#Sixth of the dusk

[onlycosmere]

[pisoprano]

Sixth of the Dusk gets roped into a game show where they play Name That Bird and he’s going up against a Rosharan who thinks every bird is a chicken (but always gets shown chickens), meanwhile Sixth’s getting birds like the roseate spoonbill.

[lamaery]

2 - Hunter 

I don’t thinking ever made something for Sixth of the Dusk. But his story and profession as a trapper fits the prompt, so here we are. It was nice to reread the story yesterday.

[tygertyger137]

Makes me sad that all the deaths and the large time frame that the Cosmere takes place on prevents a proper crossover.

If Dalinar had known Tindwyl all of Oathbringer would be 2 chapters bc the coalition of monarchs would have no choice but to listen to her

Imagine Mistborn and Windrunners flying around, showing the other the intricacies of how their flight works

Adolin, Elend, and Raoden would be the triumvirate of Good Boys while their slightly insane wives could get together and have tea or smthn

Lightsong and Wayne will never get to compete for title of Most Insufferable

Imagine Hrathen learning of the shards and varying religions of the Cosmere and having another crisis of faith

Imagine introducing Scadrians and Rosharans to Nalthis, a place that has Good Plants and Nature

Steris and Renarin bond over being autistic in a world that is hard to navigate even when you’re neurotypical

Combining fabrials and allomancy to give Mistborn a new type of flight

Syl being drawn to Vin for how similar she is to Kal (read: grumbly with a severe case of rbf)

Vin showing off her koloss sword to shardbearers

Rosharans seeing aviar and losing their minds over the variety of chickens

Rosharans seeing any animal that isn’t a crab or slug and losing their minds

[wyndlerunner]

Thinking about magical eugenics with some friends

We buddy read a book where the magic system was hereditary and we had a discussion on how slippery that slope is to eugenics and magical racism

It made me realize that the Cosmere doesn’t have many inherited/bloodline magic systems. We have Scadrial and Taldain as the only two planets that come to mind. Every other form of Investiture requires some type of connection to a Shard or planet, but the ability to connect isn’t related to race or nationality

Powering up in those magic systems also don’t require specific pedigrees to be more powerful

Since Mistborn and White Sand were among Sanderson’s early works, I’m not sure if this was a completely intentional move on his part

[novaraptorus]

I read every Cosmere book this summer. Well I started the Stormlight Archive in May, finished in mid-June. But then I read every Cosmere book in the single summer. It was a lot, what do I do now. Oh! I can tell you all my

Certified Nova Cosmere Reading Order!

(As in, the order I read them)

The Stormlight Archive, reading novellas between the main books

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Mistborn Era 1

Warbreaker

Elantris

The Hope of Elantris

Mistborn: Secret History

The Sunlit Man

Mistborn Era 2: The Alloy of Law

The Eleventh Metal

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania

Mistborn Era 2: Shadows of Self

The Emperor's Soul

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

Sixth of the Dusk

Mistborn Era 2: The Bands of Mourning

Mistborn Era 2: The Lost Metal

White Sand

How was this weird compared to other people's reading orders? I'm curious!!! Also i kinda get some lore now, maybe.

[curlytale]

Cosmere Inktober day 27: Cage

For some reason this prompt reminded me of this Tumblr cosmere PSAs post? I dunno, this is what I came up with.

[cosmerelists]

If Cosmere characters had mundane hobbies...

And by “mundane” I just mean “non-extreme” (aka, no base jumping, no paragliding); we’re talking, like, doing puzzles or going for a pleasant hike. If all these hobbies existed and Cosmere characters weren’t busy fending for their lives all the time, what might they get up to?

1. Szeth: Frisbee golf

We already know that Szeth is great at paintball; I just feel like he’d be weirdly good at frisbee golf as well.

2. Renarin: Speed Rubik’s Cube

Renarin likes to fiddle and have something for his hands to do--I think solving a Rubik’s Cube would be fun for him. And I threw in “speed” (aka, trying to do it as fast as possible) because Renarin loves to jump into things wholeheartedly.

3. Kaladin: Indoor Rock Climbing

Kaladin has already gone rock climbing in two books--he makes his own rock wall in the chasms in Book 1 and climbs down Urithiru in Book 4. He even knows that he should be using “rock dust” for his hands. I think some nice, non-extreme, indoor rock climbing would be good for Kaladin. Bonus: he’s not afraid of heights!

4. Shai: Stamp Collecting

(I’m sorry)

5. Eshonai: Hiking

Eshonai loves to go out into the woods and explore, see new places and people and things. I can see her getting into hiking.

6. Raoden: Coding

Before he even had powers, Raoden already liked to memorize Aons--and from what I understand, AonDor is basically coding. 

7. Tien: Rock Collecting

I mean, this is literally just canon. I have to imagine that he’d also enjoy whittling since that is again, simply canon. 

8. Shallan: Crochet

Okay, so Shallan does already have hobbies in canon: like drawing, for example. But I think she’d also enjoy crochet--all those patterns coming together, her Spren humming excitedly...

