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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: March 10, 2008, 11:48:46 PM »
Alendi had some kind of hemalurgic piercing!  that is awesome.  don't assume that they were just earrings however.  for all we know Alendi could have been the first steel inquisitor, so to speak (except without allomancy).  maybe that is where the lord ruler got the idea.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: March 06, 2008, 11:15:37 PM »
yes. this fact was actually talked about earlier in this thread.

with regards to the well spirit influencing Vin as it does others, it's possible, but i'm not so sure.  Reen's voice was really predominant in the first book, but in the second, when the Well seems to be getting stronger, it is virtually non-existant.  This voice could still be the Well, there would just have to be an explanation for why she hasn't been hearing it lately.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: I'm not ignoring you...
« on: March 04, 2008, 07:17:05 AM »
yeah i kind of figured as much.  good to know for sure though.
my one question is when are we going to hear more about Dragonsteel?  I read the little rough draft excerpt you put up on here and was extremely interested.  can't wait to read the actual book.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: March 01, 2008, 03:56:06 AM »
right, i forgot about that. that each of the spikes is a different metal. but i doubt that her bronze earring has to do with copperclouds. as has been said before, these 3 magic systems are similar but they maintain their differences. i think it would be a bit too convienient if bronze has to do with copperclouds in hemalurgy.

with regards to the hemoglobin thing, i think it could have to do with hemalurgy, but i doubt that brandon would go that into the science that much. we are talking about a very scientifically suppressed society here.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: February 13, 2008, 03:10:13 AM »
you know what i'm actually glad you brought that up.  i think the fact that elend is now a mistborn has been largely overlooked by a lot of people, which is strange because it will undoubtedly have HUGE implications in the third book. people (myself included) seem to focus more on the well spirit, Zane, and Sazed and tend to forget about the world's newest allomancer.

I think this will be a very cool new addition to the MB series with Elend and Vin out there fighting together, and undoubtedly butting heads every once in the while, but here's a question. Even if your theory is right and Elend is the most powerful allomancer in the world, will he ever actually become a "fighter"?  I know that Elend went through some big changes in the second book, but it's still hard for me to imagine him ever doing some of the things Vin does and being an allomancer doesn't mean you automatically learn how to fight well.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: February 11, 2008, 05:57:02 AM »
alright, so after re-reading the ending of MB1, i'd like to revise my theory.

I was reading the end where vin is fighting the lord ruler and during the fight there is a point where he is Pushing her around and he pushes her ear ring out of her ear.  it is only after this that vin is able to draw on the mists, a feat which she has never repeated since.  this pretty much invalidates my original theory since she was only able to perfom this action, the most powerful thing she's ever done without duralumin, when she was not wearing her ear ring.

so this leads me to my second theory.  the ear ring is still an example of hemalurgy, only it is opposite of the inquisitors.  it acts to somewhat restrain her power where the inquisitors power is amplified.  this once again leaves the origins of her power a mystery, but i think i like this better because first, it doesn't conflict with anything from the book (i think), and second, it makes sense that if there is a real terris prophesy about a hero of ages, and vin is it, that the Well Spirit would try its best to limit her power enough such that she wasn't as much of a threat but that it could use her to set itself free.

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Brandon Sanderson / Theory on why Vin is so powerful *spoilers*
« on: February 04, 2008, 05:49:55 AM »
Ok, first off this is my first post so hello everyone, and Mr. Sanderson/Brandon/EUOL/whatever us fans are supposed to call you, you are an awesome writer (my new favorite. please hurry up and publish more books :)
Based on what i have read online and the books, i've come up with this theory: Vin's unusual amount of power stems from the third magic system, hemalurgy, and her ear ring.  We know from what EUOL has said that Inquisitors are created through the usage of hemalurgy, involving the deaths of several people.  We also know that the Well Spirit has the ability to control people with spikes in their bodies, like Marsh and Zane, and create voices in their minds. Is any of this remind anyone of Vin's mother? She is described as mad and hearing voices, then she goes and kills Vin's sister and impales Vin's ear with the ear ring.  My guess is that this too is an example of hemalurgy and is a main reason behind Vin's power.

Thoughts anyone?

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