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TwistedMisting

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  1. As far as I can tell Gavilar was part of some kind of secret society. Possibly the same one that Amaram is part of. Maybe this organisation also included Taravangian (although I believe his work based around the Diagram is independent and not known of by Gavilar or any other associates) Dalinar and Jasnah were not part of this organisation and both of them have tried to stop the everstorm from coming, while Gavilar and Amaram were trying to cause a new desolation.
  2. My personal theory is that the spren are involved in making plate. We see that modern shardbearers have to place a gemstone in a shardblade in order to bond it. Well my theory is that modern plate has gems inserted to make them work, but that this wasn't necessary when the original Radiants used their plate. For me, the difference in how plate functions in Roshar's present compared to how it seems to function in Dalinar's visions, says that this is more than a fabrial. It must be a creation of the spren. The only hole in this (as far as I can see) is that our nascent Radiants don't hear screams when they wear or touch plate.
  3. I don't agree that she's thinking herself more intelligent than Adolin. When they're in the winehouse and she's talking about chasmfiends Adolin quips 'I'm kind of useless at anything that doesn't involve someone getting stabbed' but later she responds 'you probably don't see the problem because you don't have the proper facts' (pg 573 UK hardback) she acknowledges that his ignorance on the subject is not a reflection on his intelligence, but on the way he's been educated. When Adolin leaves he reflects to himself that she doesn't make him feel stupid.
  4. I think you've got good points there. The only one I disagree with is Adolin. The big theory at the moment is that he's going to end up a Skybreaker. This is the order that belongs to Nalan, Darkness, the former Herald who goes around killing nascent surgebinders. There's also a comment from Syl at one point in the books where she says something like 'you shouldn't be like this, you're not a Skybreaker' to Kaladin when he's obsessing over Amaram not getting justice ( sorry don't have time to find the exact quote right now). So it would seem that the Skybreakers had a big theme of justice, just as Windrunners are tied to protection, Lightweavers to truth, Edgedancers to remembrance etc. My take on Adolin's killing of Sadeas is that it is his Skybreaker nature coming through, imposing harsh (or unilateral) justice.
  5. you make a fair point: Just because it's not a good thing to do, doesn't mean he'd necessarily be breaking any of his oaths as a Windrunner. I very much doubt Brandon would turn this into a 'twilight problem', to be honest he's too good a writer, and the love triangle in Twilight was the most forced I've ever encountered. Seriously, how many times does the girl turn the werewolf down and he just keeps on repeating 'oh but you love me you just don't know it yet'. Jeez. I really can't see Stormlight descending into that pointless drivel!
  6. I'll admit I only just finished reading WoR today, so I haven't really had time to look at the new names of all the surges. I still know them by the old terminology.
  7. I haven't read the whole thread but I'll stick my two pennies' worth in here anyway. I definitely caught hints of some feeling between Shallan and Kaladin so it's possible we could have a love triangle in the making. However, we're only two books in and a hell of a lot could happen. Any one of the three could get killed off, for one. Perhaps Shallan marries Adolin, he gets killed and once she's finished grieving she falls for Kaladin (as one example) Kaladin definitely has feelings for her. I doubt that he'd act on them due to his bond with Syl and what happens when he betrays his honour.
  8. I got mine a couple of hours ago. I also lack the front and endpages, which is slightly disappointing. I'm just wildly happy to finally be reading it!
  9. Ok, just updating this to add that I got royally pranked yesterday. WoR is pre-ordered on my partner's Amazon account. So he got the email saying it had been dispatched and changed the text to say it was delayed then forwarded it to me. All evidence that it was really a dispatch confirmation was removed from the email. So he forwarded what looked like a legitimate Amazon email. He got me. Evil man. It was a really good prank though!
  10. I've had an email from Amazon.co.uk today saying that delivery has been delayed as the book is not in stock. Estimated delivery is now 13th March! Has anyone else been told this? How can they have a 'preorder' option and then not actually stock the book in time for release? I'm annoyed, I think I'll be cancelling my preorder and just buying it in Waterstone's!
  11. I just saw Frozen for the first time last week, it's currently my son's favourite movie (alongside Star Wars IV). I found that 'Do you want to build a snowman' really choked me up! This poor girl's confusion and desperation to have a relationship with her sister, her loneliness and that need to know why things changed really hit me quite hard. Personally I love that they really kind of smashed up the traditional Disney trope where prince and princess meet, barely speak and then get married and live happily ever after. It's like the movie is injecting some reality into the movie version of true love. I especially love when Kristoff is so shocked that Ana got engaged to a man she'd just met that day and starts questioning her about Hans. I didn't have a problem with Olaf. But then I guess I got the sentiment straight away, as at the beginning of the movie, Elsa makes a snowman and says 'My name is Olaf, I like warm hugs'. Olaf looks exactly like that snowman and introduces himself in the same way when he meets Ana and Kristoff. And I giggled at 'put me in summer and I'll be a ... HAPPY SNOWMAN!'
  12. I agree, it was utterly predictable and jam packed with stereotypes, even down to prophecy. I think that's why I love the whole twisted prophecy thing in Mistborn, because the whole prophesied hero trope is so overdone in fantasy. Generally badly done as in WFR!
  13. 1) Rock will die 2) Teft will betray or disappoint Kaladin 3) Moash will acquire shards 4) Adolin will bond a spren and become a Skybreaker 5) Shallan will fall for Renarin, but he will die leaving her heartbroken 6) Szeth will break his honour and betray the holder of his oathstone 7) Shallan will find out how to get to Urithuru, but not actually get there before the book ends 8) Kaladin will forgive Amaram and they'll become best friends before falling in love 9) Drehy will kill Amaram because he loves Kaladin 10) Shallan will learn to fight with her shardblade. She'll be trained either by Kaladin or Adolin. I had a hard time thinking of more after number 7!
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