Really though right ? Every time I watch Sanderson I take a step back and marvel at the privilege we all have. Imagine being alive when Tolkien was in his prime and being able to just listen to him speak for hours and hours. Then there’s the deep connection with the fan base. It’s not like we’re this amalgamation of all the writers dreams somewhere out there in space. He makes us feel tangible. And he teaches us, we learn so much especially about storytelling and the way people persevere… just by being being present. The wheel weaves as the wheel wills. Journey before destination.
@@Osyrous to be fair Tolkien is not some writer of the ancient past, he died in the 70s, there are audio and video recordings of him, he has done numerous interviews and generally was quite famous in his own lifetime
@@TaRatTinCan you're not wrong at all. I spent a year in Oxford and there were a few at Hartford that we could check out. The mound is literally still there. Like people go sit on it under the tree and eat sandwiches. It idk...Tolkien has this weight of history about him. But either way, yeah I agree.
I'm imagining Navani's druid romancing Dalinar's monk in-game, the two of them flirting sweetly and making everyone else uncomfortable, except of course for Jasnah, who is ducked down behind her ornate DM screen pouring over encounter charts, preparing to ask the people with the appropriate ability scores to make a perception check to see if they see what she's hoping to blindside them with, and Shallan who is focused on creating a miniature representation of the scene the party is partaking in based on Jasnah's description and the party's actions.
All the gifts! 11:26 - Emily! 13:52 - Pattern Shirt 14:22 - Chasmfiend plushie 17:04 - Stormlight stickers 18:21 - Pattern watermug 20:13 - Brandon opens the first Magic The Gathering™ pack 33:21 - "I like to Undulate" shirt 36:40 - Wheel of Time comicbooks 43:20 - Letterless 20% OFF whool motorcycle neck warmer 44:31 - Kelsier print! 45:38 - Brandon opens the second Magic The Gathering™ pack 50:10 - AoL and SoS leatherbounds unboxing 53:00 - Kaladin and Syl (xilography aesthetic) print 55:33 - Vin the cat loves Magic The Gathering™ 58:03 - Sebastian County Veterans Treatment Court challenge coin 1:00:57 - Brandon opens the third Magic The Gathering™ pack 1:03:17 - Mizzy (Reckoners) and Veil (Stormlight) fanarts 1:04:00 - The minions invade the set 1:06:30 - The minions open the fourth and fifth (and maybe the sixth?) Magic The Gathering™ packs 1:11:11 - Music CD from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 1:12:00 - Mistborn mystery secret box with secret message
Didn’t expect hot d&d takes from this stream. SURELY Shallan would be the DM. Who else would be better suited to playing multiple character and roles, not to mention the game maps she would draw. I’d have Jasnah as Sorceror, Adolin as Paladin, Kal as warrior (resisting the urge to make him a pally also because it would RHYME), Renarin as Wizard, Navani as Artificer, and Dalinar as Barbarian/Monk multi class (because he used to be full RAGE but now he’s a bit wiser).
Here is the thing, though. Shallan wants to PLAY. Too badly to DM. Jasnah wants to be in charge, read all the books, and guide everyone. Shallan wants to do goofy voices and eat cheetoes while having her character flirt with Kaladin's to make him uncomfortable.
Wishing Brandon the a very happy birthday! Even though I'm more of a casual fan, I find his personal and professional ethics to be truly inspiring. With all the joy he brings to others, he deserves a splendid Koloss Head Munching Day.
Bonfire wouldn’t allow a note, but Undulate shirt is from a few of Merphy’s Patreons who love finding the word undulate in different sci-fi and fantasy books (which drives Merphy crazy)
Despite the shock that you and your team know about the Napier/Greene Unduluate debate, in way more detail than I’d expect, the true shocking-est thing to come out of this livestream is the lack of plans to write outside the Cosmere! And most importantly what this means for the Rithmatist sequel! And this over abundance of dramatic exclamation marks!!! :) Side note: Lost Metal was fantastic, and I am excited to finally start Stormlight Archives!
Registration of an LLC happens through government agencies, so I just wanted to point out that the United States government (or at the least the Utah state government) officially recognizes Emily Sanderson as a queen.
can i also say, what a friendly and playful way to diffuse the "duel to the death over popcorn preferences" challenge! that could have easily been an awkward cringy moment, but sanderson just met it where it was and engaged playfully. there's an impressive depth of maturity in that response.
14:35 I need to find out how to get one of these and the stickers too! You guys should partner up with the people that made it. I can’t be the only one who wants to buy one.
