#cosmere mechanics

[il3x]

you can really tell that the cosmere is just magic physics by how every post about cosmere mechanics/realmatic theory starts off with "Firstly, assume that..."

[probablycatastrophic]

I have so many questions. Can you give someone a different magic system with a Lerasium/Other God Metal Alloy?

[cosmereplay]

The scene at the end of Yumi and the Nightmare Painter where Painter painted Yumi back from the dead gave me BIG BIG feelings about Adolin and Maya. Do you believe the power of love can literally give someone physical form?? Cause Brandon does!! (Yes I know that Maya isn't nearly as Invested as Yumi but come on give me this)

[wynsnerdyrambles]

Cosmere Connections

[cosmereplay]

For anyone interested, LTT wrote in the 17th Shard discord that the full question was this:

In Way of Kings, Hoid's monologue talks about three great talents: invention, artistry, and intellect. Invention and Virtuosity are already confirmed as Shards, so is the final Intent about logic and philosophy? If so, can you tell us one of the names you're considering right now for it?

Lews Therin Telescope: In Way of Kings, Hoid’s monologue talks about three great talents: Invention, Artistry, and Intellect…

Brandon Sanderson: We’ll just stop that one right there. Hey, you’re smart. We’ll stop there. Special RAFO; I’m not even finishing your question.

I know what you’re gonna ask, and you’re very smart. Go pat yourself on the back; you’re very smart.

[knight--error]

Navani & Lirin conversation would be interesting, I think. Older parents of headstrong heroes. Both lost a son to war. Both think they should have prevented it. (Neither of them could have prevented it.)

[piano-hoarder]

Did you mean: Shallan Davar

[riverbeatsaber]

Hello all! Here's a Stormlight Archive observation I'd like to share. Shallan's coping mechanisms are not:

❌ Veil

❌ Radiant

Veil, Radiant, and headmates in general are actually people! How would you feel if someone called you a coping mechanism or an unhealthy coping mechanism, or implied or outright said that you were not real? Yes, Veil and Radiant are characters, but there are also systems who exist in real life and can hear how you talk about them.*

To be fair, I know that for the first two books, Brandon Sanderson himself was not writing Radiant and Veil as their own people, and there is an argument to be made that he never fully pivoted away from that, but I believe/hope that we as a fandom can do better than him.

In addition, what Shallan's coping mechanisms are, from my observation:

Drawing, to distract herself from things that are stressing her out.

Being a scholar, especially in the earlier books.

Dissociation, which, interestingly, in the flashback chapters seems to be fully blanking out for a while, and in current time is written more as active repression (maybe so that Shallan can just decide not to repress her memories and achieve Character Development more easily? Not sure.)

This is kinda a sneak peak of a giant character analysis of Shallan that I've been doing for a while. I got stuck writing down quotes in Oathbringer, but I've been picking it up again recently. I hope to be posting more thoughts from that in the future:]

*I am the host of one of those systems who see y'all posting. just to make it clear

[probablycatastrophic]

if "other" is an option than for sure a steel compounder. when asked if a steel compounder could reach faster-than-light speeds in an interview, Brandon Sanderson said something along the lines of "close, but not quite"

I wanna add windrunners and steel ferrings but they both kinda just win if they have enough investiture and lose if they don't :(

[tak-angina-jasne]

hello anyone into podcasts, mistborn or discworld is going to be on Ryucon in Kraków?

if you do come to say hi! would be cool to talk even if for a sec (and i maay have some stuff for ya but im not promising anything)

also, przyjaciele (tzn @gemsbokk @daffytheimp ) beda mieli stoisko z merchem z dun meshi, mass effecta, wiedzmina i po trochu z różnych innych rzeczy wiec wpadajcie (stoisko nr 89 gems.bokk's gems) i tam pewnie mozna mnie bedzie znaleźć

[il3x]

Hoid would love The Mechanisms.

[taurnachardhin]

Johnny O'Neal mentions Lightweaving and Seeking in the same sentence as examples of magical abilities that are built to be able to work with other magic systems and I am once again tapping my "Marsh deserves to worldhop to Roshar and become a Truthwatcher" sign!

[cosmereplay]

Stop Sword-nimi with this one simple trick!

