The Bookwyrm

Whoa. You just blew my mind a little. Do you think that The Girl Who Looked Up is somehow referencing Adonalsium, or the Dawnshards? I don't really think Adonalsium was a giant hunk of metal. (The terms "Shattering" and "Shards" would be a lot more literal in that case...) But your idea that Adonalsium had to have some kind of physical form or representation to interact with people does make some kind of sense to me. The same way Spren and Seons appear to people, and how Shards show themselves to others. It would make sense that Adonalsium has to follow some of those same rules. Maybe Adonalsium was some kind of unknown, higher being, and the thing we call "Adonalsium" was just a representation of it that people could understand. (I don't really believe that, it's just a crazy idea, but there are a lot of those on the Shard.)

Obi-Wan is my favorite Star Wars character, so I'm just really excited to have a show where he is the main character. I think all of your points are good ones, and things that we should hope for. I can't think of anything really specific that I want to see, plot-wise, because we frankly have no idea how the story is going to go. But I do really hope that the plot is clear and makes sense. I hope they do a good job of tying together Obi-Wan from the prequels and Obi-Wan from the sequels. Frankly, we already have most of Obi-Wan's story. We see his (sort of) origins as a padawan and his death, plus many of the other important things he does in his life. So really, the only thing this series needs to do is show how Obi-Wan gets from Episode III to Episode IV. I know you said that there shouldn't be a cameo, and that makes sense generally, to me. But I am hoping for Easter eggs of some kind. With all the Inquisitors running around, maybe there will be some kind of reference to Jedi: Fallen Order, or scenes that somehow tie this story to what happens to Obi-Wan in Rebels or The Clone Wars. I just like these little nods, and they don't have to be huge, but I think I would enjoy the show a tiny bit more if we saw them.

Wait, you also live in Nebraska?! And I am also not an adult. Yet.

Did it work? Edit: I think it did, but it's just a really dark shade of blue, so it's hard to see.

Ooh. I have no idea what hex code it is, but once I find out, I'll try it out. Thanks!

That...grosses me out...so much. Yuck. Edit: Oh, I made a post on here. Maybe I'll win. Edit 2: Nevermind, I didn't win.

Hello. I made my signature colorful because I wanted to, and now I can be here. And they don't have my favorite shade of blue here, which makes me sad.

I actually go to a special science program that is offered by the school system where I live. (I have a normal high school, but I'm only there for two classes, then I get to go to nerd school at the zoo every day!) I had a research project where we were observing animals and gathering data on them, and I was assigned the Humboldt penguins. And yes, I have seen them do this before. Several times. Wait...so our view of the Great Gulon Incident is just going to be an entire short story from Keefe's perspective, and we can see it happen real time? Wow.

Is TOWWACBob... Or were you talking about Samanth?

The Bookwyrm thanked @The Wandering Wizard and began munching on the popcorn.

A random Narrator watched The Longest Thread. After unsuccessfully attempting to read through the universe's history, and unsuccessfully trying to figure out what withergeists were, and after unsuccessfully trying to figure out who these characters were, and where Butt Venture went, he gave up and made something happen. And that was how a random speck of dust floating in the air above Thaidakar's head began glowing with a purple light.

Ooh. Here's actually something I can easily theorize about in this series. I...was not paying any attention at all to Gethen in the series, because he wasn't important enough, so I would need to go check the details again to see if your idea is right. I re-read the series recently, and came up with the theory that Sophie's father was Bronte, then kept reading, thinking "I TOTALLY got this right! It makes perfect sense!" And then got to the part where that's disproven, and thought "How did I forget that they disproved it?" It was kind of a whoops moment for me. So yeah. I had a theory that I forgot was wrong from the beginning, and now I have absolutely no clue who her father is. There was a part where they were snooping around Keefe's house for clues and Sophie finds a map of Foxfire in a notebook marked with spots labeled "Hide Gulon Here." That's basically all we've got, and I am STORMING ANGRY we don't have more. It's going to be the last scene of the last book and then we're finally going to get it, the way this is going...

Greetings! Welcome to the Shard! Even if you don't have many theories, we can't wait to hear your good questions and out-of-the-box ideas!

We do know that Odium was once the god of the humans, and Honor and Cultivation the gods of the singers, but then they switched. Maybe Odium, though now technically the god of the singers, has kept some ties to the humans of Roshar, subtly influencing their cultures even as they fight against him. Especially with Honor dead, it gives him some room to spread his own ideas through the human cultures of Roshar. Hm...

