I came across a ton of posts saying that mistborn 1 and 3 were amazing, but 2 was just okay. Just finished 2 and while the first 15-20% was a bit slow (same with book 1 imo), the rest was fantastic. What an absolute ride and given HoA is supposed to have one of the best endings in fantasy, i cannot wait.
So I've completed the first two books of the Mistborn series after reading all of Stormlight Archive.
In Final Empire there's a Hoid who shows up for five seconds to give Kelsier some info on the Nobility. I kept waiting for him to show up again and do something else epic, but he never did.... I'm assuming this is the same Hoid and not just a coincidence? Can we look forward to more appearances in the Mistborn series?
Hey guys what do you think about this fanart of Vin? As I was looking up the fanarts of here nothing really clicked for me, so I payed for this one and I gotta say I love it.
Its Vin from the first book, but I wanted to add the horseshoe that she likes to use later on. I was aiming for more “I’m scared and don’t want to be here” look on her face, but honestly I might like this one even more.
I also like the hair a lot, it shows how she was cutting her own hair ik.
Heavy spoilers.Don't read if you haven't finished book 2.
Wow what a Sanderlanche in The well of Ascension ending.
I enjoyed that I haven't been able to predict where these books are going at all. I definitely find them a bit less enjoyable than Stormlight but still incredibly written.
Oof "letting the power go" being a trap!! Damn. Almost losing Elend and then he snaps!! Finding out the whole prophecy is a lie! Sazed almost dying twice. Allriene kind of being a badass.Marsh becoming... Whatever the f the obligators are. Kolos being controlled by Vin! All the things!
Having read Stormlight I'm assuming that we are talking about a shard here since it is named Ruin...But it's fun to guess exactly what's going on and how similar things are to Roshar, or not. Are there 3 realms here?
One thing I'm not sorry to be done with is Zane. I found his storyline very annoying and was kind of getting frustrated by Vin's fascination with him. I would like to know why he had a spike though. Who did that to him? It's presumably the source of his "madness".
Anyway, can't wait to see Elend step into a new form of power.
It's a fanart of Vin, which I made myself, I don't know how it turned out and I wanted to show it hehe.
Hello everyone :) sorry if this is the stupidest question in the world, but what is the main structure on the cover actually meant to be? I always assumed it was a train (like the 'phantom train') but I'm now thinking that's not what it is cause it sort of looks like a weird foundation. I did consider it was the safe but it didn't really fit the description :(
Tysm!
So, I’m rereading The Final Empire and got to the part where Vin realizes that Rashek is the Lord Ruler, and she says:
“You hated him,” Vin said. “You thought that a Terrisman should have been the hero. You couldn’t stand the fact that he—a man from the country that had oppressed yours—was fulfilling your own legends.” (emphasis my own)
Now, to preface this, I just wanna clarify that I know that Rashek did a lot of terrible and cruel things that can never be reasonably justified. However, doesn't Vin's summary (albeit crude and simplistic) of the colonizer/colonized situation between Rashek and Alendi warrant a closer scrutiny of the power dynamics here?
Again, I’m not saying Rashek's feelings on the matter served to justify the oppression he enacted afterwards ( li.e. eugenics, genocide, etc.) but it does make me wonder: why did Sanderson make the relationship between Rashek and the Alendi explicitly one of oppression in the first place? How integral is it history to the overarching plot/Cosmereverse - like, couldn't the conflict have worked without that particular colonial dynamic? And, most importantly, why did he write Vin to say it like that?
Like yes, Rashek was a genuine terror and and all and yes he may have felt inferior compared to Alendi, but I can't help but feel like his personal grievances over the situations is being used as a shield to avoid addressing the elephant in the room. Like, if we're gonna focus on the whole "outsider/ opressor is actually the prophesized hero of the opressed" part... it's weird, right? Or am I being too sensitive and instead this is just an "it's not that deep" situation? (Which, is kind of ironic, given that we're talking about a Brandon Sanderson novel, here).
From what I understand, Sanderson generally likes avoiding completely clear-cut political/moral situations because real life isn’t that simple. But given the current political climate - and especially with a Mistborn movie adaptation in the works - I wonder how this particular scene would be interpreted by a modern mainstream audience.
Am I missing some important context from the books that makes this dynamic more nuanced, or is this just one of those parts of the lore that isn’t really explored?
I thought it was just the three original books. Im a couple hundred into well of ascension and just now learned it isn't just three books. Dont get me wrong im by no means disappointed by having more of this series im loving but but boy that was a shock to learn there's what, 16 or so books with more possibly planned? Im loving what ive encountered I just simply wasnt aware I was starting a series competing with one piece for length. Thought it was just a trilogy 😂
Long boy, short, the gist of it is that around two years ago I got these books as a gift and I thought I’d pull them back out and reread them.
When I did so I found out the pages were coming the binding and whatever was used to seal the ink is gone or worn off or something and now the words smudge incredibly easy.
these have only been read once and then stored on a bookshelf. Now the pages are all delaminating from the cover.
Did I just get really really unlucky?
Thank you to everyone who upvoted and commented on this series. For those of you who enjoyed them, I'm so glad! I really appreciate the overall positive tone from this community.
Many people have asked about prints, so I've uploaded them to Redbubble. Sub rules don't allow promoting sales, so I can't include a direct link. If this post breaks that rules, apologies.
I just thought some people would enjoy this sequence lol. I’ve only read the first trilogy so no spoilers past that, please.
My brother-in-law and I played this for the first time and really enjoyed it! We can’t wait to get it back on the table.
Атиум is Atium in Bulgarian
The company is called Atium LTD and the logo is interesting. The machine is some sort of asphalt related machine
Here’s their website https://atiumconstruction.eu/
“The women ran well despite being in a gown. Yes, she’d ripped off the bottom half, but she still ran too easily, without seeming to break a sweat or breathe deeply.
Blue lines. Ahead.
Wax grabbed Milan by the arm…”
oh my harmony that’s freaking MELAAN ISN’T IT. milan. melaan.
edit: so i did indeed find out. i’m actually starting bands of mourning right now and i’m about 10% through that! i can’t wait to continue
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My attempt at recreating Vin from the first book in Lego. The cape is from the Lady of Pain minifg sprayed black.
My fan art of Mistborn Final Empire luthadel. If i ever lived somewhere else it would be this place definetly. Does it align with ur imagination of it?
How long did it take you to recognize that Vin's earring was a spike? Personally, I didn't realize it until the very end (I didn't even bat an eye at Spook getting literally impaled either), but rereading through it, it seems ridiculously obvious. That's honestly my favorite part of all of Sanderson's books is the absolute armory of Chekov's guns, which get fired way later in the series when you've all but forgot about them.