#Silence Montane

[cosmerelists]

If Cosmere Characters worked at a coffee shop...

[Spoilers for Rhythm of War & Mistborn Era 1, technically! All other references should be safe.]

Let’s say the Cosmere characters lived in our world and worked as baristas. What would they be like in that role?

1. Kaladin: Keeps trying (in vain) to unionize with the other employees

Kaladin: I really thought we had it, that time.

Kaladin: I can’t believe I’m the only one who didn’t get fired.

Kaladin: AGAIN

2. Shallan: Makes the most gorgeous latte art you’ve ever seen

Customer: H-How did you make the flower 3D? It’s just MILK

Shallan: I learned it from a book!

3. Sarene: Is the queen of malicious compliance and working to rule

Sarene: Manager got on my case because the customer said the coffee was weak.

Sarene: I am using this scale to measure out the proper coffee amounts to the gram.

Sarene: These tweezers help. 

4. Kelsier: The rumors of his firing were greatly exaggerated

Doug the normal barista: Uh, I’m pretty sure our new coworker Ty Decker is just Kelsier in a mustache.

Doug the other normal barista: Impossible! We saw him get fired!

Doug #1: I’m telling you, man! It’s like he can’t leave this coffeeshop!

“Ty” (to a customer): Hello would you like to join my secret club?

Doug #2 (whispering): And I’m pretty sure he’s in an MLM!

5. Adolin: Knows each customer by name (and flirts for tips)

Adolin: Janala! It’s so great to see you! You look gorgeous as always!

Janala: ...

Janala: Is our date going to be just hanging out at your coffeeshop while you’re working?

Adolin: I-It’ll be fun; you’ll see!

6. Lirin: Refuses to apply upcharges

Lirin: No one should have to pay EXTRA for oatmilk!

Lirin: I’m just going to give this to you for free.

7. Steris: Has the employee handbook memorized

Steris: Actually, it’s illegal to ask Doug to start the coffee before he clocks in.

Steris: Employee handbook Section 3.7a.

8. Lightsong: Refuses to believe that he is a god (of coffeemaking)

Lightsong: Ugh, WHY are we always so much busier when I’m working?

Lightsong: I’m not even that good at making coffee!

Llarimar: People believe your coffee is the best in town.

Lightsong: The coffee maker does all the work!

9. Lezian: Keeps forming grudges against coworkers

Lezian: Every time someone else gets chosen for Employee of the Month instead of me...

Lezian: I make it my mission to see them FIRED before the month is OVER!

Kaladin: But that’s...always.

Kaladin: You’re not very good at your job.

Lezian: THAT’S IT

Lezian: YOU’RE ON MY LIST

10. Tress: Really just loves the cups

Tress: Oh! I love your travel mug!

Tress: Where is it from?

11. Vivenna: Gradually has all of her coffeeshop illusions shattered

Vivenna: Man, I really thought people would come in, order off the menu, and then wait politely for their drink to be made and delivered.

Customer: NINE SHOTS OF ESPRESSO! WHIPPED CREAM!

Vivenna: I have seen the darkest parts of humanity.

12. Hoid: Is somehow everyone’s previous coworker

Shallan: Wait, didn’t we work for UberEats together? 

Kelsier: No, that’s the bastard who slapped me! In the middle of Walmart! While we were on the clock!

Kaladin: Huh? I think that’s the guy who always changed the radio station in the store I used to work at.

Steris: I think he did Lyft with my sister.

Vivenna: Are you sure? I thought he worked at a bookstore with MY sister.

Sarene: I think I recognize him from my last office job. He never really seemed to do anything.

Adolin: How old IS this guy??

13. Rock: Makes the coffee...very strong

Rock: This is how we drink it where I’m from!

Customer: M-My tongue is dissolving!

14. Jasnah: Doesn’t like coffee

Shallan: You don’t like coffee??

Jasnah: I do not.

Shallan: You work in a coffee shop!

Jasnah: I don’t try to convince others to dislike coffee. 

Jasnah: But I do believe that it is an unnecessary contrivance that people depend too much on.

