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The True Strength of Compounding in the Metallic Arts

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This, my dedicated friend, is the last post in the Why I Love the Mistborn Trilogy series. This is post number twelve and I’ve been waiting over a year to talk about this particular subject.

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I Love Mistborn’s Blending of Worldbuilding and Magic

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no, I’m not done talking about the trilogy, though today’s topic differs from those we’ve had before. Today we’ll look at how the magic connects to the story in a broader sense.

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Sanderson’s Exploration of the Metallic Arts and Why I Love It

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Sanderson’s Exploration of the Metallic Arts And Why I Love It Welcome to Part 9 of Why I Love The Mistborn Trilogy We’ve already discussed the simple elegance of the Metallic Arts from The Mistborn Trilogy, their deliberate combination with Newtonian physics, why Hemalurgy makes me both scared and happy, and more besides. By this point, I’m sure you know what I’m about to say: “Blah, blah… I Love Mistborn!…

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3 Quick Steps to Fix Your Broken Magic System

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Broken Magic

Maybe you’re the one who broke it, or maybe someone else pointed it out to you. Either way, you’ve put a lot of work has gone into your magic system, and the last thing we want is for it to stay broken. We need to fix it. Fast.

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