Timewaster's Guide Archive

What will happen to dear sweet innocent Hoid (who may or may not have killed Andonalsium)? Is it linked to the HoA position? Or is it something separate, sort of like a supreme court compared to the President?

I actually hope they don't pick up the book. It seems to me that they haven't promoted him very well. I think that Tor (or someone else) would gladly pick up a book written by the guy who finished the WoT series, even if it is a YA.

I also love Alcatraz. I have many short friends, and I enjoyed telling them some of the many reasons why it was better to be short. After all, Short people don't need as much material for clothes as tall people so, making clothes much more efficient. 

How did Brandon steal my job!?!  [hide] (Note- Church of Kaz, Election of HoA, and my self-nomination are found in Rants and Stuff. I know, I was confused for a while too.) [/hide]

I have always believed that Hoid was trying to help the 'good guys'. I believe that Hoid is a good person, who has the ability to hop from planet to planet, maybe due to being connected somehow to the shards. 

Note, Hoid became a leader in WoA, leading the leaderless Terrisman to a safe haven.
In draft version of WoA, (and I'm pretty sure final draft as well), he broke the pottery, either to help Elend/Vin, or because he was curious.
In Elantris, he was helping Sarene help the Elantrians by smuggling supplies in.
And in Warbreaker, he gave Siri the information she needed.
In FE, he gives Kelsier pretty decent information.
IN HoA, it is assumed that he would've given Vin some pretty good info too.

So, I think that it is more than coincidence that Hoid always finds his way to the heroes, and helps them out. I think that  he's a good person, (or maybe even a guilty person), who wants to help the heroes. Whether or not he is trying to reform Andonalsium, I'm not sure.

If he is, he's one step closer with Sazed holding two Shards.

Oh! Idea! Maybe he manipulates the Shadesmar(see edit) so that he can reach the Spiritual Realm, where all of the Shards are still vaguely connected. He than travels that way to planet hop from Shard to Shard.

Maybe a way to see how Andonalsium shattered is seeing how Preservation passed away. Maybe Andonalsium's mind 'broke' and so he died, and Hoid gathered sixteen (or whatever number) people to take up the power. Or maybe Andonalsium shattered on purpose. Who knows?


EDIT- I used Shadesmar wrong. I know that there's a word out there that Brandon used to say how Hoid got into the Well of Ascension Area..... Was it in the Annotations? No, I think it was in a recent Q/A..... I'll try and find it.

No it's taking the four semesters of Calculus in two. Thus the time-consuming portion.

No! BS's work isn't fiction! All of those books of 'History' are really just a front for the Evil Librarians to make sure they stay in control! One of the few real true books is Alcatraz! The book that proves that is completely serious. After all what's not serious about a teenage female knight who works on a giant mushroom, who defends a kid who's magic power is breaking things?

By the way, did you know that i getting cut off from a knights' magic rock also requires a period of exile from their giant glass mushroom?

Sorry.  Done with Alactraz advertisement now.

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(Better than being a paperweight, if you ask me)