Would you like to post some spoilers today?

Sideblog for iameki where I post Cosmere spoilers, because the main one is for non-Cosmere stuff as well. (Much of the non-spoilery stuff will probably still be on the main blog)

[hoidthevoid]

You never know, Kelsier and Lift might meet considering all the shenanigans he gets up to

Kelsier’s been pretty Scadrial-centered, though. there was something in Secret History about being tied to Scadrial bc of Preservation/Ruin, I think? it might be possible, though!

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

He’s tied to Scadrial because he’s a Cognitive Shadow, imbued with Scadrian Investiture. It’s the same reason why spren, and shards themselves, have a hard time leaving their planets (or systems). It is possible to do it though! We have seen at least one Cognitive Shadow on a different planet than the one they came from.

[stormlightblue]

Hot take

Everything BrandSand writes is great, but The Emperors Soul is the absolute most beautiful story he’s ever written and Gaotana exemplifies some of the best aspects of Brandon Sanderson’s character building

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Reading the fireplace scene at the end always gives me chills, it’s fantastic.

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Reinhardt Goes To Roshar

[cosmik-homo]

Cosmere questions to discuss today: perpendicularities are like liquid pools if materialised investiture, right?

Just how material they are? Could they be soulcast shut but an Elsecaller or a Lightweaver?

[elosva]

Hard to say but we do know that they don’t necicarily need to be liquid, if I remember correctly the highstorms are honors perpendicularity and it was implied that the everstormes are odiums perpendicularity, preservation and ruin was able to condense their bodies down to solid metal beads so in theory it should be possible

[cosmik-homo]

Yeah, but preservation’s perpendicularity is canonically not the beads- those are his God Metal- but the pool in the well of ascendence. We saw Hoid going through it in Secret History.

Highstorm aren’t a perpendicularity! We saw Honor’s perpendicularity as well- Dalinar shortly became it while ascending in Thaylen City. That’s the only instance we have of a perpendicularity not being A pond (or in Ruins case a pond of atium). Cultivation’s perpendicularity is a lake in the horn-eater peaks, through which Rock once swimmed and told us about it in WoR.

We also see and elantrian perpendicularity as a pool.

The main questions here in my opinion are is it possible to Soulcast that material into something different, how would that affect the shard, how would it affect passage through the perpendicularity and would it require the help of a Bobdsmith

[elosva]

I know the god metal isn’t the perpendicularity but they’re both made of the power of preservation which shows that the power can be solid.

And yes dalinar becomes the perpendicularity but he can do that because hes bound to the stormfather, hornor’s perpendicularity spends most of it’s time in the high storm, which is why the high storm infuses gems with stormlight and why dalinar can do the same when he becomes honor’s perpendicularity

[cosmik-homo]

Oh that part makes sense, of the storms passing energies. I misunderstood what you said earlier.

I can see how the solid power and liquid power is similar, but Soulcasting doesn’t always change the state of matter- I don’t think it matters if you change the Perpendicularity liquid into stone or it’s assosiciated God Metal- people won’t be able to go through anymore. But is that possible?

So a Bondsmith can gather the power of it’s bonded Shard (well Splinter) and become a perpendicularity, maybe combining that connection to a shard with the powers of a fellow radiant who can soulcast allow for soulcasting a flat surface into a perpendicularity, or closing an existing perpendicularity

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Even though I think the theory about Honor's Perpendicularly being in the highstorms makes a lot of sense, Brandon has never confirmed it as far as I know, so I would be careful about assuming it's completely true.

Perpendicularities are a result of a Shard investing themselves in a planet, so I think even if you could soulcast the actual liquid (which would take a lot of investiture, since investiture resists manipulation by other kinds of investiture, and perpendicularities are very concentrated), the power would just return fairly quickly. I think though, even if it was theoretically pedicle, in practice it would be impossible due to the vast amounts of investiture needed.

[cosmere-cosmeme]

I would kill to see Kelsier exhibit a single ounce of self restraint.

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

I think once, he didn’t kill Elend.

[onlycosmere]

Nalthis

Questioner: How is the Cognitive Realm of Nalthis?

Brandon Sanderson: Yes, Nalthis. I'm gonna RAFO that. You will see it before too much longer, I hope.

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

This is an interesting WoB, because Brandon has also said that the sequel to Warbreaker is fairly far off (and iirc is one of the stories most likely to get cut if Brandon feels he doesn't have time). This probably means the Nalthis essay (which might be included with a 10th anniversary edition of Warbreaker (if one is planned?)) will teach us about the Cognitive Realm of Nalthis, or that there is some other story that will take us there. Maybe even Stormlight 4? I doubt it, but who knows!

