#mistborn adaptation

[thestormlightnetwork]

canon-complient mistborn adaptataion where everyone are talking in a HEAVY french accent.

the lord ruler speaks british english.

[nerd-in-distress]

idc what anyone says I'm a jude law kelsier and lucas zumann elend truther

[moonbunny34]

How did we get Kelsier in Fortnite before we got a Mistborn movie adaptation

[emrystheedgedancer]

I feel like one of the only people who just straight up doesn’t want any film or tv adaptation of Stormlight made. Period. Not a movie, not a series. The only exception would be an animated series in the vein of Arcane, Trigun Stampede, Vox Machina, etc and even then I still am not super enthusiastic about that.

I just do not want it. I don’t trust any Hollywood person to get it right. And I’d just rather have the books without the disappointment. There is so much in Stormlight that would be nearly impossible to convey without all the internal thoughts being right up front. They’d make it into a flat story that only focuses on one aspect and I just don’t want it.

[thaidakar-is-hot]

Mistborn adaption should be a musical and entirely in French

Change my FUCKING mind. You can't.

[marvelousmagicalaura]

I've been having a lot of discussions and thoughts about Ruin's future sight, Preservation's plans, and Harmony's knowledge.

Because of this, I have a good basis on how to write Ruin in my Mistborn AU. Sanderson has hinted that Ruin is the power of change and entropy, so I really want to lean in that direction. Rather than portraying him as the entity of death and destruction that Sanderson wrote him as, I want to write him as the God of Decay and Entropy. Everything we associate with canon Ruin would be parts of his desire/methods of ensuring that all things degrade and decay. Death and destruction are parts of his Intent, but they aren’t forefront in the Intent. The forefront of Ruin’s Intent consists of degradation, entropy, and chaos. To enhance this idea, I may write that AU Ruin pushes people to embrace uncertainty and change.

For example, we know that Ruin canonically pulled the strings behind Kelsier’s rebellion and the discovery of the Eleventh Metal. I would enhance this idea, so that Ruin is responsible for the rise and fall of pre-Rashek empires and kingdoms, war, the advancement of technology, and rebellions. In the Final Empire’s context he would be responsible for guiding its various rebellions, and for advancing technology in the less controlled Dominances.

Ruin weaves and executes multiple, branching schemes to ensure the subtle, slow downfall of Scadrial and its empires. He knows there are countless ways his Intent is present in the Universe, and will execute them through any avenue. I would significantly expand on his actions throughout history.

I desperately intend to expand upon Ruin’s precognitive abilities. It doesn’t feel right downplaying Ruin’s future sight when the only WoB we have about it came from 2012, way before Sanderson truly incorporated precognition into the Cosmere. Not only that but the Mistborn trilogy was written before he solidified Cosmere-wide mechanics. I think that once a Mistborn adaptation comes out, we will truly see his abilities in action.

AU Ruin’s future sight would still be inferior to Preservation. It feels slightly wrong LMAO, but it’s necessary for the ending. But it’s far better than Elend’s future vision and Odium’s future sight.

I haven’t read Stormlight yet, but I heard that Odium definitively has future sight. Going by the IRL definition of the word “odium,” I believe canon Ruin’s Intent of causing death and destruction requires a lot more foresight/planning than inducing hatred.

AU Ruin would also be so much more destructive when released. I want to give Ruin more influence over the world by creating more natural disasters - earthquakes with more impact, floods, earthquakes, blizzards, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes, scenes of Luthadel’s death etc…

Right now I plan to say that weakened Ruin w/ Preservation’s presence can manipulate phenomena that already exists in Scadrial's natural science. He can manipulate and create anything on the planet to his liking, but he can't _completely_ destroy its structure. He can't do feats like reduce the continents to nothingness, boil the oceans in their entirety, or burn the planet down until nothing remains.

But he can do everything the Lord Ruler accomplished during his Ascension. Weakened Ruin can move the continents or split them apart, move the planet, boil the oceans so they’re absurdly hot, and make the planet hotter or colder.

[betterbooksandthings]

"Even though we love them, we have to admit there are some fantasy books that would be impossible to adapt into movies or TV shows. Not all magic and world-breaking fantasy elements are film-friendly.

Although book-to-film adaptations of fantasy novels have been getting better over time, there are still a few things even the best visual effects (VFX) and Computer-generated imagery (CGI) cannot pull off. I am a big fan of well-done practical effects, even if they are mechanic at times. For me, the way actors tend to engage with practical effects reads as more sincere. So, when it comes to this list of fantasy books, I mostly included books I think would require too much green screen or CGI to be worth it. Sometimes, magic is best left on the page and off the screen."

[mistninja]

Sanderson and Cavill cant work together on anything im gonna kill myself in front of sandersons house if he even dares to consider cavill for kelsier

[natavinsmoke06]

I'm going to say it, they should adapt Alloy of Law, not in the sense of being the fourth in a series but in like a stand alone movie. It's so quick and fun that I wouldn't curse them if they adapt it first rather than the first Mistborn trilogy, it could like retroactively bring interest to the series. I just think it's more easy for them to produce a movie about magic metal eating cowboys rather than a epic fantasy of people that eat metal

[vibingat3am]

Im suddenly very interested in what the news have to say on this matter,and how the movies could "fix" something from the books🧐

so I was checking my recommended news and...

oh boy I wonder what suggestions they have

[skyisawalker]

The year is 2029. The first episode of the long awaited TV adaption of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn has just released and you're watching it as soon as it goes live. Throughout the whole episode you're blown away by just how faithful it is to the original books, how good the action is and how impressive the effects are. Then. Just as the episode feels like it's about to end Kelsier speaks down to Vin in a moment of emotional vulnerability. "There is one thing I should warn you about, Vin. And this is really very serious. In all my time working in thieving crews fighting against the Lord Ruler, I have to tell you...

