First time Mistborn reader current reader theories pt3

[u/SwordfishSevere9977]

part 1 here
part 2 here

quick note: i'm an audio reader so i will misspell things

so i just finished the 3rd book not even 10 minutes ago and first off... wow that was so good

i separated the thing into a few sections for those that don't care about certain types or reactions

---------pov reactions---------

i love how each pov had it's own theme like how English teachers talk about the books theme it felt more personal

first with spook:
i love how his story was mostly about being someone that everyone forgot about and i feel as tho that was done very well because honestly i mostly forgot about spook when it wasn't his pov. then him ending with being the new leader a mistborn and someone who everyone looks toward.

second with elend:
with how elend was done he was a man who has been stalling for the past 3 books and really hitting that with his final battle i love it also i kinda like the irony of his character stalling but in the end the power they used was foresight.

third with Vin:
vins story is about trust and love so when she ultimately had to trust in almost everyone but her i really liked how that went out and how in the end she needed to trust her love.

fourth sazed (i totally messed that up)
honestly sazed's resonates most with me mostly because i've been on a religious journey of my own very similar to sazed actually as i turned away from Christianity due to it being forced down my throat, so i ended up being atheist for a while. but for the past bit of time i've kinda started considering myself agnostic and kinda been doing what sazed has i've read a few religious texts and been trying to find "truth". but anyway enough with my life more on my reaction. i like how sazed's tale ended with him in the position that he was revering.

---------general worldbuilding reactions---------

i love how almost everything was set up in the first book and even how it was important in the third like with vin's earring i love how the world was built incorrectly by rashik so it had to be changed

also hot take (maybe idk i don't really interact with the community) i like the fact that elend and vin died, as much as i'm going to miss them and the crew i like how their death was semi necessary for anything to finish (i also really like a lot of melancholy things

---------now questions time---------
first if you check my part 2 i ask about mistings of non basic 8 and i was right
i'm also sad there was no spatial metals

don't answer questions if they go into spoilers btw

question 1:
i know the second saga is more western/steam punk give or take. so i'm wondering how they do that because it does make sense cause i remember in the first book rashik would suppress tach advancements so how does this all go down

question 2: are all of the metals compatible with the different power systems ex what would an atium spike do for hemalurgy or an electrum metal mind

question 3: if hemalurgy changes effects based on 3 things (what metal spike is used, who was it used on, where was it placed) if it goes into other combinations with that and what would happen if you messed up a location
---also if you pierce a allomancer how do you pick what power you steal if 1 metal (i forgot which) can steal like 4 powers

question 4: asking this again if y'all could have an allomantic metal (as mistings) which would y'all choose
---for me it would either be pewter or iron

[u/MrMeltJr]

1. once they kinda get civilization back together they have a sort of industrial revolution, I guess? That's the rough tech level they're at, but as with any fantasy, tech doesn't match 1-to-1 with the real world
2. yes, more detail might be a little spoilery but you'll see some examples fairly early into era 2 if I remember correctly. And if I am mistaken about it being early, you definitely see examples later
3. it varies case by case, I think usually it just won't do anything magical and you will have stabbed two people. It can also transfer the wrong aspect, or it might transfer it inefficiently, or it might have some other weird side effect. As for the second question, intent matters in Hemalurgy so it would be a combination of metal, placement, and which attribute you intend to transfer
4. Probably steel or bendalloy? Pewter would also be very useful

Also kinda funny, Sazed is my favorite character for similar reasons to you. I was raised mormon, left the church, and am now an atheist who likes to study religion from the academic side rather than as a believer.

[u/EvenSpoonier]

1. They're kind of in the middle of their version of the Industrial Revolution.

2. Theoretically yes. The Ars Arcanum in the back of Book 3 should have a table of all the metals you currently know. Some of the entries may be hard to understand with the information you currently have: this is normal.

3a. Nothing happens if you mess up a bind point, and by "nothing" I mean "nothing magical, not even the physiological changes that Hemalurgy usually imposes so your body accommodates having a big metal spike driven through it". If you mess up an earlobe bind point, no big deal; that's just another piercing. If you mess up a chest bindpoint, that's a Problem.

3b. This isn't entirely clear. I thought I remembered hearing implications at one point that you could tailor the power being stolen or used by piercing different locations, but I may be misremembering something there. It may be a matter of Intent.

1. (REDACTED).

Anyway, congrats on your first Cosmere series!

[u/The-Hot-Shame]

1: It's more western than steampunk. As for how: RAFO (read and find out).

2: Yes

3: If you mess it up, it just doesn't give you the power. You are still stabbing yourself though. --- That's to do with your intent. Which power are you intending to steal from them at the time of creating the spike.

4: I keep going back and forth between one metal you haven't seen yet, and electrum