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Cosmere Characters with Random Hobbies

This is months later, but at the time I'm writing this, there's a big trend on tumblr of people sending around Picker Wheel polls--is that still going on?

Anyway, I saw this post with a Hobby Picker Wheel, and I used it to assign random Cosmere characters random hobbies! Let's see how it goes!

1. Lezian tries...weaving

Lezian: I HATE THIS Lezian: I HATE SITTING STILL AND I HATE YARN AND I HATE THAT THIS STUPID LOOM IS SOMEHOW DEFEATING ME Lezian: DIE LOOM, DIE!!!!! Raboniel: That's the fifth loom he's broken. Leshwi: I don't think fiber crafts are for him.

2. Charlie tries...reading

Charlie: Wow, this is so relaxing! Charlie: In a book, the evil sorceress can't actually hurt me! Charlie: ... Charlie: It is maybe a little boring, though.

3. Demoux tries...model airplanes

Demoux: It's so weird. Demoux: I don't even know what an "airplane" is. Demoux: And yet...I am SO invested in getting this right. Galladon: Demoux, please, the Seventeenth Shard has left you like a hundred messages. Demoux: I'm BUSY.

4. Lightsong tries...pickleball

Lightsong: So...is the ball the pickle? Is the net the pickle? Is the racket the pickle? Lightsong: ...Am I the pickle? Llarimar: Your Grace, please, your opponent is weeping. Lightsong: Not my fault I'm freakishly good at all sports.

5. Lirin tries...horseback riding

Lirin: I just don't see the point, really. Lirin: I have legs for walking. Lirin: Riding may be faster, but it's also higher. And angrier. Kaladin: I...agree with my father about something? Lirin: You don't have to sound that surprised!

6. Dilaf ties...cycling

Dliaf: HAHAHAHAHAHA Dilaf: WITH THIS DEVICE I SHALL SPREAD THE WORD OF SHU-DERETH FAR AND WIDE Dilaf: WHILE MOWING DOWN HEATHENS WITH MY METAL HORSE Dliaf: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Hrathen: You're not built for hobbies.

7. Bleeder tries...crossword puzzles

Bleeder: This...this is impossible! Harmony: You can't put down "murder" as the answer to every clue. Bleeder: STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO

8. Elend tries...swimming

Vin: 👀 👀 👀 Elend: Swimsuits sure are...revealing. Elend: Are we SURE this is the right size? Vin: WE SURE ARE

9. Vin tries...archery

Vin: It's fine, I guess. Vin: Kinda a slow way to bring death to your enemies, though. Vin: One at a time? Really? Archery range attendant: Please ma'am you are scaring the children.

10. Painter tries...single-player video games

Painter: [With tears in his eyes] Painter: Finally...the lonely hero all in black...saving the world....is me. Yumi: Is your Warrior of Light riding a...really fat chicken? Painter: ITS NAME IS NIGHT WALKER

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oh Mads

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bleeder

mads mikkelsen as lenny in 'bleeder', 1999

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Thoughts on Mistborn: Shadows of Self

Shadows of Self is incredibly great, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking!

I'm hurt and confused. And I'm not sure how to feel, and I love it for that. Shadows of Self is completely different than its preceding book. It is different from even the Mistborn trilogy. There are themes of the stagnation of political systems, religious tension, the ethics and morals of what line God should, could, might have on interfering with the lives of his creations. After finishing off the book, I genuinely had no idea what to think about Harmony, Trell's puppeteering, Bleeder's campaign, or the state of Elendel.

Something that annoyed me about Era 2's books off the bat was the noble system. There's no state sponsored murder or rape, and the nobles are more like businessmen. But it still felt like nothing changed over the last 340 years. I kept thinking... wow, this is what Kelsier died for?! This is what Vin and Elend fought to protect?! I started off hating everyone - Harmony, the Senate, constables, Wax, even Spook - for not erasing the noble system. But while reading the book I kept thinking about Sazed's limitations due to wielding the Shard of Harmony, his stance on free will, his subtle maneuvering of Wax and Marasi... and kept thinking about real life. I came to the realization that being in the role of God comes with a lot of nuance on guiding mortals. I connected the stagnation of Elendel back to the history of the US... how even though centuries has passed, many abhorrent systems are masked by seemingly more human systems. Governments are still being controlled by nobles and aristocrats, just in a different flavor. Policing has so many issues it could take 1000 years to solve.

