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Rants and Stuff / Re: These Stupid Titles IX: Still Without a Title
« on: August 14, 2010, 08:13:25 PM »
Writing desk? Does that mean I am a writing desk or that I use them?

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: I Love Goodreads
« on: August 14, 2010, 05:05:02 PM »
You'd need an alternate universe in which little to no marketing was done in order to see what difference the marketing made.

Or a time machine. That would do it too.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 13, 2010, 07:42:48 PM »
Oh. That's right. That might mean plastics. That would revolutionize the allomantic industry.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 13, 2010, 03:10:12 PM »
The thing tha weakens leaching is that you have to touch the guy, an touching your oponent in a fight isn't actually that easy....

It really depends what constitutes "touching".

It seems like touching skin to skin would count as touching. This would mean that all allomancers are clothed heavily, which means that Leechers would probably be trained to battle with obsidian knives so that they could cut through the clothing....

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: [Spoilers] Just finished Mistborn... confused
« on: August 07, 2010, 04:55:16 PM »
One note is that the Allomantic Chart is an in-world explanation of the metals several hundred years after the end of HoA. I'm pretty sure it's the understanding of the metals at the time of the second trilogy that is planned for Mistborn.

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This is a little random, but I really like the sketches in the books. Are they your work Ink? They seem to be similar to some of the Mistborn pictures you've posted.

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Just a note- There are four shards+ Ruin and Preservation in published books.

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Readers have met four shards other than Ruin and Preservation.

You've interacted with two directly.
One is a tough call.  You've never met the Shard itself, but you've seen its power. 
The other one you have not met directly, but have seen its influence.
- From the HoA Q&A.

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Hey, just wanted to post that they just put up chapter 9 and 11 (They're focusing on Kaladin). Go over and read them!

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Magic of the Stormlight Archives
« on: August 03, 2010, 05:43:53 PM »
My take is that the Shards output a constant, passive flow of magical energy that influences everything in its vicinity, specifically its world.  This ambient energy changes humans, in the case of Allomancy, and certain aspects of the world, in the case of Hemalurgy.  When multiple shards show up in the same world, their different energies produce additional effects, like Feruchemy.

My take on this is similar, but a bit shifted.

From what I understand, the genetics of the people on given planets determine their reaction (if any) to the influence of a shard's presence.

Brandon said at some point, talking about Mistborn and Elantris, that if you took people from one planet and transported them to the other, that they wouldn't neccessarily lose or gain any magic - it all had to due with the specifics of their genetics.

Although I doubt Elantrians would be able to do anything., since their magic is tied into their world, which is called.... wait while I check Barnes & Nobles Q&A....  Sel. Sure, the other people would be able to access the Dor.

In fact, isn't that what everyone does? They all channel the 'Dor' or the 'power of creation' (isn't that what Brandon says)
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As a note here, the powers granted by all of the metals--even the two divine ones--are not themselves of either Shard.  They are simply tools.  And so, it's possible that one COULD have found a way to reproduce an ability like atium's while using Preservation's power, but it wouldn't be as natural or as easy as using Preservation to fuel Allomancy.

The means of getting powers--Ruin stealing, Preservation gifting--are related to the Shards, but not the powers themselves.

Here it is!
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The powers of Ruin and Preservation are Shards of Adonalsium, pieces of the power of creation itself.  Allomancy, Hemalurgy, Feruchemy are manifestations of this power in mortal form, the ability to touch the powers of creation and use them.  These metallic powers are how people's physical forms interpret the use of the Shard, though it's not the only possible way they could be interpreted or used.  It's what the genetics and Realmatic interactions of Scadrial allow for, and has to do with the Spiritual, the Cognitive, and the Physical Realms.

Condensed 'essence' of these godly powers can act as super-fuel for Allomancy, Feruchemy, or really any of the powers.  The form of that super fuel is important.  In liquid form it's most potent, in gas form it's able to fuel Allomancy as if working as a metal.  In physical form it is rigid and does one specific thing.  In the case of atium, it allows sight into the future.  In the case of concentrated Preservation, it gives one a permanent connection to the mists and the powers of creation.  (I.e., it makes them an Allomancer.)

So when a person is burning metals, they aren't using Preservation's body as a fuel so to speak--though they are tapping into the powers of creation just slightly.  When Vin burns the mists, however, she'd doing just that--using the essence of Preservation, the Shard of Adonalsium itself--to fuel Allomancy.  Doing this, however, rips 'troughs' through her body.  It's like forcing far too much pressure through a very small, fragile hose.  That much power eventually vaporizes the corporeal host, which is acting as the block and forcing the power into a single type of conduit (Allomancy) and frees it to be more expansive.

Anywho, to bring this back to WoK, I think that mistspirits seem quite similar to mistwraiths. Does anyone else see this connection? And as to why Kaladin can hear her... Maybe she is sort of like Nightblood? That would be a good question to ask Brandon. Is Kaladin actually hearing her, or is she speaking into his mind and mouthing along?


Sources:
http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=6953.30 (World name)
http://www.timewastersguide.com/forum/index.php?topic=6655.msg129246#msg129246

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Awakening: Immoral Practice?
« on: July 21, 2010, 07:46:35 AM »
I think that the kidney metaphor is close- except that instead of a healthy kidney going into  a sick person who needs it, it goes into a person who's healthy, giving them an extra kidney. Or, in the case of the God King a lot of extra kidneys.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Paolini Takedown Challenge
« on: July 13, 2010, 01:37:34 PM »
But both is definitely best.  ;D

EDIT- I wish we could, but I don't have much hope for it in a year, Especially considering that Paolini's sold 20 million books according to this site.

http://www.theauthorhour.com/christopher-paolini/

And the difference between us and Kelsier is that he was an awesome Mistborn with experience. We are but puny mortals (well, I guess except for those claiming to be Shards).

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn Trilogy Sequel *Spoilers*
« on: July 12, 2010, 09:36:25 PM »
Doesn't it say that when Ruin and Preservation work together they create? It seems that Sazed would be alright with that.

Also, am I the only one that thinks that Sazedium just sounds a little funny?

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Brandon Sanderson / Brandon's chat room
« on: July 12, 2010, 04:07:35 PM »
So Brandon had a chat room last night, and Dragonmount.com was kind enough to copy it all.
Here it is for anyone interested:
http://forums.dragonmount.com/index.php/topic,59600.msg1741700.html#msg1741700

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I don't think Kaladin is Hoid. However, the oldish man with the leathery face that tells him to count his breath- I think he is Hoid.

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This is a little off topic, but I noticed that BS said he was making a wiki for the Stormlight Archive. Will this be made available to us at some point? (Probably when he finishes the series?)

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