#codenamesarestupid

[badgiraffe]

hi! i stumbled across one of your tags on a post back in august mentioning that reading Tress and Yumi was your introduction to brandon sandersons works.

since reading them both, i felt that they'd be incredible standalone works to introduce someone to the Cosmere superseries but i've so far refrained from recommending them to anyone "green" due to how referential they are to his earlier writing, as i feared this would make the fun less accessible.

would i be able to get your perspective on what going into Tress/Yumi first was like? how did you find the narration and the way it glosses over the existence of other worlds and magic? were you introduced to the books by someone/people who could answer any questions, or was the info in the text itself enough?

looking forward to hearing your thoughts!!

Okay, so the background info is that my roommates are big Sando fans and have read most of his books and so they know lots about the Cosmere. Through hearing their conversations, I may have been able to recognize some references to other Cosmere things in Tress and Yumi more than someone with zero knowledge of his other works. Didn't mean I got the references, just recognized them. I really don't think either book relies on the reader to have a working knowledge of the Cosmere to enjoy them, I'd say they're great gateway books for someone wanting to get into his various works. It was easier for me to commit to than a big series.

I have since started a 3rd Brando Sando book, Warbreaker, which is a favourite of one of my roommates, and I am enjoying the different narrative style (not Hoid). But honestly, Hoid as a narrator is also just so, so great. Everyone should know that joy. I don't even really know who or what he is, he's just really cool.

I hope that made sense. TL;DR - You don't need knowledge about the cosmere to enjoy Tress or Yumi, they are both amazing books, Hoid is great, and Warbreaker is also pretty great so far.

[sorchasolas]

Someone ( @codenamesarestupid ) asked if Alani had any friends among the Skybreakers

And she has ONE!!!! (Minus her Master Skybreaker who tolerates her)

But she also has an Edgedancer friend. One that is like. Completely neutral. In the war. She just likes healing people its her favorite thing.

About the other questions codenamesarestupid asked— this post is really just a filler until i

1) draw her Skybreaker friend

Or

2) figure out the answer to “how does Alani stand in the war” because i. Don’t know!!!

Anyways here’s the silly Edgedancer i have no name for her. But i do know she’s Iri and Veden. I NEED NAMES PLS GIVE ME NAMES.

[Image ID: a digital drawing of a young woman facing the camera, her Cultivationspren wrapping around her right arm and resting on her shoulder. She has light tan skin with a prominent blush and visible freckles, her nose straight and flat. Her hair is shoulder length, and wrapped to one side and tied off. She’s prominently blonde, with dusty red streaking through it, her eyelashes and eyebrows matching her hair. Her eyes are a dark brown and her shirt is a dusty brown and sleeveless, half tightly wrapped and buttoned across her chest; her neck is notably long, and her shirt covers up only a third of her neck. Her Cultivationspren is forest green with varying shades of green crystal. The woman looks just slightly to the side of the camera, an idle smile on her face. /.End ID]

[isdalinarhot]

bug tree post followed by three posts in a row about yumi is so beautiful to me. happy izumasaka thursday

HAPPY IZUMASAKA WEDNESDAY THURSDAY!!!!‼︎

[lizlovespace]

There is not much I wouldn’t give for a ghostblood novella. Imagine Kelsier founding the ghostbloods and recruiting the first few members and than those members recruiting more people. I want to know the story behind codenamesarestupid. I want to learn more about worldhoppers. I need more Shai content of course hoid will show up at some point and who doesn’t want to see him and Kelsier interact again. In short, Please Brandon

[liliavellana]

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[isdalinarhot]

luke evil stepdad arc

me and adolin are going to play complex mind games until shallan kills me off for plot reasons