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Louisgod posted:lol I don't know why this made me laugh so much As a therapist once said: “Let the past die.”
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Finished Part 3 of Oathbringer
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CapnAndy posted:I would just note that Radiance is explicitly not genetic, regardless of how much it definitely seems to love to cluster around the Kholins, and Gavilar is dead. Did you mean "was" there, was it a guess at what he was trying to do before he got Szeth'd? (General Cosmere and SA lore specific spoilers) The Nahel bond between spen and humans (and now sometimes Listeners!) almost always involves a person with some degree of trauma and emotional damage. In Cosmere terms: the person's spirit web, the manifestation of who they are in the realms, has a hole or crack in it that the spren can attach to and help fill. While a bond can form without such a crack it's apparently much harder and extremely unlikely. Which has wonderful implications for the Kholin family given how many of them are Radiant. And also how best boy Adolin isn't, but might be forming a reverse-Nahel bond with Mayalaran!
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DarkHorse posted:(General Cosmere and SA lore specific spoilers) The Nahel bond between spen and humans (and now sometimes Listeners!) almost always involves a person with some degree of trauma and emotional damage. In Cosmere terms: the person's spirit web, the manifestation of who they are in the realms, has a hole or crack in it that the spren can attach to and help fill. While a bond can form without such a crack it's apparently much harder and extremely unlikely. Hey, I never thought about this, but you make a great point. Adolin might be the one forming a reverse-Nahel bond with the traumatized Mayalaran, repairing the part of her spirit web that's damaged. Genius, DarkHorse!
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Torrannor posted:Hey, I never thought about this, but you make a great point. Adolin might be the one forming a reverse-Nahel bond with the traumatized Mayalaran, repairing the part of her spirit web that's damaged. Genius, DarkHorse! Future StormlightCan’t wait for Maya to pull Adolin into the Cognitive Realm to smack things with in book 5.
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Ojjeorago posted:Future StormlightCan’t wait for Maya to pull Adolin into the Cognitive Realm to smack things with in book 5. Adolin: “I am a stick?”
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Did we get a title on SP5, by the way?
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CapnAndy posted:Did we get a title on SP5, by the way? He's still deciding between Isles of Emberdark and Emberdark based on the sample chapters, "Emberdark" is the name for Shadesmar that is far between cognitive centers, or planets, in the Cosmere
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Oathbringer - Part 92 It would be so badass for Szeth to become Judgement manifest and kill King Taravangian.
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:He's still deciding between Secret Project 5 That's the impression I got, but this map seems to indicate otherwise? https://coppermind.net/w/images/Sea_of_Lost_Lights.jpg
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pik_d posted:Secret Project 5 That's still a map of Roshar. Look at this instead: So you can see the Sea of Lost Sights corresponds to Eastern Roshar. I think common speculation is that the Expanse of the Vapors leads to Scadrial, and I can't remember whether fandom came to any conclusion about the other directions. So Emberdark could still be the term for the void between planets in the Cosmere.
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Torrannor posted:That's still a map of Roshar. Secret Project 5 I'm pointing out that there is a location marked "Emberdark" right in the middle of that map. This seems at odds with how Starling and her crew used the word.
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pik_d posted:Secret Project 5 Oh, I didn't see that. Could be one name for two places, but that strikes me as a bit unlikely. So you may be correct.
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ConfusedUs posted:Adolin: “I am a stick?” WoR spolier Maya: You could be a sword Adolin: Son of a Shard, I'm in
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:He's still deciding between
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Torrannor posted:That's still a map of Roshar. General future Cosmere: Vapors is Scadrial, Density is Sel, the Expanse of Vibrance hidden behind that Shadesmar label is Nalthis. The only unconfirmed expanse is Broken Sky, but the popular fan theory for that is Threnody. The chapters from Secret Project 5 were cool, but I still feel like it cheapens the Secret Project label a bit to throw it on something we knew he was writing and have already had readings from before.
