (aka, it's normal), and the way it blended and subverted fantasy tropes in a way that paved the road for modern fantasy authors.
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Feb 8, 2019 17:01
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Sab669 posted:I keep trying to get my coworker to read Stormlight but he's struggling with the first few chapters. Just thinking about someone getting to experience Way of Kings for the first time makes me want to re-read the series Almost everybody struggles with the first few chapters. The Heralds/Oathpact prologue has no context. It's confusing and out of place and, by the time you encounter the context necessary to understand it, you've undoubtedly forgotten the reason you needed context in the first place. The Assassin In White prologue reads like a video game tutorial. It's got literally the opposite problem to the other prologue. It dumps far too much exposition on you. Kaladin's intro is about a sad dude in a sad situation saying sad things to his imaginary friend. I really love the book as a whole, but it's got a really rough opening.
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Mar 19, 2019 03:38
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The ending is just the prologue but with new heralds. It’s one of those reverse poem things.
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Mar 28, 2019 01:19
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Infinite Karma posted:Jasnah is a great character, but I don't see her becoming a main POV character. She's too powerful and knowledgeable compared to everyone else who's not a worldhopper (and she kind of is a worldhopper too), and "Jasnah is a cypher" is basically her main character trait. It makes the chapters featuring her the best in the books, but showing how the sausage is made in her own POV would ruin it. If she's a PoV character (and I think I've heard she's planned to be), I don't expect it until the final or penultimate book.
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Apr 15, 2019 16:38
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I sometimes feel like I’m the only one who likes Shallan but can’t stand Kaladin.
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Jun 20, 2019 17:48
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TheMadMilkman posted:Has Jasnah shown any major psychological issues? I can’t think of any, but I also don’t think her upbringing has been touched on at all. She’s probably a profoundly lonely person. She’s aloof, abrasive, and smarter than literally everyone (except maybe Wit). She undoubtedly hides it well, she does everything well, but i cannot picture her as happy.
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Jun 21, 2019 06:48
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Jasnah is honestly my favorite character in the series, because she's the one I most closely identify with. The subtle hints at her backstory closely mirror a great number of my own childhood/teen experiences. Her personality (both good parts and bad) closely mirrors my own, and the few times we've been privy to her thought process, it's laid out exactly how I would have done it.
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Jun 21, 2019 16:07
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That’s a big part of why no one believes Dalinar is trying to do the right thing. He’s not just one of the bad guys, he was the baddest of the bad guys.
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Sep 21, 2019 19:35
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Dog Kisser posted:I felt the same until Jasnah eviscerated him and insulted his mother until he cried Jasnah is just the best.
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Sep 24, 2019 03:39
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Lester Shy posted:After a few failed attempts, I'm finally getting around to reading The Way of Kings, and I just have to laugh at how insanely confident Sanderson is (in a good way). He wanted to write an epic fantasy story and by God he's gonna get as Epic as he can. Every other sentence features some wild made up high fantasy bullshit and it owns. I wanna say that he dials it down after the prologue, but, no. He just drops the super mathematical magical combat in favor of general magical worldbuilding. Eventually the two dovetail, but not for a good long while.
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Nov 28, 2019 01:37
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Starsight was a lot of fun. Whoever said this would make a good tv show is right.
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Nov 29, 2019 08:21
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Sazed is frankly the best character in the original mistborn trilogy
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Dec 3, 2019 01:09
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I just started a re-read of the series over the weekend. Wooo!
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Dec 10, 2019 23:03
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Dude is a machine. Like any machine, planning is the most important step. The more planning, the more efficient he becomes.
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Dec 31, 2019 17:58
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Sab669 posted:Only about a third of the way through Starsight, and I know this isn't accurate at all but I basically picture the Kitsen like the Nibblonians from Futurama. Starsight eventually touches on an interesting thing with M-Bot. Spoilering because this is (iirc) pretty late-book stuff and you aren't that far in. M-Bot continually chafes at the restrictions in his programming throughout the book. He starts hitting failsafes and cutoffs that temporarily shut him down, which makes him sad and angry. He starts developing something of a complex about it (and probably has a point). His emotions--such as they are--are increasingly negative towards his creators in specific and organic life in a vague way. At the climax of the book, Spensa ends up having to save her people without M-Bot, who was left locked down and disabled, leading to his capture and partial destruction. He takes this as a complete betrayal, and was barely able to save fragments of himself. Spensa discovered this at the very end of the book, in one of those typical-of-Sanderson short sections where every word likely has some deeper meaning that will be explained in more detail in a future book. (so my apologies if I got some details wrong) That said, I feel it's likely that he'll be an antagonist of some sort in the third book.
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Jan 2, 2020 17:36
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Shallan is literally the weird homeschooled kid who mildly acts out against their abusive parent and is praised for it by her siblings, likely the only praise she's ever received. It's no wonder it became her defining character trait.
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Jan 17, 2020 22:48
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While Kaladin consistently has the flashiest moments, I find his constant moping to be very, very annoying. I love his action scenes and hate any time he's grumpy (which is basically any time he's not fighting). Shallan tends to have an interesting mystery around her chapters, and most of the best worldbuilding occurs around her. I eat that poo poo up. Shallan herself is just the vehicle through which I deliver epic fantasy poo poo straight to my brain. And don't you loving talk about me or my son the Blackthorn ever again. Dalinar owns.
