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04
2008
Emotional Control: Soothe or Riot?
Posted by: Luke in personal development, tags: anger, compassion, counterpart, daily basis, distrust, emotions, equilibrium, feelings, forgiveness, intensity, mistborn, peace, riot, sanderson, self confidence, sense of fear, wikiIn Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series, characters have various powers, fueled by metal. Those who use the power of brass are called Rioters, because they can increase the intensity of others’ emotions, whereas those who use zinc are called Soothers, and can reduce the intensity of specific emotions.
While we can’t influence the emotions of others, we can influence our own emotions. In a sense, we are able to both soothe and riot specific emotions in ourselves to a limited degree.
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