#If marsh has double steel spikes and duralumin he might be able to affect metals in someone's body anyways

[puddlejumper38]

do you reckon marsh is a savant in any of his metals? like he’s been around so long constantly burning stuff but he probably is?? do you think cause of the savantism his iron and steel would be strong enough to affect metals inside someone else’s body?

Bronze. It was his metal before everything and I can just see him burning it constantly to hang on to that identity.

The rest... My understanding of allomantic savantism is that you have to burn it constantly and it can screw you up a bit. Marsh has had a ridiculous amount of time to practice so he's going to be equally ridiculously good at whichever metals he wants to be. I'm not sure that makes him a savant? I think you could get really good at using Tin, for example, without ending up like Spook in HoA. This might be a case of splitting hairs though. There could come a point where if you've had enough time to practice your abilities are indistinguishable from savantism.

He could be a savant with iron/steel though, depending. He's certainly good with them. But I mean his sight might mean burning steel/iron is redundant to find metals, so he might not burn either until he actually needs to push/pull. Oh wait, possibly also copper, if he wants to go unnoticed. Could easily be burning that all the time.

Hmmmm. Would Savantism let him affect metals in someone's body? I... don't think so? I think that's basic strength of the power to start with, not savantism or even practice. But I could be way off.

#mistborn #asks #marsh #don't know what bronze savantism would look like mind you #but I expect marsh would have it #If marsh has double steel spikes and duralumin he might be able to affect metals in someone's body anyways #i don't know where the cut off is there