Live Q&A With Brandon Sanderson | C2E2 2024

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

I love when the thumbnails make him look like all this other stuff is just his day job and his real passion is his stand-up comedy. Lol

[@iiiiiiiiiicecream]

"An Allomancer, an Awakener, and a Surgebinder walk into a bar..."

[@Stiftquadrat]

@@iiiiiiiiiicecream Push comes to shove, but then the cops came. They followed orders and barely avoided a lashing.

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

For the love of God, we need scientists to work 24/7 on extending Brandon's lifespan to at least a few hundred years.

[@nomadlotus6425]

And then ours, so we can read it all lol

[@makcraft]

For posterity

[@GuyKnow3brush]

They call in 100 year old Brandon to finish GRRM's Dreams of Spring 50 years from now. They hand him an unfinished 5 million word count manuscript left from George and a RAFO card.

[@kronicneurotic]

He'll figure out how to turn into a cognitive shadow

[@juancamilocalvache451]

I love Brandon but he could do that if he lose some weight

[@isacami25]

"if i write *just* three more books" only brandon could say something like that and have it be geniuine

[@travisrobison3457]

I was telling my wife how other other authors spend half of their life producing three books... and Brandon is just considering it to hit a special number :)

[@JZBaltazar]

My thoughts when I heard that: Will he limit himself to three books? Won't they end up being too big?

[@secret.dog.powers]

I’m so happy to exist in the same universe as Brandon

[@Brandon-9]

x2 to that

[@jzh1554]

Brandon wrote like 11 best sellers just to have a breakthrough into standup comedy lmao

[@dominikukawski7096]

Hearing Brandon explaining the mistborn eras convinced me to read era 2. I was originally on the fence with reading the era 2 books since I'm not a huge fan of steampunk but hearing Brandon explain that era 1 is like basically the founding religion/mythology of the world and that the eras will go much further makes the whole saga seem so much more interesting and worthwhile

[@GoErikTheRed]

I’m not sure steampunk is the best description. Picture the sheriff from a classic western going back to the big city. But with allomancy. And Kelsier is worshipped like Jesus. Overall not as coherent of a story as Era 1, but definitely worth reading On a slightly related note, have you read Mistborn: secret history?

[@justinjosie5417]

Era 2 is much better than era 1 and I loved era 1

[@BruceRKF]

I love both eras, but I think they are quite different. Era two is more fun and not as dark as era 1. I agree with GoErikTheRed that steampunk is not quite the right word. It's basically mid/late 19th century with some extra gadgetry thanks to allomancy. It also has what became my favourite cosmere couple, so there's that :)

[@dominikukawski7096]

@@GoErikTheRed true I think I meant to say the victorian era but steampunk came out :') and not yet I've bought the short story collection so I'll get to secret history soon

[@thomasdelaney4898]

Enjoy. Era 2 catches a lot of flak online, but it's my favourite cosmere series. The Bands of Mourning is my all-time favourite Sanderson book.

[@paarthagarwal7224]

imagine going like umm yeah lets write 3 more books coz thats a cool number

[@hitbycars]

Amazon literally told the partial writer of the Wheel of Time that they like their dumb version BETTER omg the audacity.

[@kobiianardo]

i don't think whoever in charge thinks its "better", but being in the position to have his/her teenage wetdream fanfic realized... who wouldnt give into the dark side and do the same? i didnt like the show at all, but im empathetic to the fog of temptations.

[@ckannan90]

Eh, I don’t think that’s how it feels when you’re in the driver’s seat. Assuming the creators made the show they wanted to make (and it wasn’t interference from execs). I think if you look at successful projects, they also have creators at the helm who have strong convictions. When you’re in the middle of making the thing, it’s hard to know if your vision is good or bad. But if you don’t hold to that vision you make work that is neither good nor bad but is instead bland. Which I think is worse. And in this case, Brandon is not a professional screenwriter, whereas the show runners are. There are many examples of adaptations where the original author has a ton of creative control and it results in a middling product, and many examples of the converse where the filmmakers made major changes resulting in a great end result. Like, we praise Dune for being a great adaptation, but there are major changes from the book (especially in movie 2). But because the changes are successful, and are part of an overall great movie, the changes don’t bug most fans (to the point where I’ve seen people say it’s a more faithful adaptation than 1984 Dune, which is just not true). So this might be a case where they made a bad show, but I don’t think them disagreeing with Brandon is itself a bad thing.

