Sunlit Man Cosmere Connections

[@BDD_c2bn]

Wow...that "jar", "Dor" joke is amazing. Multilayered, just right. Chef's kiss.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

It practically wrote itself!

[@akmalsy159]

Awakened Steelmind is probably their Computer. The Awakening allows it to perform computations, and the Stored Speed allows it to do them superfast.

[@bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148]

But wouldn’t Zinc be better for computational speed?

[@akmalsy159]

@@bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148 steelmind stores physical speed while zincmind stores mental speed. My hypothesis; Awakened Steelmind can do simple computations superfast, while Awakened Zincmind can do complex computations at normal speed.

[@darenihill]

Maybe zinc only works with thought from an organic mind? Not sure how awakening would affect it

[@akmalsy159]

@@darenihill personally, I think the words "mental speed" for zincmind is a misnomer, a better word is "mental acuity" or "intelligence", since when storing the Ferring becomes "slow in thought" and "dull-witted"

[@darenihill]

@@akmalsy159 Yeah both could work for different purposes like you mentioned. You could speed up nightbloods thoughts with zinc but an awakened computer would be able to speed up its actual computational speed with steel.

[@rendarcrow]

Writing with the knowledge that the reader already knows the mechanics made the spead of this book insane.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Oh absolutely. We didn't need explanation on shardblades or spren bonds or anything. Just jumped right in.

[@lonsunocook]

It's a fan fic writing about a Brandon Sanderson character written by Brandon Sanderson for the BrandonFandom!!!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

The biggest Sanderfan is Sanderson himself!

[@rayseodium]

Spoilers (obviously) Man, this book made me anxious for Storm Light 5. The chapter in which Sigzil gets connected to Hoid and calls out to Kaladin while in the storm... Man, either Kaladin takes the role of the Stormfather or he straight up follows Tanavasts foot steps.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'm terrified for Stormlight 5.

[@AlexNitsu]

1:35 I am also worried about Stormlight 5, but also for Scadrial. The way the just sat back watching people suffer and pondering what tech to give them and when. Btw finally got my copy (took two months to get it delivered to Ukraine with common Xmas delays and uncommon protests at the Polish border) and read it basically in a day. Loved it!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

The future of the cosmere as a whole is just generally concerning.

[@bensmith6004]

This was actually my very first Cosmere novel. The only works I’ve read of Sanderson so far are the Wheel of Time stuff he finished for Jordan. I was very pleasantly surprised by The Sunlit Man. I was able to read and enjoy the story with no context at all. I noted the references to other stories, even without context, and they just whet my appetite for the larger story world rather than detracting from the book. I very much enjoyed it.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

That's fantastic! A testament to the strength of the story for sure.

[@halyoalex8942]

@@TheCosmerenauthehe. Testament. 😉

[@junnKhya]

4:06 about this one. From chapter five: “‘Fly!’ Nomad said, nudging her as blasts hit his shield. Another enemy ship had noticed them and pivoted to come at them. Worse, the other ember people were all rising from the field of grass like Awakened corpses.” So sig definitely has run into lifeless becuase he knows what awakened corpses rising looks like. I think he’s referring more to the fact that shades dont go to the Spiritual in the same sense that other humans do, and leave behind a splinter of themselves

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Either that, or he knows what Awakening is and can extrapolate what it would do to a corpse. Fair point, regardless.

[@automaticbog3687]

I got mega goose bumps when Sigzil was squaring up to fight and he tapped his wrists together and said bridge four.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

SO COOL. The art of that moment is amazing.

[@hidden3233]

Glad we all agree Argent is the best arcanist

[@TheCosmerenaut]

He is the face of the 17th Shard. Or at least the accent of the 17th Shard.

[@adamrbuchanan]

A "Pond" to his "Lake." 😂

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Glad you got that!

[@yremogtnomnad]

That jar joke at the end was amazing 😂😂

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Come for the concise cosmere infodumping, stay for the bad puns.

