#sixth of the dusk

[onlycosmere]

[lamaery]

2 - Hunter 

I don’t thinking ever made something for Sixth of the Dusk. But his story and profession as a trapper fits the prompt, so here we are. It was nice to reread the story yesterday.

[tygertyger137]

Makes me sad that all the deaths and the large time frame that the Cosmere takes place on prevents a proper crossover.

If Dalinar had known Tindwyl all of Oathbringer would be 2 chapters bc the coalition of monarchs would have no choice but to listen to her

Imagine Mistborn and Windrunners flying around, showing the other the intricacies of how their flight works

Adolin, Elend, and Raoden would be the triumvirate of Good Boys while their slightly insane wives could get together and have tea or smthn

Lightsong and Wayne will never get to compete for title of Most Insufferable

Imagine Hrathen learning of the shards and varying religions of the Cosmere and having another crisis of faith

Imagine introducing Scadrians and Rosharans to Nalthis, a place that has Good Plants and Nature

Steris and Renarin bond over being autistic in a world that is hard to navigate even when you’re neurotypical

Combining fabrials and allomancy to give Mistborn a new type of flight

Syl being drawn to Vin for how similar she is to Kal (read: grumbly with a severe case of rbf)

Vin showing off her koloss sword to shardbearers

Rosharans seeing aviar and losing their minds over the variety of chickens

Rosharans seeing any animal that isn’t a crab or slug and losing their minds

[cosmerelists]

If Cosmere characters had mundane hobbies...

And by “mundane” I just mean “non-extreme” (aka, no base jumping, no paragliding); we’re talking, like, doing puzzles or going for a pleasant hike. If all these hobbies existed and Cosmere characters weren’t busy fending for their lives all the time, what might they get up to?

1. Szeth: Frisbee golf

We already know that Szeth is great at paintball; I just feel like he’d be weirdly good at frisbee golf as well.

2. Renarin: Speed Rubik’s Cube

Renarin likes to fiddle and have something for his hands to do--I think solving a Rubik’s Cube would be fun for him. And I threw in “speed” (aka, trying to do it as fast as possible) because Renarin loves to jump into things wholeheartedly.

3. Kaladin: Indoor Rock Climbing

Kaladin has already gone rock climbing in two books--he makes his own rock wall in the chasms in Book 1 and climbs down Urithiru in Book 4. He even knows that he should be using “rock dust” for his hands. I think some nice, non-extreme, indoor rock climbing would be good for Kaladin. Bonus: he’s not afraid of heights!

4. Shai: Stamp Collecting

(I’m sorry)

5. Eshonai: Hiking

Eshonai loves to go out into the woods and explore, see new places and people and things. I can see her getting into hiking.

6. Raoden: Coding

Before he even had powers, Raoden already liked to memorize Aons--and from what I understand, AonDor is basically coding. 

7. Tien: Rock Collecting

I mean, this is literally just canon. I have to imagine that he’d also enjoy whittling since that is again, simply canon. 

8. Shallan: Crochet

Okay, so Shallan does already have hobbies in canon: like drawing, for example. But I think she’d also enjoy crochet--all those patterns coming together, her Spren humming excitedly...

9. Adolin: Sewing

Even while trapped in Shadesmar, Adolin is able to sew himself a new outfit. If he had time and materials, he could definitely make some cool clothing. 

10. Mare: Gardening

I mean, she loves flowers. If she were alive when her planet could support flowers, I think she’d love to grow some.

11. Sixth of the Dusk: Birdwatching

If he wasn’t, you know, desperately trying to survive at all times, I feel like Sixth of the Dusk might enjoy some nice, relaxed birdwatching. 

12. Wax: Puzzling

Normally Wax is putting together the pieces of deadly mysteries that will impact the fate of his planet. Maybe he’d find it a nice change of pace to just put together colorful cardboard instead!

