TheArcaneAxiom

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I just finished Elantris. I don’t have much thought on the story at the moment, except that it was relatively mediocre. I feel like a lot of it has been done better in his later books. For instance, Raoden’s plot line was very similar to Kaladin’s in WoK, but I didn’t find Raoden as interesting of a character.

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Mars hill, somewhere in Acts, where…hold on, let me get the reference…
Acts 17:22-31

22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the [a]Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; 23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this…

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Put that way…XD Anselm would probably never win a debate on Mars hill!

Okay, a logos argument for God…I’ve heard this one but I forget who exactly said…

The infinity of math is so great that no human mind can conceive it.

If no intelligent human mind can conceive it, then no unintelligent force could conceive it either

If…

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it proves that a god exists. While you and I know that there is only ONE God, and the rest come from human imagination, to an unbeliever, that argument still only proves there is a god. There is some supreme power that is “greatest conceivable being” by that logical statement, but it doesn’t not logically prove that that being i…[Read more]

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Okay…I think I get it…That would be fun to discus, I just dk how to start one.

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Hi Arcane Axiom! Nice to meet you!

For trope preferences, I think I’m pretty basic 😂. I like enemies to lovers the most, grumpy x sunshine is my favorite. I’m actually not a huge fan of love triangles, but I have nothing against them. Not sure if this is basic or not, but I enjoy the occasional age gap (as long as it’s nothi…[Read more]

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What are ontological arguments?

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Wouldn’t presence make both phase though? It’s extra-dimensional space, but it’s still a directional vector, unless I’m thinking about your idea of in-between planes wrong. It could still be rationalized I guess even then, just having a restricted spatial influence, just like 3d spatial restriction.

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I’d rather not be called that :>

Yes in a different shape, it’s more of two tubes that orbit over the shoulder in a X shape… it’s kinda weird :I

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I have so many, but here is one that I can think of… one of my characters uses compressed gas that orbits around him, as a way to take out his enemies.

Kinda hard but if that works then great!

No, it is not unfair.  (In my opinion)

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Didn’t Hoid give Kelsier a good beating? Unless that doesn’t count, since He’s a cognitive shadow.

Yep, it didn’t count. Hoid said that Kelsier’s mind fabricated the pain that he should feel, and so he isn’t actually hurting him.

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I’m just wondering who held the other Dawnshard you were talking about.

Oh, that. Hoid used to have a Dawnshard. I don’t remember where that is stated, though. That’s why he can’t hurt people. His dawnshard is characterized as being “diametrically opposed to harm.” That really sounds like the Survive dawnshard to me.

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Oh wait, you mean the orb that Kelsier used to take the shard of Preservation? I think that was some sort of invention by those people he stole it from. I don’t think it has anything to do with a Dawnshard. The only thing I referenced from SH was the line where Leras says “SURVIVE” in all caps. Let me find where that is.

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Wait, what orb?

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Yeah, Invested Art is basically the in-universe term for magic system. I haven’t read LM either. I think Harmony was talking about having a difficult time acting due to the conflicting intents in the other WaW books.

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Ello!

I try for hard worldbulding.

Well it’s based around a battle in a land called Extroit… it’s supposed to be intense… but I don’t know.

You know, I don’t really have one that’s a hard one, I like everyone and every part pretty much!

Bruh…What?

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Yeah it seems that the dawnshards are nearly, or possibly completely, useless on their own. It also seems to be implied that they could be used to supercharge invested arts somehow.

We know that they were used to shatter Adonalsium in the first place, but since they seem to do nothing without investiture, they must have also used…[Read more]

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Just looking at Fusion, destruction, amplification, and dynamism, I feel like there’s much potential interaction. I think there’s a whole lot of interesting you could do mechanically. Using destruction to precisely carve any kind of shape out of any kind of substance is nice, and that in tandem with pure fusion, connecting obj…

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This is my full dawnshards theory, if you’re interested. So, between Dawnshard (the book), Oathbringer, and Mistborn Secret History, I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out what three of the dawnshards are: Change, Unite, and Survive. (And I’ll note that other people came up with this before me, but there is a surpr…[Read more]

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No problem! I did post a lot of stuff here!

The main thing is do you think there is anything particular overpowered in this magic system? I don’t think any of the individual powers are particularly OP, and nobody can have more than one, but by having people team up, there might be some OP effects that could be achieved.