White sands definitely got hurt by the medium. Art just costs too much to make them as long as sanderson needs them to be to write the story well.

I was shocked when I was reading white sand and realized “Duchess Khrissalla” was THE Khris. It feels weird to see a recurring cosmere character in a visual medium. I wonder how she’ll react if her home planet becomes a galactic threat? Will she finally take an active role in the main narrative?

Having to choose between hilarious cosmere comedy and serious cosmere deep dives is a problem I am willing to accept. Love the channel and hope it grows! I'm not sure what would get you the most views but I will binge anything you post similar to this type of video.

Gotta say after reading TLM I really want to see a cyberpunk brutalist Taldain.

I listened to White Sand with Graphic Audio and that greatly improved the experience. I hope Brandon and Dan revisit the tale in prose form.

I honestly think the graphic audio is the best way to experience white sand. It’s a ton of fun

It definitely feels like Autonomy is going to be a major player in the space age of the Cosmere. It seems like she has already carved out a decent number of planets for herself at the point we are in the timeline. of the shards we know of, she has a presence on by far the most different planets. I believe there are also a couple of WoBs that imply she may have been allied with Odium at one point. On top of that there is a very popular theory that she is related to Mistborn Era 2’s Trell. Regardless of the tech level of Taldain, it seems like she is getting in early on interplanetary interference.

You have some very interesting and totally viable theories, so yeah, it's a food format! Just don't forget about the scetches, esp. the cosmere ones, because they bring a lot of people to your channel and you're just too good at them

Bro I haven't read Elantris but the audiobooks for this are INSANE

This video kicked ass, please make more along these lines. As a Cosmere superfan and avid theorist I enjoyed it. You also have a great voice for an audiovisual medium.

Loved the video and the theory, I would really like more stuff like this! Also great narration

This is stellar stuff. Sharing with the few friends I have that understand me cosmere-wise. The music, the vibes, the way you showed the WOBs on-screen for us pause-and-readers, it was all really well done. Fantastic work!

A theory about Autonomy. I may be going out on a limb here, but here goes: In MB secret history, when Kelsier and Khriss meet, Kelsier asks if Khriss can help Kelsier stop Ruin, and Khriss replies something like "we don't have the resources to stop a shard right now". This implies that somewhere, someone has developed a way to counter a shark's power. What if the people of Taldain figured that way out, and Autonomy's goal is to stop the wider cosmere from figuring this out. This is just an idea, but if you are right in that the people of Taldain are aware/ruled by Autonomy, they might want to be able to stop her, if the need arises. Maybe I am spitballing, but that is just an idea I came up with while watching. By the way, great content. Very funny! Edit: yes, I am aware that I mistyped shard as shark, but it's funny so I'll keep it lol.

This recommended to me this week made me chuckle. Nice video

Also, it seems that Trell, the villainous "God" of Mistborn Era II, is trying to sabotage the development of Scadrial. I'm not entirely sure about this, but we'll all find out tomorrow in The Lost Metal.

I really enjoyed your lines of thinking! I've been keeping rough tabs on what the fandom's theories and ideas are since I read the Cosmere a few years ago, and this lines up with basically everything I've heard so far. Three things to bear in mind: Firstly, I ordered a copy of the White Sand Omnibus edition which was done in a kickstarter several months ago. This isn't available to be ordered anymore as far as I'm aware, but should hopefully help with some of those pacing issues you mentioned (and which I agree with). Secondly, I think it is bold to assume that noone at all has managed to visit Taldain since Bavadin restricted access, since we regularly see incredibly powerful and knowledgeable individuals and groups getting fooled by several people (Hoid obviously being the worst offender). this is just a nitpick and probably not hugely relevant, but hey ho. Finally, it has been confirmed that Autonomy has / had some kind of alliance / agreement / pact with Odium. I think this was in a WoB somewhere, but also possibly mentioned in the SA epigraphs maybe. Anyway, I am extremely excited to see how this will turn out after Odium's... change in management... shall we say in RoW. Anyway, great video!!

As far as I know, it is still possible to get the prose-version of White Sand from17th shard for free. It is sowewhat unpolished, as it did not go through the usual revision cycle, but brandon says it is the most readable of his pre-publication stories and I did enjoy it quite a lot.

Just found your channel today. I've been looking for a good cosmere discussion and theory channel. Great work man!

Interesting stuff. One thing to consider is that there is a shard called Invention that we know nothing about... If they are on a world with people, I assume they would have a lot of advanced tech.

The white sand graphic novels were an interesting but failed experiment in my opinion. I recently started reading the prose version from the Branderson newsletter and it felt a bit like a revelation like: "ah so this is what they tried to do", some world building, characterisation and magic system intricacies just got lost in translation in between mediums. A shame, because I think the White Sand world has so many cool ideas and implications for the cosmere as a whole. Loved the video, listening to cosmere theories is always fun and I actually learned something as well, I either didn't know or had forgotten that Taldain was closed off from the rest of the cosmere. By the way, are you aware that the white sand graphic novels had a change in artists for the third volume? I found the change in art style quite jarring, nothing wrong with either art style, but they are quite distinct, making the third volume feel different from the other two.

Not only that, but I'm pretty sure that when Kenton is recovering from running the path and slaying the sand beast, there was a radio like machine on the bed behind him. It looked an awful lot like a 1980s type radio and it was really big

Interested to see your thoughts on this after reading The Lost Metal.

Yes, plz keep making Cosmere theory vids.