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Jan 17, 2020 22:54
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Taffer posted:My impression is that people who have experienced depression connect really strongly with Kaladin, while people who don't think he's the annoying whiny guy, and wish he would get over it. I dislike kaladin’s moping and suffered depression for many many years. I dislike it because it reminds me how I felt back then
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Jan 18, 2020 03:22
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The no vowel guys are all Thaylen. It’s a cultural thing, like Juan being a Hispanic name.
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Jan 22, 2020 07:08
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Daric posted:Yeah I don’t think Hoid and Frost have shards themselves but Hoid clearly understands how the shards and their investments work hence why he’s bouncing from world to world picking up powers. Hoid definitely doesn't have a shard. He does have access to half a dozen (or more) different types of investment though. He may not have a shard, but he's got pieces of power from a lot of them. From the Lord Ruler and others, we know that combining powers can have a compounding effect. Hoid can do some absolutely ridiculous stuff, I'm sure.
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Apr 11, 2020 21:38
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Arrath posted:Plus its fuckin Wild West fantasy, what's not to like. City of Stairs is in this category and it owns, so if you haven't read it, go fix that. The other two books in the trilogy are good, too, but not nearly as good as the first.
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Apr 20, 2020 03:49
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Lightsong is supposed to be a walking dad joke. That feeling is how EVERYONE in the book feels about his humor. I like to imagine there’s just a chorus of groans following him about. But yeah, war breaker is possibly his worst book. That or Elantris, and at least Elantris has Hrathren
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Apr 25, 2020 21:10
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Im split right down the middle between Truthwatchers and Edgedancers. Also how the gently caress did my phone predict “Edgedancers” after “edg”?
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Omnikin posted:Argh, this is where I check out. See y’all in November Same!
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Jul 27, 2020 21:42
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Mordiceius posted:WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! Welcome to Brandon Sanderson, where throwaway details come back to haunt you three books later.
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Dec 3, 2020 20:07
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Evil Fluffy posted:Henry Cavill as Amaram. Let him be the character that fronts as a paragon of virtue. Cavil played Superman, who better to sell that?
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Dec 9, 2020 17:12
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Sanderson likes to leave some percentage of things unresolved so he can pluck those threads later.
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Dec 10, 2020 19:11
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Tunicate posted:Lots of people say they liked 1 of the 3 viewpoints in Elantris and did not care as much for the other two. Anyone who dislikes Hrathren is wrong.
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Dec 10, 2020 20:12
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I’ve found that a person’s enjoyment of Warbreaker directly correlates with how much they like dad jokes.
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Dec 10, 2020 20:47
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External Organs posted:Oh poo poo. No wonder Lightsong is my favorite character. He's easily Sanderson's funniest character, but let's be honest: he's dad as gently caress. If you hate dad jokes and deadpan humor, you'll loathe Lightsong.
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Dec 10, 2020 22:22
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The trick would be to NOT require the player to do ridiculous amounts of micromanagement. Many mistborn powers could be passive with a flashy sound or visual cue when they trigger. No need to target individual bullets, just have some bullets get pulled into your heavily-armored chestplate for a duration if you're burning iron, as a passive effect. If you flare it, an on-demand effect, it would increase the percentage of bullets pulled in but also deplete your reserves. I think the emotional allomancy could be the most fun. Not only could you influence others' dialogue, but you could be influenced, with more extreme options showing up whenever. Maybe if you rank up Zinc enough you'd get a new option that lets you notice there's a Rioter nearby or something.
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Lucas Archer posted:That said, I would pay cash money for a Mistborn open world game set in Luthadel before Kelsier and co. are even born. gently caress being a member of one of the houses, let me be another skaa mistborn so I can go on a rampage against obligators and steel inquisitors. Start game as a noble > prologue at an opulent ball > be sure to lay hints of how lovely skaa life is > house war starts > you barely survive, house wiped out > you snap, yay mistborn > live among the skaa, learning your powers > build a skaa rebellion/movement so you have the power to get revenge on the other house > succeed > Lord Ruler Notices > Boss fight > Holy poo poo did we just kill the LR? > lol jk he pulls the sword out of his eye and uses it to murder the gently caress out of you > the game seamlessly gives the player control of the Lord Ruler. > Final mission: wipe out everyone who threatened to gently caress up the balance > end
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Jan 19, 2021 19:32
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We’ve also seen the bazillion CW superhero shows. And that level of quality is far more the norm for television series.
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Sab669 posted:CW? That’s the name of the network. They have a bunch of DC comics shows like Arrow, The Flash, etc. All of middling quality.
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Jan 20, 2021 14:00
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All I want is Adolin's duel from WoR to be shot and commentated as if it were a pro wrestling match, as god clearly intended. HIT HIM WITH THE HELM! THE HELM! *crowd goes wild*
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Jan 20, 2021 22:04
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I also want ridiculous Bond-style allomantic gadgets. All of the gadgets. The allomantic grenades in BoM gotta just be the precursor to assorted wearable tech. And in space-age mistborn I want allomantic power armor please. Maybe that can withstand whatever the hell shardblades end up becoming.
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Jan 25, 2021 22:24
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Space Butler posted:Have you read the sixth of the dusk sequel preview? No. But now I want to.
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eke out posted:don't think it's safe I believe there's just a bit more Ruin than Preservation in Harmony. That could easily lead to gradual decline. One of the easiest ways to counter decline is aggressive expansion.
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