#twinborn

I finished The Alloy of Law right before the end of 2023!! I had an absolute blast with it!! Wax, Wayne and Marasi were a rusting hoot together! Wax’s deductions of the Vanishers’ crimes were some of my favorite parts of the book. Marasi’s criminal theories and growing friendship with Wax and Wayne were very entertaining. Wayne is EASILY the funniest Cosmere character so far. Wayne has too many lines of comedy gold. I knew I’d love him after “tea’s poisoned.”

I thought each of the three MCs had a surprising amount of depth. Marasi grew a surprising amount in such a short number of chapters. I was flabbergasted that her cadmium power saved the day. Wayne’s backstory of killing a father kinda tugged on my heart. I think Wax’s ongoing trauma over killing Lessie was a nice touch, and I hope Sanderson doesn’t sideline it.

I loved Miles both as an antagonist and a character. As an antagonist, he was very competent with a horrifying power. Ever since watching Hellsing Ultimate I realized the horror of regenerators. They’ll just keep coming back from any wound, and their healing looks disgusting at certain points. Miles’ power did not disappoint. He was a Pewterarm without being a Pewterarm. And as a character, I really like him. His frustration with the justice system is very relatable. He felt his actions weren’t helping people, as if he was stuck in a cycle. His dislike of Elendel feels like something you’d see in our world - a prominent city believed to be manipulating a poorer city. I wish he survived the book’s events.

The advancements of Allomancy and technology took this book to a new level. Whether it’s Wax’s Twinborn combo or Miles’ Compounding, gunplay interwining with Steelpushing, aluminum’s negation of magic, or Ranette’s Ironpulling interacting with the tech of her home. I never knew magic could combine so well with tech and guns. I was flabbergasted at the ridiculous limits of Wax’s Steelpushing, astounded by Miles’ healing output and the ridiculous number of embedded gold, and amazed by Wayne stealing DIO’s whole rusting flow. Tbh I’m still in awe from Wax and Wayne killing like 30 Vanishers, and the train fight, and Wayne having whole conversations in the time it takes to utter a single word. It’s even crazier that these are feats done with less raw power than Vin, Kelsier, and especially the Lord Ruler. No wonder both gods wanted the Lord Ruler to die.

suppose u were a twin born and had access to 3 hemalurgic spikes of ur choice, what abilities would you want?

side note: hemalurgy cannot give compounding

id be a duralumin twinborn with allomantic pewter, steel, and electrum spikes

feruchemical duralumin would be great as not only could i essentially make myself invisible by being so damn forgettable, i could also immediately make friends with some of the most powerful people in the worlds due to compounding. plus i always wanted to learn a new language, this counts right?

the pewter and steel r mainly to stay alive and get around.

and the electrum is there so i can duralumin boost it to see into the spiritual realm for a good second. who knows what id find out with that. plus seeing ur immediate future can also be helpful, especially when flying around with steel.

Donnovan Kidwell: Is it possible to be a full Feruchemist and a Misting or vice versa, like a lopsided Twinborn?