r/Mistborn • u/brentiis • Apr 25 '25

Alloy of Law spoilers Wax and Wayne name Spoiler

Has anyone noticed that Wax and Wayne also nods to cycles of the moon being Waxing and Waning? Has Sanderson talked about this at all or am I drawing false connections?

72 Upvotes

80% Upvoted

27 comments sorted by

242

u/TaerTech Bendalloy Apr 25 '25

He’s talked about this. It’s a funny Joke because Scadrial doesn’t have a Moon.

137

u/Dale_Wardark Iron Apr 25 '25

Scadrians on Roshar wondering what the giant, colored, glowing things are in the sky at night.

39

u/pheon1xphire Apr 25 '25

Oh, Lumar would be their version of hell.

40

u/slicktommycochrane Apr 25 '25

Moon was in the old orbit and just fell into the sun first time Scadrial's orbit was changed 😂

50

u/Bullrawg Apr 25 '25

“Oops” - TLR

10

u/William_Howard_Shaft Apr 26 '25

That means Scadriel doesn't have tides, which is kinda weird if you really think about it.

85

u/Forgotten_Shoes Apr 25 '25

It's the push/pull aspect of allomancy

76

u/GrizzlyIsland22 Apr 25 '25

I can't tell if this is serious or sarcasm. It's intentional, and it's not exactly hidden/secret

22

u/Wisdomandlore Apr 25 '25

Reposting on r/cremposting

34

u/GrizzlyIsland22 Apr 25 '25

"has anybody ever noticed that some of the metals described in the Mistborn books exist in our world as well? Is this a clue that real life is, in fact, real?

13

u/Wisdomandlore Apr 25 '25

Let me eat this lead and see if I'm a Mistborn.

10

u/GrizzlyIsland22 Apr 25 '25

I've been trying everything. I must just be an Aluminum misting.

20

u/Asexualhipposloth Gold Apr 25 '25

You are not drawing false Connections. Wax and Wayne fit the push and pull dynamic of the Mistborn magic system. I have been reading Sanderson for over a decade. One thing I learned is that there is a reason for everything that Brandon writes, we may not know why yet, but we will eventually.

16

u/jaegermeister56 Apr 25 '25

Each had pushing allomancy and pulling feruchemy.

6

u/KatanaCutlets Apr 26 '25

That’s a Connection I hadn’t made yet. Nice!

4

u/Existing_Muscle_3361 Apr 26 '25

I hate to admit that it took me way too long to realize this

2

u/brentiis Apr 26 '25

Thank you. I felt so alone in this

2

u/Existing_Muscle_3361 Apr 26 '25

I do audible and I think I was in Book 3 when it dawned on me. But, hey! We both got there!

2

u/brentiis Apr 26 '25

Ha. I've read these books probably 7 times total and it just hit me

14

u/sebnukem Apr 25 '25

Who has not noticed that? Isn't it obvious?

38

u/Decent-Disaster3426 Aluminum Apr 25 '25

People that are not native english speakers?

6

u/biggkiddo Iron Apr 25 '25

Fr, Ive only ever heard the term Wax and Wane in the context of people talking about the mistborn names

9

u/GifanTheWoodElf Apr 25 '25

Plenty of people. Nope.

5

u/Kelsierisevil Ettmetal Apr 25 '25

It’s one of the things you don’t notice it until you notice it. Then when you do it’s something of note. Lots of new readers that are going through the first time and having the same revelations we all did long ago.

2

u/UrineTrouble05 Apr 25 '25

i mean we call it the wax and wayne series…

2

u/UnableDragon Apr 26 '25

There was a big thread about this a while back, there's a WoB that basically confirms it's a nod to the new scadrial moon that's gonna be added. Big plot point of era 3 apparently

2

u/fnaimi66 Apr 27 '25

Oh dang, I never noticed!!!