How To Mistborn

A short guide to Mistborning as effectively as you can possible Mistborn. Because sometimes an Allomancer needs a little help, and no blond Chaotic Good mentors named Kelsier are available.
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Music: Theme for a One Handed Piano Concerto

[@Sycady]

How to be Mistborn: DO throw loads of money at everyone you don't like. DON'T eat aluminum.

[@kavlan453]

UNDERRATED COMMENT Mostly because of how absolutely outlandish it must sound to the people in this comment section who get it without context

[@barryallen2240]

@@kavlan453 Do eat atium

[@kv4648]

In Wax's case it's kinda true

[@guilherme832]

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

[@kakerake6018]

Hmmm I do love throwing money to mortally wound my enemies

[@TheUnspokenKibbles]

Being Mistborn: 10% metal-based magic, 90% *s t y l e*

[@j.m.w.5064]

I will believe you. Yet... these three book covers look like horrible, tacky, stiff, generic, run of the mill, loaded with self-importance, no fun, bullshit.

[@laurelkeeper]

@@j.m.w.5064 Read the books. I hereby give my personal pledge to refund your purchase thereof if you can convincingly categorize the contents of said books to meet at least 6 of the 8 criteria you have labeled above to your own satisfaction. You be the judge. Let me know what payment method you prefer.

[@j.m.w.5064]

@@laurelkeeper Hey. That is actually a nice challenge and I am willing to be positively surprised. I know what's happening since the covers of Terry Pratchett after the 90s are more than awful and don't do him justice. And my version of Dune is so hilariously ugly that I started to like it just for the sake of it. But I still can't help but dispair about those covers. And synopsis. They are the worst. Cheers!

[@kaladinstormblessed8790]

Devil may cry I N T E N S I F I E S

[@laurelkeeper]

@@j.m.w.5064 Did you/will you end up reading them?

[@brokeninfinityfilms]

This is the flimsiest excuse for prancing about in a Mistcloak I have ever seen and I LOVE it.

[@alexasnider1176]

this implies that you have seen solid excuses to prance around in mistcloak

[@MoonlitWyvern]

@@alexasnider1176 This implies you need an excuse for prancing about in a mistcloak

[@alexasnider1176]

@@MoonlitWyvern fair

[@wclark3196]

You mean the solidest justification for writing off the cost of a Mistcloak as a business expense.

[@brackcarmony6385]

@@wclark3196 Gotta exploit those tax breaks. They'd just siphon the funds to keep a ghost of a shell on life support to act as a figurehead.

[@sdstin]

I have no idea what the Mistborn are, but this video was absolutely lovely.

[@TheSmallzfry]

Mistborn is a fantasy series by Brandon Sanderson with a magic system revolving around ingesting metals to manipulate opposing forces. It's a great start to Sanderson, if you're a fantasy lover I absolutely recommend it!

[@alli_mode]

Same

[@ravens.frappuccino829]

Same here, I had no idea what these Mistborn people were but I thought the video was hilarious anyways.

[@Geejay412]

To all those who have no idea, please please read the books, Mistborn is amazing (and a really good introduction to the cosmere books)

[@sdstin]

Sempai noticed me!

[@laiaal.3324]

"Why, I'd say that we Mistborn are too proud not to be humble enough to go crawling about... in a dignified manner, of course." (literal quote of the book) Can't avoid thinking this sentence inspired most of the video and I love it

[@ali_exists1482]

that’s one of my favourite quotes

[@astrouphel]

"Kell, that didn't make any sense." "We Mistborn need not make sense."

[@segevstormlord3713]

@Nobody Kell agrees, and adds that he doesn't just SOUND magnificent.

[@theendlesslights]

And most importantly, don't just live. Instead, survive!

[@kavlan453]

You could make a religion out of this

[@catwhowalksbyhimself]

@@kavlan453 Also a multiversal criminal syndicate.

[@JLchevz]

and TRUST lol

[@RianeBane]

My depression @ me

[@davidraveh5966]

יש ישראלים כן

[@VoidicHerald]

To the disheartening number of people who are desperately lost, please give the books a try. They're a little campy, but the arcs are rewarding and the magic system is enthralling

[@tristanhaller8399]

From what I hear, if you can avoid follow-up questions, "The magic system is enthralling" is the way to fake your way through any conversation about any given Brandon Sanderson series.