Welcome to the Shard! Good job for making an account so quickly; I was reading things on the Shard for years before I made an account. (Completely worth it.)

Hm... the capital U Unity referenced in Oathbringer does seem like it's something more than just simple old "unity". The idea that Unity is a fundamental concept of the Cosmere, like Connection or Identity, seems likely to me. Your idea that Unity was something that Adonalsium used to hold themselves (itself?) together seems really likely to me. Maybe all beings in the Cosmere have some kind of Unity, a kind of Connection that holds them together from the inside. Or maybe not, this is all just theorizing. The interesting thing is, that if Adonalsium needed this Unity to hold himself (herself?) together, then maybe it means the distinction between the Shards was already there, and the Dawnshard(s) just split them. Like a piece of ceramic breaking along weakened lines. So how Unified was Adonalsium before the Shattering, really... Interesting thought!

Feruchemically charging the bullets isn't going to do anything to the bullets themselves, at least physically. They aren't going to do any more damage than a normal bullet. However, I can definitely see the advantage in using Invested bullets that have been filled with Feruchemical charge in order to avoid them being pushed or pulled on by Coinshots and Lurchers. I am definitely not a gun expert, so when considering the material itself, I don't know how it would work. But magically speaking, I think it's a smart idea.

Welcome to the Shard! You will find that many here are as eagerly awaiting SA5 as you are. Can't wait to hear your theories and discussions!

When your friend who you got to read TWoK keeps asking about Shallan, and you keep answering their questions with "RAFO".

7/10. Not very original, as I've seen a lot of other people using it. But it has a cool design, and it's very 17th Shard-y.

Welcome to the Shard! We are eagerly awaiting all of your crazy theories, if you have any. (There are a lot of those here, if you haven't noticed.)

This is is exactly what happens to me. It ends up becoming a bunch of other magic systems that have kind of blended together into a weird portfolio of powers that's specific to me. (Especially when you get the same effects from different magic systems, Like Pyrokinesis and Firebending from Avatar: The Last Airbender.) It's really fun to imagine explaining Shardblades (and basically anything else) to people from other dimensions. The nice thing about being a Windrunner is that it turns your eyes blue when you summon your Shardblade, so while my eyes are naturally brown, the elves don't notice that because I routinely summon my Shardblade in secret when no one is looking. I also enjoy comparing the Eragon version of telepathy and mental powers to the kind we see in KOTLC, and imagining how an elven Telepath would gain advantages if they were trained by someone who was well skilled in Alagaesian mental techniques. (This is devolving into a mash up of book series that might not belong here, so I'll change the topic again...) Ooh, this is an interesting idea... I suppose she is, considering what happened to her. I just was remarking that in the beginning of book one, someone mentioned that Sophie would make an incredible Keeper because of her impenetrable mind. And then that brief mention was never really built upon. We see Sophie come to play a very important role in the Lost Cities, but she was never really identified as an official Keeper... It just makes me wonder, because it's the title of the series, so it must be important, but there isn't really anything in the books (yet) that denotes why exactly this is the title.

I actually did wish; my wish was that Pyrokinesis wasn't considered evil as much by the common populace. Granted, but your curse is that you have terrible control, worse than Lihn did when she was first introduced in the series, so you basically cause gigantic floods wherever you go without even thinking. To try to turn this away from KOTLC, (we have the KOTLC Club thread for that!) my wish is that I would have the 5th Alcatraz book, which is for some reason missing from my collection of Brandon Sanderson books. I have 1-4, but not 5.

Interesting... Granted, but you are a Pyrokinetic, and because they consider Pyrokinetics evil, you are imprisoned in Exile for the rest of eternity. I wish Pyrokinesis wasn't considered evil, because it's cool, and just ended up with a bad reputation due to the poor choices of a few people.

Hello, I have read this series and like it very much. The character interactions flow in a way that is more natural and unique than in any other series I have read before. I have a bad habit of inserting myself in other people's stories as a weird inter-dimensional worldhopper who has also visited the dimensions of other stories, and this series makes it really easy for me to imagine how I would interact with each of the characters, and how I would react to certain situations. It's very well written. The worldbuilding is also unique and well thought out, but there are many things that are briefly mentioned that I wish the author had gone more in depth on. For example, Keepers. The title of the series still does not make perfect sense to me. Otherwise, happy to be here! (And I realize you were having a discussion before I came in here, so feel free to continue that after you read my interruption.)