[@Booklamp53]

Timestamp?

[@utnug]

@@Booklamp53 10:25

[@dylanb2990]

It is though

[@cosmerejunkie7931]

I hope Brandon keeps his beard forever

[@D4n1t0o]

Eh, beards are itchy.

[@Mushgal_]

​@@D4n1t0oThey're only itchy when you're growing them. I haven't shaved once in 8 years and it has never been itchy after it grew.

[@xylophonics]

@@D4n1t0oit helps if you use a beard balm or oil to condition your beard and the skin underneath it, that made a huge difference for me.

[@Smajtastic]

I'm slowly getting used to it :D

[@Tetrix9898]

Thank you for thinking about mental health in your writing.

[@ZnaharDima]

I can't stop to be amazed by how great the idea of RAFO cards is

[@crimsonraen]

Thanks so much for sharing this for those of us who couldn't go! :D

[@thewrongguy1]

man so bummed I'm missing Dragonsteel, but fortunate that there's stuff like this all the time to look forward to.

[@El_Diablo_12]

23:00 epic fantasy, steampunk, modern fantasy, cyber punk, space opera

[@tonykuriger573]

NEW WIND AND TRUTH CHAPTERS LESSGO!!!!

[@giantfightingroboto]

I had an inkling that Steris was on the spectrum whilst reading it, and it's nice to have it confirmed

[@Chuckaluckful]

I'm here for the Tien deep lore.

[@parschamp]

Honestly based on his answer I think he might have thought the questioner was referring to Elhokar as that first truth seems to fit him much more so than Tien.

[@dumbsocrates]

@@parschampI was thinking the same thing. The question made me think Tien, but the answer made me think Elhokar. Although, maybe there’s info we don’t have yet?

[@temrozela]

Lets go!

[@bestintheband5114]

Babe wake up new Sanderson video just dropped

[@langestamper]

Started Way of Kings 3 weeks ago as my first fantasy novel, now almost done with Words of Radiance 😅 man its so good 😊

[@The77Voice]

Brandon: let's try to avoid spoilers Fan: Could a bondsmith use their powers of merging things to reassemble Adonalsium from the shards. ...I get that asking questions without spoilers is basically impossible, but dude dropped like 4 freaking huge spoilers in like 2 sentences.

[@GoErikTheRed]

I feel like it’s the kind of question where unless you already know what they’re talking about, it’s just gonna be in one ear and out the other

[@jaimeruiz7837]

I haven’t started reading the story yet and now I know that a bond smith, assuming that’s someone who can bond things together. Yeah, as is stated by the question can in fact merge things together. Could in fact bond shards to form Adonalsium. Which could make it more powerful as a whole. Seems spoilery if I start to think I’ll be lead to believe that they in fact cannot.

[@GoErikTheRed]

@@jaimeruiz7837 if that’s a spoiler, it’s a spoiler for a book that won’t come out for at least another decade. At this point all we have are a couple side/background characters who fans theorize might be trying to reassemble Adonalsium. The vast majority of characters don’t even know that Adonalsium was ever a thing

[@zombiefiedchris]

My man Brandon Sanderson is a Ronald Jenkees fan!? Ronald would sign EVERY copy of their albums when you ordered a hard copy. Throwing Fire was and is still a baller.

[@lannie4257]

Good afternoon! Could you please tell me under what title was the book „Legion“ published in German language? And where can I buy it? Thank you in advance

[@IamHattman]

Just finished the Lost Metal and a reread of RoW. The timing of this is perfect!

[@ArcadeJackson-us7mq]

Daft Punk is such a cool answer!

[@clever_trevor_forever]

Did C2E2 already post this? I feel I've listened to this previously.

[@clever_trevor_forever]

I can confirm this was posted previously. I'm not crazy. :)

[@zgriggs]

Hey, I can see myself.