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@tristanhaller8399 100% true

[@quietone610]

It sounds to THIS refugee from Michael Stackpole and J._. R_wling that the author is DESPERATELY trying to avoid the words "walk," "run," or "sat." Tell me, reader of the books: is there also an avoidance of the word "said"? Because I love books that avoid the word "said".

[@z-beeblebrox]

@@quietone610 No, he doesn't micromanage dialogue much. He avoids walk run and sat because his novels contain a lot of slick, stylized action, closer to what you'd expect in a superhero movie, vs say a war movie.

[@devin5201]

Woah woah woah, campy with good arcs? I'm in.

[@brelonwy]

Don't: Have long hair because people can easily grab it in a fight Do: Wear your long and ribbon-like Mistborn cloak everywhere, even to bed

[@242nicolas]

I chose to believe that the ribbons are somehow perforated so anyone trying to grab/restrain you by the tassles will overextend themselves

[@GoneZombie]

@@242nicolas You are describing a toilet-paper cloak.

[@242nicolas]

@@GoneZombie well no, but actually no

[@jiralishu]

It says in the books that the cloak is worn so that if it gets pulled, it just comes off.

[@FatedHandJonathon]

Exception to the first: if your dreamy noble boyfriend mentions that he likes it longer. :P

[@richardlawson5929]

"Don't sit. Do perch." Thanks for the Monday morning smile. :)

[@dardalion3199]

The tineyes see all the sitters.

[@morganszymanski9006]

Whoa whoa whoa now, I distinctly remember, Kelsier, on several occasions flipping a chair around and sitting backwards on it!

[@ali_exists1482]

just don’t sit normally. do anything else

[@GavinBisesi]

Now I'm picturing Kelsier cast with Johnathan Frakes. Thank you for that

[@therandomhouse76]

Yep, he kinda does that a lot 😂

[@parchmentengineer8169]

"Don't stand up" Are you implying that Kelsier doesn't constantly tower over everyone else in the room?

[@Korban1066]

Don't: Stand Do: Tower

[@alansmithee419]

@@Korban1066 And most importantly: Don't stand towers, bring them down to your level.

[@jacobcollier4223]

Does he tower maladroitly?

[@nroke1684]

@@alansmithee419 seems like wax would be better at that.

[@ulfjohnsen6203]

If my memory serves, he was a mistling, not a mistborn. I assume the video on how to mistling comes later...

[@mocharhaastachino2944]

This video has reduced me to wheezing (while perched at the edge of a 50 story building with a mistcloak flapping threateningly in the wind)

[@TheSmallzfry]

For those who are unaware, Mistborn are a class of magic users from the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. It's a great series with a magic system revolving around ingesting metals to manipulate opposing forces and very strict rules about how those powers work. It's a great start to Sanderson, if you're a fantasy lover I absolutely recommend it!

[@FreyasArts]

I have never read Mistborn. I have never even heard about it. I still enjoyed this very much. Feels like medieval fantasy instruction video for Batman 😂

[@techmage89]

That's... actually not far off for Mistborn.

[@corbanbausch9049]

Kelsior in a nutshell

[@itsjusthoneystixx]

I've never heard of Mistborn, but I refuse to miss out on a Jill Bearup video.

[@itsjusthoneystixx]

We stan stage combat.

[@MarkusAldawn]

It's well worth the read imo If you're looking for a good fantasy novel, the Mistborn trilogy is a good shout

[@isobellabrett]

With Mary Ella

[@NobodyofConsequence00]

Mistborn is a series of fantasy novels by American author Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson is known for his elaborate worldbuilding and detailed magic systems. If you enjoy fantasy fiction, they are definitely worth reading.

[@storystimmler]

Not only do they have a good magic system, fascinating worldbuilding full of twists, and basically just a lot of twists and subversions, the character arcs are really satisfying and well-done.

[@Inlelendri]

Having not read the books, this reads wonderfully as a cross between 'how to cat' and those 'advice on writing' lists that say you cannot use common, everyday words for things, with appropriate sarcasm thrown in.

