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she/her - Mostly active on weekends Your local Brandon Sanderson fan and artist

[echoingcave]

Cosmere books I've read

Just putting this here to help avoid getting spoiled, mainly because I'm relatively new to the cosmere. (Edit: Not really new anymore but I'm keeping this anyways) I know the pain of spoilers too well already, I don't need more. I don't really use this site for anything other than cosmere stuff at the moment. I don't know a lot of people who've read the cosmere books okay-

Anyway. Also I'm not usually online during the week because I don't really have time, so this may be slightly off sometimes.

Books I'm currently reading always go at the bottom but that's about it for organization

Books I've read so far(In no particular order):

The Stormlight Archive (+ Edgedancer and Dawnshard) The Sunlit Man Warbreaker Tress of the Emerald Sea Yumi and the Nightmare Painter Mistborn era 1 (+ Secret History) Mistborn era 2 Elantris Arcanum Unbounded Isles of the Emberdark Dragonsteel Prime (Not exactly a cosmere book but it still goes in here)

Non-Cosmere Sanderson books I've read so far (Also in no particular order)

Skyward Starsight Cytonic Defiant Skyward Flight (currently reading)

[echoingcave]

Me: *Makes a cosmere rp blog*

Me 5 minutes later: *forgets all my spoiler tagging rules I set for myself*

Me the next day: *Makes another cosmere rp blog*

(in case you're wondering, said cosmere rp blogs are @patjis-last-trapper and @not-endearing-to-hoid, with full spoilers for Emberdark and the cosmere as a whole respectively)

[mizeress]

Hello, could I withdraw my challenge for Cultivation and try for Autonomy instead?

It's fine if it's too late for that in your opinion

Of course! @jochi-the-veristithaylen-baker, you are off the hook and are currently the uncontested holder of Cultivation! @confused-stars, you are being challenged for Autonomy!

Confused Stars has the edge on challenge terms as the current holder, but come to an agreement amongst yourselves!

[confused-stars]

I've thought about this, and I think it has to be a geoguessr duel! (regardless of how good or bad i am at it, it just feels right)

@echoingcave would that be agreeable? (we'd have to use openguessr since they made geoguessr paid now apparently, but it seems pretty easy to set up)

unless you want to make sand art online and have everyone take a vote on a winner, that'd also be on theme!

[echoingcave]

I lean more towards the sand art side, because I'm honestly pretty bad at geoguessr stuff...

but that would be fon to do, I'm up for it!

[confused-stars]

Eh, i'm not good at geoguessr either, i just thought it'd be funny!

but i'm absolutely game for sand art, I think we could just use this site: https://thisissand.com/

and then maybe do a poll for which one wins?

[echoingcave]

sounds good!

[confused-stars]

let's say we get something done within the next 24 hours?

@mizeress would you mind making a post with a poll and both our artworks once we're done with them?

[mizeress]

Of course!

[echoingcave]

How would you like me to submit my sand art pic to you for the poll?

[mizeress]

Hello, could I withdraw my challenge for Cultivation and try for Autonomy instead?

It's fine if it's too late for that in your opinion

Of course! @jochi-the-veristithaylen-baker, you are off the hook and are currently the uncontested holder of Cultivation! @confused-stars, you are being challenged for Autonomy!

Confused Stars has the edge on challenge terms as the current holder, but come to an agreement amongst yourselves!

[confused-stars]

I've thought about this, and I think it has to be a geoguessr duel! (regardless of how good or bad i am at it, it just feels right)

@echoingcave would that be agreeable? (we'd have to use openguessr since they made geoguessr paid now apparently, but it seems pretty easy to set up)

unless you want to make sand art online and have everyone take a vote on a winner, that'd also be on theme!

[echoingcave]

I lean more towards the sand art side, because I'm honestly pretty bad at geoguessr stuff...

but that would be fon to do, I'm up for it!

[confused-stars]

Eh, i'm not good at geoguessr either, i just thought it'd be funny!

but i'm absolutely game for sand art, I think we could just use this site: https://thisissand.com/

and then maybe do a poll for which one wins?

[echoingcave]

sounds good!

[mizeress]

Hello, could I withdraw my challenge for Cultivation and try for Autonomy instead?

It's fine if it's too late for that in your opinion

Of course! @jochi-the-veristithaylen-baker, you are off the hook and are currently the uncontested holder of Cultivation! @confused-stars, you are being challenged for Autonomy!

Confused Stars has the edge on challenge terms as the current holder, but come to an agreement amongst yourselves!

[confused-stars]

I've thought about this, and I think it has to be a geoguessr duel! (regardless of how good or bad i am at it, it just feels right)

@echoingcave would that be agreeable? (we'd have to use openguessr since they made geoguessr paid now apparently, but it seems pretty easy to set up)

unless you want to make sand art online and have everyone take a vote on a winner, that'd also be on theme!

