Cosmere/Brandon Sanderson

@jonas

Anyways, getting back on topic, I started warbreaker, and it’s ok so far.

And now I put that in the wrong place.

@jonas

Oh, and legion also suggests the possibility of alternate realities in some discussion, where the different aspects could be real people elsewhere, but it’s half posed as a joke.

@jonas

Yeah, sorry I didn’t make that clearer😅 It would be odd for Rithmatist to be Cosmere, since it is explicitly an alternate earth, though he might of originally intended for the magic system to be used for a different planet instead, which would make sense.

@jonas

A very different earth. North America for example is split up into islands, not a mainland, but that being said, it is still objectively an earth in history, cultures, and names, but that’s what makes the multiverse theory so compelling, especially with Frugal.

@jonas

I’m sure that many have. I’ve looked into it a bit, and it seems like there’s been a lot of discussion amongst fans about it, and Sanderson has even planned on writing more books related to a multiverse like Frugal. 17th Shard simply says that it has been a common theory that poses similar evidences that I worked out and mentioned already. One thing that I haven’t considered is that if it is a true multiverse, and Alcatraz is part of it, that would either mean that we are a part of said multiverse, or he is talking to a different earthlike audience, because Alcatraz is very self aware, explaining that everything we know is a lie. Alcatraz specifically is a bit of a monkey wrench into the system as a whole actually now that I think about it, as physics as a concept is often labeled as a Librarian propaganda. There is still obvious natural laws, just some more free parameters. Regardless, if Alcatraz is a world in this multiverse, then the other worlds are either completely under Librarian or Librarian equivalent control, which wouldn’t add up in worlds like Reckoners and Skyward for different reasons, or Alcatraz is a world far more open, but the Librarians are tying it down to appear more like the others. The magic systems is a completely other topic as well in how they might all connect… hmmm, I probably sound like a crazy connect the dots type of guy right now. I’m actually gonna try developing a proper network graph of how it all might work now.

@jonas

True, but being for a younger audience doesn’t make rebels not star wars cannon for example. And Cecil G. Bagsworth is in it, so while it may be purely an easter egg, I think there are ways of making it work. That being said, there are definitely some non-Cosmere books that are going to be their own thing, like Infinity Blade.