#they would be slice of life books

[burstbubbbles]

why don't we have book sitcoms i would read the shit out of those

[tunamayojazz]

a look into yuta and toge's couple dorm life

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[ultimateinferno]

Anyways. Finished Yumi atNP. The Realmatic theory wheels are turning so I'm doing a singular post vomiting my thoughts. Major spoilers. Not a book review.

So assuming the Machine (or even cosmere at large) didn't just schlorp most of Yumi's investiture upon its destruction, which is a valid assumption since she nearly died, she technically still is Very Fucking Invested. According to Design, Elantrian level.

Which side note, interesting how we got confirmation that Elantrians have more magic than Returned. The bastards have to die, see the future, come back and eat souls to persist, meanwhile the silver people just automatically get the cool shit with no maintenance. Making up for the 10 years a zombie, I guess. Is Endowment stingier than we thought?

This, honestly explains how Nikaro was able to bring her back with his painting given there's a direct correlation between the amount of investiture a cognitive shadow has and how long they persist upon death.

That does bring me to the thought of if the Machine's repeated amnesia prevented... let's go with the term Sprenification of Yumi's cognitive shadow. As Vasher explained to Kaladin, as cognitive shadows persist in time, they more they're made to embody core aspects of their Identity in order to survive. Yumi has been dead for 1700 years.

You can rationalize this as the Machine pruning her Cognitive development. Then again, her mastery of stacking (which honestly very fun talent, love that for her). I haven't read TLM (despite having it digitally), but it's been discussed that Kelsier may already be undergoing that process, and he's been dead for only <400 years, so 1700 is a lot.

If not, I wonder if Yumi is now immortal because she is (was?) more invested than a Returned. That does mean she might eventually undergo Sprenification, if it hasn't occurred already.

Speaking of, I like how... a lot of the magic is just... not really elaborated on. Unlike other Cosmere books, where their fight scenes live and die on how meticulous use of the magic by our protagonists, and Sanderson likes to stress that there is a correlation of an audience's understanding and narrative problem solving regarding magic. It's... a big reason why there was that pre-Sanderlanche exposition dump. I'm wondering if there was a better way to relegate that information.

Anyways, the pre-existing magic system's primary basis is built on the pre-existing foundation of Realmatics and Perception. Expectation and perception shapes outcome. If you image the Nightmare as bamboo, it is bamboo. If you shove the soul of a 19 year old highly invested yokihijo into the body of an art school drop out, shit dude, that's her's now. With the dissipation of the Shroud I'm curious as to how art can influence the world from there. Can paintings more readily dictate the shape of spirits, due to their similarities to the Nightmares? This magic system I think is the softest of the lot, and I actually find that pretty cool.

Lastly before I wrap this up, while Sanderson has introduced cosmere soceities inspired by non-european cultures, (on multiple planets, no less), it feels especially palpable with this setting. While Roshar is decidedly not European but it's also familiar enough that whitewashing is an active problem within fan spaces. Meanwhile, here, it's so in your face about being not European that people have no excuse (as if they had any to begin with), but maybe I'm too much of a weeb that catching details was easier for me than others. It's cool, though,, we get to see snapshots of the culture as it develops through time, which is only really exemplified in the Mistborn novels so far. Not really relevant to magic but a musing nonetheless.

[sing-you-fools]

as a reader, I always love the little moments in a book that aren't particularly connected to the plot, and sure they contribute to the characterization or development of a relationship but mostly they feel like a moment for the characters to breathe and exist and talk and feel and eat breakfast and whatever else needs to be done

as a writer I constantly need to remind myself that this does not mean I should describe every single moment in my characters' lives in excruciating detail

[quaranmine]

by the way do you remember at the beginning of september when i was sad because the libby audio book i wanted had like an eight week hold on it? anyway yeah i got the book AND I DONT EVEN LIKE IT

[belle--ofthebrawl]

I have a fun little dialogue idea but now I need a whole ass plot to beef it up because it deserves better than some cheeky little text post on Tumblr.

[gorbo-longstocking]

sorry to keep posting about my job but [farnsworth voice] great news everyone! im working significantly less hours next week (or according to the schedule i looked at five seconds ago its not up in the app yet) so ill be back on the writing grindset. my preferred grindset.

[nthflower]

KRAKOA IS A FUCKING TROPICAL ISLAND NATION AND WE STILL HAVE NO BEACH EPISODE ISSUE AND SWIMSUIT SPECIAL

[gifti3]

I really want that cat mug

[ofgentleresolve]

sometimes i wonder if i should change my mun fc to someone with a harder edge simply bc my muses have been diving more and more into a life of crime and i'm pretty sure to*hru would not approve of say, taking revenge. and stabbing ppl sjdklfsjldf :'D

[vieja-histerica]

I’d really like to know, what artistic mediums do y’alls life stories (up til now) would come in? And in what genre/movement/style? Try to be specific <3

[hartlow]

one of the hardest parts about writing for me is trying to find an external plot. like, i already know exactly how all of my characters' arcs go and how they face things to a t, but trying to find out how these emotions will actually be triggered through external circumstances, especially in a coming-of-age novel where you can't just have them fight monsters or something is extremely difficult

[livvyofthelake]

well i did all i could at this time. get ready this saturday to celebrate one of five possible ninth anniversaries of me starting city of bones! it’ll be like sophie sheridan celebrating father’s day, you know who’s to say which of the five days it was. in theory i could go out to my garage and maybe dig up an old planner or notebook from seventh grade, but i simply do not want to do that. it’s cold out there and i am tired and sad, and frankly, i probably didn’t save even one notebook from that year because as soon as i was old enough to choose what school stuff of mine my parents saved i was very into the mindset of just throwing all that shit away. didn’t save anything again until i was like 16. years have been lost due to a child’s disbelief in the importance of artifacts rip

[nateslehky]

it's genuinely so funny to me that i've published FOUR established relationship fics because i have always said i am not an established relationship girlie lmfao

[secrettreestuffidk]

we've all seen Incredible Violence performed to classical music

thoughts on a scene of Calm Meditative Tasks scored by heavy metal?

[cyberstabbing]

a guy from my uni class who i've been hanging out with apparently competes in street racing/drag race/idk events... i'm kind of tempted to join him in the car one night just to see what it's like. but for now i'm content with reading fanfiction and drinking tea, curled up in bed. finding a balance between cigarettes and tofu like gwyneth paltrow said. although on second thought, if i'm quoting gwyneth paltrow maybe i'm not in a sound state of mind