[echoingcave]

I lean more towards the sand art side, because I'm honestly pretty bad at geoguessr stuff...

but that would be fon to do, I'm up for it!

[echoingcave]

guys...I just realized...

Preservation literally had the word "Ati" in it

I mean yes that's just how words work but still

I'm not okay

[isdalinarhot]

spin this janky ass wheel. you need to write a 2k+ Stormlight fic using this tag.

can you do it?

I already have

Yes, and with great enthusiasm

Yes, and it would be enjoyable but nothing special

Yes, but I’d hate it

I am unsure

No, I wouldn’t be able to pull it off

No, because the tag is repulsive to me

Not a Stormlight fanfic writer/results

Voting ended onMay 31

[echoingcave]

never written a fanfic before but now I want to

[cosmerelists]

Stormlight But Kaladin Has a Puppy

Kaladin with puppy requested by anon. :)

No puppies will be even (imaginarily) harmed in the making of this post! Anyway, let's think about key moments in the Stormlight Archive and how the would have been different with Kaladin had a puppy during them.

1. Kaladin forcing the Bridgemen to wake up

Kaladin has decided to take control and make sure the bridgemen survive. But they don't respect him. They don't listen to him. He decides he's going to wake them up at the crack of dawn to train....and he decides to pick the meanest bridgeman to make an example of.

Moash: WHAT THE HELL IS LICKING MY FACE The puppy: ! ! ! ! ! ! Kaladin: And if the rest of you don't want to be woken by slobbery kisses, you'd better get up! Rock: ....Sounds kinda nice, actually. Moash: IT IS NOT NICE

2. The Disadvantaged Duel

Adolin and Renarin are in the arena. It's the disadvantaged duel. Dalinar is frantically asking someone, anyone to help them--where is their honor??

Kaladin: Honor will not be with me. But I'll see what I can do. Kaladin: [hands Dalinar a fat, fluffy puppy and then jumps into the arena] Dalinar: [staring down at the glyph on the puppy's collar] This creature's name is Honor...?

3. Prison

Kaladin has been thrown into prison due to him daring to challenge Amaram.

Kaladin: I'm so sorry, Honor. Kaladin: This prison.... We can't see the sun. We can't leave. It's like being trapped in the darkness. The puppy: [is making little puppy snoring sounds in its sleep] Kaladin: ... Kaladin: Maybe it's not quite so bad with you here.

4. Kaladin and Shallan in the chasms

It's the next morning. Shallan has barely slept. She is bedraggled. Exhausted. Irritated.

Kaladin (cheerfully): It's morning! Let's get walking! The puppy (equally cheerfully): Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark! Shallan: ... Shallan: They're both storming morning people?!

5. Kaladin rescuing Dalinar from Szeth

Szeth sent Dalinar up into the sky to die. But! He just floated back down, safe and sound! And who is that coming down from the sky, glowing and heroic?

Kaladin (he has a puppy in his arms): You (bark!) sent him (bark!) to the sky (bark!) to (bark!) die, assassin. (bark!) But (bark) the skies (bark!) are mine (bark!).... Kaladin: ... Kaladin: Um, Honor, do you mind? I'm trying be dramatic here.

6. Returning to Hearthstone

Kaladin's return to Hearthstone was very dramatic in canon, what with him being a Radiant 'n' all. But in this version, he also has a puppy.

That guard, stubbornly: He's dangerous. He has a shash brand. Hesina: He is currently playing with an adorable puppy! The guard: It's probably a...dangerous puppy? Hesina: Do you have eyes???

7. Fighting Lezian

Kaladin is being constantly pursued by a horrible Fused who can discard his body and zip into a new one to avoid death!

The puppy: [happily chasing Lezian's discarded husks like it's a game of fetch] Lezian: Um, can he stop doing that? I feel like it's bad for my dignity. Kaladin: You have dignity?

8. The dog and the dragon

Kaladin is in a coma. His soul has been taken to Braize. It is horrible. But! Hoid has come. And he's telling Kaladin a story.

Hoid: "The dog slunk away, feeling foolish and hurt. He had failed in his first task, to have scales like a dragon." Kaladin (holding a dream version of his puppy protectively in his arms): He did NOT fail! Kaladin: That dog did NOTHING wrong!

9. The puppy and Syl

I just want to state for the record that no matter where we are in Stormlight, Syl absolutely LOVES the puppy.

Kaladin: !! Kaladin: Syl...did you just pet Honor? Syl: I'm learning to be more solid! Syl: Specifically so I can scratch a very good good boy under his super soft and fluffy ears! The puppy: Bark! Bark! Bark! Syl: I love you too!!

10. The puppy and Kaladin's depression

Having a puppy would not in any way cure Kaladin's depression, of course. But depression + puppy > than depression and no puppy, am I right?

