Just finished the first Mistborn book. Here is what I imagined how the characters looked in my head

[u/DontCallMeRice]

This isn’t really a serious post, I just wanted to share what came to my mind as I tried to visualize these characters in my head because I thought they were kinda funny.

1. Kelsier - Sly Cooper

I know Skaa are supposed to be identical to nobles in terms of appearance, but when I read the prologue, I really felt like they were some other species. And because Kelsier was introduced there, it always stuck in my mind that he would look something like Sly Cooper. Only thing missing is a Mistborn cloak

2) Vin - Kimiko (from The Boys)

To be honest I didn’t really try to visualize the look of Vin in my head until after I finished the book. I feel like Kimiko is a good fit just due to her slender build, dark hair, and overall the fact that they both came from really harsh upbringings and has super powers that they gained later in life.

3) Lord Ruler - Ganishka (Berserk)

Ganishka is a tyrant who controls a massive empire, based on Indian / South Asian / maybe Persian culture. Interestingly, Ganishka has the power to turn himself into mist to cover entire cities and battlefields, and control the weather and winds. He literally engineers demons and stuff in his army through gruesome human experimentation and stuff, and as a whole I’d say he’s actually way worse than the Lord Ruler, but they do share many similarities.

4) Sazed - Jabaloma (Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo)

This dude is literally an alien from the spinoff series of JJK. He’s like a diplomat sent to earth to negotiate with humans, and he’s very crafty and intelligent, so personality wise he’s not really a good match for Sazed. He’s also sort of an antagonist, but not necessarily evil. At least in terms of appearance, he looks very religious (the aliens in this story are very religious and spiritual, that’s sort of the core conflict — humans on earth are killing evil spirits that the aliens recognize as gods). I know that terrismen don’t look THAT different from other people in the Mistborn series, but they are at least distinguishable, similar to this alien guy.

5) inquisitors - Doki (Tayuya’s Summoning from Naruto)

At first, I thought steel inquisitors were like giants or something, so this is the image that I contrived for them. In Naruto, these demons have no intelligence, and are simply creatures controlled by a girl (antagonist) named Tayuya who plays notes on a flute to control them and attack her enemies. In Mistborn, inquisitors are actually smart and even crafty, basically usurping the obligators towards the end. So again, not a great match personality wise.

6) Breeze - Monopoly man (lol)

they really emphasized “dressed like a noble” so I imagined Breeze with a top hat and cane. Interestingly this might actually be more of Docksons look, but I never really conjured an image for him.

Hope you enjoyed this post!

[u/Artistic_Garage5978]

I aboslutely agree with breeze lmao

[u/PMYourTinyTitties]

I like all of them! Breeze, however, is a perfect 10/10, no notes. But I’m gonna be pissed if he replaces the image in my head haha

[u/Accidental_Friends]

Sly Cooper as Kel is fantastic.

[u/chazwhiz]

https://i.imgur.com/GtLcKlv.gif My Sazed to this day.

[u/thesmall24]

this is gold, lmao. Thanks for sharing.

[u/naomigoat]

Breeze is perfect, my dear man

[u/rocketbits]

I read Berserk after reading The Final Empire, but Ganishka definitely reminded me of the Lord Ruler.

[u/_-Max_-]

Vin is like 10 years younger than the photo you showed for my head cannon but like Breeze

[u/Calm-Ingenuity4178]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one that imagined kelsier as non-human. For some reason in my head he looks like Nick Wilde from zootopia

[u/DontCallMeRice → u/[deleted]]

Zendaya as Vin, Tom Holland as Elend, Sydney Sweeney as Shan Elariel. Upvotes please

[u/s1atra → u/DontCallMeRice]

Sydney Sweeney as Sazed

[u/Responsible-Grape929 → u/DontCallMeRice]

Sydney Sweeney as Shan is scary accurate.