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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Hoid's Shard abilities in WoK (minor spoilers)
« on: October 01, 2010, 07:04:31 PM »
I had mentioned before that the "rock" could be adonalsium, but by fleshing out my idea, I start to feel like I'm writing fanfic:
We already know Hoid can use Shadesmar -- the Cognitive Realm. If that's because he actually exists in the cognitive realm, then he's actually a thought - a concept. If he held Adonalsium and made it crappy for holding it, he broke it. Or at least contributed to its shattering. So what would he represent? How about the responsibility for all of its pieces? Thus, he manifests on every world because they are all his responsibility.
And while all of that seems sound to me, I can't help but read it and think "I'm way off in left field."
We already know Hoid can use Shadesmar -- the Cognitive Realm. If that's because he actually exists in the cognitive realm, then he's actually a thought - a concept. If he held Adonalsium and made it crappy for holding it, he broke it. Or at least contributed to its shattering. So what would he represent? How about the responsibility for all of its pieces? Thus, he manifests on every world because they are all his responsibility.
And while all of that seems sound to me, I can't help but read it and think "I'm way off in left field."