[@theatheistpaladin]

I wondered why Brandon was so good at mental health. I thought he was good researcher.

[@samuelgawlik811]

24:41 , Sort of OB spoiler The "Stormlight Deepcut RAFO" question was about the certain character's younger brother who died in TWoK, or certain other character's younger brother who died in OB?

[@dantzelcherry8677]

I couldn’t hear the name either, and I tried playing it back about 7 times. 😢

[@fleddo1985]

There wasn't a specific name given. My guess would be Tien (Check the fandom on the link of Q&A) - "Yes. So, there's a couple themes going on here. One is just the subtle theme that Tien tends to find beauty in things that Kaladin finds dull. That's, of course, kind of the metaphor. But Tien also was a budding Lightweaver, and he saw color and light a little bit differently than other people did. And he has the same general effect that you'll see Shallan having on people, which is how the Lightweaver views you influences a little bit more how your mood is, and things like that... And there is a magical element to that, as well. There's both a metaphoric reason and an in-world reason."

[@avengedbulletromance]

what was that last question about shards & god metals? i couldn’t quite understand the guy asking it

[@brokenredflag]

Also, i dont rely care but he looks fit here. Good for him😮💪👏❤️🔥😎🐐

[@kanneroo]

Book 6-10?! 10! 😲

[@Harldin]

Originally put Mistborn 1 down about halfway through 4 years ago, got bored about a month ago and re-started, now in book 3, enjoying it but much prefer SA

[@ClayHales]

Has anyone asked Brandon if a surgebinder got the corresponding honor blade, would there be something like compounding on Scadriel? Or, he said it would be difficult to bring back Adonalsium with a bondsmith's power, but what about getting the dawnshards together?

[@cold12u]

If I remember correctly, surgebinders would be more efficient using an honorblade?

[@jordancrawford6313]

is this a reupload? I thought I already seen this once

[@grandmafrosty]

That one lady asking about truths tried so hard not to spoil anything that she accidentally stumbled across a huge spoiler. The very act of receiving a RAFO. One often meets their fate on the road they take to avoid it.

[@SneakyTogedemaru]

It truly is so, o wise turtle. So I was thinking but can't be sure, was she asking about Tien?

[@grandmafrosty]

@@SneakyTogedemaru No, someone else

[@jordanwright1061]

I’ve read Mistborn and the first two books of Stormlight, are there spoilers in here or can I watch this?

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

Have you read Mistborn: Secret History and Mistborn Era 2?

[@TarmakWorm]

Always approach Brandon Q+As thinking there will be spoilers even if it is not a spoiler Q+A. He has a different idea of what is and isnt a spoiler

[@avonzapper]

Kind of sort of

[@jordanwright1061]

@@TheDiabeticGameMaster I have, but after seeing some other replies I’ll just play it safe and come back to it, thanks!

[@NemisCassander]

@@TarmakWorm I think Brandon cares more for narrative spoilers than worldbuilding spoilers.

[@dangingerich2559]

15:45 "books six through ten" ??!!?? What?!

[@drewmur]

***SPOILER*** Brandon confirms Renarin will be alive in books 6-10 of Stormlight and will play a larger role.

[@rileythatcher1956]

Is anybody else feeling extreme dejavo? I feel like I’ve already seen this

[@newbiesama]

Yep, either I have future sight or this is a rerun

[@themanmrbijok7364]

It was uploaded on another channel. Likely the venue’s.

[@hebeprice8853]

i thought ben was Frost?

[@larry-xm3lp]

My question would be: Is there any plans on picking up the pace a bit with the release of the Stormlight Archive novels? At this rate it will be 2044 by the time book 10 comes out. I doubt I'll live thar long 😂

[@ramirodecono3647]

Pick up the pace? Brandon IS THE PACE 😁

[@larry-xm3lp]

@ramirodecono3647 for books in general yes. But I'm talking about Stormlight Archive in particular. It's been a 4 year wait from book 4 to 5. With 5 more planned that's at least 20 years.

