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Brandon Sanderson / A different way around atium [spoilers] and a question about atium
« on: February 13, 2008, 10:27:52 PM »
I know that Vin discovered the flaw in atium but she only had to use that (IMNHO) because they both had duralumin.
I think a more elegant way to do it (since Vin is so flexible and small) would be to ingest a large amount of pewter and burn duralumin to flare pewter far beyond a normal pewter burn. A person burning atium may be able to see it coming, but if Vin is so fast they can't avoid the attack, atiums advantage is nil. Hell, if she moves fast enough she might be hitting the target faster than the atium can account for it:
atium effect = X
duralumin flare + pewter speed = Y
If Y > X then atium is more of a hindrance (since the person burning the atium is expecting to see where she'll be but won't be able to follow her)
If Y = X then atium is about as useful as the when both Mistborn are burning atium.
Now a question about atium:
Can atium be flared? It's rather rare so I'm not sure if anybody has tried it or not.
And since we've seen that all metals other than atium can be overflared with Duralumin, why not atium?
I think a more elegant way to do it (since Vin is so flexible and small) would be to ingest a large amount of pewter and burn duralumin to flare pewter far beyond a normal pewter burn. A person burning atium may be able to see it coming, but if Vin is so fast they can't avoid the attack, atiums advantage is nil. Hell, if she moves fast enough she might be hitting the target faster than the atium can account for it:
atium effect = X
duralumin flare + pewter speed = Y
If Y > X then atium is more of a hindrance (since the person burning the atium is expecting to see where she'll be but won't be able to follow her)
If Y = X then atium is about as useful as the when both Mistborn are burning atium.
Now a question about atium:
Can atium be flared? It's rather rare so I'm not sure if anybody has tried it or not.
And since we've seen that all metals other than atium can be overflared with Duralumin, why not atium?