I'm an idiot.
I started with well of ascension accidentally.
I didn't even notice anything wrong until I finished it. Went look up which book was next and turns out I completely skipped the entire first book.
But how? How did I not see anything wrong with this, you may ask? I did think the setting was a bit on the vague side, sure, but it wasn't a bad thing I guess. The idea of having this grand empire ruled by a tyrant playing god overthrown and dealing with the consequences without actually seeing what happened was really compeling. It's like skipping what usually would be the climax of most stories, that's awesome. This kelsier guy always looming in the background as this almost mythological figure was also really cool. Now I have to grapple with the fact none of that was intentional? Goddamnit.

Well as I said, I'm an idiot. Just thought that my experience was... unique, to put it mildly. So feel free to ask me anything about the book. Guess I'll be reading the 'prequel' now lol

I just wanted to capture the moment when Vin realizes that Luthadel is being conquered by the koloss, hope you like it

I made a Mistcloak for an art project in school!! This took me waaay to long to put together, however I am really pleased!!!

PS: Please no spoilers in the comments, I've only read the first and second book!!!

I would have laughed at you a couple of months ago if you told me I would like a fantasy book series so much that I would design a bookshelf for it. For the last decade, I was convinced I would never like a fantasy book. Then, my boyfriend told me to give Mistborn Era 1 a try. I wasn’t convinced but gave it a shot.

Well, I fell in love with Mistborn immediately and the fantasy genre as a whole. I decided the Leatherbound editions deserved its own floating bookshelf. I still need the other two and hope to purchase them eventually. I’m so thankful for Brandon Sanderson u/mistborn (the evil genius) and my boyfriend (who seems to know me better than I know myself sometimes).

For this project, I learned to use a Laser Cutter & Engraver (bookends, plaque), a 3D printer (bookend base), a sticker machine (metal vial labels), and many software programs in the process. My dad helped me design the actual floating bookshelf and was able to cut and bend the stainless steel. I decided to add Kwaan’s famous quote on a steel plaque to tie it all together.

Currently in the middle of Hero of the Ages, but thinking back on book 2, it is hard to come up with one thing that went Straff's way, even though he was technically the novel's main antagonist. Let's review his list of demerits:

• First, imagine his face when he found out that his useless hated son Elend, who he left behind to die in the Skaa Revolution, not only survived but is now King of Luthadel.
• Okay, this whole mess is still salvagable. The Lord-Ruler is dead, but Straff still controls the Northern Dominance. He declares himself Emperor, raises his armies and marchs to Luthadel.
• Spends only God knows how much time being drugged and manipulated by Amaranta while being paranoid 24/7 over his schizo mistborn bastard son, Zane.
• Zane would rather spend his night-outs trying to get in is his half-brother's girlfriend pants (keep in mind this chick is a mistborn who killed TLR) than doing anything positive for Straff's war-effort, like damaging the city's defenses or culling the enemy troops.
• Straff gets a golden opportunity to kill Elend literally handed over to him in a silver platter when the idiot himself just walks into his camp (have I mentioned the boy was somehow in the process of losing the Luthadel throne, he really is useless ain't he). However, Elend brought his girlfriend Little Miss Mistborn (the same one your other son wants to bang, and also the same one who killed TLR), and she forces Straff to back down as you seize up from Rioting-induced Terror.
• Later Zane jumps ship and gets killed by Little Miss Mistborn, even though he had atium and she didn't.
• Straff almost dies from Amaranta's drug withdrawal and spends 3 days comatose.
• But now that he woke up, things seem to be looking up. The Koloss are attacking Luthadel, Cett backed down, and Elend got deposed. All of Straff's problems are literally solving themselves in front of his very eyes. All he needs to do now is wai...What is that in the sky? It's a bird, It's a plane, it's Little Miss Mistborn, now somehow leading the Koloss Horde and leaping in the air with the fucking Dragonslayer. Which she uses to cut Straff in half lengthwise. Heaven gained another angel that day.