Even after finishing the book, I still think the noble system should've been completely erased. But now I'm thinking if that would've fundamentally changed things. The US doesn't have monarchs, nobles, slave plantations, or aristocrats. But corporations, billionaires, politicians, and the upper class get away with a lot, they find ways to obtain power and avoid accountability. Would Harmony be right if he gave the divine mandate of "I DECREE NO NOBLES FOR ALL OF TIME!" At that point is free will a choice?

I started off blaming Harmony for not making a democratic world with no nobles. Ended off having… weird feelings about him. Like... MeLann brings up a great point about the kandra impersonating witnesses to testify against people. If Harmony allowed that, that could be a dangerous precedent.

But then there's Bleeder. Bleeder is easily my favorite antagonist in the series. She's incredibly competent, her body horror is gruesome horrific, and her climax is depressingly tragic. May she rest in the Beyond. Poor Wax. This is the thing that has me feeling weird about Harmony. This hurts cuz of Sazed. Fuck Sazed. Fuck Sazed. I knew Harmony would’ve become a Chessmaster, but not like this. Sazed isn’t supposed to manipulate people. Sazed isn’t supposed to cause trauma to people 😭😢💔💔

But Sazed is, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages. Harmony seems to be foreseeing a great disaster caused by Trell. I’m pretty sure he’s trying to thread towards a future possibility that will save Scadrial from this disaster. He must think about the future of the entire world. It hurts that he moved Wax this way, but would there really have been any difference if he left Wax completely alone? The Set - puppets of a Shard of Adonalsium - would've subtly caused turmoil on Elendel. What if he told Wax he was hunting Lessie? TenSoon said it himself. Harmony saw the future, saw that Wax wouldn't go through with it. Bleeder - another puppet of a Shard - would've succeeded in her goals. Sure he could've maneuvered someone else, but it opens a new can of worms!

I love the hints of Trell being a far scarier antagonist than it appears. I love the advancements and possibilities of Hemalurgy Trell is responsible for. Shadows of Self does a far better job than The Hero of Ages presenting gray morality in the motives and plans of gods. It also does a far better job at presenting a smart and clever antagonistic deity. I think with the conflict between Ruin and Preservation, Sanderson wrote many things that made Ruin appear too much like "the bad guy." He can say Preservation has a dark side, but we never saw it. The one reprehensible thing Preservation could've been completely responsible for - the Deepness killing people - ended up being the result of his frayed mind. He could've been solely responsible for the Deepness covering the Sun and killing plants, but that ended up being caused by Ruin. Ruin spoke with too much malice and joy of killing all life and destroying everything. Apart from his attributes being fundamental aspects of life and the Universe, there was no possible way I could've seen his stance as having any sort of value. Sanderson also wrote too many things that made Ruin's planning so far behind Preservation's. Preservation felt like a Xanatosian genius even on his deathbed. Ruin was a petulant child. Ruin wasn't kind, or patient, or particularly clever, or have long-spanning schemes when Sanderson presented him in the spotlight. Don't even get me started on his futuresight lmao. And tbh I don’t get why Sanderson wrote a being of death and destruction as the opposite of stasis and stability. Is he trying to say in life and creation, everything either stays the same or everything dies?

I know that wasn’t his intent, but it came across that way. It’s haphazard in retrospect, and I don’t understand why that was the direction after the beauty of Kelsier’s rebellion. I still love the concept of Ruin and Preservation’s conflict, but I think it could’ve been much more developed. More nuanced. Ruin could’ve been far more of a Chessmaster or represented a different concept.

With Harmony and Trell... I'm not as certain who's the good or bad guy. And so far, Trell's schemes are genuinely complex, layered, and terrifying. Even the Set are scary.

Marasi grew a lot, as expected. Wayne didn't grow but he was still so much fun. Love the new dynamic of Wayne and MeLaan, who's also pretty great. ARADEL IS A MAN!!!

There wasn't much of Steris this book. But she vastly improved in such a short time! Feels like she hides a lot but is actually a warm person. Look at the ending 🥺

Well done, Sanderson. I give Shadows of Self ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.

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Some doodles of my highkey favourite Mads’ lowkey characters <33

Red- Clifford Unger (Death Stranding)

Green- Lenny (Bleeder)

Blue- Arne (Flickering Lights)

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From Lenny to Ludvig, Mads has grown so much *cries*

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A Mads poll with a difference!

A poll of Mads Mikkelsen movies where the selection is based on range of factors, including but not limited to: genre, writer/director, country of release, date of release and 🎉vibes 🎉

Some of the movies may fit in more than one category, so vibes have mostly informed those decisions.

