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puddlejumper38 · 6 months

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Rating the Secret Projects

Tress of the Emerald Sea: 7.5/10

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England: 2/10

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: 9/10

The Sunlit Man: 6/10

So here's the details, with spoilers.

In general? This was fun. I loved the anticipation of receiving the next secret project and the presentation has been next level. I love the look of these books. The decorated hardcover with no dust jacket is one of my favourite types of books. And with the art inserts and endpapers.

Might as well start with Tress, for consistency. Its a good book, maybe even crossing the line into a great book, for all that I didn't quite connect with the characters. And that's the reason for the lower rating, really, I found Charlie annoying and in all honesty struggled with having a talking rat. There's a time and a place for a talking rat. I absolutely loved the magic system. That was very very cool.

Ah. The Frugal Wizard. I gave it a higher score when I finished it out of an attempt not to be negative. I didn't like this book. I will never reread it, out of sheer annoyance. Dear fucking god what a slog. Anyway the actual Handbook parts were worth something I guess.

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter. This one is a masterpiece. Interwoven plot threads, fascinating premise, interesting characters, flawlessly executed... oh wait, no, it was narrated by Hoid. Hence the missing point (it could have been 10/10). But Hoid being there brought Design and I like Crytics. I really like the Cryptic sense of humour, which is always fun and after Dawnshard I also find the Sleepless interesting. Actually, point in favour of this book - the cosmere references worked well for me. I also really loved the art, just particularly nice for Yumi. I've already reread this one.

The Sunlit Man. Hmm. I didn't love it. And can I say, straight up, I hate the name Zellion? It fills me with an unparalleled rage. I was hoping Zellion would DIE, but alas now I know who Zellion is he won't die any time soon. I didn't connect with any characters in this one, and didn't find the magic system or the plot particularly interesting. I did experience the very Branderson experience of wanting to reach through the pages and into the yet unwritten Stormlight books to find out What The Fuck Happened. Two orders? What? Also I'm mad about Auxiliary. I like spren. Fuck you Mr Branderson, that was not where I thought that was headed. As a side note, he says in the early stages of the concept the character involved would have been Shai. Unfortunately, I'd have preferred that.

So. All in all this secret project thing has been genuinely great, with Yumi and the Nightmare Painter as a stand out favourite. I love that book.

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bloodyfesteringcraphole · 3 months

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Started Yumi and the Nightmare Painter and im glad Brandon has finally caved and made a loser protagonist. Painter is the representation losers have really been missing in the cosmere. Not a shred of swag to him. Not an ounce of coolness. Finally we just have the epic adventure of guy who sucks and nobody likes him.

#yumi and the nightmare painter #ssp2 spoilers #cosmere #brandon sanderson #Nikaro

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lamaery · 7 months

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8 - Design // SPOILERS for Rhythm of War and Yumi

Well, well, well … since I do have some lineart for the scene in which we are properly introduced to Design lying around on my shelved-project-shelf, I took the opportunity to try colour some bits of it. That cryptic is such a delight. I am sure she would have been brilliant at annoying Elhokar as well. But I guess Hoid kind of deserves her, too.

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to-shards-you-say · 2 months

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moash killed elhokar so design could get a boob job and open her own business btw. he did that for the girlies

#yumi and the nightmare painter spoilers #ssp3 spoilers #oathbringer spoilers

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llsnart · 7 months

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POV you're Nikaro

I made Yumi in a kind of anime style (hope it looks like 😅) and experiment with certain scene on the book and the world palette color .

What do you think about?

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ahhfear · 9 months

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Yumi and the nightmare Painter Spoilers ⚠️

this came to me in a vision

#it’s a damn good bamboo painting #ssp3 spoilers #yumi and the nightmare painter #yoki hijo yumi #nikaro painter #yumi #nikaro #cosmere #sanderson secret projects #my art #The bamboo in the picture is from the book #yatnp

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ultimateinferno · 10 months

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter illustrations by Aliya Chen, 1-8 ☆9-16☆ 17-23

#books #fantasy #illustration #art #cosmere #cfsbf #brandon sanderson #yumi and the nightmare painter #ssp3 #ssp3 spoilers #yumi and the nightmare painter spoilers #sanderson secret project #cool art

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viridializard · 10 months

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Painter 💫

#yumi and the nightmare painter #yumi and the nightmare painter spoilers #theres no spoilers but I'll tag it just in case #nikaro #cosmere #cosmere fanart

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i-fucked-your-milkshake · 9 months

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I think it’s funny when people roll their eyes about all the time Sanderson spends on clothes and fashion, as if it’s not an integral part of the world building and character development. I did my undergrad thesis on fashion semiotics in Mistborn (primarily using Roland Barthes) and there’s a direct correlation between how Vin is dressing and where she’s at on the hero’s journey, but in a way that doesn’t feel obvious at first. So it’s interesting to read Yumi and see how Sanderson is utilizing the language of fashion to explore these worlds and characters. The changing room scene with Akane is more than just a cute romcom scene, it’s about the process of discovery. Which is obvious but I can’t help harkening back to Barthes, who co-opts De Saussure’s thoughts on language for the use of fashion.

De Saussure identifies two aspects of language and communication: langue and parole. Langue is the rules of a particular language (subject verb order, for example) and parole is how an individual uses those rules to express themselves. Barthes applies this idea to fashion. We’re given these arbitrary rules of fashion (even as simple as “one must be dressed in public”) and from there we learn to work within the parameters of those rules to outwardly express ourselves. There’s a difference between your favorite pair of jeans and the pair of slacks you wear to work; there’s a difference between the dress you wear to a job interview and the dress you wear on a date where you’re trying to fuck.

The changing room scene is Yumi shotgunning the concepts of langue and parole all at once. She is learning new rules (you can have your shoulders bare) while learning how to express herself within the parameters of those rules (you can wear a dress with bare shoulders and still cover your shoulders with another garment). It’s cute and sweet but also important. She’s learning not just how to express herself but also that she’s allowed to. There’s nothing frivolous about how Sanderson uses and describes fashion. It’s a direct outgrowth of the journeys he sends his characters on.

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its-your-mind · 9 months

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Me (very powerful immortal dude, but currently a literal living statue, alive and aware but unable to move or interact with the world at all due to a poorly implemented failsafe) and the bad bitch (a fragment of a god, the embodiment of the structure inherent in all creation, for whom I have created a fake body out of magic and vibes that has fuckin AMAZING tits bc she wants to study how humans react to tits while she runs a noodle restaurant and uses my unmoving body as a coatrack) I pulled by being artsy

#cosmere #hoid #design #ssp3 #yatnp #yumi and the nightmare painter #ssp3 spoilers #yumi spoilers #yumi and the nightmare painter spoilers #yatnp spoilers

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cabinetcreature · 10 months

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brandon sanderson wants to say fuck so (lowly) bad

#brandon sanderson #cosmere #ssp3 #yumi and the nightmare painter #ssp3 spoilers

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willshaper · 10 months

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I just want a whole legion of stories where hoid is in a Situation and two teenagers have to Get Him Out (and also be in love at the same time)

#ssp3 spoilers #yumi and the nightmare painter #tress of the emerald sea

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