[@dekisuba]

​@@larry-xm3lp there will be a ~5-10 year break between book 5 and 6

[@Syvak]

In general, no the pace won’t increase. The Stormlight novels are huge and take a long time to write. Brandon then needs a break to rejuvenate himself so he can write the next one. There just isn’t much way to increase the speed due to how exhausting each book is. 3 years between Stormlight books is likely the fastest it will be. The 4 year gap this time is partly due to the extra size of book 5. The gap between book 5 and 6 will be longer. He is writing at least 5 books before he does Stormlight 6, so it’ll be 5-6 years at least. (He is writing Mistborn era 3 books 1-3, and Elantris books 2-3.)

[@skid68]

Deepspace 9 copied Babylon 5 so ofc it is the best :)

[@irock1929]

Your very convincing, but I worry that opening up multiple realities would be a significant jumping of the shark and take away from returning to the franchise

[@kevinvi7]

Might have missed it in the video, what reading did he do?

[@SilverWolf340]

They don’t always post the readings on KZbin

[@rileythatcher1956]

It’s already on the channel it came out first

[@jacksonhorrocks4281]

He read Cat in the Hat

[@TheDiabeticGameMaster]

HOW CAN HE JUST SAY THINGS LIKE THIS?!??!? AAAAAAAUUUUGH!!!!!!!!!!

[@zenon3021]

the 'mental health' theme tends to rob the fun out of Sanderson's books as all the characters become poopy-pants (mopey) (dealing with PTSD, addiction, and psychosis). However, one author who covered mental health in an interesting way is Patrick Rothfuss in 'The Slow Regard of Silent Things'.

[@evelic]

Lol, just ask the question, nobody cares who you are.

[@DanDaWhiskeyMan82]

Lies 😞 You can’t start the video saying we’re gonna get wind and truth Storm Light and then not read the wind and truth book. 📖 😞 Lies

[@iverjohnson1206]

The reading is in a previous video that was uploaded first

[@CrafterKitty-sm3zv]

31:53 Szeth-Son-Son-Valano, wore a shiny helmet the day he was to rock the dance floor.

[@patsonical]

Szeth fights for the Users

[@bestintheband5114]

I absolutely love how you represent depression, thank you ❤️

[@Grux_ASG]

All my homies love depression

[@watcherofwatchers]

People revel in their depressive mindsets a little too much.

[@bestintheband5114]

@@watcherofwatchers It is bros first time hearing a joke in his life

[@watcherofwatchers]

@@bestintheband5114 I was speaking to the hordes of fans that can't help but gush about how depressed Kaladin always is, "because it's so real." It may be realistic, but it is grating after so many books. Who wants to live in the head of a self-loathing, suicidal character so much?

[@shughes5778]

​@@watcherofwatchers Some people who live that experience need an example of someone like them pushing through their difficulties.

[@hitbycars]

I love the part where Brandon says things, got I fucking love when he does that.

[@eliashigham8901]

25:05 did Brandon think the question was referring to Elhokar? I figured they mean Tien

[@parschamp]

Yeah his answer sounds like Elhokar

[@dallintheriault9747]

Tien’s page on the coppermind alludes to what Brandon said a little and clarified it for me, But I too was kind of unsure at first

[@Syvak]

As I recall, Brandon has said in the past that Elhokar’s first truth would be along the lines of “I am a bad king.” So I do think he is talking about Tien here.

[@dumbsocrates]

I can’t remember… have we had any Tien POVs? I feel like we have had a small one during the battle but I may just be misremembering a Kaladin POV.

[@Syvak]

@@dumbsocrates We did get one PoV from Tien, yes! I think just the one and I think it was in Rhythm of War.

[@watcherofthewest8597]

They told Brandon they took it to higher ups...and then did what they want. That show is a slap in the face to wheel of time

[@dylanb2990]

More like a big improvement

[@rekzors]

The show is fine. Even if you hate it, it doesn't do anything to the books. You can still read them.