[@anuragbh6302]

This. This is the Mistborn video the world needed, but never knew. Thank you.

[@caitlynwilson2958]

YES!!

[@jamestandy8594]

Also: as a Misting or Mistborn you MUST roll your eyes a lot

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

"Never stand at your full height, is not misterious enough" ... That's a good advise, reserve you full height from when you want to be the absolutely most intimidating you can be. Suddently tower over your enemies, and their hearts will be filled with dread at the reallization that NOW you mean business

[@tabaxi]

Having this video recommended to me 10 years after my mistborn obsession was genuinely like I stepped into another dimension thank you for this

[@arekschneyer3802]

Now you gotta to a video about Feruchemists, and how they always have to pick up after Allomancers problems! 😁

[@beng9790]

And hemalurgists have to pick up the pieces of both of them.

[@fernandoiturbide9109]

@@beng9790 Your comment is gold

[@torg2126]

@@fernandoiturbide9109 No, atium

[@Draugo]

@@beng9790 I'm pretty sure that others pick up the pieces after Hemalurgists, not the other way around.

[@NWolfsson]

"Have fun storming the castle, and do try to not get mortally wounded if you wouldn't mind." It's okay. They're only *almost* dead ;)

[@astaphe9186]

Alternatively, How to be a Knight Radiant: T R A U M A

[@Masonio]

Vin style Mistborn: Quiet and mysterious Kelsier style Mistborn: Imposing and confident

[@andrewrogerson429]

Don't: Read sitting upright. Do: Read laying upside-down. Mistborns do not read upright. This is beneath you... or uh, above you, I guess.

[@Sycady]

Or if you're like Kelsier and Vin, just don't read. Easier to avoid a style faux pas that way

[@FebbieG]

Also, read with all the pages of the book/manuscript scattered about the room in piles.

[@apathysatragedy3114]

"do try not to get mortally wounded" LOOKING AT YOU, KELSIER 😠

[@criticalmaz1609]

You can even dash limpingly, I believe. It's been many years since I read the first novel but that particular word choice made my inner editor scream with rage and fling the book across the room. Thank you, Mr Sanderson. Worldbuilding 10/10. Prose... not so much. Jill: fantastic as always.

[@steevemartial4084]

It's kind of a shame you lost the footage of steel-puching and iron-pulling, because I don't know how to do that. But it's obviously not the most important part.

[@sobermind9885]

Oh cool, three more books to procrastin-read as soon as possible when I have the time. Thanks.

[@Eldoran1989]

Wait you need time to procrastinate? Isn't the whole point that we allways have time for it?

[@sobermind9885]

@@Eldoran1989 Time to read haha.

[@nikki607]

Now THAT is a whole ass mood, my good sir

[@DataumCats]

Six actually. also best get on that. Brandon Sanderson writes books at a level of output approaching "Stephen King on cocaine".

[@MoonlitWyvern]

@@DataumCats So just Stephen King

[@caitlynwilson2958]

This is perfect, absolutely perfect! You also don't need to make sense for as Vin says, "We mistborn need not make sense"

[@Masonio]

That was originally a Kelsier quote.

[@BarbarianGod]

Wait a second, impratical but flashy clothing, perching on things like benches and crouching AKA squatting ..... is this just a "how to be a slav" guide?

[@jamesprins9735]

I do believe you've broken the code!

[@nikki607]

Ok this made me burst ou cackling in my room in the middle of the night so here, have a like

[@rodrikforrester6989]

Pfft, you are clearly western spy. Any true slav know that tracksuit is most practical clothing!

[@BarbarianGod]

@@rodrikforrester6989 I've never found one with pockets where my phone doesn't immediately try to jump out at every opportunity :P

[@rodrikforrester6989]

@@BarbarianGod True slav only use Nokia phone. If you do not need phone, can use as weapon!

[@Artemis0713]

I agree, except for the fact that if done well, standing up straight in a mistcloak is absolutely the best move and does in fact increase your mysteriousness by 173%.

[@Maerahn]

This is hilariously on point! Especially the weird sitting thing... it's like Vin has an actual aversion to being comfortable...

