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New Chapter on To Mend Without Thread

hey folks, for NaNoWriMo, I have decided to write a chapter a day for Mend, my main longfic. Things get really exciting in chapter 54, and I want to have something to look orwed to after reading Wind and Truth!

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For the most depressing parody ever: Steven Universe Taln

(image description: a Steven Universe style drawing of Taln based on Jasper's character model - he has brown skin, dark brown dreds, gold arm braces, black pants, brown boots, and blue eyes, and he looks traumatized.

Drift in Braize

If you know the devastation of the song Drift Away from Steven Universe, but you thought, "Why can't this heartrending song be applied to Taln, Bearer of Agonies?" do not fear, my friend. I come with a gift:

art by the indomitable @lamaery [ID: A closeup sketch of Taln, a man with dark brown skin, large dark eyes, a wide nose, and long, unkempt, tightly curled hair. He's shown from the chest up, looking ragged and sad. End ID.]

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Stupid fucking kid doesn't even know that wearing a red handkerchief around your neck is a death flag.

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I'm not a cosmere theories freak but I do have one theory I'm very passionate about which is that the pure tones of Roshar sound like sine wave synths! Let me explain :) I am taking "pure" to mean "consisting of only one note (and no overtones)", which is basically the definition of a sine wave. A sine wave is the representation of a single frequency with no harmonics and is considered an acoustically pure tone. Sine waves don't occur naturally - real world sounds always have overtones, in varying quantities. We can synthesize sine waves, however, and they sound like this (I played it in different pitches so you can get an idea of the timbre):

Here's a visual representation of a sine wave:

So this is what I imagine it sounds like when Dalinar opens a perpendicularity, or when singers hear pure notes in highstorms. And because the sound of a sine wave is so unnatural, it would really stand out and feel otherworldly on a planet that doesn't have modern technology - and I feel like that fits the description.

We also know that it's possible to use tuning forks to play the three pure tones of roshar and pull the matching types of light out of gemstones. While acoustic instruments can't produce a truly pure note (aka a sine audio wave), tuning forks come pretty close. They initially produce high overtones, but those fade out quickly, and then the forks keep resonating with a pure tone. It makes sense that tuning forks are the closest Rosharan humans can get to synthesizing a sine wave!

There's also the fact that Raboniel can sing the pure notes and get the lights to respond, while Navani can't. Is it just because Raboniel's pitch is more accurate, or do singers have an physiological ability to produce notes with less overtones? This is really interesting to me...

And one more fun thing to consider. You know what other instrument comes pretty close to producing a pure tone? The flute! Hoid gave Kaladin a flute... idk if it actually has any reasoning behind it but I really hope it does 😂 imagine how cool it will be if it will be used for musical magic system stuff

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I'm not a cosmere theories freak but I do have one theory I'm very passionate about which is that the pure tones of Roshar sound like sine wave synths! Let me explain :) I am taking "pure" to mean "consisting of only one note (and no overtones)", which is basically the definition of a sine wave. A sine wave is the representation of a single frequency with no harmonics and is considered an acoustically pure tone. Sine waves don't occur naturally - real world sounds always have overtones, in varying quantities. We can synthesize sine waves, however, and they sound like this (I played it in different pitches so you can get an idea of the timbre):

Here's a visual representation of a sine wave:

So this is what I imagine it sounds like when Dalinar opens a perpendicularity, or when singers hear pure notes in highstorms. And because the sound of a sine wave is so unnatural, it would really stand out and feel otherworldly on a planet that doesn't have modern technology - and I feel like that fits the description.

We also know that it's possible to use tuning forks to play the three pure tones of roshar and pull the matching types of light out of gemstones. While acoustic instruments can't produce a truly pure note (aka a sine audio wave), tuning forks come pretty close. They initially produce high overtones, but those fade out quickly, and then the forks keep resonating with a pure tone. It makes sense that tuning forks are the closest Rosharan humans can get to synthesizing a sine wave!

There's also the fact that Raboniel can sing the pure notes and get the lights to respond, while Navani can't. Is it just because Raboniel's pitch is more accurate, or do singers have an physiological ability to produce notes with less overtones? This is really interesting to me...

And one more fun thing to consider. You know what other instrument comes pretty close to producing a pure tone? The flute! Hoid gave Kaladin a flute... idk if it actually has any reasoning behind it but I really hope it does 😂 imagine how cool it will be if it will be used for musical magic system stuff

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I’m starting to get carried away with this crossover 😭😭😭

anyway Steven’s birthday is two weeks before the twins’ so you know the gems and everyone would visit

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Navani ending up in a homoerotic rivalry with fantasy Oppenheimer was not on my Rythm of War bingo card

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Sequel to Winter Storm: A Bridge Too Far (With Teaser Art!)

Hello! I have been working on a lengthy and extremely dark sequel to Winter Storm. Please mind the tags, this has virtually every content warning available on AO3 and will emphatically NOT be for everyone.

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Kaladin has spent the past seven months stubbornly ignoring his tryst with Adolin back in the Frostlands. This has broken Adolin's heart, and he has come to believe that Kaladin simply cannot forgive him for his complicity in the abuse of darkeyes.

Kaladin, however, is in love. Because so many people he loves die horrifically, he has pulled away from Adolin, silently hoping he will find happiness with Shallan.

In spite of everything, Adolin has stayed at his side.

Until the Sons of Honor came.

Now, Kaladin is in a race against the clock to save the man he loves. Ghosts from the past stand in his way, however, and past misunderstandings threaten to shatter the fragile peace within Urithiru. Meanwhile, Adolin's life hangs in the balance as he is held captive by the one man he truly fears.

Will Kaladin reach him on time? And how will the truth of his past alter the future of the Radiants?"

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Me stepping onto the balcony to address my followers

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Got a shardblade kata for y'all.

via Instagram.com

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Cosmere Inktober day 13: Honor

Little Gavinor made a promise, and he's gonna keep it.

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I made the mistake of telling ppl outside of Tumblr that Nightblood is my hear me out character. And for some reason I suddenly get questions about the Harkness test?? And Nightblood's age of consent?

Of all the things you can worry about when I tell you I want to fuck him, THAT'S what's worrisome to you???

IT'S A SENTIENT SWORD THAT LEAKS SEXY BLACK SMOKE AND LONGS TO DESTROY EVIL. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE BIGGER ISSUES

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Cosmere Inktober day 12: Spear

The female Windrunners!!!! Mela, Kara, Lyn, Laran, and the one that didn't get named. May they all reach the third ideal by the next book!

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Crackfic - Szeth Gets an Axehound

Kaladin gives Szeth a therapy axehound. Szeth cannot find a polite way to tell him that he finds his new pet horrifying.

Gift for @blindradiant

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no matter how terrible my day is. i can always end my day in bed imagining fictional characters making out sloppy style and fucking raw. and that's beautiful. there's some good in this world mister frodo and it's worth fighting for

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shardblade summoning ✨