[@bryce4228]

​@@rekzors the show is a problem, and an example of a bigger problem we currently have. A writer/creator makes an IP, they die, unoriginal hack with a message gets ahold of IP, commandeers fanbase so their bland message fiction has an initial audience, nobody likes the bastardized remake, fans of IP are accused of being hateful because they were expecting/hoping for a faithful adaptation, remake is cancelled due to low ratings or continued despite low ratings, hacks move on to next beloved IP

[@thenerdyarab7622]

@@dylanb2990you honestly enjoy the neutering of the male characters and giving mat a lightsaber?

[@dylanb2990]

@@thenerdyarab7622 yeah just as I thought you can’t even come up with real criticisms of the show

[@jchinckley]

They can do what they want with their show... but we don't have to watch it. And after seeing less than half of the first episode I gave up any hope that they would do a good show. All they want to do is push their ideologies. Trying to honor the material or do a great adaptation with the intention of entertaining without an allusions to their ideologies was never even considered. They didn't care. So I don't care. I'll watch good adaptations like One Piece, like Reacher, and so on. But I'm not wasting a single dime on them trying to force feed me an ideology I will never agree with.

[@jchinckley]

Sorry, some may make the leap to understanding what I was ranting about there, but for those that draw a logical blank... I was talking about Their adaptations of LotR material and their atrocity that calls itself The Wheel of Time. Both of those are so bad that I will never give Amazon a dime if I feel it will go into the coffers set up to ruin our cultural masterpieces of entertainment. I'm hoping that the zeitgeist is changing quickly enough that this idiotic PC/cancellation culture is about to fold in on itself permanently and powerfully enough that the businessmen of the world will tell anyone and everyone promoting it or trying to take advantage of it for their own personal gains to go *expetive deleted* themselves and will stop trying to shove these things invented to corrupt us down our throats. I hope I clarified my meanings well enough. But if not... please say so.

[@dentninja]

I think there should be a movie/Netflix series based on Vin or a video game called mistborn.

[@adambyrd5379]

So Ren doesn’t die in SA5 lol

[@zenthepoet.]

Adoooonalsium

[@brandonneldo112]

🙏 he will remember our plight

[@SirReberal]

​@@brandonneldo112eventually

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

The ending scene of the lost metal has Wayne curcumvent the speed of light with his slider bubble, and he also mentions that a slider savant could make their bubble move with them. A slider with a daralumin gnat spike or a nicroburster buddy might be able to make a sort of living FTL drive.

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

Also, could Marsh use a TV? My guess is no. That would be fun cementing him even further as the old man of the setting, unable to keep up with an increasingly screen-using society.

[@RexusprimeIX]

You wouldn't even need people for this. Technology will evolve to a point where they will have FTL engines that mimic the powers of sliders. Think the cubes used to make the airships fly: that's allomancy powered by machinery. And in the far future, I bet the "fuel" to power these FTL drives will be like purified investiture. Fill up the tank, and then the engine converts the investiture into temporal allomancy.

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

@@RexusprimeIX True, I completely forgot about the southerner tech.

[@DragonOfThePineForest]

24:48 man with an ancient singer's name... WHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AtlasV-]

7:49 Come visit Bulgaria again when you have the time, Brandon! I’m sure the publisher here has made their love for your works known to you, and the community of Cosmere fans in Bulgaria has grown a lot since the last time you were here.

[@Mathachew]

These questions are really hard to understand...

[@Kobonilla]

What was the girl saying at the 25 min mark? I did not hear any of that and so idk what Brandon's answer meant lol

[@yousillyenglishknnniigit8205]

The man

[@patsonical]

The myth

[@Silas_MN]

The legend

[@davidwilson6577]

I love turtles. This is a thing, right?

[@brokenredflag]

I love how brandom is a born story teler, he said story time like 6 times. His lean mean story machine❤😂

[@docstockandbarrel]

👍🏻

[@keithwinget6521]

This is a re-upload, right? If not...Wow, Brandon you really follow the script. lol

[@Usurperking]

Wdym?

[@giants8585]

Im gonna say it. Renarin is kinda boring. He has the exact amount of page time he deserves and he is a perfectly fine character. Do I want him to have a dedicated POV? Absolutely not.

[@liortal1773]

Agree with you, i prefer to see more of the other kholins