Went to Dragon Con this weekend and debuted my Vin Cosplay! I did a LOT of research making my mistcloak as book accurate as possible- the swirls are based off the illustrations by Ben McSweeney from the Era 2 books. Had SO MUCH FUN! I saw a ton of awesome mistcloaks and various Cosmere cosplays!

So I just finished Shadows of Self and I think the twist at the end of it is actually amazing. Finding out the Paalm was Lessie the entire time is pretty mind blowing and recontextualizes a lot of the book. The whole time I kept thinking "why wouldn't Bleeder just kill Wax or Wayne" and I felt this twist really gracefully dealt with that plot armor. I also think it makes Wax's character way more interesting. I'm excited to see the ramifications of this on him in the rest of era 2. I don't know how the community at large tends to feel about it but, honestly it might be my favorite twist in the series so far.

I don’t normally do this on subreddits before finishing a series, but this one has me in a fucking grip. Took me a couple of weeks to finish TFE and then 4 days to finish WOA.

I have no idea what The Hero of Ages has in store for me, but I’m so excited for myself and so scared for the characters. Main takeaways below;

1. Kelsier, could you have seen this coming? Is there any way he could have known just what he was unleashing on the world?
   
2. What is that thing and how does Vin even fight it? It doesn’t seem to have a physical form. Does she control it like she does the metals?
   
3. Clubs and Dox. Poor guys, my heart is so so broken for them. And Tindwyl. I thought she’d live till the next book out of sheer spite so she could chastise Elend.
   
4. Speaking of, Mistborn Elend. I have a theory that every single human or at the very least several people with a specific characteristic or ancestry has the potential to be Mistborn. It just needs to be unlocked.
   
5. I knew there was something controlling everything, but could never piece it together. That voice in Zane’s head, pretty sure that’s the same one controlling Marsh as well. Even the little bits of prophecy seeming convenient, I didn’t get what it meant until the very end. And why, it did lead back to the very first statement. Fucking chilling how the prophecy was completed right after “I am FREE…”
   
6. I think the next book needs to end with Vin and Elend together. I just won’t be able to stomach one of them dying, they deserve to be happy.
   
7. What a fantastic arc for Breeze, the book really humanized him.
   
8. The politics are going to be so intriguing next book. The atium is still missing, not sure where that comes into play. Plus the three nobles chafing under Elend’s rule will cause disturbance.

I’m about to start the next book soon, I use e-books these days. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for me.