[@bellers5086]

I gotta question, in the finale of the book while Sigzil is grappling the Cinder King the Cinder King says, "Ah grappling, the cowards way of fighting" and Sigzil thinks, "I know some people who'd be horribly offended by that". Who is that reffering to? AFAIK the only grapplers in stormlight are the Pursuer (who is dead) and... Dalinar?

[@TheCosmerenaut]

There's always a certain amount of grappling in warfare. Kaladin ends up doing plenty of it while fighting various Fused.

[@bellers5086]

@@TheCosmerenaut I was re-reading Words of Radiance and in the arena duel as "green-plate" gets bested by Adolin locking up on him he says, "Grappling is the way of the coward". Incredibly similar line, and Sigzil was watching the fight too. I think Sigzil would hear that line too since the crowd was notably silent. Could just be a coincidence, but that connection for me is incredibly satisfying.

[@GaviLazan]

Why would Sig's knowledge of those advanced "tech" (multitools and plastics) require that to happen before bond Aux? I didn't get that impression from the book.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I could be wrong. It felt like Aux's bond was more recent to me.

[@dcmbassi]

I was not ready for "Canticular" 🤣

[@TheCosmerenaut]

What? It's a real word!

[@harrisbuild]

ahh yes I understand some of these words

[@TheCosmerenaut]

To be fair, I understood some of them too.

[@Celestial_Reach]

Actually in sunlit, he might be implying that the night brigade isn't using just shades but hemolergic constructs

[@TheCosmerenaut]

That's even more concerning.

[@danehardy1898]

I need to know what Shard is associated with Canticle!!!!!! Great work on the video :)

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Whimsy and Mercy both get tangentially name-dropped.

[@ephraimcullen]

I think it must be Invention.... Who else would build an investitutre sucking machine the size of a planet?

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

After WaT this book has a whole other side! 1. Just because for Sigzil it is a century or two further in time, on Roshar it is abou a decade or so! 2. Auxiliary RIP is Szeth's ex-spren! 3. Not only Sigzil carried the dawnshard Exist, but he already has offloaded it somewhere! 4. There is a lot of talk about "the greater good", which most probably is in reference to some kind of touch by Retribution on other worlds!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Yeah, this book hits different post Wind and Truth.

[@alexweller1776]

Canticillian Shardplate? I never thought of that but it kind of makes sense. Windrunner Shardplate doesn't look like Zellion's and I doubt Skybreaker Plate does either, but the color of his Shardplate being influenced by his Connection to Canticle would be really cool. But it could just be some kind of effect from the Dawnshard like with Aux, since his Plate Spren would be Connected to him like Aux and we don't see any Windspren or Skybreaker Platespren flying around, so maybe their Physical Manifestations were consumed just like Aux's? Also the idea that the Canticilites fled Threnody due to infighting is an interesting tidbit, perhaps after Shadows for Silence, the Threnodites started to figure out how to control the Shades with Chorus's and whatever the Night Brigade did and without the Shade's enforcement of the Three Simple Rules it led to the warring against each other. Don't even need an explanation on why they'd start fighting, humans gotta human after all.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I just want to know if his shardplate is made of spren or latent investiture. And yeah, humans gotta human. Unfortunately.

[@Struggler12349]

Spoiler. . . . . . . . . . do you think Hoid will end up curing his torment just like sigzil did?

[@reverseman2561]

As much as I would like to see this happen, it seems unlikely. We know that Hoid is immortal and can never die, so if the torment is what makes him like that then I would be surprised if it could be removed. He has probably had the dawnshard for too long for that to still be possible.

[@Darkkfated]

I'm not sure Hoid WANTS to. He never seems bothered by being "forced" to be a pacifist; he may have been leaning that way originally, even before Dawnshards and Splinterings.

[@jennywilliams1455]

​@@DarkkfatedExcept Kelsier. Hoid will always fuck with Kelsier lol. I wonder if he can still fight him in Kelsier's current state.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Different but related question: would it be possible for someone *else* to syphon off Hoid's extra investiture like Sigzil did?