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Additional thoughts on Secret Project 5 preview chapters I'll need to check the text for the original reading of the Sixth of Dusk chapter that he did at a RoW release tour stop because I think he added some additional details but.... the Rosharan (who is DEFINITELY a Skybreaker but could be a Singer or maybe a human and humans have since learned to speak the true tones of Roshar at this point in the future, but the 7 foot tall thing doesn't help narrow it down since Kaladin is nearly 7 feet tall) says things like "fight alongside us, if you wish, to gain status and elevation." and "Choose...Cooperation, slavery, or death.” which seems to point to the theory that by this point Honor and Odium, possibly Cultivation, have merged to form something like Conquest: Perpetual war and expansion, or at least are working together for the same effect. The Rosharan seems to take it as a matter of fact that this war is a part of life and the important things are status and moving up. I would be that if something like that happens it happens at the end of Book 5 and the fallout is explored in the back 5 books.
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:Additional thoughts on Secret Project 5 preview chapters i mostly agree with this, but i think it's possible that it could be individual civilizations' interpretations of the shards' intents (for each planet) rather than the shard itself being fundamentally changed/combined/etc. otoh it would be fun to have old-fashioned knights radiant fighting a guerilla war against the new Conquest Warlight dudes similarly i suspect scadrial will be divided. the Ones Above here are all about masks and are probably south scadrian and i think we know that the upcoming "cold war" type mistborn novels are between the north and south. it'd be thematically appropriate if which side of the Harmony/Discord coin you support reflected a geopolitical divide as well eke out fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Mar 22, 2024 |
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:Additional thoughts on Secret Project 5 preview chapters
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eke out posted:i mostly agree with this, but i think it's possible that it could be individual civilizations' interpretations of the shards' intents (for each planet) rather than the shard itself being fundamentally changed/combined/etc. otoh it would be fun to have old-fashioned knights radiant fighting a guerilla war against the new Conquest Warlight dudes Major Cosmere spoilers We've already seen a bit of this with the differences between Ghostbloods on Scadrial under Kelsier's supervision vs. Ghostbloods' behavior on Roshar
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eke out posted:similarly i suspect scadrial will be divided. the Ones Above here are all about masks and are probably south scadrian and i think we know that the upcoming "cold war" type mistborn novels are between the north and south. it'd be thematically appropriate if which side of the Harmony/Discord coin you support reflected a geopolitical divide as well Wow I didn't even think to connect the dots of the Scadrians preferring to stay masked to the Southern Scadrians, that's a good point. I wonder if we'll see that take over as a societal norm in Era 3
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I have finished Oathbringer. Final Thoughts:
I'm not going to go straight into Rhythm of War. My current TBR is: All of Mistborn > Mistborn: Secret Histories > Dawnshard > Warbreaker > then finally RoW. I want to take a detour since I've heard so many raving things about Mistborn and some bombshell easter eggs in RoW. I would have dismissed it if I hadn't read all that fun stuff. This ending didn't leave me as excited as when I finished Words of Radiance, but I was more intrigued, if that's the right word. I am still determining where the story goes from here. With new radiants and new powers, Odium still lurks. Moash is now Vyre and wields an honorblade. . It's setting up for something, but I'm not sure what exactly. Oh well. I will find out in about a month when I finish my TBR. E: Added one more point. A Sneaker Broker fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Mar 23, 2024 |
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A Sneaker Broker posted:I have finished Oathbringer. I get what you're saying. After TWoK and WoR, you have a pretty clear idea what's going to happen next, and are excited for it. Oathbringer feels like a little final, and it's much less clear what will follow in Rhythm of War. I think you will really enjoy Mistborn. Just be sure to read Secret History before The Lost Metal, but after The Bands of Mourning! Fake edit: I cannot stress enough that you should read Secret History at it's proper place in the publication order. It will spoil stuff in Bands of Mourning, but The Lost Metal will make much less sense without having read Secret History. Plus TLM will spoil important parts of Secret History, of course. SH really is 3.5 of Wax and Wayne. It's imho much more integral to the series than for example Edgedancer is for Stormlight Archive. Torrannor fucked around with this message at 13:25 on Mar 23, 2024 |
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Torrannor posted:I get what you're saying. After TWoK and WoR, you have a pretty clear idea what's going to happen next, and are excited for it. Oathbringer feels like a little final, and it's much less clear what will follow in Rhythm of War. I added a note in my notes. I have my books in order on my Kindle. I'm going to power-hour the rest of March and all of April to finish the books so I get RoW for all of the Summer. I will not be spoiled!
