#Silence for Shadows in the Forests of Hell

[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

[onlycosmere]

Questioner: Does silver break Connection or bonds? If silver does have this effect, does it get used in the creation of unkeyed metalminds?

Brandon Sanderson: These are good questions. Silver, as I have it right now, is not capable of that. What silver's doing is is disrupting. It's more like interference.

You know how, in White Sand, people can have these columns of sand. If you swiped silver through that, they would fall; but then they would be able to do it again. It's this little nullification for a short time. It's very dangerous to things like shades, and stuff like that. It's more disruptive.

If you hit a spren with this, it would be like hitting them with a Shardblade. They're gonna come back together. They're not dead; they're gonna reform eventually, and probably won't take too long. So it's not severing Connection; you're gonna need anti-Investiture to do really destructive stuff.

But you can disrupt with some silver. It's specifically bad for Shades for reasons maybe I'll get into someday.

#cosmere #cfsbf #the stormlight archive #oathbringer #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #white sand #realmatics #root #wob

[ybabflow]

We all know Kaladin will win so everyone else is fighting for second.

#cosmere #cosmere poll #brando sando #brandon sanderson #mistborn poll #stormlight polls #Stormlight #stormlight archive #mistborn era two #mistborn era 1 #mistborn #ssp1 #tress of the emerald sea #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #Warbreaker #kaladin stormblessed #kaladin #vin #Lightsong #khriss #khrissalla #Raoden #elantris #Steris #secret project 1

[travalicious]

Shadows for Silence by Kevin Keele

#kevin keele #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #brandon sanderson

[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

[lamaery]

Shard Roller Disco: Threnody Ambition doing an ambitious pose. Uli Da hasn't been a character so far, thanks to Rayse. The hint on Coppermind that Brandon compared Ambition to Mono Black in Magic The Gathering turned out to be very helpful in to getting a better idea about this obscure character. She would have been an interesting force to encounter…

Music? Yello again... (because this video is a bit of a weird gem by itself)

More Shard Roller Disco AU: Roshar Nalthis Sel and Scadrial Scadrial 2 First of the Sun and Taldain Roshar 2 (row spoilers) Roshar 3 Bonus Dawnshard (spoilers)

#cosmere #brandon sanderson #procreate #shards #shard roller disco #shard ambition #Uli da #sho del #yolen #threnody #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #id in alt #character art

[offonaherosjourney]

#I wanted to list all the cosmere planets but we can only add 10 options to polls #polls #cosmere #cfsbf #brandon sanderson #the stormlight archive #mistborn #warbreaker #elantris #white sand #tress of the emerald sea #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #sixth of dusk #yumi and the nightmare painter #the sunlit man #nym's posts

[jewishdainix]

I forgot how many books there are in the cosmere. I am going to explode

#what the heck is a shadows of silence and forests of hell. i only vaguely recognise the word therondy. sixth of the sun??? #i am rereading stormlight #i think after way of kings ill be reading getting done with the books i own already #no actually i think ill first get the books i own already before continueing to reread stormlight #good idea me

[obscuremilfoff]

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

[allomancer-jack]

What would your name be on threnody? Mine would be Patience, I think.

#waiting for SP2 to arrive is testing me #cosmere #shadows of silence #in the forests of hell #brandon sanderson #arcanum unbounded

[curlytale]

Cosmere Inktober day 14: Nightmare

Silence and William Ann. Silence's fear about losing her daughter to the Shades hits different now that I have a daughter of my own.

#cosmere #cosmere inktober #Cosmere Inktober 2023 #inktober #Shadows for Silence in the Forest of Hell #Sfsitfoh #art #my art #my post #digital art

[henrywong327-2]

Cosmere meme dump part 3: Shadows for Silence + Elantris

#brandon sanderson #cosmere #cremposting #elantris #shadows for silence in the forests of hell

[onlycosmere]

Angemon175: When Adonalsium Will Remember Our Plight Eventually came on page did anyone else immediately think of Good Omens and Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery Pulsifer?? That was my first thought and couldn't stop laughing, I hope it's an homage

Brandon Sanderson: It kind of is, kind of isn't. I first became aware of this quirk of puritan societies because of Pratchett, but it was Constable Visit-The-Infidel-With-Explanatory-Pamphlets that did it, actually.

Truth is, these kind of names were very rare (and kind of odd) in actual puritan societies, but they're just too deliciously interesting to not riff off of. Single word puritan names, like Faith or Justice, were far more common. (Including Silence, which I used after I actually encountered it doing genealogy of puritan Americans.)

#shadows for silence in the forests of hell #cosmere #ssp4 #the sunlit man #cfsbf #brandon sanderson #wob #root

[ybabflow]

Best Cosmere Protagonist #6

#cosmere #brando sando #brandon sanderson #cosmere poll #shadows for silence in the forests of hell #sixth of the dusk

[kett-draws]

17. Forest

The forests of Thredony, more affectionately referred to as "hell".

#threnody #art #inktober #Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell #krita #cosmere #cosmere inktober #cosmere inktober 2023 #ink drawing

[wyndlerunner]

When I first started Yumi and the nightmare painter, my running theory was that we were on Threnody’s main continent as mentioned in Shadows for Silence

#shadows for silence #the forests of hell #yumi and the nightmare painter #cosmere #threnody #komashi