[@Darkkfated]

@@TheCosmerenaut I mean, why not? If Odium can mess with his Breaths, then why couldn't someone else steal some of his Investiture? I guess it depends on when you try to do it and if Hoid has perfected any of his Yumi-style precautions.

[@ryanfried7162]

Not the casual mention to Kal being honor

[@TheCosmerenaut]

😮

[@bookreviewsfromareadingmac1148]

Why do you think he found Zephyr or Lumar, he could have found it on Twinsoul’s planet, or another planet with Aethers, right?

[@darenihill]

I'd also guess that it's being exported and used elsewhere

[@TheCosmerenaut]

We haven't seen bonded zephyr aether, so we don't know what that would look like. It's totally possible the aether spores are being exported though. Brandon said he originally created zephyr aether in order to have easy to transport fuel for space travel, as well as quick and dirty life support.

[@ethanburkhart3751]

Still making my way through the System order, I know I’ve asked in past, but with Sunlit Man now being out and read, do you have on the schedule a video updating the System Order with the Cosmere secret products? I’m about to reread Hero of Ages before taking Cosmere break to read Paolini’s Murtagh and I’m wondering if I should adjust my plans for when I make my way back in.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'll have a new reading order coming out in the next week or so!

[@luism9152]

Anyone know where to find the art of Zellion at the 3 minute mark?

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Sunlit Man, page 401. Or right here: www.brandonsanderson.com/standalones-cosmere/#sunlit

[@luism9152]

@@TheCosmerenaut Thank you! I'm an audiobook kind of guy and totally missed this!

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Brandon's got all the art for all the things on his website!

[@Deiaxy]

Can i read sunlit man before mistborn era 2??

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Go for it!

[@RealMuperSan]

How long have they been on the canticle planet? Was it explained?

[@TheCosmerenaut]

They've been there at least multiple generations. Probably more than 50 but less than 150 years.

[@Scp4521]

I'm confused and intrigued.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Welcome to the Cosmere!

[@joshuaharper372]

I noticed most of these but missed a few.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Nice work! I'm sure there's some I missed somewhere; "there's always another secret."

[@Pickchea]

I dont get the jar joke

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Have you read Elantris?

[@paquadjo1517]

Spoilers . . . . . . Could the red eyes belong to Moash? Maybe Odium will do something to him. With the connection Nomad makes to transfer heat, could he do the same to bridge four and people of Roshar.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

The red eyes belong to "those he once trusted, once loved" so...maybe? Either way, I'm scared for Stormlight 5.

[@DavidRamirez-db8gw]

Did you mention that when he saw hoid he thought it was Kal? Does that let us know that Kal survives book 5? in some way at least?

[@thekwjiboo]

I was wondering the same thing. If Syg knows Kal is dead, thinking Wit was Kal would be somewhat strange.

[@alecandro1958]

@@thekwjiboo Nomad does specifically say "It can't be" when he thinks it's Kal, so this could really go either way.

[@TheCosmerenaut]

He thinks it's Kal, and then says that would be impossible. Impossible because he knows Kaladin is dead? Or alive and well but definitely on Roshar? Or Ascended and no longer corporeal? I dunno.

[@SilverWolf340]

The dor is ajar

[@TheCosmerenaut]

These are the jokes, people!

[@Breakdowns04]

I don’t know. Living in a place of Whimsy doesn’t sound too awful. Keeps life interesting, you know?

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I feel like the Joker embodies the type of Whimsy I'm thinking about.

[@alecandro1958]

W

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'll take it!

[@danieldevaney2290]

I missed 90% of these. Ffs 😅

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Brando's a sneaky fella!

[@therealPepeSilvia]

I enjoy the enthusiasm but i honestly have no idea what you are saying l

[@TheCosmerenaut]

This book be that way.

[@gogozeppeli9267]

Its not decades in the future! Its 100 year something in the future

[@TheCosmerenaut]

I'm guessing between 2 and 3 hundred.

[@gogozeppeli9267]

BEU was the only confusing thing for me

[@TheCosmerenaut]

Presumably Nalthian Breaths (from Warbreaker) are all roughly the same amount of investiture, so they become the standard measurement later in the timeline.