Slowpoke here. I can't not contribute, sorry.
First of all, I love this series like burning. I'm much more excited about the prospect of prequels that perhaps explore Alendi, Rashek, and/or the world prior to the Ascension. The background for the time period of the books themselves is incredibly rich, and it sounds like there's so much delicious history to explore. DO WANT.
Second of all, the ending was JUST RIGHT. I'll just leave it at that for now.
i escape to fantasy for the happy ending.
They saved the day. The world got fixed. Sazed isn't all emo anymore. Vin and Elend went out with a bang, together -- and Sazed states that they're comfortable and in a better place -- so neither has to grieve for the other. That sounds like a happy ending to me.
they didnt even get a chance to reproduce.
As one of the few females who does not have any desire to reproduce ever, I was
happy they didn't reproduce. I realize I'm a minority but I much prefer this to a herd of children, or one kid with PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS inherited from his or her superawesome parents. It contributed to driving me away from post-original trilogy Star Wars stuff.
Just say no to tropes and stereotypes.
Third, is there anyone out there other than me that would pay to see this in theaters??
Too much content for a movie. I'd actually like to see it as an animaated series, since all the special effects required for live action would be too costly. It would look fabulous visualized either way, though.
I said on the 14th that no matter how the ending was done if Vin died it'd be too cliche, but it ended up working out really well. It's cliche that she died, but the manner and the reason wasn't cliche at all.
Am I the only one who thinks it would have been cliché if she'd
lived?
They had steam technology, and were just about to hit the railroad era. Something near early 1800s in our world.
:D~~ I can't wait to dig into the fanart.
More later.