[@imatiredstudent2081]

Yaayy this is awesome!! Mistborn do be like that. I cackled the whole time. Also, your mistcloak is awesome! Yours is the first one i’ve seen with so many tassels, the perfect amount to look extremely awesome yet be truly impractical. Also also, i’m sure you already know this, but just in case, if you liked mistborn, you’ll probably enjoy his other works, especially the Stormlight Archives , which are chunky and epic and have lots of crabs and cool swords :D Hooray for my favorite youtuber making content about my favorite author!

[@helenafarkas4534]

I tried *so fricking HARD* to get into Stormlight. I must have started Way of Kings THREE SEPERATE TIMES. you know how TFE starts off with a chapter that is basicly Kelsier giving the reader a tutorial all about how allomancy works? so you learn the rules of the magic RIGHT AWAY and can keep up? there's NOTHING like that for Stormlight, and if I'm not wracking my brain to figure out HOW the magic works - or even where it *is* - I'm grinding my teeth at the idiocy and incompancy the protagonist characters are exibiting, to the point where i'm actually CHEERING ON the parshendi. the guys who signed a peace treaty specificaly to get close enough to assasinate a king and spark the entire series, and don't (to my knowledge) have a single named character between them

[@nathanl6401]

I will never get tired of Brandon Sanderson's writing

[@adrianmontoya1834]

"Have fun storming the castle" I see you Miracle Max!

[@jadetteom]

Read these books about ten years ago and don't think I noticed the lack of regular moving or resting poses, yet watching the video it immediately felt accurate! Must go read them again (though now all I'll notice is the perching and the dashing!)

[@MrCommanderPaul]

I have absolutely no ide what book series you're talking about. But I LOVE watching you talk about it!!!

[@skylarspeedweed6784]

I’m just reading the books now; perfect timing

[@VikingTeddy]

Just started reading the first book. So far I'm liking what I'm seeing. I simultaneously want to fast forward to the good stuff but also make everything last longer.

[@EmelieWaldken]

It's you JIll who made me finally start the Mistborn trilogy (and Sanderson in general). And I adored the first book. Both Vin and Kelsier are great characters and the magic system is so interesting and that doomed world they live in feels so harsh and real. But then... Then I read the other two books and my disappointment just grew. So. Many. Problems. I did like the hemalurgy concept (the whole magic system, again, is awesome) and who doesn't love Sazed, but I know I won't be re-reading any of the books after the first one.

[@Spritespitfire]

"You are a busy Mistborn, you have things to do.'

[@cathyd.6915]

i by chance just read mistborn like a week ago and by chance stumbled upon this video in my recommended after watching a video about casting elliot in e.t. and it just by chance was posted today and only has 594 views so far

[@JillBearup]

😁 Welcome, you are indeed early!

[@42roadsforman44]

Slumping in a chair happens to be my forte

[@JohnDyerTheBrewer]

So I had always picture the mistcloak be created in a much more ghillie suit style where there is a cloak underneath but layers of ribbons throughout, distorting the mists as they pass as they stream from all heights of the cloak rather than from around the shoulders

[@irishmanfromengland25]

it's technically described as having a lower half made of ribbons or strips, if I remember correctly.

[@lisaroper421]

How satisfying to be in on this! I had some silly reasons to avoid Sanderson for a long time, but I am quite enjoying the Mistborn books now, and this movie is perfection!

[@radschele1815]

One of the first books I read in English. I did not know anything about them as they are not really known in German, But they are really great! And I am happy, to see that they are not that unknown :)

[@KamiRecca]

difference between Run and Dash. Dash is a Class ability that lets you use your bonus turn as an additional Movement (Movment action, Standard Action and Bonus Action, all for movement) compared to normal running (Movement action and Standard action both used for movement) So you get your base speed (30ft in general) extra movement per turn. Oh and you can also make small dashes by using Movement action and Bonus action, getting a standard Run speed, but still have your Standard action for other fancy things, like posing dramaticly or fail to hide in plain sight.

[@sayethwe8683]

I don't think I'll be able to read any fantasy book ever again without thinking of this video. also: interaction points because algorithm.

[@Apytiksliai]

this is the first mistcloak that reasonably resembles what I imagined then reading. People often just get a cloak and cut it, at most two layers of ribbons. It's supposed to look confusing in the mists!!