Shallan: I thought you pulled, like, constant all-nighters!

Jasnah: That’s just sheer willpower. 

15. Silence: Takes safety rules very seriously

Silence: Hey!

Silence: Wash out that cut, put on a band-aid, and wear gloves! You can’t bleed around food!

Silence: T-turn off that stove! You shouldn’t leave an open flame if you’re not heating something up!

Silence: AND NO RUNNING!

#cosmerelists #cosmere #stormlight archive #mistborn #Elantris #Warbreaker #Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell #Tress of the Emerald Sea #Kaladin #shallan fanart #adolin fanart #Rock #Silence Montane #Jasnah #Hoid #Vivenna #Kelsier #Tress #Lezian #Lirin #flashing lights #Steris #Janala #Sarene

[viridializard]

cosmere inktober 17: forest

#just simple silence montane for this one #i was too tired for anything more complicated #silence montane #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #cosmere fanart #cosmere

[obscuremilfoff]

#silence montane #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #tindwyl #mistborn #brandon sanderson #polls #round 1

[stardustravens]

Today’s entry for my fandom crossover bullshit:

Gertrude Robinson and Silence Montane

#this duo would 100% have succeeded in stopping jonah magnus #cosmere #silence montane #gertrude robinson #the magnus archives #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #stardust posts

[shouldprobablybereading]

Five minutes to midnight so I’m kinda late to it, but happy mothers day to the only surviving mothers in the cosmere.

May you not get killed by your husbands for another year

#mothers with importance I mean #silence is a widow so atleast thats not a worry #mothersday #cosmere #stormlight archive #brandon sanderson #mistborn #navani kholin #steris ladrian #steris harms #silence montane #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #mistborn era 2 #wax and wayne #let’s ignore that there should probably be a bigger height difference #my art

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Every now and then when I see someone trying to argue that Brandon Sanderson is this like, brazenly sexist Fridgewives Georg because of the times female characters die in his books, I get an itch to turn it around on them and argue that he actually really hates people's brothers, because I can think of a whole list of those that he's killed off. Just off the top of my head:

Vin lost Reen

Kelsier and Marsh is just a big two-way loss-fest

Honestly I don't think Zane really counts but he is in there technically

Llarimar lost Stenimar. Twice.

Kaladin lost Tien, natch

Shallan lost Heleran

Dalinar lost Gavilar

Jasnah lost Elhokar

#cosmere #cosmere spoilers #sarcasm aside people are entitled to their tastes #if you just don't like the call an author made when writing something then that's that #but it's always just. the stupidest discourse that crops up around it #was that character 'fridged' or did she have a narratively meaningful death while also happening to be a woman? #or like. explain to me how Siri's mom being dead pre-story is meaningfully different than Silence Montane's husband being dead

[incorrectsanderversequotes]

Shallan: What's the scariest horror movie you've ever watched? Adolin: IT. Val: Annabelle. William Ann: Paranormal Activity. Kaladin: High School Musical. All throughout high school I was scared that everyone was gonna randomly get up and start singing and dancing, and I would be the only one who doesn't know the words.

#the stormlight archive #the reckoners #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #shallan davar #adolin kholin #val reckoners #firefight #william ann montane #kaladin stormblessed #crossover #brandon sanderson

[pocketramblr]

#shai gave me another one 💜 #also i finished tress. loved it but no spoilers here

[casualatienjoyer]

who is the cosmere has common sense

Steris. Kriss (?). Navani and Jasnah occasionally. Dusk? Silence Montane? Shai. Dockson.

Yup that’s all we got

#we can never have a cosmere endgame or the sheer lack of common sense will shatter adonalsium again #cosmere #cremposting #stormlight archive #brandon sanderson #mistborn

[curlytale]

Cosmere Inktober 2022 day 29: Bubble. The Waystop maintained by Silence Montane. A little bubble of safety from the Forests of Hell.

#cosmere inktober 2022 #cosmere inktober #cosmere #Inktober #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #Art #My art #My post

[kingjasnah]

The ending of lost metal like: wait what's that??? IT'S SILENCE MONTANE WITH A STEEL (silver) CHAIR!!!!!!!