The dnd question is so much fun and ads a whole new layer to alternate real world universe fan art where they are all playing dnd together. I also like some people try out other roles which is one of the fun things about playing dnd
Thank you for showing the Comics I've tried to find them several times but between finding a set and in a price that I can justify it's pretty much impossible
I wish Epic would release Kelsier on Fortnite for your birthday. Sad I didn’t win any of the gifts from IG, but happy for those that did! Happy late birthday, Brandon! Thank you for all your books and passion.
Hey Sanderson team, if you are considering collaborative opportunities, you should see if Day9tv would want to do a thing with Magic. He's a very well regarded, old-school magic player and has a big audience. Not sure if he has read your stuff but perhaps
Day9 is one of my favorite humans, and, on one of his episodes of “why we like it,” he and his cohost mentioned they needed to do an episode on Wheel of Time at some point. I’d imagine he’d be quite thrilled. Collab would be a dream. I am willing to trade you an unspecified number of virtual hugs if you make it happen, Brandon. :)
Day9's mentioned being a fan of Brandon's work (in concept, at least, not sure how many of the books he's got through) and has referenced Brandon's writing lectures on stream.
46:50 the thing is. Doctor who has the Daleks, who say "exteeeerminate" which is probably what he meant. But they ALSO have the Cybermen, which are arguably more robot-y, and they say "deleted". And all of this probably doesn't matter much, but i want very badly Dan and Brandon to talk about Dr who on intentionally blank. I know they haven't seen it and don't plan to. I still kinda want it to happen somehow.
Looking at the artwork in the Leatherbound MB era 2 books - I gotta say, that's not how Wayne looked in my head - I kinda always picture him as looking like a younger Mark Sheppard (Probably from watching him in Firefly back in the day!)😆
For the record - MTG: Arena is amazing but I can sincerely see where Brandon is coming from. With micro-transactions available, it is extremely easy to spend exhorbinant amounts of money and get the cards you desire (P2W). That would certainly take away from the game itself. However, it is totally viable as a free-to-play (F2P) game and it's exceptionally well written to give novice players, such as myself, the ability to learn the game while building a deck. Thank you for suggesting Arena for the person who wants to learn the game without going out and buying a load of packs to make a decent deck.
Now, I will be disappointed if the DragonSteel doesn’t mention a character from lore named “Queen Emily of Dragonsteel (Or Imyli to make all fantasy sounding).”
Barb is about 10 months older than me, so I often make the same jokes about marrying an older woman. Kathy and Jim (Barb's parents) had a similar age difference, and they loved to tell a story about how shortly after one of then had turned forty, they other had turned forty too (forty-two). We both turned 40 this year, so we have been playing with that a little bit
I would say technically you're not late 40's until 47 and a half, because before then you're still closer to 45 than 50. So you still have 6 months of being mid-40's to enjoy until your demise.
@Brandon Sanderson I can see it now! A smile on your face and an epic giant urza card looming in the background. Love you Brandon, and Happy Birthday !
@AbsentDay lol if all the sudden the audiobooks had no wait time from the library and I listened on double speed, I still wouldn't have the time to finish the series before then 😂😂 Appreciate the optimism tho!
I really appreciate that Brandon answered the DND question based on the character’s cathartic desires, not superficial “Kaladin the Paladin lol.”
Dragonsteel casually talking about Merphy Napier and Daniel Green is such a wild thing when you think about it
Timestamp??
35:24
Really though right ? Every time I watch Sanderson I take a step back and marvel at the privilege we all have. Imagine being alive when Tolkien was in his prime and being able to just listen to him speak for hours and hours.
Then there’s the deep connection with the fan base. It’s not like we’re this amalgamation of all the writers dreams somewhere out there in space. He makes us feel tangible. And he teaches us, we learn so much especially about storytelling and the way people persevere… just by being being present.
The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.
Journey before destination.
@@Osyrous to be fair Tolkien is not some writer of the ancient past, he died in the 70s, there are audio and video recordings of him, he has done numerous interviews and generally was quite famous in his own lifetime
@@TaRatTinCan you're not wrong at all. I spent a year in Oxford and there were a few at Hartford that we could check out. The mound is literally still there. Like people go sit on it under the tree and eat sandwiches. It idk...Tolkien has this weight of history about him. But either way, yeah I agree.
Formal request to have Emily join the next Intentionally Blank episode. And then just, ya know, join everything thereafter.