[@Wanderer8008]

FINALLY! A "How To" guide that teaches actual valuable skills!

[@crkinjiraretaai]

So glad somebody loves mistborn as much as I do

[@Kay-wp8xf]

I would die to see someone Naruto run in a mistborn cloak. Can you *imagine* that noise, the drama-

[@theplaylab9336]

Don't forget to describe everything happening "into the night" at least once a page. "He disappeared into the night" "He ran off into the night" "Vin came screeching into the ballroom...then out a window... into the night"

[@irwinwinaris9800]

Maybe I'm a Mistborn, just never bothered to ingest any metals to burn. Or maybe just a Aluminium gnat.

[@adamroquemore6410]

eat a soda can and see what happens. Best-case scenario, you prove Allomancy is real. Worst-case, you go to the hospital. I think those odds are worth it!

[@AllaMortify]

Probably not a good idea to start with lead. Or Uranium. Try eating a kit kat. And the packaging.

[@corbanbausch9049]

@@AllaMortify tbf, I don’t think lead is an allomantic metal, so it’s kinda pointless anyway.

[@TF_NowWithExtraCharacters]

Disappointed at the distinct lack of instructions on pushing/pulling, that's my best chance of mimicking Spiderman. Also, learning feruchemy's on the to-do list: I may not be a wizard nor named Harry, but I certainly want to do flashy-punchy-ring stuff.

[@carsonrush3352]

Harry Potter or Harry Dresden?

[@TF_NowWithExtraCharacters]

@@carsonrush3352 in this case, Dresden

[@TulipQ]

The ribbons on a mistcloak are supposed to easily come off when tugged on. I can only imagine how many ribbons everyone goes through in a week. It is probably part of the ash cleaning jobs to pick up the hundreds of ribbons being littered about everywhere so they can be washed and resold.

[@thomasgomes844]

Probably only around Luthadel, and even then mistborns are quite rare.

[@MsMaddieTheOdd]

Timing of this builds right into my Rhythm of War hype!

[@davidgodfrey880]

Finally read the first Mistborn book. Jill - thanks for the push to read that book.

[@ryan.noakes]

I always enjoy your videos, but this was extra fun! Adds a new layer of enjoyment to imagining Vin et al in the books.

[@rajkashurarandom9104]

I'll be honest I never thought looking for a review of the Mistborn trilogy would lead to watching a strange woman perched on a tree... and you know the worst of it all... I really like that video and subscribed

[@bi-ace-queen2773]

MY FAVOURITE KZbinR HAS A VIDEO ABOUT MY FAVOURITE BOOK SERIES??? WHY DID I NOT KNOW THIS

[@rebekahcamp5556]

Jill, this might be my favorite of your videos. I couldn't stop laughing.

[@DarkExcalibur42]

Oh man, I've got all this perching stuff down pat already.

[@gendor5199]

Oh, damn! I just found your videos on Firefly and I was surprised you are still around! Not many people have stuck around for over 8 years! Cheers!

[@Azazreal]

OMG OMG OMG someone talking about Mistborn!!!!! This is probably one of my favorite power sets for just how cool it was. Feromancy is just cool. Allomancy is weird and awesome. Combining the two? Geek-gasm

[@williamozier918]

Holy crap, now we understand why Mistborn don't sit or lay around, and why they always perch or crouch; it's cause of their clothes! dude they just need to change to like a tasteful vest or something.

[@galli0]

Okay but your last mistborn video made me purchase the whole audiobook series, its been at least 4 years since i read them last and just yesss

[@zoopzoooom]

i just watched a video, stumbled into it really, made by someone showing me how to impractically act like a fictional character from a fantasy book. Well, here’s a string of words i never thought i’d say, “Must immediately Google ‘ribbon cloak’, because i’ve got the backs of chairs and a couch needing some mysterious perching!” SUBSCRIBED!

[@VoidicHerald]

Phone is broken so I can't like videos for some mysterious reason (I blame the Mists) So here's a replacement 👍

[@Triexy]

I was just thinking this morning that I needed to reread the series again soon

[@Draugo]

I just started Mistborn again since I haven't gone through it in a long while (and RoW has some interesting revelations). I had forgotten how much chuckling there is at least in the first book. I swear it's like three times a page that someone chuckles when saying something.

