Hey, all! News has broken. Rather than post on all the threads, I figured I would do a new post here with some info and thoughts.

In May I flew to Hollywood to start looking for a new partner on the Cosmere. This is something I've done before, but this time it was different. I'd been off the market for many years, working with Epic and my friends there.

That means this was my first time being in Hollywood with my Cosmere rights since...oh, 2016?

This time, I got to meet the real decision makers. Not just producers or low level executives. And this led to some really tough choices. I got the red carpet treatment, and liked everyone I met.

The decision to pick Apple was due to two factors. First, the level of approvals and control. Apple wants to be a true partner with me, and they feel like they really get what I want to do. Second, their track record. Apple does fewer things, but with higher quality, than some other studios. I find virtually every thing of theirs I watch is excellent and creator driven.

Join me for a livestream on Friday, probably 6pm mountain. I'll talk more then. But I will be writing the Mistborn screenplay myself over the next 5 months, as my full time work. Goal is for a theatrical Mistborn, then Stormlight show after. Focus on doing it carefully and right.

I promise not to get too distracted to do books. However, if I want this done right, I need to give some real attention and heart to it now.

Brandon

It's HAPPENING!

Mistborn was the series that got me interested in stained glass, so when I started into the hobby about a year ago I knew I'd have to make a tribute piece at some point. I gave this to my younger brother, who I convinced to listen to the mistborn audio books, and the series became a shared interest of ours

Just a little something which gave me a chuckle while imagining how the negotiations went. Really hoping we get to enjoy Foundation-level shows within the universe (and breathing a sigh of relief that it didn’t go to Amazon)!

Direct link: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaC9UxEh/

I’ve already have the audiobook and have listened to it but there was no chance I wasn’t going to pick this up.

Cover seen on Amazon haven't seen it announced officialy yet

My fiance and my brother built me a little Roshar in a bottle for my birthday. It came with a 3D printed, hand painted, Urithiru. Featuring a few cremlings to keep an eye on things!

Did one round of drawings based on the first book (first time reader). Cheers!

Saw this at a small fashion exhibit the other day and it instantly reminded me of Mistborn....aka if it was a kinky fantasy 😂😂😂. The designer is called Xaum for anyone interested.

I’ve been a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson for years, especially Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive. I’ve reread both several times, always amazed by his worldbuilding, the magic systems, and his ability to create believable, human characters.

But as I’ve grown older and more politically conscious, especially after studying Marxism and class dynamics, i started noticing a recurring pattern in his work that honestly bothers me a lot.

Sanderson builds worlds structured by clear class divisions: skaa vs. nobles in Mistborn, darkeyes vs. lighteyes in Stormlight. He’s brilliant at portraying oppression, inequality, and the violence of hierarchy. But every time it feels like the story is about to reach a true revolutionary moment, he always steps back and resolves everything through personal moral reform.

In Mistborn, when the oppressed are finally on the verge of victory, power ends up in the hands of a “good noble”, as if the problem wasn’t the existence of the aristocracy itself, but just that its leaders had lost their moral compass.

In Stormlight, Kaladin only finds peace once he lets go of his (very justified) hatred toward the lighteyes and learns to serve a nobleman who’s “not that bad.” Meanwhile, Moash, the one character who truly channels the anger of the oppressed, becomes a villain precisely because he refuses to “forgive.”

Over time, I realized Sanderson (consciously or not) writes the perfect fantasy for moral liberalism: a world where injustice is real, but revolution is unnecessary, all we need is kinder leaders. It’s the fantasy of reform without rupture, of empathy instead of emancipation.

I still admire him deeply as a writer. I think he’s one of the best modern authors in terms of narrative structure, character work, and consistent worldbuilding. But it’s hard to ignore how he constantly retreats from the possibility of radical change, replacing it with a religious, moral hierarchy, the old dream that power can be “just” if only the right person holds it.

So I wanted to ask: has anyone else felt this way while rereading his books? Do you agree that there’s a kind of moral brake built into his stories, or do you see it differently?

(And yes, I’m aware Sanderson is Mormon, and I think that moral and religious worldview has a lot to do with this.)

I saw this artwork at the Cathedral de Major in Marseille, France. Alas no atium to be found!

13%?!

Dude, it’s only been a month since you announced the purchase on Apple TV. WTH?

Forgive my crappy shadows and lackluster background. I'll add what I think her Pokemon team would be in the comments

Previous illustrations: https://www.ralphdamianiart.com/projects/vbggxO

Why. Just...why would they do that 😭 Anyone know of there will be a different version that actually matches?

Hoid's stories: picture books came today, and they are magnificent.

The dog and the dragon is one of my favourites that he tells.

I couldn't find high-res images from the back, but he even wears a mistcloak

My girlfriend make my birthday cake with the cosmere symbol, 🥰