This is my reaction blog for Wind and Truth. Beware of spoilers! Index post here.

Title: The Wrong Lesson
Not sure who will be the one learning the wrong lesson in this chapter, but I suspect the Fused.  Or maybe Cultivation.

Icon: Double Vav. Loving/Healing, for the passionate part of himself? Maybe it’s Vargo himself who decides he learned the wrong lesson from caring about people. For the character icon, same as last time, this is the double-sided frowning sword version of Mr. T.

Oof. Bringing order to the galaxy cosmere through the power of the dark side pure rage. Not really hitting heroic notes here, Vargo.

Hm. Cutlivation is being manipulative, as per usual, but I’m going to accept her words themselves at face value. She wants each Shard to garden their own plot of the universe, wants to convince Odium not to eat or murderize everyone. T isn’t convinced, still thinks he should be in charge of it all.

Title drop: C wants him to learn “the right lesson” from Rayse’s mistakes. Smart money says that they will continue to strongly disagree about what that lesson should be.
Intriguing that apparently all three of the Rosharan gods are problem children that the rest of the Shards wanted to keep locked away. That’s the first indication we’ve had that Roshar as a system is problematic, not just Odium himself.

Two of the Sixteen are hidden. Odium thinks Valor’s absence is the most notable. Little (infuriating) breadcrumb to generate RAFO questions.

I don’t know about this solution. Whereas Sazed’s multiple aspects have deadlocked him into inaction, Teravangian wants to instead let his kindness and cruelty take turns. That kind of vacillation will allow for a lot more activity, but it’s arguable how much would ever be accomplished when you work at cross purposes with yourself. 

Part of me wonders if that unpredictability is what Cultivation is hoping for, rather than her “preferred” peaceful outcome.