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Theory

The earthquake that caused the Reod chasm was caused by someone dropping three Stormlight books at the same time.

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

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Keep reading

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Not that I'm complaining, but why hasn't this been flagged?

[libralita]

Are worldhoppers aliens?

[return-of-the-trinidude]

Are they illegal aliens? Does the cosmere have immigration law? Is there a shard somewhere that wants to build a wall in the cognitive realm??

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Well, Nalthis does have customs...

[galexibrain]

All the Cosmere

This is me right now:

I read Mistborn era 1, Elantris and Warbreaker in 2010, The Way of Kings in 2011, Words of Radiance in 2015, all but WoR in blessed cluelessness about anything Cosmere. After that came a long Branderson hiatus that ended just over a month ago. I reread The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance as well as I read Oathbringer, all three within three weeks, squeezing Edgedancer in there as well. That’s as crazy as it sounds, believe me. And unhealthy. Don’t do this. Seriously, never before have I been so sleep-deprived as in these three weeks. (For comparison: When I first read WoR, I was on vacation, having nothing to do, so I read it in two weeks. Now, during these three utterly insane weeks during which I read all three SA books in a row, I was working full-time.) Needless to say, it was an awesome experience from which I haven’t really recovered since. During that time, I developed the ambition to get into the Cosmere. Of course, after eight years, I barely remember any details from the other books, so a reread it is. I finished Elantris about an hour ago, and now I have to decide whether to get into Warbreaker first or delve into Mistborn again. I guess it’s going to be Warbreaker so I can make my way through all six published Mistbork books in a row. That’s gonna be fun. I’m kinda excited for MB 2 now. But. The Cosmere. It’s. So big. There are so many novellas set in the Cosmere that I haven’t read yet and I don’t even know where to start. How am I going to get this all right? I’m not very smart. I’m proud I noticed Hoid in Elantris. (Wasn’t that hard, he was called Hoid by Sarene after all …) I’m excited, confused, amazed and utterly terrified. What have I gotten myself into?

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

All current Cosmere novellas are collected in Arcanum Unbounded, and I would say the order you read those in doesn't matter much as long as you've read the main stories of those worlds. (For example, I would recommend against even touching Mistborn: Secret History in any way until you've caught up on Era 2.)

And take your time! Once you're up to speed you're gonna have to wait between each book anyway, so there's no rush.

[thatdorkwithglasses]

Hey so how do I get into the Brandon Sanderson novels. Do I start with The Way of Kings?

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

If you're not intimidated by massive books, The Way of Kings is a good place to start, but if you want a lighter start (still pretty long though), Mistborn is probably better. If you'd like to try one of his books without putting down any money yet, Warbreaker is available for free on his website. If you like sci-fi, his recent book Skyward is great (but not in the Cosmere).

[mushimallo]

~OB: Chapter 117~

This is my Secret Sazed gift for @toastsamurai ! Hope you have a great holiday season !! :D

[falliblefabrial]

HAPPY KOLOSS HEAD MUNCHING DAY

May all your heads be munched

[cosmik-homo]

Any physics students in the cosmere fandom want to lend me a hand? If a windrunner is thrown in the ocean, would a normal lashing up be enough to send them to the sky or would the water resistance play a part?

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

Water resistance would play a part (unless they did something weird with pressure, but I'm not completely sure how that would work), but here's something interesting: normally, the reason something floats (and, together with water resistance, sinks slower) is buoyancy; the fact that since pressure increases with depth, the force of the pressure is higher below the object, pushing it upwards. And if you reverse your own gravity, but the water stays the same, suddenly both the buoyant force and gravity work together, pushing you much harder than normal! Like I said, water resistance would still be an issue, but the actual force upwards would be greater than you expect.

I think technically, a Windrunner should be able to increase the pressure below them, and decrease it above them (while also making sure they're not giving themselves a weird case of diver's sickness in the process), to increase the buoyant force even more.

[catgirlelric]

I wonder if spren/radiant relationships were ever a thing

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

That’s a RAFO for now: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/80/#e5314

[official-hoid]

So Tumblr is gonna block nipples, but leave exposed left hands for everyone to view? Outrageous.

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

I think you mean female-presenting left hands.

[giottoren]

Question

We know the Returned were granted visions of the future right after they died as mortals when doing sth extraordinary before deciding whether they’d return or not. If so what did Blushweaver see in her vision?

[ekispoilsthecosmere]

From the Warbreaker Annotations (found on Brandon's website, but also Arcanum): https://wob.coppermind.net/events/250-warbreaker-annotations/#e7476

"She Returned because she didn't want T'Telir to fall to the invaders she saw taking it after Bluefingers and the others caused their revolt. That was why she gathered the armies."