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  1. For some reasons Adolin is very unsympathetic character for me. Adolin is 24, he's a grown man, but he has no responsibilities, he is immature and shallow. He claims that he doesn't want to take King's responsibilities because if he does so he won't have enough free time for entertaining. I mean, this is his own words. In comparison with backstories of some characters Adolin have had a normal life, and all speculations that it was the opposite sounds weird for me. Generally I don't enjoy Adolin. He's lack of depth. Both a character, and a person. I understand that Sanderson perhaps didn't bother to give him strong characteristics as he wanted to write a "light" hero to provide some balance. And as a person Adolin is just shallow. There's not much in him. He never thinks about...I don't know, about this world around him. Compare him with curious Shallan or thoughtful Dalinar and...I'd say I don't enjoy reading him. His povs are lack of everything. Lack of thoughts, lack of feelings. This story with dead spren in blade reeds like deus ex machina. Boring.
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  2. He has said that each will be a book title, so I don't see any reason to doubt that's changing. People seem to assume that it's merely an out-of-world reference to some in-world "Rhythm of War". And of course, being a singer rhythm there's no words to it. But I don't see how that has to be the case at all. The title almost certainly refers to an in-world text which itself is named after in in-world Rhythm of War. Who wrote the book and what it is about is still a big mystery of course. But I mean, for all we know it could be an in-world Dawnsinger text about the First Desolation. I highly doubt we'll get that information at this point, but you get the idea. Personally, I really love the idea that it IS an ancient document of some kind that can now be translated from Dawnchant. No basis for this, but I think it would be cool if it was something written by the ancestors of the listeners before they took on dullform. Something that gets rediscovered over the course of the book. Could play along really well, Eshonai's flashbacks, Venli, Rlain, and the missing listeners--all adding up to this idea of rejecting the Fused and Odium.
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  3. From Oathbringer: "Gavilar had taught him to shave. Their father had been too busy getting himself cut apart in foolish duels of honor, including the one where he’d taken a blow to the head. He’d never been right after that." Dalinar's father haven't seen any visions, he had head trauma/brain injury and was suffering with disillusions. And Dalinar's mother died when he was a kid.
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  4. These memes are just too fun Stormlight Spoilers
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  5. Please, that'd be too obvious. Tara - Codename: "Twi" - Leader of the team with a scholarly and strategic mind. Sends regular letters about friendship their mission status to Jonathan Phaedrus. AJ - Codename: "Apples" - Heavy weapons expert. Grew up on a farm and has the muscles and down-to-earth attitude to show for it. Ashley - Codename: "Dash" - Point woman. Lightning fast, often wears a rainbow pendant. Brash personality Once killed two Epics in ten seconds flat. Tabitha - Codename: "Rare" - Equipment specialist. Makes sure the other Reckoners are well-equipped and well-styled. Snooty. Fleta - Codename: "Shy" - Reckoners' contact to the outside world. While meek and generally timid, her kind nature makes civilians inclined to trust her... and ergo, supply her with information. Gets them better bargains with the Knighthawk Foundry with her impressive and intimidating stare. Andrea - Codename: "Pinkie" - Explosives expert / secondary point woman. Newcomer to the team with an explosive, fun-loving personality. Uses a piece of motivator-tech which causes her to experience random muscle spasms that give her forewarning when she's about to be injured. See? No plagiarism whatsoever, also would pass the Bechdel Test in every post, and also teach readers heartwarming lessons about friendship and how to assassinate Epics with homemade bombs.
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  6. I thought I'd revive this thread for the upcoming Valentines Day 2019 I just realized I should tag @hoiditthroughthegrapevine because you'd love it.
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  7. I agree, people put strong emphasis on it while it isn't that important. Dalinar didn't have parents, his mother also died when he was a kid, maybe even younger than Adolin, his father was absent and didn't have time for Dalinar, then he got a brain injury during on of the duels and...well, you know. I never seen someone talking about it and use it to victimize Dalinar or pity him.
