#Lord Ruler

[cosmerelists]

Cosmere Villains: Ranked By How Much You Could Trust Them To Babysit Your Child

As requested by anon. :)

You need a babysitter for your kid, and for reasons unbeknownst to me, you can only entrust your child to a Cosmere villain. But fear not: this list will aid you by ranking how much you could trust said villains with your precious child.

[Big Spoilers for villain actions throughout! I'd steer clear of any characters from book series you haven't yet finished. However, there is nothing from Wind & Truth previews]

1. Taravangain [Stormlight]: Your child has...slightly better than even odds of being fine

Taravangian is one of the few villains who actually did order a group of children be put to death--remember when he was highly "intelligent" but the child choir was bugging him so he ordered that they all be killed? Not great credentials for a babysitter! On the other hand, his subordinates did talk him out of child murder, and presumably his subordinates would also be there with your child. So your kid probably wouldn't be executed by royal order!

...But I'd maybe stay away from Taravangian.

2. Miles [Mistborn Era 2]: Not the worst choice

If I remember Miles correctly (and I hope so, because I'm not really checking), he's the sort of villain who would have been one of the protagonists in Mistborn Era 1. I mean, his whole thing is that he wants to do what's right and stand up for the downtrodden through loads of murder, which--good resume for Kelsier's crew, am I right? I think your child would probably be fine--seems pretty safe to be strapped in a baby harness against the chest of an unkillable dude. Let's just hope he's not being fired upon by like seventy constables while babysitting.

...Maybe ask him to stay in your house for the job.

3. Hrathen [Elantris]: Are you willing to convert?

I believe Hrathen would actually take very good care of your child. He's a competent guy and doesn't want to cause any harm for harm's sake. On the other hand, you probably won't be paying him money--rather, I'm guessing he's gonna ask you to convert before he'll agree to watch your child.

So: Pros: You child is safe and healthy. Cons: You're a follower of Jaddeth now.

4. Crow [Tress of the Emerald Sea]: Not worth the price

The moment Crow has your kid, she's 100% blackmailing you into committing murder. That's just her MO. You're better off paying your neighbor kid $20 at that point.

5. The Sorceress [Tress of the Emerald Sea]: Uh...her literal thing is kidnapping

Come on, the Sorceress only knows how to do three things: kidnap people, curse people, and build hugely phallic rocket ships disguised as towers. I'm assuming you don't want your child to be kidnapped, cursed, or taught that all tall buildings should be inherently phallic. I'd steer clear of the Sorceress.

6. Odium, original vessel [Stormlight]: Pretty good choice!

What's promising about original-flavor Odium is that he likes to make agreements and will not only keep that agreement but also adhere to its spirit. All you need to do is get Odium to agree to keep your child safe, and Odium will do that!

Now, will Odium ask for something in return? Naturally. Will it be more than a cool $20? Yeah. And will your child be returned to you spouting some nonsense about how they must abandon all negative passions and become unchained? Well, yeah, but they're five. You can probably distract them with some Boo's Clues and they'll forget all about Odium's brainwashing.

All in all, not a terrible choice!

7. Odium, [spoiler-y] vessel [Stormlight]: Well...are you a really good lawyer?

Odium as represented by his new vessel will also keep to the babysitting contract--exactly as written and no further, loopholes fully exploited. So unless you can write an ironclad babysitting contract, you may return to find that sure, your child is physically safe, but they're now the face of a shady baby food company being used to smuggle exotic car parts across state lines. And nobody wants that.

8. Denth & Tonk Fah [Warbreaker]: Take them at their word

Denth & Tonk Fah will definitely tell you that, as mercenaries, they can't be trusted with a small child. Denth will say this in such an offhanded and charming way that you will definitely feel compelled to tell them, "Don't be silly! I know my child will be safe with you two."

Don't do it. Your child will NOT be safe.

Keep looking.

9. Telsin [Mistborn Era 2]: Not a great idea

Best-case scenario, being a good babysitter is somehow an important skill to Autonomy, in which case Telsin will in fact give it her all. You'll come back from your dinner & movie to find that your baby has a Harvard PhD and is mayor of a small town.

But more likely than not, if Telsin wants to watch your child, then she has nefarious plans that involve murder and world domination, and that's probably not the future you want for junior.

10. Straff [Mistborn Era 1]: No

Hahahahaha no.

Just no.

11. Lord Ruler [Mistborn Era 1]: Will immediately hand your kid off to his subordinates

The Lord Ruler is not gonna babysit your kid. He's gonna hand that child off immediately to his subordinates, the obligators. Your best-case is that the obligators also hand your child off to their subordinates, all the way down until your child ends up with a skaa servant who actually has some semblance of human love still in their heart. Worst-case, you find your child sitting on a dusty floor playing with spikes you hope are just rusty.