I'm imagining Navani's druid romancing Dalinar's monk in-game, the two of them flirting sweetly and making everyone else uncomfortable, except of course for Jasnah, who is ducked down behind her ornate DM screen pouring over encounter charts, preparing to ask the people with the appropriate ability scores to make a perception check to see if they see what she's hoping to blindside them with, and Shallan who is focused on creating a miniature representation of the scene the party is partaking in based on Jasnah's description and the party's actions.
All the gifts!
11:26 - Emily!
13:52 - Pattern Shirt
14:22 - Chasmfiend plushie
17:04 - Stormlight stickers
18:21 - Pattern watermug
20:13 - Brandon opens the first Magic The Gathering™ pack
33:21 - "I like to Undulate" shirt
36:40 - Wheel of Time comicbooks
43:20 - Letterless 20% OFF whool motorcycle neck warmer
44:31 - Kelsier print!
45:38 - Brandon opens the second Magic The Gathering™ pack
50:10 - AoL and SoS leatherbounds unboxing
53:00 - Kaladin and Syl (xilography aesthetic) print
55:33 - Vin the cat loves Magic The Gathering™
58:03 - Sebastian County Veterans Treatment Court challenge coin
1:00:57 - Brandon opens the third Magic The Gathering™ pack
1:03:17 - Mizzy (Reckoners) and Veil (Stormlight) fanarts
1:04:00 - The minions invade the set
1:06:30 - The minions open the fourth and fifth (and maybe the sixth?) Magic The Gathering™ packs
1:11:11 - Music CD from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
1:12:00 - Mistborn mystery secret box with secret message
Try not to smile when that Chasmfiend plushie comes out...
We have a cat named Vin! Quite a skittish little kitty - we're trying to get her to trust us 😊
That so beautiful omg
Do you occasionally get mad at her, then calm yourself, thinking you can't be mad at her for wanting to know -
"Today is relaxing" Brandon says while signing cover pages
Emily was so sweet, can see how she and Brandon found each other - good hearts
Didn’t expect hot d&d takes from this stream. SURELY Shallan would be the DM. Who else would be better suited to playing multiple character and roles, not to mention the game maps she would draw. I’d have Jasnah as Sorceror, Adolin as Paladin, Kal as warrior (resisting the urge to make him a pally also because it would RHYME), Renarin as Wizard, Navani as Artificer, and Dalinar as Barbarian/Monk multi class (because he used to be full RAGE but now he’s a bit wiser).
Here is the thing, though. Shallan wants to PLAY. Too badly to DM. Jasnah wants to be in charge, read all the books, and guide everyone. Shallan wants to do goofy voices and eat cheetoes while having her character flirt with Kaladin's to make him uncomfortable.
@@BrandSanderson I love this so much thank you
@@BrandSanderson surely Wit would show up and demand to DM if a dnd game was happening in roshar
@@BrandSanderson this comment is the best thing ever omfg.
@@BrandSanderson alright you’ve convinced me!
Stream starts at 1:07
Thank you!
Legend
Great fun hearing those questions answered and various deeply important items addressed.
Thank you Brandon, Queen Emily, and Dragonsteel!
Wishing Brandon the a very happy birthday! Even though I'm more of a casual fan, I find his personal and professional ethics to be truly inspiring. With all the joy he brings to others, he deserves a splendid Koloss Head Munching Day.
Bonfire wouldn’t allow a note, but Undulate shirt is from a few of Merphy’s Patreons who love finding the word undulate in different sci-fi and fantasy books (which drives Merphy crazy)
That now makes sense. My brain went to Pattern because of the previous gift, but then I realized it was perambulate I was thinking of.
why does that Word drive merphy crazy?
@@Mushgal_ , you can look it up, she has a video or two on it. I believe the reasoning is that it's used too extensively and inappropriately.
@@נעם-קליין exactly this
Despite the shock that you and your team know about the Napier/Greene Unduluate debate, in way more detail than I’d expect, the true shocking-est thing to come out of this livestream is the lack of plans to write outside the Cosmere! And most importantly what this means for the Rithmatist sequel! And this over abundance of dramatic exclamation marks!!! :)
Side note: Lost Metal was fantastic, and I am excited to finally start Stormlight Archives!
Registration of an LLC happens through government agencies, so I just wanted to point out that the United States government (or at the least the Utah state government) officially recognizes Emily Sanderson as a queen.
