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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Way of King Discussion (Chapters 4-6) *SPOILER ALERT*
« on: July 11, 2010, 11:30:58 PM »
I must confess that as it has been with quite a few others, I have found Shallan not particularly exciting, she seems interesting, but I just didn't connect with her, interesting but not someone I can not relate to really, I'm hoping that as I read more of her I will begin to relate to her better, Kaladin on the other hand I really liked instantly, he seems like an incarnation of my favourite type of hero, the nobody who has trained to be super tough and cares about people, completely unrealistic, but awesome, of course the archetype can be made more realistic by adding imperfections, such as Kaladin's rising apathy in his improsinment, anyway, enough rambling...

I'm really looking forward to reading more of Kaladin, particularly hoping to have him fighting again, and preferably leading some group somewhere to do something :p

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 Chapter 3
« on: October 03, 2008, 06:38:13 PM »
Quote from: happyman on October 03, 2008, 06:35:00 PM
Quote from: Rhuan on October 02, 2008, 11:41:12 PM
I like how Elend called Vin one of his armies, but seriously, if Elend is stronger than Vin, he needs to train more so he can be as tough as she is, it's kinda silly having to rely on the skills of someone weaker than yourself to keep you alive, Elend was taking on 1 or 2 Koloss at a time, Vin took 10 or more on at once.

Raw power isn't experience or aptitude.  Elend can sooth all of the Koloss just by pushing, but he had to be taught the technique.

In any case, his emotionally Allomancy may have ended up actually killing more Koloss than Vin.  By keeping his army brave, he was strengthening his own little army which had a lot more on its hands than Vin did.  A politician with Allomancy is a dangerous person indeed.
I'd still prefer to annoy Elend than Vin...

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: The Countdown
« on: October 03, 2008, 06:13:55 PM »
Quote from: Qarlin on October 03, 2008, 05:04:53 PM
What if, with Ruin making more inquisitors, Preservation is trying to make more Mistborn? Those too old can't take the strain required to Snap and die, those untouched don't have the blood in them, and those who are attacked but then released have Snapped, but like Vin, they're not aware of it because they don't know anything about Allomancy. Vin had to have Kelsier tell her she was Mistborn, otherwise she never would have considered the idea.
Nice idea, but I just can't quite see hundreds of new mistborn around... It seems insane.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 Chapter 3
« on: October 03, 2008, 04:35:43 PM »
Quote from: Qarlin on October 03, 2008, 06:33:28 AM
Elend was never a warrior. He's a scholar. Vin grew up on the streets, so if anyone has a mentality for fighting and survival, she does. He has the power, but none of the inherent aptitude. Like Sazed. He can fight, can kill Koloss, but again, he's limited because fighting isn't a part of his life, normally.
This reminds me of Gohan from DBZ, most powerful character, but his mum wants him to be a scholar not a fighter...

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 chapter 4
« on: October 03, 2008, 04:33:31 PM »
The question is how many people clicked it :P

Those of you saying this was the wrong board for this just don't understand what a rickroll is.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 chapter 4
« on: October 03, 2008, 01:07:12 AM »
Quote from: Reaves on October 03, 2008, 12:04:34 AM
...no comment.
Come on, it's awesome.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Mistborn 3 Chapter 3
« on: October 02, 2008, 11:41:12 PM »
I like how Elend called Vin one of his armies, but seriously, if Elend is stronger than Vin, he needs to train more so he can be as tough as she is, it's kinda silly having to rely on the skills of someone weaker than yourself to keep you alive, Elend was taking on 1 or 2 Koloss at a time, Vin took 10 or more on at once.

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Brandon Sanderson / Mistborn 3 chapter 4
« on: October 02, 2008, 11:32:46 PM »
Despite having said that chapter 3 would be the last he'd post, Brandon has uploaded mistborn 3 chapter 4:

http://brandonsanderson.com/library/35/Mistborn-3-Chapter-Four

It's awesome :D

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: What else are you reading, lately?
« on: September 10, 2008, 12:08:48 AM »
I recently decided to re-read WoT currently on book 5.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: To pass the time: Buy/Sell
« on: September 03, 2008, 02:10:21 PM »
Sell, ruin is not a "her", ruin is an "it".

(Also, I was referring to preservation as a mouse in my above offer, I had not intended any sexual overtones, I didn't even think of them till I saw neiana's post)

Buy or Sell?

The inquisitors are really Asha'man who have gone mad.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: To pass the time: Buy/Sell
« on: September 03, 2008, 01:32:13 AM »
Quote from: Ookla The Mok on September 03, 2008, 01:05:42 AM
Sell. If something ruined itself, would you be so afraid of setting it free?

Buy or sell?
Many characters in Mistborn are named after or based on forum members from 2004 or 2005. This includes Ruin.
Buy, we've known that for ages, BS could never come up with names on his own...

Buy or Sell, the atium is in preservation's mouse hole.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: This week at Worldcon: "Rolling up the Wheel of Time" panel with Sanderson,
« on: September 02, 2008, 05:49:59 PM »
Quote from: Ookla The Mok on September 02, 2008, 05:45:33 PM
Well, if you read KoD paying attention to geography, they were basically in the same spot at the end of the book.

Not that I realized it myself until Brandon told me at lunch in May. But this info is not a surprise to most of the hardcore fans on the other forums.
:p

I'm only on Lord of Chaos on my 4th or 5th read through... It's months since I last read KoD.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: SANDERSON THE NEXT DAN BROWN?
« on: September 02, 2008, 01:02:44 PM »
Brandon Sanderson is an awesome writer.

Dan Brown is a thief and an idiot.

There are basically no similarities between them at all.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: To pass the time: Buy/Sell
« on: September 02, 2008, 01:01:13 PM »
Quote from: neiana on September 02, 2008, 07:30:44 AM
Quote from: miyabi on September 02, 2008, 06:37:18 AM

Buy Or Sell?

Preservation is trapped in the Lake?

Sell.  Only young girls with image problems are trapped in the Lake.

Buy or Sell:  Ruin the giant Kitty will get bored without something to chase, so she leads Vin to free Preservation the giant Mouse.
Buy, every kitty needs a mouse, but...

Buy or Sell?

On seeing the Kitty chasing the mouse, the wheel of time will feel sorry for the mouse and will weave in a giant dog to chase the Kitty.

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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Official Fan Art Thread **Don't create new threads**
« on: September 02, 2008, 12:25:20 PM »
At first I was rather disappointed with what I saw in this thread, but, since inkthinker came along, that's no longer the case. Do you mind if I use one of your images as a wallpaper?

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