[isdalinarhot]

both dalinar and sadeas's wiki pages being listed as "partially complete" on the coppermind. youre damn right they're partially complete i keep on coming across Fun Sadeas Facts in my wor reread that i havent heard a single soul on earth talk about and that the coppermind has not mentioned and i feel like im going insane because im literally the only one on earth who knows about this OR im the only one on earth who DIDNT know about this but the coppermind didnt say anything about it so i didnt realize it

[ariapmdeol]

Oh, that makes sense. So the original game was a standalone game, you're just predicting future games? I was wondering because it sounded like you were talking about the plot of a currently existing game & mentioning you had to reference sources outside the game to even understand what the plot & the game itself was going for, since the game hadn't gotten to it in canon yet.

The YT Eng TL specifically hasn't uploaded those parts yet! However, I played ahead of the YT translation (completing everything that's out so far), so I wanted to specify in case that someone had seen the YT part, but not played the rest!

The plot is perfectly understandable on it's own! You will understand it without any outside resources. We're just insane and are trying to predict things for CoM before the game is out, using the hints/foreshadowing we have so far!

[cosmerelists]

If Cosmere Characters Had Real-World Jobs (But Not The Obvious Ones)

In this list, I wanted to try to give Cosmere characters jobs in our world while avoiding the jobs that would be the most obvious picks--like, for example, the real world equivalent of whatever their canon job is.

1. Kaladin: Professional Football Player

It's a dangerous job that Kaladin's dad would scoff at, but the other kids in town think it's really cool and also the recruiters are coming through town and, I mean, he's really good at football.

2. Lirin: Public Defender

If we avoid the obvious job (doctor), then Lirin still needs a job where he is doing good, but it's pretty thankless and the general public are suspicious and think he might actually be evil somehow. So I figure: public defender. He's highly educated, helping people who need it, and just getting nothing but grief as a result. Worst of all, his smart son wants to be a FOOTBALL player!

3. Marsh: Masseuse

I feel like people who are good at hemalurgy know about the body and its pressure points and things like that. And frankly, "acupuncturist" felt too on the nose.

4. Shallan: Park Ranger

Shallan HATES to be confined, so no way she's going into an office job. Plus, she likes nature and animals, but I'm trying to avoid the more obvious jobs (like botanist or ecologist). It's just too bad that Shallan is SO bad at staring a campfire, though.

5. Navani: Wedding Planner

Navani is VERY good at managing people and events, as seen when she had to manage everything while Gavilar was off plotting. She's also very organized and literally invented wristwatches. So I think she's be very good at this job.

6. Elend: Grad Student

This one may be too obvious, but I figure something like "politician" or "philosopher" are more obvious. But to me, Elend has major grad student energy.

7. Nale: Insurance Adjuster

Nale is a cop, of course, through and through. But if he wasn't a cop, then he'd need some other job where he uses the rules to screw people over. So I see him as, like, an evil insurance guy who's denying people medical coverage because the company wants him to.

8. Blackthorn-Era Dalinar: Debt Collector

If flashback Dalinar couldn't make a living mowing people down in battle and had to find a less obvious job, then I could see him being the guy to hunt down people and demand money they don't have. He doesn't really care about the money. He just likes the hunt.

9. Adolin: eSports Player

It's a job where you can head-to-head battle people and your dad is vaguely puzzled and thinks you should be doing something more important with your life.

10. Lightsong: Customer Service Agent

In canon, Lightsong's job is to face down a huge line of people and tell them "no" in response to them asking for something they want. So, I mean, I feel like that's equivalent to one of those shitty customer service jobs where you're not really allowed to help people (until, of course, Lightsong goes rogue and does start helping people, but that's another story...)

11. Stormfather: Bus Driver

He has his route, and he's not deviating from it. And if you miss the bus, he's not stopping. He's not going back. You can try to run, but you will not catch up to him.

12. Tress: Mechanic

As a Sprouter, Tress had to figure out how each of the spores worked and how to use them. I just feel like she'd be good at diagnosing issues in machinery and then fixing them.

13. Steris: Programmer

She's precise, she's smart, she likes rules. I think coding would suit her.

14. Yumi: Waitress

She could stack the plates SO high.

15. Marasi: Investigative Reporter

Which, honestly, is what I wish she had been rather than being a cop like in canon. I think it would suit her! She'd get to research, investigate, find the truth...

16. Kelsier: Motivational Speaker

He tells you about the power of smiling no matter what, so that you are never defeated. He tells you to carry something small, some memento or photo, to help you find your motivation. You tells you that no goal is out of reach--you just have to find the right people and the right steps to move forward. And he tells you that the most important thing is to survive.