Kelsier: if you stab someone but it's consensual, is it morally okay or not? Sazed, sobbing: please stop asking me this

Something something Ati being as much of Ruin's puppet as Marsh was Ati's something something Harmony manipulating Wax just as Ruin(and Preservation) manipulated him something something the cycle of abuse

this is how shadows of self went right?

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Image of a white cat on a windowsill with open mouth. Text at the top right corner says "Father I crave violence"

On top of the cat is the word "MeLaan"

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Mistborn AU where Ruin is the protagonist and Preservation is the antagonist

Ati was able to control Ruin a little bit more, channeling its Intent to destroy things that harmed humanity. But Preservation still did not like this destruction. He would rather humanity be harmed, but not destroyed, so long as everything in the universe stays stable with all its processes working smoothly. In his mind, Ruin is messing with the natural order of things, so he locks Ruin up. Preservation in this AU is more stable, so he continues to affect things around Scadrial to keep everything The Same. But Ruin was still trying to get out. Alendi and all that stuff happens, but Preservation uses Rashek killing Alendi for his own goals, manipulating him to create an empire without change. It doesn’t matter if people suffer, so long as everything is The Same.

Flash forward to the books, and Ruin manages to get enough of his power into the world to infuse Kelsier with some of it (fun morally good destruction guy, Ruin loves him). Kelsier notices he has some weird powers that he shouldn’t have, and it excites him, but it also freaks him it since he has no idea where it comes from. Eventually, an Inquisitor “accidentally” spikes him so Ruin can speak to him, explaining his plans. Kelsier is excited because a god trying to kill The Lord Ruler? Awesome! So he works with Ruin to kill Rashek. He still dies in this AU but becomes a Cognitive Shadow with Ruin’s Investiture, not Preservation’s.

Ruin figures out that in order to stop Preservation, they *both* need to be destroyed, so most from here on out goes similar to canon, with Harmony/Discord being created. Vin still has to take the power of Preservation to defeat Ruin, which really pisses Kel off.

"But even still... things will change." "That is the nature of life, Mistress," Sazed said. "The world must change." - tFE chp. 29

Y'all... we all know about Brandon Sanderson's superb foreshadowing. I'm not sure if this conversation was meant to foreshadow Sazed's ascension at the end of the series, but it really stands out to me. Ruin is entropy, Ruin is change. Change certainly isn't of Preservation. And Vin - who is Preservation's planned successor - is very uncomfortable with change.

It's a subtle moment, but I love it so so much.

He what?!

I wonder if this happens during Era 3 or during the time skip. I'm guessing he does this as one of his final acts before fully becoming Discord so the Kandra don't have to be slaves of an evil God again

Sazed is a hypocrite.

Good.

People constantly rail on Sazed that he is a hypocrite in Era 2. I’ve seen people get genuinely angry about him, complaining that’s not how he was in Era 1. But like, it literally makes sense that he’s a hypocrite now. His entire being is a hypocrite. Literally 100% of him seeks to keep things the same and safe, and 100% of him seeks to see things destroyed. Thats how the Shards he holds works. The intents completely contradict. So if his whole being contradicts itself, he will obviously contradict himself on smaller matters.

Shard roller disco: Scadrial Part 2 Kelsier living his rockstar truth. Music? Murder On The Dancefloor by Sopie Ellis-Bextor. Obviously.

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

On the surface was his friend, the calm Terrisman. But he extended. He was the stone, city, the planet, and beyond.  And there was a darkness in him.

Painting a certain... rebellious terrisman.

i am asking politely for a marsh pov in era 3. also praying. and begging.

Harmony looked at him, "Waxillium?"

"Harmony?" Wax replied

"Where the FUCK are your morals?" The man asked

Sazed: how bad is the pain?

Vin: *wounded* it's not that bad

Sazed: don't lie to yourself

Vin: I'm not lying to myself I'm lying to you

"We're gonna have to kill this guy Waxillum, i think" Harmony said through the piercing

"Damn" Wax muttered under his breath

So, in the Mistborn podcast I'm watching they're talking about chapter 8. In that chapter it has the epigraph about Discord ("His name shall be Discord, yet they shall love him for it.") and it's the same chapter that Sazed is introduced. I'm pretty sure a lot of people have pointed this out already but what I noticed when listening to this podcast is that this chapter also introduces the Mistwraiths.

The reason that I found this so interesting is because in Tress it's mentioned that Sazed released the kandra and because of that they were allowed to roam the cosmere free. So, I wonder if this is foreshadowing that the kandra will have something to do with discord and releasing them will do something.

Is it just me or is the Sazed/Harmony arc just the fucking best? This man spent his life revering religion. Had a rock bottom denounced them, then becomes a God. But fun twist, as God he can't do a fucking thing bc the two God bits he holds never agree so he's psychologically paralyzed for eternity. Like I don't think we talk about that shit enough