I missed this live, I’m excited to watch it now,
Happy belated birthday Mr.Sanderson, love your books
33:38 Brandon’s a lucky man
I see what you did there 😂😂😂
i came to the comments specifically to find the jokes about what Emily said lol
Thanks for the reupload so quickly!
It's always a wholesale experience seeing Brandon hanging out with his family.
I love the idea of having the muppet mistborn with docson being human!!! I'm dying!!
Sorry Brandon, but, Shallan would be the DM. Imagine the maps!
Thought this as well but also I think navani would be so intrigued by the artificer class she wouldn't pass up that opportunity.
See my other reply on this. :)
Brandon i love you so much. the fact that you spent your birthday with the fans is amazing.
Always nice to see emily! She's got a great voice.
Wouldn’t Tress be perfect narrated in her voice?
Missed the livestream because it is my mom's birthday as well. Was out celebrating her birthday!
Rust and ruin! Today was my birthday as well. I share a birthday with my favorite author!
Happy Birthday! I didn't expect you to be only a few months younger than I am. Welcome to the late 40's 😄
can i also say, what a friendly and playful way to diffuse the "duel to the death over popcorn preferences" challenge! that could have easily been an awkward cringy moment, but sanderson just met it where it was and engaged playfully. there's an impressive depth of maturity in that response.
Happy belated birthday Brandon! Cheers!
I fucking love this guy. So nerdy 😂. I love that one of us got there.
Happy Birthday Brandon! I enjoyed seeing the interaction with you and your lovely wife, overall great Koloss Head Munching Day :)
My shelter dog that I adopted 6 years ago I named Kaladin!
Are the signings for future Leatherbounds for WoR?
14:35 I need to find out how to get one of these and the stickers too! You guys should partner up with the people that made it. I can’t be the only one who wants to buy one.
I meeaaannn if you’re making Miss Piggy Vin then Kermit would have to be Elend right?!
The Sandersons are Bondsmiths 👍👍
Us december bithdays rock!!!🎉🎉
I have two cats whom my children named after Kelsier & Marsh
Happy birthday Brandon thank you for everything can’t wait for the what’s next!!
The dnd question is so much fun and ads a whole new layer to alternate real world universe fan art where they are all playing dnd together. I also like some people try out other roles which is one of the fun things about playing dnd
Thank you for showing the Comics I've tried to find them several times but between finding a set and in a price that I can justify it's pretty much impossible
Who would win at chess or magic, grandpa semdry or Professor X?
I wish Epic would release Kelsier on Fortnite for your birthday. Sad I didn’t win any of the gifts from IG, but happy for those that did! Happy late birthday, Brandon! Thank you for all your books and passion.
Hi do you think Adonalsium is colourless or all colour I can't decide?
Kaladin chosing to be a spearman is spot on, lol...
Is there a way to listen to Dark One: Forgotten on another platform besides audible?
I imagine Martin Freeman as Dockson, constantly pulling his not amused face like in Sherlock. Anyone else or just me?
Presumably "take the evening off from writing" means "write another novel for the fun of it".
Nah i think he means he'll play games with his kids instead.
Hey Sanderson team, if you are considering collaborative opportunities, you should see if Day9tv would want to do a thing with Magic. He's a very well regarded, old-school magic player and has a big audience. Not sure if he has read your stuff but perhaps
I should see. I'm familiar with him and his work.
Day9 is one of my favorite humans, and, on one of his episodes of “why we like it,” he and his cohost mentioned they needed to do an episode on Wheel of Time at some point. I’d imagine he’d be quite thrilled.
Collab would be a dream. I am willing to trade you an unspecified number of virtual hugs if you make it happen, Brandon. :)
Day9's mentioned being a fan of Brandon's work (in concept, at least, not sure how many of the books he's got through) and has referenced Brandon's writing lectures on stream.
Omg, did I just get acknowledged by Brandon Sanderson? What. Is. Happening??
Happy Birthday Brandon. 🎂🎁🎉
My wife is also a cougar 6 months out of the year 😂
I think it’s pretty obvious that Shallan would multi class from every other class
Nightblood could be colorless, as swords usually are (though colored artifacts are becoming more of a thing)
Andre Braugher as Dockson for the Muppet adaption of Mistborn.
46:50 the thing is. Doctor who has the Daleks, who say "exteeeerminate" which is probably what he meant. But they ALSO have the Cybermen, which are arguably more robot-y, and they say "deleted".
And all of this probably doesn't matter much, but i want very badly Dan and Brandon to talk about Dr who on intentionally blank.
I know they haven't seen it and don't plan to. I still kinda want it to happen somehow.