I'd recommend choosing a different babysitter.

12. Moash [Stormlight]: Not worth the risk

It's not like Moash is just evil for evil's sake or anything, but we know he doesn't have an issue killing innocents (RIP Teft) and he is currently trying to suppress his conscience wholesale. Now, if your child cannot be used in any schemes, I don't think Moash will hurt them for no reason. But if they CAN be used for schemes, then your child might be dropped off a tall tower to distract Kaladin or something. Best-case scenario, your child is returned to you safe & sound but has been given an Evil Baby Makeover (exactly the same outfit as before but it's black now).

I just don't think its worth the risk.

...Evil Baby Makeover might be kinda cute, though.

[cosmere-cosmeme]

I feel like we need to acknowledge that while the lord ruler was a cunt, he did have some kickass branding.

Obligator is such a good title? and like Canton of Orthodoxy and shit is so fucking metal.

[sazed-s-faith-crisis]

Mistborn british cooking show!au

-Ati and Leras are judges with completely different views on how well done a tart should be

-poor sazed just trying to make a well done cream cheese tart but his copperminds did not prepare him for this :(

-kelsier what the fuck you were ment to make a tart but you made fuckin steak

-spook is crying and covered I'm jam (the cooking challenge did not involve jam)

-vin did not understand and made a table (its a very good table)

-ham made a great cream cheese tart but leras and ati were fighting about if it was done right so lost

-breeze: and now we add TwO ShOtS oF VoDkA

-Marsh legit did a good job even though he didn't know what cream cheese was 20 minutes before the challenge

-elend is confused and trying his best but he has no clue what he's doing yet made a decent tart somehow

-Yeden can cook a meal but not a tart, he is more confused than elend

-rashek cooked the best meal

[serial-serializednovelreader]

I’m reading Mistborn: The Final Empire right now and…

Kelsier, reading the Lord Ruler’s journal: Wow, so he was a man with doubts once..just like me. Fascinating. This only heightens the tragedy of what he’s become.

Vin, reading the Lord Ruler’s journal: UGH borrrrrriinnnggg. For an evil lord of darkness, he sure is whiny. Not to mention dull. At least add some dialogue or something. Literal cringe behavior. 0/10 book.

[dacyluna]

Mistborn Kittens

[brothermouse-skeleton]

Scadrial Challenge!:

stop worshipping serial killers and genocidal maniacs.

Skill level: Impossible, apparently

[victoriadallonfan]

Mistborn Try Not To Excuse Lord “Genocide and Eugenics For All” Ruler Challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[tzufcallsmeshomps]

I’m rereading Mistborn for the fourth time and. I haven’t drawn a certain Final Emperor during the last few rounds

[marvelousmagicalaura]

The Lord Ruler's portrayal worries me. I hope The Stormlight Archive doesn't do this. 

I'll preface this post by saying this is not out of dislike for the Mistborn trilogy. I'm not trying to impose my moral viewpoints onto fellow cosmerenauts. And it's not meant to dismiss that fantasy characters can have their own unique beliefs. This is simply a rant on a topic that's bugged me ever since finishing The Hero of Ages. It came back as I was contemplating Era 2's nuanced portrayal of Elendel’s problems, Harmony's plans, and Autonomy's mindset. And since I'm reading The Stormlight Archive after Warbreaker, this involves a hope of mine.

My journey throughout Scadrial created an increasing sense of concern and worry over the Lord Ruler's portrayal. In my eyes, book 3 fell into the trap of characters defending the Lord Ruler's actions. Simply because they were for the goal of preserving the world. To be clear, I understand what Sanderson was trying to do. He wanted to make a world where most characters, even when destroying the evil empire, ultimately wanted a stable world. And for that, I understand why Vin or Sazed would call Rashek a "good man with honorable intentions."

Vin always wanted a stable life. And when she thanked the Lord Ruler as Preservation, I bet her opinions of TLR were being slightly filtered by Preservation's Intent. Sazed Ascended with full access to how Ruin and Preservation connected back to Rashek. He knew Rashek in ways no one could imagine.

So while their claims were understandable, it felt extremely gross. My first issue is that I lack the same knowledge of Rashek as Vin or Sazed. I only know Rashek as a bitter, violent glory hound Terrisman who maybe had slivers of understandable motives before Ascending. Then I only know him as an evil emperor going insane for 1000 years. I don't know the "good man" Rashek. I know the asshole who did 5% good things and 95% ends justify the means.

My second issue is that the "suffered under Ruin's hand" removed accountability. Rashek didn't NEED to make slaves out of most remaining humans, turn his people into jellyfish, restrict Allomancy to the ruling class, sacrifice humans for koloss armies, or wipe out all religions and cultures. But that line pinned it on Ruin's influence, even though Rashek did horrible things and made horrible plans during the Ascension. Instead of holding Rashek himself accountable for his own actions.

