#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.

[kingjasnah]

cosmere wide you guys GOTTA stop listening to voices in your head that tell you killing people is ok

[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

[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 :(

[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

[il3x]

Hoid would love The Mechanisms.

[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

[cosmereplay]

Stop Sword-nimi with this one simple trick!

[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!

[feptacks]

I’ve been reading Mistborn era 2 and I am currently going crazy thinking about Gunfight at the Dolorous Guard by The Mechanisms but make it Wax, Wayne, and Lessie. It makes me so unwell.

Guinevere’s lyrics are Wayne because her whole thing is being the quickest draw, and Wayne moves very fast with his bendalloy.

Lancelot’s lyrics are Wax. Wax’s aim is CRAZY good. Lancelot also sings “you gave into base corruption / brought about your own destruction”, which reminds me a lot of Wax’s own sense of justice.

Arthur’s lyrics are Lessie. I admittedly don’t have much justification for this since I don’t know much about Lessie as of yet (I’m part way through Shadows of the Self), but I can see Lessie being ambitious, as Arthur is in the song.

This song would be SO COOL for a Mistborn era 2 gunfight, and it seems very fitting for the Roughs setting.

[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