Happy Birthday.
Did he announce the giveaway winners?
I had a black cat named thorn (the black thorn.)
I love how someone basically sent Brandon a t-shirt just to piss off Merph 😂
Poor Merphy....
1:06:57 “Some people might think its amazing, some people might think its dumb” - 15 year old summed up internet perfectly
They would need to make the entire Cosmere with Muppets. Kermit is Hoid/Wit. He fits the role to well.
we need a Cosmere set. Not a secret lair. We NEED a cosmere set. Or better even, the Cosmere as a new Plane in Magic. PLEASE.
Looking at the artwork in the Leatherbound MB era 2 books - I gotta say, that's not how Wayne looked in my head - I kinda always picture him as looking like a younger Mark Sheppard (Probably from watching him in Firefly back in the day!)😆
For the record - MTG: Arena is amazing but I can sincerely see where Brandon is coming from. With micro-transactions available, it is extremely easy to spend exhorbinant amounts of money and get the cards you desire (P2W). That would certainly take away from the game itself. However, it is totally viable as a free-to-play (F2P) game and it's exceptionally well written to give novice players, such as myself, the ability to learn the game while building a deck.
Thank you for suggesting Arena for the person who wants to learn the game without going out and buying a load of packs to make a decent deck.
Hoping it was a truly great one!
Happy Birthday Brandon!
Happy birthday!!
Sazed played by Peter Menesh. Playing it completely straight.
Happy Birthday!
Now, I will be disappointed if the DragonSteel doesn’t mention a character from lore named “Queen Emily of Dragonsteel (Or Imyli to make all fantasy sounding).”
I would for sure buy a Sanderson secret lair
Barb is about 10 months older than me, so I often make the same jokes about marrying an older woman. Kathy and Jim (Barb's parents) had a similar age difference, and they loved to tell a story about how shortly after one of then had turned forty, they other had turned forty too (forty-two). We both turned 40 this year, so we have been playing with that a little bit
Wait, your son buys physical dnd books? But dndbeyond is so fun!
How do you join the Instagram giveaway? I have one but rarely use it, so im a bit lost haha
Happy birthday Brandon my birthday is in a week on the 27.
awakening as magic mechanic would be cool if you had to pay it by removing color from the cards.
My friends have a cat named Jasnah, so there are definitely plenty of pets
I would say technically you're not late 40's until 47 and a half, because before then you're still closer to 45 than 50. So you still have 6 months of being mid-40's to enjoy until your demise.
Dam, I the only one thinking Sanderson looks great for 47?
I think I know what to use the Disemvowel against! The Baaallerina!
That is 5 life lost (one per vowel in the card name), which could be really good or really bad, depending on who loses the life.
How come goofy means something? Though it was only a name for a dog 🐕
#GetBrandonAGiantUrzaPlaneswalkerCardPlease @mtg
My favorite person in the comments, right here. Yes, my son was here too. Don't judge me. He didn't use the hashtag.
@Brandon Sanderson I can see it now! A smile on your face and an epic giant urza card looming in the background. Love you Brandon, and Happy Birthday !
Does Brandon have a room of just magic cards?
Ohh Brandon, you need a character called Devil K. Neville 😄 haha
Happy birthday, literary God
Man, I only have a month left to finish the last 5 WoT books if I want to catch that next Livestream..... Yeah, I'm not gonna be able to be there lmao
I have two man. Two whole books. 1000 pages each. Aint no way either of us can do it.
I have three!
I have 12. Lol.
@AbsentDay lol if all the sudden the audiobooks had no wait time from the library and I listened on double speed, I still wouldn't have the time to finish the series before then 😂😂 Appreciate the optimism tho!
@AbsentDay haha yeah, Merry Christmas!
When are they going to put Kelsier in the Fortnite shop? It's been more than a year!
TIL that Hoid’s primary 3 magic colors would be the same as Nicol Bolas’s…yea actually, that makes sense lol
Do these make anyone love Brandon more? Like he's just a nerd like me.
would kill to see kermit as sazed
YAY!
What’s your favorite 🐉 card?
The stream is all black for me???
All you people who are saying you're Brandon's the biggest fans haven't gone so far as marry him and bear his two children, so ha! In your faces!
My dog's name is Sylphrena 😀 add that to the number haha
I know a little boy named Kaladin. Kal for short 🙂
State of the Sando?
Later this week, probably Thursday.
💫
I can see good!
Jewels would be colorless as she is a drab.