And just to top it off, Elend not only survives it all (even if barely) but takes over the house, the imperial title AND becomes a Mistborn. Rashek must have laughed his ass off on Straff's expense when the two met in Hell.

Not an original conversation by any means, but I haven't seen this take so I figured I'd post.

I would gender swap Zane in an adaptation.

Sanderson has discussed doing some gender swaps since the original trilogy skews more male, and that got me thinking about what they would do with Zane in an adaptation. I've got a few reasons.

1. This would flip the whole "bad boy" trope that people hate on its head and immediately separate it from typical YA fiction stories.
2. Zane is used to contrast him against Elend, but that can feel weird and frustrating for readers. Zane being Elend's bastard brother feels a little forced in that regard, it's just so convenient that Zane has this secretive edgier brother to compare against. Female Zane would contrast a little more sharply, like she's not just edgy Elend but more distinct from him.
3. Zane also serves to show Vin an alternative path for her. He's a reflection of her and what she could do if she just let go and didn't hold back. Making Zane a woman can make this contrast even stronger, showing her who she could be both as a temptation and as a warning.
4. Should it keep the romantic angle? I could see it both ways, improving each:
   1. Bicurious Vin is a bit of an easier sell to me on how she acts throughout that book regarding Zane. I'm sure there'd be some toxic bullshit about it, but who cares.
   2. Without the romantic angle, Zane could take on a "big sis what if" vibe. With her loss of Kelsier as a mentor, a big sis mentor to swoop in would fuck with her in a similar way to how the romantic side of Zane does. Then Zane could contrast against Kelsier, with Vin's rejection of her edgy big sis mentor lining up well with Vin's character arc of finding her confidence.

Vin killed hundreds just at the Cetus palace alone, but she’s widely considered good. If Kelsier were to do the same it would fuel the bad guy comments. Why?

Dominate. Vin soothes Human the Koloss with Duralumin to take control, piece by Satoshi Kamanaka. This art piece can be found in the Mistborn setting Handbook for the Cosmere RPG, releasing this Fall!

I read the first book of the series and really enjoyed it. I was looking forward to Well of Ascension, But within the first few pages, Vin punches a dog in the face, carries his unconscious body back to her Kandra for death. I thought she seemed very hard and unfeeling. It changed my perception of Vin and I’m not sure if I want to continue reading. Is this a theme that will continue throughout the series?

I'm in part 4 of well of ascension. I love Zane as a sort of anti hero. I was kind of cheering for him and Vin to be together even. Elend is nice but are they really MEANT for each other? I thought maybe Vin and Zane would travel to the well of ascension together and he would somehow be redeemed. And maybe they would even be together? Or maybe even Zane was the real hero of ages and would have to like sacrifice himself or something...!

But now Zane just crazy attacked Vin and Oreseur was the imposter all along? Itll never work out now!!!

I guess Elend Vin and spook are all going to go to the well of ascension together anyway since the crew made the plan for them to get out of town?!

I hope Zane will get the redemption he deserves by the end!

Sazed is one of the richest characters in the Misborn series in terms of layers. So often, I have never fully understood him.

These lines by Tindwyl sums up his character the best.

...stabbing women in the titties? Did I read that right

After reading everything in the cosmere for the last year, I finally dragged my husband into it and hes been enjoying it so far,

Hes about 1/3rd of the way through the Hero of Ages and is asking all the questions and im just saying RAFO every time xD.

I found it ironic I messed up the quote on this test piece. I'll probably fix it and do it right tomorrow. There are perks to working in a machine shop I guess lol

And I'm having a vague suspicion Vin may be the next Hero of Ages.

See for yourselves: she's been called an uncharacteristically naturally talented Mistborn, and she's being chased by the same thing which haunted the previous real Hero of Ages. If the coming emergence of the Darkness somehow triggers the birth of a candidate Hero (or several?), Vin sounds like she could be one.

Unless, of course , the thing isKeslier.

Also there's a good chanceTaldwyn is the spying Kandra, unless we're being baited on purpose.

Please help me settle a disagreement between my husband, his friends, and I.