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  8. Sorry to necro, but just thought of a new one. I am a sap, I know. Dear Navani, Roses are red, Violets are blue, I learned how to write, Just to send this to you. Love, Cool Dalinar.
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  9. This is finally back guys... I'd like to apologize for the extremely long wait. Life has been crazy right now, but that's really no excuse for me being so inconsiderate. That being said, let the next round begin... Team 1: @ILuvHats, with Frost! @John203, with Hoid! Team 2: @Kidpen, with Dilaf! @Ark1002, with Venli! Theme: Your roast must be based around bad metaphors... or similes, for that matter. Twist: Your entire roast must be composed of limericks. Good luck!
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  10. When you hear "Terris" in Terrace and look at the TV fast enough to hurt your neck. When you are disappointed in the fact that none of your friends will read cosmere books because they are too long for them. When you pull out your copy of Insert Sanderson Book Here when you have any free time.
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  11. Rayw2 didn't say Adolin lived a perfect life. He said: "In comparison with backstories of some characters Adolin have had a normal life" I took that to mean he felt Adolin's younger life was not as extreme as let us say Kaladin, Shallan, or Dalinar.
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  12. Now we're talking. I don't think there are any Taldain things, so those will definitely be added.
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  13. You forgot to Finnish the joke. They Denmark them down to keep record of them.
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  14. From the Stormlight Book Four Update #2: The previous working title mentioned (which was explicitly "unlikely" when he shared it) was "The Song of Changes". Thoughts on the new potential title? Thoughts on how it fits the book's theme? Thoughts on what the in-world text will be about?
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  15. Hey everyone, with Valentine's Day coming up, I thought it would be fun to post Stormlight Valentine's cards! All pairings and concepts allowed, but please no arguing. Text or images welcome! I'll start with some I came up with for OB. Have fun!!! (Hidden in spoilers because long)
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  16. Hello all! After lurking for a while, I've finally decided to create an account. Years of internetting has taught me that someone has probably already said what I plan to say, but I feel like joining the forum supports the Cosmere as a project. About me: I'm a Chemical Engineer from the Northeastern USA, I like gardening, board games, and I golf occasionally. The screename has its roots in OS Runescape, where one of the loading bar tags is "loading config." I didn't know what that meant as a kid, but that didn't stop me from making it my usename (config1 was taken). Also I write some amount of short fiction and DM for a 6 person group (mostly dnd 3.5e). I've listened to everything Cosmere, and also Skyward. About the Cosmere and Me: I like it. My favorite "book" is Edgedancer, followed by Sixth of Dusk. My favorite character is Sak, though Lift and Pattern are pretty great. I listen to all of Sanderson's stuff in audio book format (apologies for spelling, I get all my info phonetically). My Unanswered Questions: Regarding Non-Euclidean geometry and Shadesmar, does the collective soul and conception of a object affect it's location in Shadesmar; I.E. if everyone on Roshar spent a thousand years thinking that the Horneater Peaks are coterminal to Kolinar, would their locations in Shadesmar be coterminal? Also drugs on Scadrial? We get firemoss on Roshar, but where is that for our allomancers (metal doesn't count)?
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  17. One of the Truthwatcher gems from the Urithiru Gem Archive reveals that at least one other Truthwatcher was able to see the future: It's unclear what exactly that means. It could mean that all Truthwatchers can see the future, but then it wouldn't be such a secret. It could mean that Sja-anat "enlightened" a Truthwatcher spren in the past, but it's thought in the book that that was impossible.
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  18. I agree with a lot of what you say will be happening, but I have a different reason for why I think it is called Rhythm of War. I think it is in reference to the flashbacks we are going to get of Eshonai, that will then show us the traditions and oral history of the listeners to find out what led to the war between the humans and dawnsingers to begin with. The rhythm of war that called them to arms to defend their homeland against the human invaders, and how they came to ally with odium. That may be too much to reveal so soon in stormlight, so I could be totally wrong, but it was the first thought that came to me.
