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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • I’m also listening to Well of Ascension, however this is my first time listening to the Mistborn series, as well as my first foray into Brandon Sanderson’s writing. I love the series so far.

    Without spoiling anything, I’m at the part where they’ve just introduced a very mentally ill character and I’m very curious to see how the author handles this subject matter later on. Interestingly enough, I have faith in him to be respectful with the character, which is a faith I wouldn’t afford many writers without prior evidence that they’d do the subject justice.

    Would recommend Mistborn to anyone who likes fantasy, complex magic systems (plural), in-depth worldbuilding, and engaging political drama.



  • Greed, the character from FMAB, has an interesting take on this concept. He extends the concept to call the idea of the heroes winning completely (i.e. they get their bodies back, defeat the bad guys, no one dies) to be a form of greed, and the idea of greed is independent of morality.

    You could call this unhelpful broadening of the concept of greed, but I think it’s an interesting reframing of something people usually think of very negatively.