And on that note, fuck Rashek for even mentioning Ruin's whispers in the Fadrex city plate. Yeah sure, centuries of Ruin's influence pushed him to make the Terris breeding program. But those reprehensible actions above were all Rashek's fault when he was a new conqueror.

My third issue is the erasure of potential depth behind Ruin and Preservation's conflict. It doesn't give Preservation something 100% despicable to actively do. It ignores the fact Ruin doesn't insert new personalities, but rather influences what is already there. Ruin was the method through which Rashek did things, but Preservation is the reason and goal. Rashek ruined to preserve.

Brandon should’ve settled for Sazed acknowledging the tragedy and genius behind Rashek’s efforts, while acknowledging they were reprehensible and weren’t solely orchestrated by Ruin. I don't know what The Stormlight Archive will hold. But if there are any characters who go "ends justify the means" or "it's not my fault it's the god," I sincerely hope Brandon calls out their rusting nonsense with a hammer. He did it with Kelsier (complicated feelings about that), he did not do it with Rashek. I hope he does it in Stormlight.

[activefancaster757]

𝙑𝙄𝙉: 𝘓𝘈𝘙𝘈 𝘔𝘊𝘋𝘖𝘕𝘕𝘌𝘓𝘓

𝙆𝙀𝙇𝙎𝙄𝙀𝙍: 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘍 𝘚𝘊𝘖𝘓𝘋𝘐𝘕𝘎

𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀: 𝘓𝘖𝘜𝘐𝘚 𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘋𝘎𝘌

𝙇𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝙍𝙐𝙇𝙀𝙍 : 𝘌𝘙𝘐𝘊 𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘈

𝙎𝘼𝙕𝙀𝘿: 𝘈𝘉𝘜𝘉𝘈𝘒𝘈𝘙 𝘚𝘈𝘓𝘐𝘔

𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙎𝙃: 𝘋𝘈𝘕 𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘕𝘚

𝙕𝘼𝙉𝙀 𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀: 𝘍𝘙𝘌𝘋𝘋𝘠 𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘛𝘌𝘙

𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙁 𝙑𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀: 𝘉𝘌𝘕 𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘓𝘚𝘖𝘏𝘕

[diphemerald]

My friend asked for a Rashek meme and here we go…

[cosmerelists]

"Give a Man a Fish..." Cosmere-Style

The phrase as commonly said is something like: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." But here's how I think various Cosmere characters might say it!

Dalinar: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Tell the man about how you learned to catch fish during the long journey that has been your life, and you feed him--and his mind--forever.

Lift: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to steal a fish, and you feed him for a lifetime!

Tress: Give a man a fish, and I'm sure he'll appreciate it. Cook the fish for the man, and that's a meal you can share!

Hoid: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Give a man a story, and he'll think about it for life!

Mraize: Give a man a fish, and he'll never learn how to hunt for himself.

Elhokar: Give a man a fish, and he'll be like, "But your father always gave everyone TWO fish he was SO much better than you."

Elend: Give a man a fish and you feed just that one man. Give everyone a fish, and that's equality!

Vin: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Give a kandra a fish, and now it can be a fish, and that's pretty neat.

Lord Ruler: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give some men a fish while denying others fish for reasons you control, and your society will remain loyal and safe for an eternity.

Crow: Give a man a fish, and now he owes you. Don't let him forget it.

Sarene: Give a man a fish, and watch how he reacts. Now you've learned something.

Marasi: Give everyone a fish, and you feed them for a day. Build a society where everyone knows how to fish and has access to fish, and you'll cut down crime by 50%!

Sadeas: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Keep the fish for yourself, and YOU eat that day. Be smart.

Wayne: Give a man a fish, and then you can take something of equal value and that's not stealing, that's a trade!

Harmony: Give a man a fish and that's probably fine, but give everyone fish forever and whoops no one's ready for the coming planetary war.

Harmony: ...

Harmony: To be honest, that's what the original ones means too.

[sazed-s-faith-crisis]

I find it pathetic when in debates about The Lord Rulers war crimes and is he good or bad, forced sterilization of the males of an entire people group isn't ever mentioned, like how do you ignore that???

[thisisangel1ca]

So... I made a playlist based on the marvelous

Mistborn: the final empire by Brandon Sanderson

hope u like it 🌫🌋🪙✨️♟️🍃🕯

and of course I tried to follow the chronological order

[real-steel-inquisitor]

What's your favourite thing about the Lord Ruler?

Lord Ruler, that's hard to pick! But coinshot to my head, probably the peace and stability he brings to the empire. A beautiful system where everyone has their place.

Also, on our birthdays he'll throw the birthday boy in the air as high as they want 😃