Round One:

Choose your fave!

Mads working with a fave...

Pusher is a 1996 Danish crime thriller following low-level drug dealer, Frank, who eventually has a deal go bad. Mads plays Frank's friend and aspiring criminal, Tonny.

Bleeder is a 1999 Danish crime drama about a loose group of friends whose lives go in different directions. The film follows Leo who is unable to cope with the news his girlfriend is pregnant and turns to violence. Mads plays Lenny, one of Leo's friends, a sweet-natured shy boy and film obsessive who works at the video store.

Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands is a 2004 Danish sequel to Pusher. Mads reprises his role as Tonny, now the main character. Pusher II follows Tonny after his release from jail. After trying to reintegrate back into the criminal world, his life changes when he finds out he's a father.

Valhalla Rising is a 2009 Danish historical movie set around the 12th century. The story follows One Eye, a Norse warrior captured by a Norwegian chieftain and forced to fight, until he escapes along with a young boy, a fellow captive. Mads plays the ill-fated and hard-done warrior One Eye.

What's your fave Refn project?

(and yes, I am counting Tonny twice because: character development!)

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Cosmere Villains Who Would Be The BEST Picks For Your Zombie-Fighting Team

Recently I explored which Cosmere protagonists would be the worst picks for your Zombie Apocalypse Survival Team. Naturally, that begs the parallel question: which Cosmere villains should you choose to be on your team? The following characters will give you the best odds of surviving & thriving!

1. Moash

I mean, this won't work if you're a blue-eyed Rich Person, but if you're someone Moash would want on his team, then you're golden! Moash will teach you how to fight (see: Moash with the freed Singers) and will be very good at mowing down zombies left and right. Plus, if some dear friend and teammate is zombified, Moash will NOT hesitate to cut off that person's head. And that is a strong positive in the zombie apocalypse!

2. Taravangian

Listen...this will only work if you yourself are a bit ruthless, but hear me out. Will Taravangian sacrifice that other, rival fort over there to the zombie hordes? Yes. Is he working on a plan to save the planet that coincidentally means allowing 90% of the population to be infected? Well...yes. But will YOUR small team be absolutely protected by Taravangian's convoluted scheme? Yeah! So, I mean...that's something, right?

3. Bleeder

If there is one thing Bleeder hates, it's people whose free will has been taken away. And what does Bleeder do to solve this problem? Murder! That's a strong resume for her being on your zombie-fighting team. Zombies are people whose free will and sentience has been taken away, and now they are trapped as a shambling herd of hunger. I bet Bleeder would be all for killing ever single last zombie and for bringing down the one responsible if it's that kind of zombie apocalypse.

4. Crow

Crow is an excellent fighter...and killer. Also quite an effective leader in times of crisis. Now, will Crow force you and the other members of her team to do something horrible to promote group bonding? Yeah, probably. I'm thinking--tricking you all into cannibalism or something. BUT after your shared crime has given your group cohesion, THEN you'll be a well-oiled zombie-fighting MACHINE! Plus, Crow definitely nails headshots like 99.9% of the time.

5. Dilaf

What does Dilaf hate? Elantrians. What are Elantrians? Zombies. QED.

6. Hrathen

Hrathen is also a villain whose target was Elantrians (=zombies), so that's a good resume. And unlike Dilaf, he's not 100% unhinged! His general stance is "it is better that a population be spared than it be decimated" which is a solid zombie apocalypse stance. Now, you WILL have to convert to his religion, but I think you can mostly just pretend to do that.

7. Raboniel

Raboniel would be great to have on your team because you KNOW she's working on a cure for zombiism. Now...is she working on a cure because her daughter has been zombified? Yes. Is the strange banging and growilng you hear from that box actually her daughter whom Raboniel is keeping IN the fort thus endangering the whole team? Yeah. But she's REALLY smart and REALLY motivated so I think it's worth the risk!

(Let's just hope Navani is there too...)

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Bleeder (1999)

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Bleeder (1999) Nicolas Winding Refn

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Bem soft, bem meiga

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Bleeder (1999)

Character: Lenny Film: Bleeder Year: 1999 Language: Danish Lenght: 98 minutes

Is he alive at the end? YES

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Lenny Appreciation Post~

Recently watched Bleeder and I cannot get enough of how cute Mads is in this movie, hence, I give you a compilation of the photos I loved from the movie. Have you watched ittt?

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Lenny is hands down my favorite comfort character in all HEU