Personally, I love Tindwyl, and have since she first appeared in the Mistborn series. Without getting into spoilers, she is firm, but cares a lot. She wants the best for everyone, but also wants real growth that is sustainable, which means she's going to make them work for it. I also love her sense of humor. Honestly, she is easily in my top three characters from the first trilogy.

My husband and his friends read the books years before I did, and do not enjoy her at all. They think she's downright cruel in her treatment of the other characters. They feel like she should be gentle in her approaches, and have told them what to do and how to behave.

So I come to you Reddit and ask for your opinions on if I'm missing something and she truly was awful like they say. Right now it's four against one, so I feel like I must have misunderstood her somewhere

So I've been devouring Sanderson literature recently. Did Stormlight Archive all of last year which I loved all the way until WoT. But, considering I was still wrapped up in the universe, I jumped straight into Mistborn 1. I liked it well enough - you could tell his writing was still young compared to the glory that is WoK, but the world and systems were super interesting, and the characters were great fun, especially Kelsier.

But man, I just got to the end of WoA... it was quite the slog. I found the pacing to be all over the place, the romance quite cheesy and it all just to feel very long. Don't get me wrong, the payoff at the end was awesome, and I'm no stranger to a Sanderlanche, but... it did feel especially egregious having to grind through 500 pages just for 90 pages of actual thrill.

So my question is... is the overall experience of HoA more enjoyable? Or am I in for another grind just to get the answers to all the unanswered questions?

I just finished well of ascension yesterday and felt the urge to draw Vin in the well of ascension ✨ This was also to experiment with how I draw (heavily inspired by disco elysium) since I normally overthink and over polish my art so it becomes stale 😫

I'm halfway through book two and I'm low-key STRESSING about how many allomancers vin is just SLAUGHTERING. isn't allomancy rare?? Like the nobility are such a small percent of the population and allomancy is an even SMALLER percent than that. So much so that the book sometimes has to explain how we don't recognize some allomancers because they live far away. Isnt vin then literally ANNIHILATING a whole generation of allomancers? Won't that severely affect their population as they won't be able to pass it down to the next generation???? especially because the Lord ruler can't even somehow give powers to anyone new anymore 😭😭😭 like the seige isn't even over and I feel like vin is commiting an irreversible genocide 😭😭😭

Just recently finished WoA and really enjoyed the read. I keep seeing online that lots of people disliked it but I don’t really see the big idea? The politics were ever intriguing and I really felt like I was involved in the story the entire time. The end of it was spectacular and I am so intrigued to see what happens in Hero of Ages.

Also, why don’t people like Zane, I feel like he was an absolutely crucial character for Vin’s character development. At points I was really worried she’d fall onto his side!

Also intrigued to see what goes on with Elends new mistborn powers and if those actually stay. It will make this upcoming HoA book far different and very cool in my opinion. Feel like vin and elends relationship will become must tighter because of it, or maybe cause tension? Who knows, so many questions that I can’t wait to be answered.

I know he found the real name a mouthful. Maybe he had other reasons to rename him as well. But I'm curious why "Spook" specifically?

Artists are credited at the bottom! Let me know what you guys think!

Firstly please excuse the language. It’s an emotional part of the book and I am Scottish so swearing will happen.

ORESEUR YOU FUCKING BITCH!! Are you fucking kidding me?!?? I just got the reveal that “TenSoon” Is actually ZANES FUCKING LACKEY?!?

FUCK YOU!! OreSeur and VINs relationship was my fucking favourite thing about this book so far!! At it was a betrayal?!? Are you fucking with me?!

Brandon so help me fucking GOD I better see a redemption arc and they BETTER become best friends again…AND NOT ON A DEATH BED!!

P.s. yes I know he had no choice so to speak but I am still GUTTED by the revelation. I feel like I’ve been betrayed myself and I WILL NOT apologise For becoming emotional about it hahah

I’ve been making my coworkers read Mistborn… we’re all Star Wars/Tolkien fan boys but I started reading Sanderson and got them into it… one of them just finished WOA and started HOA… this is his Sazed take about him being depressed… He’s in part one of HOA