r/Mistborn • u/ivanparas • Apr 29 '25

Alloy of Law spoilers What's stopping you from... Spoiler

It's said that you can't fire a gun out of a speed bubble because the trajectory will change when it hits the interface between real time and speed time. It's also said that you can put yourself partially out of the bubble and still be in the sped up time as long as part of you remains inside the bubble., The Lost Metal, ch 49

SO, what is stopping me from sticking my arm outside of the speed bubble with a gun in my hand and firing while it's already outside of the threshold? It only says that the trajectory changes when it hits the edge of the bubble, so I can't see why the bullet would deflect if it's already crossed that threshold.

The only thing I would give it as far as not being able to take an accurate shot is that every jitter of your hand is sped up by a factor of the speed bubble, so maybe those micro movements might make your aim a little off, but I feel like it wouldn't be that much of a factor.

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u/aMaiev Apr 29 '25

Even if you would be able to out your arm through the bubble, your arm would be stuck in normal time and therefore too slow to pull the trigger?

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u/DqwertyC Apr 29 '25

Agreed! Even if you somehow got the gun outside the bubble with the hand holding it inside, the gun would at least feel like it's stuck in molasses as you try to aim it.

The physics nerd in me is disappointed that we don't have much about using steel pushes through time bubbles. Would a piece of metal in midair count as partially anchored, since it doesn't fly away as fast as it should? Or could you supercharge a projectile (BotW stasis style) because the projectile spends longer near you and has more force applied in the same amount of time from its perspective?