An analysis of the social dynamics in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series that will have you raising your brows...
Read the full analysis in this article on Towards Data Science.
TLDR: The article discusses a pilot analysis of the social dynamics present in the first book of the Mistborn series, The Final Empire, as conveyed through the raising of eyebrows. After recording all instances in the series in which one character "raises and eyebrow" at another character, we investigate three main questions:
- Which characters raised their eyebrows most often? Which characters were the most frequent recipients of eyebrow raises?
- Is there a temporal trend to characters’ eyebrow raising behaviors?
- What can we infer about the social dynamics between characters based on the frequency and directionality of their eyebrow exchanges?
A visualization gallery with interactive plots is available here: https://erinhwilson.github.io/mistborn/