#dockson

Kelsier, openly fighting nobelmen in their houses: IM RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HOUSE THAT I BROKE INTO IM A MISTBORN REMEMBER ME IM GONNA ROB YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOUR RICHES.

With every passing re-read of The Well of Ascension, I realize how under the radar Dockson's transformation passed in the story and in my perception. Ham, Breeze, Clubs, Spook and Sazed have all accepted Elend as a friend, but Dox is always aloof, always keeping him at arm's length; we get to see the story from Elend's perspective, not Dox's; and there's the argument between Ham and Dox thrown in later too; all things combined, I at least had dismissed Dox as boring and mostly non-contributing to the crew anymore (except with the bureaucracy work). He didn't add anything to the crew's morale, which is possibly more important than the actual work when you're The Survivor's Crew, taking on one impossible task after the other.

But Dox was the one who'd been closest to Kelsier. Everyone mourned his death, but everyone moved on, too. Dox never did. It had been their dream to topple the nobility, and now there's a nobleman at the head of the new government, and Dox knows Elend is a good man, but can't accept it, because then he and Kell would be the monsters, and then there's Kell standing beside Elend's shoulder and shaking his head at Dox while the rest of Kell's crew treat Elend as a longtime friend.

The Final Empire Thumbnails 1 -18

Since I had to reread Era 1 anyway I decided to combine getting into the vibes of the world with some art practice and do a speed run of illustrating moments from it while I make my way through the book. The thumbnails are all painted in greyscale with using gradient maps to add color and atmosphere.

Mistborn - wallpaper!!

This is what I miss the most after completing the Mistborn trilogy. I truly, truly wish I could go back and read the whole thing all over again, but for the first time. While I love the character developments of the characters, particularly Elend’s, and Spook’s, even more specifically in Hero of Ages, I still want to go back and stay in The Final Empire because… dear lords, The Lord Ruler was terrifying but I would much rather just have him be the big bad guy. Things were… relatively easier. I miss Kell, but I understood why he had to die, and somehow, that understanding hurt more than his death. His death changed everyone. But… so did his life. Kell could walk into a room and leave everyone awed. He practically adopted Vin, and taught her to trust. To hope. When Kell says that Mare would have loved Vin… 😭🥺✨