9. Adolin: Sewing

Even while trapped in Shadesmar, Adolin is able to sew himself a new outfit. If he had time and materials, he could definitely make some cool clothing. 

10. Mare: Gardening

I mean, she loves flowers. If she were alive when her planet could support flowers, I think she’d love to grow some.

11. Sixth of the Dusk: Birdwatching

If he wasn’t, you know, desperately trying to survive at all times, I feel like Sixth of the Dusk might enjoy some nice, relaxed birdwatching. 

12. Wax: Puzzling

Normally Wax is putting together the pieces of deadly mysteries that will impact the fate of his planet. Maybe he’d find it a nice change of pace to just put together colorful cardboard instead!

13. Rysn: Extreme Couponing

Listen, Rysn once leapt off of a cliff to talk to a god to make a deal. Clipping coupons would at least have the advantage of being safer than that, no matter how “extreme” she gets.

14. Rlain: Amateur Radio

Amateur radio tends to use morse code, which is a form of communication Rlain might find comfortingly rhythmic. Plus, amateur radio lets you connect with people, but no one can see you or judge you for being a crab person. 

15. Vin: Parkour

Even without powers, I can see Vin running across buildings and climbing things she’s not supposed to climb. I think she’d have a good time.

16. Jasnah: Crossword puzzles

Yes, I am basically calling Jasnah a nerd here, but also, I think she’d probably really like crossword puzzles--knowing things, understanding obscure trivia, solving puzzles that aren’t about the end of the world...

17. Dalinar: Tunnelling

I dunno if this is just a Reddit phenomenon, but apparently some people just really like to dig long tunnels underground? And Dalinar sure had a great time digging out that latrine that one time. Perhaps that was a sign that his true love is burrowing deep, deep underground.

18. Taravangian: Fantasy Football

I don’t know a whole lot about Fantasy Football, but I believe it involves creating your own imaginary team of players and then using their actual, real-life performance to get points. So you have to be good at predicting how people will act, skilled at long-term planning, and have a deep desire to win. It’s like Taravangian’s diagram, only nobody (hopefully) dies!

[earth2cody]

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Making connections as I read more Stormlight novellas and other projects

I imagine that the bird Mraize carries in SLA is an Aviar from Sixth of Dusk

The Sorceress from Tress of the Emerald Sea is likely the lead lady from that one portion of Mistborn Secret History

The Day Star from Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is likely the planet Nomad landed on at the end of The Sunlit Man

The Aethers (I assume not the same ones as are featured in Tress) and soul stamps (The Emperor's Soul) are featured in Mistborn Era 2, and a Malwish Hunter is part of the Ghostbloods on Roshar

It's all coming together and I LOVE all the references

[imonlyhereforcrem]

I’m thinking of cosplaying as a worldhopper at Dragonsteel Nexus. Each day I’d wear a different cultural group’s outfit but with consistent details/accessories alluding to my place/people of origin.

Propaganda/extra information below the cut

Sleepless: I would buy a bag of cheap bug toys and repaint them to match my skin tone. When I meet people, I’d palm them a bug to “spy” on them. I’d incorporate some of the bugs into my outfits and use subtle makeup to have a few “cracks” in my skin

Feruchemist: Lots of chunky jewelry and probably the easiest to identify for other con goers

Aviar bonded: I’d just have a bird plush/puppet with me and RP a power that they give me. I think this has the most roleplay potential.

Herdazian: this is the laziest option where I’d just make my nails thicker somehow and paint them blue

Radiant: I would try to figure out how to hide my spren into each outfit. Since I’m an Edgedancer, I think I would make a prop plant that would be my spren or maybe a broach or hair accessory

Awakener: a little bit of shimmer highlight and worms on strings

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by JasnahKohen

[lalapineblanche]

Spoilers for Secret Project 3

I think it’s really interesting that as we see the Cosmere progress, there is a consistent theme popping up of the inherent threats imposed by machines, and the recurrence of the man v technology / nature v technology archetypes.

In 6th of the dusk the ones above who come bearing technology only offer it for nefarious reasons, and are trying to steal/study/coopt the avian magic that exists naturally.

In the Stormlight Archive the subplot of artifabrian-made shards poses a question of whether or not it is safe & morally right to bring into existence artificial shardplate and shardblades.

In Yumi and the Nightmare Painter the machine created by the scholars was what brought about the collapse of Torish society.

I’m sure there’s some examples that I’m missing, and probably some contradicting events, but it’s intriguing to me that as much as Cosmere societies want to advance, every time they go too far with technology it comes back to bite them in the ass. Certainly it carries a lot of parallels to our world nowadays, in which we must find and hold the line between automated convenience and the nullification of human involvement in…everything really. And it begs the question of how much can we do in pursuit of knowledge and improvement before we risk destroying the everyday magic that we already have accessible to us.

[lamaery]

Shard Roller Disco: Autonomy (she is just messing around in too many systems by now...) Music? eeerr, let's go classic Funky Town by Lipps Inc.

More Shard Roller Disco AU: Roshar Nalthis Sel and Scadrial Scadrial 2 Threnody Roshar 2 (row spoilers) Roshar 3 Bonus Dawnshard (spoilers)

[ybabflow]

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