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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The "Snapping" Thread
« on: May 03, 2008, 08:20:44 AM »
I know that it is popular belief that the bead gave Elend the power of Allomancy. But, What if the mist were not the deepness? What if the mist spirit itself was the one who granted Elend the power, And the bead that Elend swallowed was simply just pewter, being that was what he needed to survive. How many times does it say that A mistborns place is in the mist, What if Vin was wrong about the mist being the deepness? It does give a general reason of what mist could do, to destroy the land. But what if mist was the very thing that brought about an allomancer? What if the mist spirit itself was the very enemy of the ruin, The one Who chose, and granted allomancy. I know this theory has many flaws being that there are evil allomancers, But in truth. Does not every person have the ability to choose what course there lives take, whether good or evil? Maybe the mist spirit is The representation of good and Ruin the Representation of Evil. Each one granting power to those It finds capable, Each one having its own power to give out. I know this does not have much to do with snapping, But it could be that What we thought was snapping from trauma and gaining the powers of allomancey, could in fact be the mist spirit giving power to those it knew would eventually rise up. And the Ruin giving power to those it knew it could use like the inquisitors.