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As I lay in bed thinking about what I just read, finishing up Oathbringer: If the Alethi race was naturally calling upon The Thrill(An Unmade Spren), what other races have natural supernatural powers? Obviously Horneaters can see Spren, but is that it?
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Mordiceius posted:"Well, buddy, the answer is -"
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A Sneaker Broker posted:I have finished Oathbringer. I'm so excited for you to RAFO based off your comments. It's a treat to see someone's eyes opening up more and more especially with plot line predictions. I finally got off my duff and finished my re-read of RoW and started down the next books in the cosmere to catchup on all the short stories plus the end of age 2 of mistborn. The last wax+wayne book so far hasn't just grabbed me yet to power through it all night like most cosmere books do.
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Finished Chapter 3 of Final Empire. I’m loving it so far. It’s the typical trope of ”I’m putting together a crew. The mission is dangerous. But we got people. You in?” Also Kelsier is a badass. Don’t know much about him yet, but I know he’s very cool.
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Kelsier is an all time great character to me.
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Putting Kelsier in fortnite got my ancient rear end to play it.
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I've found Sanderson to be at his best when he's splicing a little other genre stuff into the mix. The heist movie vibe in Final Empire and the prison movie vibe for Bridge Four in WoK are my favorites.
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Prison break Shawshank Redemption style in Emperor's Soul
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81sidewinder posted:I've found Sanderson to be at his best when he's splicing a little other genre stuff into the mix. The heist movie vibe in Final Empire and the prison movie vibe for Bridge Four in WoK are my favorites. I underlined the important part for me - his core style is great, but it feels like sometimes he goes a little to far into the genre bit and looses something. I'm thinking about it the fairy tale narrative style in Tress and a bit of the 'get it, it's a pulp western' in Wax & Wayne. Final Empire (Sneaker Broker feel free to read this) I loved the moment when it dawned on me that this was going to be a heist. I love Oceans 11, our DnD group always wants to pull a heist, it's just so much fun.
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DarkHorse posted:Prison break Kung Fu Hustle style in Emperor's Soul
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road potato posted:Final Empire (Sneaker Broker feel free to read this) I loved the moment when it dawned on me that this was going to be a heist. I love Oceans 11, our DnD group always wants to pull a heist, it's just so much fun. Yeah, the moment I realized what I was looking at, I was like, "Alright. I can get down with this."
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Finished Part Two of Final Empire How will we beat the Lord Ruler if no one can beat a Steel Inquisitor? Vin is busted up, and Kelsier can't do anything. Also, the book confirmed my suspicions that Sazed has powers. "Metalmind"
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Finished Part Two of Final Empire Inject it into my veins, this is the content I crave.
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Final Empire was my first Sanderson, and I'm still not over how cool Steel Inquisitors were. (Minor spoilers by implication) Especially before it was explained how they got their powers. I dig the whole Sanderson thing of magic having rules, but they did lose their awesome mystique of just being unkillable badasses with spikes through their eyes and creepy smiles
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About 2% through Chapter 18 of Final Empire and I have to say I’m picturing Elend Venture as a more annoying Robert Downey Jr.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:About 2% through Chapter 18 of Final Empire and I have to say Realizing we never get a scene of someone snorting metals instead of swallowing them.
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