Questioner
So for Calamity, like about these others that you mentioned, are we ever going to figure that out? Or is just going to be...
Brandon Sanderon
Oh yeah, so the next series I’m doing deals with the greater-- kind of interdimensional travel and who are these people.
Questioner
Okay good, because I was like “You can’t leave me like this” at the very end. I really liked how it was put together and stuff. My own theories were that David was actually, like his powers were actually figuring out Epics’ weaknesses...
Brandon Sanderson
I considered that, I really did. At the end of the day, when I brainstormed the trilogy I said you know what would be most fun for me in this series is to do a trilogy that is basically an origin story, for a character and then when I come back to The Reckoners, if I do, because the next one’s a parallel dimension, right?
Questioner
From where Firefight is, or from like other?
Brandon Sanderson
That -- we will get into why certain ones are stable and certain ones aren’t and why you can pull from and we’ll do something there with a new character. And if I come back, then Mizzy will be the main character in the sequel series.
Questioner
Awesome if you ask me, because I was always looking forward to more Mizzy.
Brandon Sanderson
Does that make sense? That’s where the plan for these is, we’ll see how the new series goes, they’re announcing it next week. And the entirety of the magic system is based on interdimensional stuff.
Questioner
Right, especially with Megan and her--
Brandon Sanderson
Yep.
Questioner
--multiple hundred personalities coming together and stuff.
Brandon Sanderson
So it’s kind of like Megan has opened up this idea of a quantum multiverse, and now I’m going to do a quantum multiverse, which is not something I can deal with in the cosmere so it’s exciting for me to be able to do it.
Questioner
Yeah ‘cause the first one we see about the others I was like (okay cosmere fandom, but wait) this is not cosmere, don't worry about that.
Brandon Sanderson
Not cosmere. Going straight-up quantum multiverse, in kind of a classical sense. I’ve been doing a lot of reading on string theory and things. It’s so hard, string theory breaks my brain. Quantum mechanics break my brain.