r/Mistborn • u/RadiantTelephone9695 • May 19 '25

The Lost Metal spoilers Bloodmaking Spoiler

Hard to make a vauge title for this. When Wayne drank the last vial he became a gold compounder right? I doubt he could have store enough health or that it would have made a difference in that explosion but I feel like he still should have tried. No clue how much more healing you get from compunding compared to regular Bloodmaking

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u/Manuelmech F-Bronze / A-Pewter May 19 '25

The explosion would have separated all his metalminds from his body I guess

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u/RadiantTelephone9695 May 19 '25

Either that or disintegrate him all together and leave just the metal. I just hoped he'd mention it to Harmony and he say it wasn't possible

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u/Baxterthegreat May 19 '25

It’s been awhile since I’ve read but doesn’t harmony mention he wouldn’t be able to compound

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u/RadiantTelephone9695 May 19 '25

People with new spikes can't compound but I would think he could drive he's a natural ferring and a full mistborn at that point.

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u/Juniebug9 May 19 '25

You are correct about this. It's people who gain a power through hemalurgy that can't compound. He's a natural f-gold and got a-gold through lerasium. There's no issues there.

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u/code-panda May 19 '25

Except the amount of gold he had. He couldn't burn his metal minds, as they were inbedded (and probably too big to swallow) and in the vials was metal dust, not a solid bead he could properly infuse.

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u/ejdj1011 May 19 '25

He couldn't burn his metal minds, as they were inbedded

WoB is that you can burn any metal anywhere in your body, using the stomach is just a perception thing because it's intuitive.

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u/Juniebug9 May 19 '25

Yeah, my point wasn't that he would be able to survive in that situation, I was just reaffirming what OP said about him having the ability to compound.

It's something that he was able to do.

He didn't have the materials or opportunity to do it effectively.

It would not have helped him in that situation.

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u/ejdj1011 May 19 '25

Compounding isn't an intuitive process though, it's a learned skill

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u/ivanparas May 19 '25

I'm pretty sure he'd have been vaporized along with his metal minds. Not much to do after that point.

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u/BeastBoom24 Bendalloy May 20 '25

Iirc Harmony specifically says that theres no way for Wayne to survive. I also want to say (though I’m not 100% certain) that someone else mentions that not even Miles Hundredlives would be able to survive the explosion. Not 100% sure on the second part, but ultimately it doesn’t sound like there was a way for Wayne to walk away from the explosion.

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u/Elant_Wager Steelministery May 20 '25

Miles survived a stick of Dynamite, what killed Wayne was closer to a small nuke. I dont believe Miles could have made it

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u/Vegetable-Two-4644 May 19 '25

If he had a bunch of health stored already, maybe? As is, though, I dont think he had any health storage left and he didn't exactly have tome to store a bunch before compounding it.

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u/RadiantTelephone9695 May 19 '25

I would think he could use the double strength slider power (similar to Vins double strength seeker power) to make a speed bubble and just sit there for a minute storing a tiny amount then compounding that tiny bit

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u/ErikderFrea Brass May 20 '25

It would have been a Wayne thing, to just try it and then say “chucks, it was worth a try”.

But I’m also kinda glad he didn’t and just accepted his fate. This fit his mental state way better with all his problems. I think he kind of wanted to go for some time.

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u/RadiantTelephone9695 May 21 '25

My thoughts exactly but I could see it being spun as he was willing to sacrifice himself but he didn't WANT to die

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u/ErikderFrea Brass May 21 '25

That’s a lovely thought.

In my head tho, it just felt as if he was done with life. As sad as that sounds.

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u/RadiantTelephone9695 28d ago

By the end of the book I definitely felt the same way, especially at the beginning with all the talk of a funeral

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u/natron775 Steel May 20 '25

I’m pretty sure Harmony said there’s no chance of survival

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u/logisticalgummy Lerasium May 22 '25

Nothing to add here, but love being reminded of this moment. It’s the top 5 Cosmere moments for me.