Kaladin: Sometimes...when I get really lost in my dark thoughts... Kaladin: It's like Honor guides me back out. Kaladin: I see him, and I remember that I'm here, in the present. Kaladin: Sometimes if he sees that I'm upset, he licks my face or nudges my hand. Kaladin: ... Kaladin: Maybe, rather than locking insane people in a dark room, we should give them all puppies. Hoid: ...Did you just invent therapy dogs?

[spellbound037]

Do names have some magical significance in the Cosmere? (Spoilers and a lot of 'em)

Kelsier and Dalinar are able to become cognitive shadows because of their fame as the Survivor and the Blackthorn Starling demanding to be called Starling instead of Illistandrista shortly proceeds her connection (Connection?) with her crew deepening Tress choosing to be Tress instead of Glorf and leaving behind her family, where the name Glorf came from Szeth being referred to as the grandson of Vallano instead of as the son of Neturo as to not bring dishonor and misfortune to his family Renarin suddenly bonding with his father right around the same time Sja-anat's spren dub him the Son of Thorns, as opposed to his birth name functionally meaning son of himself. Kaladin being named "born unto eternity" and literally becoming a Herald Ati being the aon of "hope" in Arelon All Arelene and Teo names having Aons in them, often Aons that represent the character in some way (yes I know that's just how writing works but it feels important) Adolin (and this one is a STRETCH) being named "born unto light" and befriending the cultivationspren Mayalaran, who would have been able to make an Edgedancer, and the Edgedancer essences is Lusintia, or light Harmonium and Trellium breaking the standard god metal naming convention (Compare: Atium and Lerasium as the metals belonging to Ati and Leras), seemingly based on the Shardvessel's Intent Masaka choosing her own name instead of Chinikdakordich (I would too) Denth changing his name from VaraTreledees to something literally one letter off from "death" after the murder of his sister Bluefingers going by a physical feature people identify him by instead of by his Pahn Khal sounding name Arsteel being called Clod after losing his identity and becoming a lifeless Sigzil changing his name to Nomad (something similar just in a different language) and later being given the name Zellion and using it as a valid connection to Canticle going so far as to literally erase his connection to his own homeworld. This is absolutely my most solid evidence of magic. Hoid's MANY names Tanavast choosing to stop being called Tanner because he wanted to appear more godly Steris and Marasi no longer being referred to by their father's last name as they start to undo the harms (insert laugh track here) he did to them Wax and Wayne moon pun. Wayne not having a last name but instead going by "Terrisborn" despite having felt all his life that he wasn't good enough at being Terris Breeze never revealing his birth name to any of his friends, having given up his noble life to stay with them Spook changing his name from Jedal to Lestibournes and eventually to the name Kelsier gave him

I know that a lot of these are probably just meant to be symbols of the characters' change but it happens often enough that I feel like it might be magic, please add more or add opinions if you have them and sorry if this all makes no sense

[labeled-with-ubiquitin]

Broke: Lift is just a girl who didn’t want to grow up so she made a deal with Cultivation

Woke: Lift is a delver

[echoingcave]

Wyndle the voidbringer and Lift the delver? As a duo? I like it

[incorrectfantasyquotes]

Kelsier: like it’s MY fault my love language is acts of service and all I know how to do is kill

[moldystormlight1942]

Dodger doodles

[echoingcave]

I find it hilarious that the fandom called the Shard Reason the "Survival Shard" for like forever before the name was revealed.

Because meanwhile Kelsier, the guy who keeps making up unreasonable plans, is known as the Survivor.

Quite the difference there

[winterinhimring]

Clearly, the real conflict of these books is Kaladin Vs. Horses.

[echoingcave]

*bites you affectionately*

*bites you back affectionately*

[echoingcave]

We all know Kelsier enjoys punching Shards in the face. He's gotten two so far, so why not do all the others?

But does that mean he needs to punch, say, Vin in the face...?

Or, by that logic, himself?

[humanfox030]

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

consult the diagram

[humanfox030]

Consult the extended and amended diagram

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

oh my god.

[humanfox030]

Fuzzier hug scene Kelsier speech bubble

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

HGGGHHHDHFHCHCJFKBFFBFNNFJFNGNGMGKFKGMGMFMGMGMGMGMWJFHXNFBFJCJFNGNGMGM

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

@humanfox030 You are truly evil for that. Bashing my face into a wall. Silence, trickster

[humanfox030]

I still have WIPs of it, too.

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

NUTMEG......

[echoingcave]

LOL

[echoingcave]

We all know Kelsier enjoys punching Shards in the face. He's gotten two so far, so why not do all the others?

But does that mean he needs to punch, say, Vin in the face...?

Or, by that logic, himself?

[humanfox030]

[that-androgynous-lightweaver]

consult the diagram

[humanfox030]

Consult the extended and amended diagram

[echoingcave]

LOL yes