"I apologize in advance because I'm about to go really deep into this" That's why I'm here

Yooo you saw it coming! You should add #mistborn to your tags now

The group of beings that shattered Adonalsium were wrong to think they could handle the Shards. The Shards are in control not the beings that were invested by the Shard as evidenced by Sazed or Ati who were a direct example of how little the vessel influences the power. The Cosmere is a mess. Hopefully, Hoid’s plan will work to help fix what is wrong.

I love these because you are contemplative...Would love more!!

I really like White Sands. It's very different of course just because of the form. Still enjoyed it.

Try the graphic audio adaptation of white sand. It helped fill in a lot of the gaps

You should be able to sign up for the his news letter on his website. There should be a link included when the news letter is sent out in order to request the unpublished prose version. If the link isn't in the letter, you may just be able to toss them an email. Some things have changed in the graphic novel, but having not read it, I'm not sure what. It's definitely worth the look if you are so inclined. Also, if you are up for it, you should be able to request Aether of Night unpublished novel from 17th Shard message boards.

Interesting stuff!! I’m a huge Cosmere fan, but I haven’t ever gotten around to White Sand, namely because of the lukewarm reaction from a lot of fans. Still really appreciate the attention you’re giving it tho! As for more theory videos, where do you think you’d dig into next? (I’d love to hear your thoughts and theories about Lost Metal!)

Considering TLM [Spoilers] It seems like maybe Autonomy is using Trell as a way to get control of one of the shardworlds most likely to develop space travel so she can stop it there too.

Cool theory. Creates some interesting thoughts.

As I'm still catching up on Cosmere, I will respectfully skip this video for now, but still like and comment for that sweet sweet algorithm.

This was really cool

What's the name of the background music used in the video? It was great for setting the mood on how potentially dangerous Taldain could be in the Cosmere

6:45 I figured she just turned off the Perpendicularity.

You were so spot on

I think this was better than most of your skits

Yes love theory videos

Lol you nailed it! That's pretty cool

I would be more scared of Braize, the one that odium rules, as he's the worst of all the shards

Was just reading Arcanum Unbound and got here yesterday XD

I think Lost Metal confirmed that...

White Sands was a neat concept, but I feel like it would have been better as a novel instead of a graphics novel. You're right, the pacing was wierd and I also felt like it was in fast-forward. I didn't feel ANY connection to any character, but the world-building aspect was awesome. I've read all three back-to-back 2 years ago, and I literally forgot that Autonomy was the shard there. So, I guess take that as an indicator to show how meh it is. Not as meh as the Rithmatist though, that one I couldn't even finish lol.

Everytime I read or watch something about the cosmere I am left wondering where all this information is coming from. I have read most of the cosmere books and I always end up on multiple coppermind pages about stuff I never heard about... For some things it makes sense as you would really only notice them after rereading some books. I did not realize the Khriss in Secret History was Khrissala, at the time I had not yet read White Sands. Or the fact that autonomys vessel is also known as Bavadin (I attribute that to my bad memory for names) But there is just so much stuff I just did not see at all. Like the fact that the Shard Autonomy is apperently invested in one of the Suns there... makes some sense in hindsight but I did not even thinkt to consider the possibility (Not sure if this is a spoiler or not since it does not directly come from the books) Sometimes I feel like even though i read (almost) all the books I am still being left out of some grander story Does anyone else feel like this or is it just me?

I read the first two books of white sand I like it though. Enjoy the esthetics and the world

impressed you made this video before TLM o_o

Nice

would be sick if Taldain is the endgame adversary

I’ve been living under the assumption that the space between planets in the cognitive realm grows as people learn more about space. Anyone know if I’m an idiot, because I figured that would be a motive for someone somewhere to suppress technology for a while.

Now that I think about it does White Sand uses the same spores from Tress?

Haha, you pretty much nailed that theory.

Does our planet also have a isolationist shard? Is that why we haven't gone to the stars yet?

I like to think that this "stagnation on a sand planet" wss influenced by Dune

Do you reckon you'll do more of this type of video?

There is actually already a prose version of the graphic novel though I dont know if it's available. However, there are audiobook versions of them on audible and it's over 15 hours of content. Very enjoyable read/listen lol. But the story is standalone and doesn't really have an influence on the overall cosmere. Only reason to read it aside from just wanting more cosmere books is to learn more about khriss.

This video should have waited until Lost Metal was out before being posted...

The graphic audio book is way more detailed and imo better than the graphic novel. They had access to the source material of the graphic novel and is much more detailed. Tons more about Khriss and none of it is in the coppermind yet.

Dude I already am

What if the star system itself prevents space travel. Its two stars that have locked the planet in place which would have Huge gravitational and radiation effects on anything that leaves the planet within its safe bubble of space

SPOILERS for Lost Metal::::::: Maybe she has an army of gold and red to keep them from going to space 🤔

Your theory sounds logical to me, a hoid fanboy who hates Rayse and bavadin cuz hoid hates em.

Look at this guy joking about the Copper mind then making a video like this XD

I think you were on to something here

did you get my Autonomy isolated Taldain timeline wob in here (edit: nope)

My guy... Spoiler. I've lost track of time. Was this released before The Lost Metal?

I have no interest in reading comics, so I have also completely skipped White Sand.

there is no theory here, this is just the truth

What are you talking... Do you know about Threnody planet? Shards fought there and what they left behind were destructive and volatile creatures... You could even get kill if there is a new small campfire

Im sorry, white sand is MALIGNED by cosmere fans?! Why?!

White Sand is the most boring story in the Cosmere in my opinion. I wouldn't want a prose version that just takes longer to get through lol