LMAO silence is the ONE arcanum charcter i ruled out cause literally what would she be doing there. what would she be doing. but she would be thee insane wildcard cameo that like demoux or galladon was for anyone who was following this when wok/wor came out

#i was not lmao but im sure cosmere tumblr was around still. well reddit. #i really like silence (character and novella) but i like her too much to want her to get involved with these messy bitches #asks

[wahoopli]

#cosmere #mistborn #stormlight #stormlight archive #sla #Warbreaker #polls

[obscuremilfoff]

#catherine leone #super lesbian animal rpg #silence montane #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #polls #round 2

[dastardly-lemondrops]

Recently a trans woman and Montana state representative, Zooey Zephyr, has been silenced for trying to speak in defence of trans rights and trans youth. Those protesting her treatment have been arresting, so I'm sharing their bail fund. Maybe many people don't know much about Montana. It's not a very populous state. In a lot of ways, it's a holdout of progressive policies surrounded by states which are very much not, and all of that is being threatened now. It's one of the last states to not be right to work, the state constitution defends right to privacy (which contributes to abotion rights), and it's been a state with relatively easy to access care for trans people. And now all of that is under threat. I understand if people didn't know this because most people don't know much about Montana, but for those reasons, it's very scary and frustrating to see this kind of thing happening here. Fortunately, there are people fighting against all of that, so I ask that if you can support them and watch as this all unfolds, please do. Thank you.

#trans rights #montana

[boooklover]

September Wrap Up

Brandon Sanderson Novellas

VF: Sixième de crépuscule et autres nouvelles

Sixth of the Dusk

Sixth of the Dusk, set in a never-before-seen world, showcases a society on the brink of technological change. On the deadly island of Patji, where birds grant people magical talents and predators can sense the thoughts of their prey, a solitary trapper discovers that the island is not the only thing out to kill him. When he begins to see his own corpse at every turn, does this spell danger for his entire culture?

Edgedancer

Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, court life is suffocating the free-spirited Lift, who can't help heading to Yeddaw when she hears the relentless Darkness is there hunting people like her with budding powers. The downtrodden in Yeddaw have no champion, and Lift knows she must seize this awesome responsibility.

Perfect State

God-Emperor Kairominas is lord of all he surveys. He has defeated all foes, has united the entire world beneath his rule, and has mastered the arcane arts. He spends his time sparring with his nemesis, who keeps trying to invade Kai's world.

Except for today. Today, Kai has to go on a date.

Forces have conspired to require him to meet with his equal—a woman from another world who has achieved just as much as he has. What happens when the most important man in the world is forced to have dinner with the most important woman in the world?

Snapshot

Davis’s job as a cop on Snapshot Duty is straight forward. Sometimes he is tasked with finding where a criminal dumped a weapon. Sometimes he is tasked with documenting domestic disputes. Simple. Mundane. One day, in between two snapshot assignments, Davis decides to investigate the memory of a call that was mysteriously never logged at the precinct, and he makes a horrifying discovery.

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

When the familiar and seemingly safe turns lethal, therein danger lies. Amid a forest where the shades of the dead linger all around, every homesteader knows to follow the Simple Rules: "Don't kindle flame, don't shed the blood of another, don't run at night. These things draw shades." Silence Montane has broken all three rules on more than one occasion. And to protect her family from a murderous gang with high bounties on their heads, Silence will break every rule again, at the risk of becoming a shade herself. 

L'enterrement des étoiles, Christophe Guillemain

(This book is not translated in English)

3/5

L'annonce de la fin est proche. A la cité des héritiers, le roi Jenophon reçoit la visite de l'oracle annonciateur. C'est le moment que choisit un cirque pour s'installer non loin et offrir un moment de joie. Cette compagnie de monstres de foire doit faire face à l'obscurité qui s'étend et découvrir la lumière intérieure, l'unité et l'harmonie comme derniers espoirs. Dans la nuit d'encre, les étoiles éphémères seront portées par ceux que la société rejette pour leurs différences. 