13. Rysn: Extreme Couponing

Listen, Rysn once leapt off of a cliff to talk to a god to make a deal. Clipping coupons would at least have the advantage of being safer than that, no matter how “extreme” she gets.

14. Rlain: Amateur Radio

Amateur radio tends to use morse code, which is a form of communication Rlain might find comfortingly rhythmic. Plus, amateur radio lets you connect with people, but no one can see you or judge you for being a crab person. 

15. Vin: Parkour

Even without powers, I can see Vin running across buildings and climbing things she’s not supposed to climb. I think she’d have a good time.

16. Jasnah: Crossword puzzles

Yes, I am basically calling Jasnah a nerd here, but also, I think she’d probably really like crossword puzzles--knowing things, understanding obscure trivia, solving puzzles that aren’t about the end of the world...

17. Dalinar: Tunnelling

I dunno if this is just a Reddit phenomenon, but apparently some people just really like to dig long tunnels underground? And Dalinar sure had a great time digging out that latrine that one time. Perhaps that was a sign that his true love is burrowing deep, deep underground.

18. Taravangian: Fantasy Football

I don’t know a whole lot about Fantasy Football, but I believe it involves creating your own imaginary team of players and then using their actual, real-life performance to get points. So you have to be good at predicting how people will act, skilled at long-term planning, and have a deep desire to win. It’s like Taravangian’s diagram, only nobody (hopefully) dies!

[lalapineblanche]

Spoilers for Secret Project 3

I think it’s really interesting that as we see the Cosmere progress, there is a consistent theme popping up of the inherent threats imposed by machines, and the recurrence of the man v technology / nature v technology archetypes.

In 6th of the dusk the ones above who come bearing technology only offer it for nefarious reasons, and are trying to steal/study/coopt the avian magic that exists naturally.

In the Stormlight Archive the subplot of artifabrian-made shards poses a question of whether or not it is safe & morally right to bring into existence artificial shardplate and shardblades.

In Yumi and the Nightmare Painter the machine created by the scholars was what brought about the collapse of Torish society.

I’m sure there’s some examples that I’m missing, and probably some contradicting events, but it’s intriguing to me that as much as Cosmere societies want to advance, every time they go too far with technology it comes back to bite them in the ass. Certainly it carries a lot of parallels to our world nowadays, in which we must find and hold the line between automated convenience and the nullification of human involvement in…everything really. And it begs the question of how much can we do in pursuit of knowledge and improvement before we risk destroying the everyday magic that we already have accessible to us.

[ybabflow]

Best Cosmere Protagonist #6

[too-many-blorbos]

Me, reading Sixth of the Dusk: *pictures Sixth as a scrunkly bearded man in rags, like Robin Williams in Jumanji*

The Coppermind Wiki:

[off-brand-adorabbit]

FUCK YES WE ARE SO BACK. SIXTH OF THE DUSK FANS WE ARE WINNING

[l3st1b0urn3s-707]

SECRET PROYECT 5 US GOING TO BE A SIXTH OF THE DUSK SEQUEL!!!! I'm so happy, I loved that short story so much. It's going to be awesome.

[onlycosmere]

by JasnahKohen

[lamaery]

Shard Roller Disco: Autonomy (she is just messing around in too many systems by now...) Music? eeerr, let's go classic Funky Town by Lipps Inc.

More Shard Roller Disco AU: Roshar Nalthis Sel and Scadrial Scadrial 2 Threnody Roshar 2 (row spoilers) Roshar 3 Bonus Dawnshard (spoilers)

[chaos-monkeyy]

In all seriousness though, I'm getting to the very end of my second read-through of Tress, and I'm really starting to wonder if Hoid is telling the story to someone on Sixth of the Dusk's planet

[portuguesedisaster]

Ah, the dangers of a race to knowledge. The human can never leave something alone, can he?

[psi0nics]

Sixth of the Dusk

My second dip into Inktober, a prompt from the second day of Cosmeretober