Timewaster's Guide Archive

Valid point obsidian becomes like broken glass when chipped making a very crude but good blade. the idea that brandon would make an allusion to such a basic piece of weaponry and that alone is its impotance is kinda weak. i would rather think that IF the obsidian is of any impotance its not because of its use as a weapon. unless vin gets into a bind and somehow uses it as a last resort weapon. there are unlimited possabilities and not that i agree that the obsidian is of great import i think it means something..

i think that allomancy is the way to go. I under stand that with Feruchemy you have the ability to use your stores of power all at once and at that point become amazingly powerful but, as someone already pointed out what does a Feruchemy user do when those stores run out? i understand that allomancy requires metals that also run out but let say for the sake of argument you were a mistborn fighting a Feruchemist. The Feruchemist would be able to alter their abilities for however long they have stored said ability, the allomancer can use lets say pewter for example for as long as they have a supply ( i mention pewter due to the abundance of it in the books hence the bags of pewter dust). so in reality Feruchemy does have some advantages but it also have very large disadvantages. while allomancy, at least the way i look at it has very few disadvantages. and im not just baseing this on fighting ability the argument is aplicable to all of the abilities it was just an easy and understandable way to make my point.

valid point. i agree that the only part of WoT that should be talked about here should pertain to information given by Brandon, its only right to not only make a new WoT forum out of this place seeing how there are already plenty of those. We myself espescially should give Brandon that amout of respect and leave this forum to HIS works. I was clearly wrong on this point

I would think its right to assume that Reen moved at random intervals due to the Steel Ministry getting to close. I would find it difficult however to believe the obsidian some how aided him in avoiding them or that it informed him of there presence. The thing is we already know that the Steel Ministry wasnt full of super spys, i mean if Camon's crew could hide from them then theres no reason Reen couldnt, and as far as we know until Vin comes along there was no reason for the ministry to be perticularly interested in him. Now i understand that there is alot about Reen we dont know such as the reason the steel ministry would be interested in him but i do how ever think you hit on something with the obsidian. is may not be an item of power but it could abssolutely be one of significance. maybe that piece of obsidian had something to do with Vins obligator father? or maybe it had been fashined as an indication of. . .  i dont know the significane but i can feel that its probably important. my bad on my BUSHY imput

This is probably the beast thread ive ever had the time to read all the way through. its kinda humbling to find the people we look up to for their ability to creat these types of images and writing, conversing from the same level. I find it funny to think that all these artists are on this forum because of how much they like Mr. Sandersons work but as you have probably noticed if you have read this thread, its fairly obviouse that he has become a fan of their art. The ability to watch follow and read these people with great talent at what they do talk to one another about thier skills and what they love is actualy very refreshing. im very new to this whole forum thing this is the first time ive joined one on subject matter so i find this thread alone to be the biggest reason to become a more involved member.

Ok so recently I have been told to try not to start new threads, instead just read the old threads and you will find alot of your question answered or at least debated. Now this absolutly holds true for any of Brandons original works, but what about Wheel Of Time. I really would like to talk about one of the most anticipated books of our time. Listen i understand the wait for MB3 is hard to deal with, Im aware I became a fan of Brandons because of his selection to Robert Jordans epic series. I would love to have a copy of MB3 in my hand right now but the reality is that i have personaly been waiting for the conclusion to the WOT much longer than I have for MB3 and to add the death of RJ into the mix I thought all hope was lost. Now i find Brandon to be an impressivly competant writer and im excited again about what might happen with WOT.

Ok so now that im done with that ramble. . .  My friend just recently started reading the WOT and he is currently reading Lord of Chaos. He finds it amusing to ask me question about things that he doesnt know yet because he knows i wont ruin it for him. The funny thing is he brought up a question that ive been thinking about for ever. What did Moraine's letter to Thom say? Now dont call me out im a little rusty on the facts but im pretty sure Moraine told Thom that she loved him. Im gonna research it tonight but i want to hear what every one has to say. Its not hard to realize that this is a MB/WARBREAKER forum so lets talk about one of the  biggest books of our time.

I think I agree about the original force behind the prophecy not being Preservation, due to the fact that it would mention using the power to prevent Ruins release. The only snag I find is that if ruin can affect the prophecy while being bound in the well of ascention how is it that Preservation affects the world? If you have read the prologue to HOA then you are aware that once released Ruin can control the inquisitors. Do you think that through Hermuology that Preservation may have been the voice that was heard by Zane and possibly Vin's mother? The idea is that if Ruin could alter the prophecy and preservation is a like power of some sort, why would preservation not do the same thing and alter the prophecy to aid itself by making the person who made it to the well of ascension use the power?

I found this site after going over Brandons page. After Robert Jordan's passing i found myself in a kinda depressed anger. At the time i found out about his passing due to my brother thinking it funny to send me a picture text of the headline because he knew i was reading the WOT. So right off the bat i was kinda pissed. I then realized that the series i had spent so long following came to an abrupt stop right at the end. That was deeply depressing, knowing that the man who created this thing that i loved had passed away before he had the chance to finish it hit me like a brick. So i distanced myself from the whole thing,i heard they announced a writer who was going to finish the series and i didnt care because it wasnt RJ. eventually i decided to look up the new author. i have to say i havnt read any of Brandon's work but im now very interested in doing so. The book break downs he posted showed how much he actually cared about this project. it showed he knows how much this matters to so many people, i find that to be the most important thing in selecting the new author. after going over some of your posts on this site im interested in finding out more about his writings.