[@witchcraft2264]

But can I lie down? Or is that not cool enough

[@anuragbh6302]

Don't lie down, Do recline. Preferably in a cloud of Copper Smoke, it's not dramatic if they can see you.

[@242nicolas]

@@anuragbh6302 you know a copper cloud isn't a literal cloud. It just hides the signature bronze burning detects

[@princessthyemis]

"If not, saunter. Or maybe stalk." Love it! XD And the mistcloaks WOULD be so noisy; you're so right!!! I can't believe I didn't realize that...how come Brandon didn't lol?! I loved the books but the mistcloaks were the ONLY thing I thought looked silly.

[@JillBearup]

If they’re made of a natural fibre, then they wouldn’t be QUITE as rustle-ey as mine was, but who wants to hem 200 x 1.3m strips of cloth? (Not me!)

[@ipsumquaerere6927]

Gotta love it when mistborn fans mistborn.

[@amandadadesky5192]

"And do try *not* to get mortally wounded. If you don't mind." 🤣

[@TravelDrone]

Everything is impossible until you do it. Don’t know where I heard that from but it’s not my quote. Great content 👍

[@heimerblaster976]

The red hair. Yes! I know it's superficial but it's the bomb.

[@bobschiebel3325]

Just started reading this series. Naturally Jill's ontop of things

[@martinwithani]

Thank you for spelling "Dos" without an apostrophe!! 🙌

[@missbunnybloggeralimsl7250]

Omg I love this! I love Mistborn!! I have been following you on TikTok for a while now....and I have always known that you are cool...but after finding out that you are a Mistborn fan...you are even more cool :D :D

[@spehizle]

I would love to see one of these for Wheel of Time. Every other tip would be "pull braid" or "smooth skits."

[@CBG232x5]

And the hype... it goeth thusly... whoooooosh But also you are describing somewhere between a 5 year old playing pretend... and a cat... and I am here for it.

[@lisaschmoutziguer8875]

this makes me never want to sit again, now I shall perch.

[@pika4668]

thank u for this helpful guide, it is now standard curriculum for the nobles I know

[@SchmokinJoe]

Not sure what _Mistborning_ is (something to do with crouching a lot?) but yes to this!

[@GhostKingDeAngelo]

I made a mist cloak for Halloween last year. I lost it the next day but it was so fun

[@brenorios4810]

DON'T survive DO start a religion about surviving

[@TheFranchiseCA]

DON'T: survive DO: survive anyway

[@thereseboegel8296]

1:44 You fool! Now I have TWO daggers!

[@iamsushi1056]

I just subscribed yesterday, and today I discover you're a Sanderson fan. Perfect.

[@tgi3197]

Ok, could you do a "how to Storm Light" please? I'd love to see how you would dress for soul casting. 😁

[@lindsayallebest8055]

My best friend introduced me to Mistborn several years ago, so I sewed her a Mistcloak for her birthday! I have to agree, it looks amazing but is incredibly impractical.

[@ClayHales]

Like the steel pushing part. Well played.

[@LairdErnst]

“Superhero landing! She’s gonna do a superhero landing!” *does a superhero landing *claps “Totally impractical, they all do it.”

[@bakuiel1901]

Awesome breakdown, love these book and your videos.

[@Mythraen]

I wouldn't expect a mistcloak to be incredibly noisy. Brandon Sanderson several thoughts on mistcloaks. He noted that they should be made of cotton, or perhaps a lighter material. I don't think cotton rustles like... leaves.

[@johnspecht72]

I read the books and other works by Mr. Sanderson. They are nice and I enjoyed them. That is it. I never want to belong in a cult of any kind no matter how good the writing! i watched this video with trepidation about finding out how crazy the fans of his were. I think that you put me at ease. I think?!?

[@maxbrennan8221]

"if not... saunter" lost it haha

[@7Seraphem7]

This was awesome, and the timing so damn perfect, recently started the series, at the beginning of HoA now and LOVING IT!

[@annbrookens945]

Adorable! Can I be Mistborn, too? Never read the books but I want that cloak! Then I can trip over it while trying to "perch"...