various mistborn au ideas, they’re pretty much all era one because ive been obsessed with it for a while and I just wanna write down some of my thoughts
however absurd
spoilers for mistborn era one and secret history
anyways
- vin dies in the scene in the lord rulers palace where she almost dies like halfway through book one. idk how that would affect the crew, honestly i could see it breaking them apart, or maybe send kelsier into a proper redemption arc
- conversely, evil vin, which is basically vin has a larger spike and can more directly be manipulated by Ruin, which leads Kelsier to be confused and suspicious enough to catch on that something ain’t right and he and sazed start figuring things out much sooner
- Shan Elariel lives, that’s it I just want her to live. maybe she can get kidnapped by the crew or something, maybe redemption arc for her too
- also Reen lives and maybe gets a redemption arc? or not even w/out it i think he could be a really cool character
- kelsiers plan w/ the lord ruler doesn’t work for whatever reason and kell is dead. this is inspired by the scene where vin’s like ‘where do I go next?’ and sazed is like ‘idk but not with me.’ anyways if really could be any of em but vin goes with one of the crew members and yea. i think either sazed or dockson could be interesting, either going to Terris or helping dockson run another job
- ghost/cognitive shadow Alendi. maybe rashek felt bad and made him a shadow when he had the power idk. he basically just follows Rashek around and pesters him or somethin
anyways most of these are probably not logical or don’t make any sense but oh well
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Okay, so a thought that has been rattling around for a bit and I need to share. Do the Takers also take the memories and personality of the bodies they possess or do they observe how they act before proceeding? I haven't seen any mention or talks about sudden changed in personality or memory loss, not even mentioned as something cats realized in hindsight. I feel like I'm on to something and if I am, that just makes everything more terrifying in my eyes.
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Very good point! In the beginning they didn't, which is another reason they couldn't stay hidden— but after one or two were outed because they acted too different too suddenly they adapted and changed.
Takers went after elderly, sick or kittens, a group that if they withdrew for a while and slowly started to change personalities it wasn't as easy to catch. They just became calmer and quieter. But that obviously didn't last because their bodies didn't age.
I want to be known: the Takers adapt very very fast! 2 got figured out because they acted too different too fast? Everyone changes the game. Can't take the usual game because it's noticeable? We go after the sick then.
The Takers nowadays do observe for a bit (a bit being hours but never more than a day), they also take context clues from the cats around them— but ultimately they're withdrawn and quiet if they did a full body take. The patchwork takers have no such boundaries, they consider themselves as new and act however they please.
The reason Cicada was discovered was because she was walking around with a broken back and because she couldn't hold a conversation without a grin. The living Cicada was soft and gentle, she also took her health very seriously. So she was an easy spot.
Fun thing that will never be brought up in the story but people might like to know!
Glowfern died naturally on her way home. Takers are not gentle, they can't sufficiently kill a cat without leaving marks, overkilling, or doing something that a normal cat wouldn't just walk off. Glowfern had been stalked by a Taker periodically in her time in Chasingclan. She never saw it but she did feel it, this is why she left earlier than she had planned. She never saw the Taker till near the rift, in which it couldn't hide in the shorter grass — she got so scared that she messed up her jump over the rift and broke her neck. The Taker simply took the opportunity presented.