There's always another secret. "

Kelsier looks directly into camera and winks. The entire set bursts into an inexplicably 1960s themed song and dance number. The crowd cheers. You weep a single tear of joy. Hoid is there. Mistborn wins every award at every event that year.

[abalidoth]

what is cosmere? (is that what its called?)

The Cosmere is a big, interconnected fantasy universe that is the setting of most of the works by the author Brandon Sanderson. The cool thing about his books is that each series is contained to its own world, and you can read any of them in isolation without realizing you're missing anything, but if you read them all you get a sense of the larger plot happening behind the scenes as those worlds start to collide and things cross over.

Brandon's magic systems tend to be very rule-based and well-defined, with a lot of twists being characters finding interesting ways to use those rules of magic. This lends itself well to the crossovers, because all the magic systems (as different as they are) share the same underpinning principles.

Here's some quick rundowns of different series and standalones in the Cosmere:

The Stormlight Archive

Planned ten-book series, currently four books are out.

A massive sprawling epic about the world Roshar, that's hit by a hurricane about every four days, and all the life has adapted to survive that environment. Knights Radiant -- superpowered individuals with a close bond to a spirit -- are starting to re-emerge in the world after being absent for centuries.

Because there are so many characters, this is where a lot of the character fandom tends to focus their efforts. I wouldn't recommend starting with it, though -- the first book alone is a thousand pages. I'd wait until you have a sense of Brandon's writing. But it's very good.

Mistborn

One trilogy (completed), one tetralogy set a couple hundred years later (completed), two trilogies some time in the future.

One cool thing about this series is that it follows one world (Scadrial) from a vaguely Renaissance tech level in the first trilogy, to 1920s in the second series, and eventually 1980s in the third and space-age magic in the fourth.

The magic itself is very intricate and all woven around metals -- there are people called Metalborn who can ingest metals and burn them in their stomachs to get different effects, including super-senses, strength, and Magneto-ish metallokinesis. That last bit makes the gunfights in the second series particularly fun.

The first book is a heist novel about robbing a thousand-year-old God-Emperor blind. It's a pretty good place to start, although it's a pretty hefty novel to start with.

The Emperor's Soul

I'm putting this one in a different category from the rest of the one-offs for a very good reason -- it's, in my opinion, the single best place to start reading the Cosmere.

It's a novella (just over a hundred pages) about a forger named Shai who uses magic to rewrite the histories of objects. She is captured by the government of an empire to reforge the soul of their Emperor, who has been left braindead after an assassination attempt, in the 100 days before the mourning period is over.

It's a fantastic meditation on art, a cool introduction to the way Brandon writes both characters and magic systems, and Shai herself is one of my favorite Cosmere characters. If any of this sounds at all interesting to you, I recommend you check it out.

One-offs

Brandon has also written a bunch of one-off novels in the Cosmere.

Elantris: His first book, and the one that my tattoo is from. About a prince who is affected by a dark transformation and thrown into a city of fellow undead, and the princess betrothed to him who arrives just in time to be told he died. Good, but suffers from some first book issues, pacing problems, and weird plot cul-de-sacs. Set in the same world as The Emperor's Soul, although there's basically no crossover.

Warbreaker: About a world where souls (Breaths) are bought and sold, and used to animate objects to do work, ruled by The Returned, living gods who require a steady dose of Breaths to live. One of my favorites, and an essential if you'd like to get into the crossover-y parts of the cosmere, as it introduces a bunch of elements that show up later (Especially in Stormlight)

Tress of the Emerald Sea: The first of his wildly successful Kickstarter project books, it's a fairy tale style story about a girl who braves a sea of bubbling, deadly spores to rescue the man she loves. It's lovely, especially if you're into a more Diana Wynne Jones kind of vibe to your fantasy. Probably a pretty good place to start!

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: The third Kickstarter book. About a shrine priestess who stacks rocks to draw spirits, and a man who paints the nightmares that roam the streets of his city to banish them -- they become trapped in each other's places and must learn about each other's worlds to survive. This is currently my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE cosmere novel, oh my GOD it's so good. I'm not sure it's a great place to start, as a lot of the conclusion might feel a bit rushed if you don't have a good feel for the vibe of how Brandon writes magic, but honestly it might stand alone just fine even then.

The Sunlit Man: Fourth Kickstarter book. I haven't read this one yet.

Novellas: There are a bunch of novellas and short stories, some set on worlds we haven't otherwise seen, some set on Roshar or Scadrial.

If any of this sounds good to you, I recommend you give his writing a shot. He's one of my all time favorite writers (the tattoo should prove that, lol) and the Cosmere fandom is by and large wonderful and welcoming. I've made many lifelong friendships there.

[shouldprobablybereading]

Not sure if it’s a hot take but I think we’re in an excellent time for a set of mistborn movies or a solid 3 season mini series

And the absolute worst time for a stormlight adaptation. Like even if they have the money and can do the visuals justice etc. it’s still gonna be 8 episode seasons that take 2-3 years to produce. And they’d probably end up having to rewrite the ob-ending as a finale because rhe ratings went down 2% when they released the season with a 3 year gap and did zero marketing to promote it

[zephyscosmere]

If and when we get a Mistborn film adaptation I would love for the trilogy to end with Here Comes The Sun playing.

[aegontheegg02]

Mistborn adaptation but the Lord Ruler is the only one who knows what an EGIRL is and it's mentioned multiple times whenever he's on screen but every time he is asked about it he never answers

[charliethejumper]

I feel like if/when a movie/tv show adaption of Mistborn comes out, every single one of the fans (myself included) are going to go frame by frame to make sure everything is consistent.