Le sentier des astres #1: Manseh, Stefan Platteau

(This book is not translated in English)

4/5

Quelque part dans la nordique forêt du Vyanthryr, les gabarres du capitaine Rana remontent le fleuve vers les sources sacrées où réside le Roi-diseur, l’oracle dont le savoir pourrait inverser le cours de la guerre civile. À bord, une poignée de guerriers prêts à tout pour sauver leur patrie. Mais qui, parmi eux, connaît vraiment le dessein du capitaine ? Même le Barde, son homme de confiance, n’a pas exploré tous les replis de son âme. Et lorsque les bateliers recueillent un moribond qui dérive au fil de l’eau, à des milles et des milles de toute civilisation, de nouvelles questions surgissent. Qui est Le Bâtard ? Que faisait-il dans la forêt ? Est-il un danger potentiel, ou au contraire le formidable allié qui pourrait sauver l’expédition de l’anéantissement pur et simple ?

The Drowning Empire #1: The Bone Shard Daughter

3,5/5

The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.

Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.

Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright - and save her people

[tallmantall]

#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth - When Relationships Break Down, #Men Are At Risk Of #MentalIllness And #Suicide

By UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA A new UBC study confirms that when #men transition out of relationships, they are at increased risk of #mentalillness, including #anxiety, #depression, and #suicide. “Most #men experienced the onset or worsening of #mentalillness symptoms during a distressed relationship or following the breakdown of a relationship,” says the study’s lead author Dr. John Oliffe, a Canada Research Chair and UBC professor of nursing whose work focuses on men’s #mentalhealth. He noted that marital separation quadruples the risk of #male #suicide and suggests that distressed relationships as well as separation and divorce contribute to men’s #mentalhealthchallenges. Dr. Oliffe and the team at UBC’s Men’s Health Research Program interviewed 47 #men about their experiences with the breakdown of an intimate partner relationship. When faced with conflict in their relationships, #men tended to downplay issues, causing the relationship to fracture even further. Dr. John Oliffe, UBC nursing professor and men’s health researcher. Credit: University of British Columbia “Stereotyped masculinity plays a role in how #men react to a broken relationship,” says Dr. Oliffe, who also leads UBC’s Reducing #MaleSuicide research excellence cluster. “For example, men’s uncertainty for how to articulate and problem-solve in the relationship context resulted in many #men isolating rather than reaching out for help. Most #men in the study were battling with transitions in the partnership—like bereavement, parenting or infidelity—and their primary goal was to avoid conflict.” The study also found that #men who were in distress following their breakup used substances, including #alcohol, to cope with feelings such as anger, regret, sadness, shame and guilt. This is in addition to the immense uncertainty of what life could look like with less access to #children, financial challenges and the loss of social connections. Complicating these findings is the #isolation and disruption caused by #COVID-19 public health restrictions, which can lead to increased #alcohol and #substanceuse at home, and exacerbate conflict, leading to worsening #mentalhealth, Oliffe added. On the positive side, the study revealed that following the breakdown of a relationship, #men did engage a variety of resources to address their #mentalhealthneeds. #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space.  #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleOrder your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife:From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy http://www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com Gabriela Montaner, men’s health researcher. Credit: University of British Columbia “Help-seeking efforts among these #men were wide-ranging and included individual or solitary efforts like exercise, reading and self-care while other #men tapped existing networks or extended their efforts to connect with support groups, or attended therapy,” notes Gabriela Montaner, the project lead and co-author on the article. In thinking about the implication for services, she explained that while #men tend to wait until crisis happens before seeking help, they did invest considerable time and effort to move on from, as well as understand their role in the break-up. “We need to re-conceptualize men’s #mentalhealth promotion as legitimately including self-help, informal resources and #male peer group services in addition to professional services.” Dr. Oliffe added: “For the longest time we have treated separation and divorce as demographic data for examining risk factor potential in men’s #mentalillness and #suicide. The current study findings provide important contexts and direction for getting upstream to assist #men to build better relationships, and that is the focus of our current work with Movember.” This study, published last week in Social Science and Medicine – Qualitative Research in Health, was funded by Movember. Read the full article