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  19. I hope you understand just how easily I go mad with that kind of power.
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  20. Kaladin, Shallan, and Dalinar are extreme cases. Just because his life wasn't as rough as theirs doesn't mean it was fine and dandy. And this is still off topic and should be moved to another topic where it can be discussed without derailing this topic further.
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  21. Edgli seems to be pretty good at future-sight, since the entire deal with the Returned revolves around giving them visions of the future and a purpose to try and fulfill when they go back. She's probably got some justified confidence that she can out-scry Odium if it becomes necessary. She's also got a lot of potential tools and she may be subtly playing the game even now, without looking like she's playing at all. One more thing in her bag of potential tricks: Information and communication. Nalthis has an actual Cognitive customs agency that helps worldhoppers visiting the world, which means that Edgli has regular access to information from around the Cosmere and a source of potential messengers if she needs to send word to other worlds. That's a pretty big advantge to have.
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  22. I don't pity Adolin or see him as a victim. It's merely that he hasn't lived the perfect life some people insist he has.
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  23. His dad was either absent or alcoholic for most of his childhood and adolescence and his mom is dead. Clearly the epitome of a normal, happy life.He has major self-esteem issues that are coming increasingly to the forefront as of Oathbringer. He's only a shallow character if you read on a surface level and don't read deeper. And any character is 'shallow" if you only look at the surface layer. That's part of the reason I like him, he looks like the stereotypical self-confident jock, but he really isn't. Regardless, this is getting a little off topic for this thread, there's other threads to discuss Adolin's character in general.
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  24. Oh goody, now I can post the bad puns I've been saving up! I once tried to unscrew a lightbulb before it cooled. Watt a mistake. My mom's sister suddenly developed superpowers and became a crime-fighter. The whole city seems to love her, but to me she'll always be an auntie hero. What do you call a giant, humanoid ant that can't speak? A mutant mute ant.
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  26. I just saw this today and it reminded me of high imperial.
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  27. How do Sweden and Norway get their ships registered? they...
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  28. Okay, so I can explain Adolin's character development (however slight it might be), but I have my own ideas as to what is going to happen with the SKA love triangle. OB spoilers below. I know it's past the spoiler period, but I still don't want to ruin anything for anyone. Okay, so after all that, I should probably make a meme.
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  31. Noooooo! This was my 1000th post, and I was planning on doing something special for it. Although, I have had so many accidental double posts need to be combined by mods that I have no idea what my 1000th post actually will be... Also, giving a bunch of soul servering swords to a large group of adolescents is a very, very bad idea.
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  33. The new round will be going up soon (tomorrow or the day after) in a new post. If you’d like I can tag you when that happens. I’d recommend going over the Earth puzzles in the intervening period, just to get a sense of what sort of puzzles you’re dealing with. The new round’s will be harder (but hopefully also better).
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  34. Hehehe... They don't know they're in the Matrix...
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  35. The nexus of Art and math is a very sweet spot indeed, just found the amazing work of John Edmark, check out his 3D printed strobe animated sculptures, they are freaking amazing (spoilered below): Here's the link to his Vimeo page where you can see more of his work, awesome stuff!
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  36. Oh my goodness, that twist! This round's gonna be like brain surgery on a sheep! You see, it looks really difficult, but it's just a sheep, so nobody minds if it's not genius. Good luck, you four!
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  37. Mental illness does not necessarily mean emotional instability. Judging from what we know about Jasnah she most likely has a history of mental illness from back when she was a child. We don't know nearly enough to judge exactly how that happened and which influences had a part in it. From what was in the books we can also assume she has been sexually assaulted at one point in her life, maybe raped. At the time of OB when we first get actual POVs from her, that definitely shapes her character and the way she views herself and the world. But she shows no instability whatsoever. Just because she isn't always in 100% control like she seemed to be in book 1 when Shallan first met her doesn't make her unstable. The closest she comes to losing control is when Amaram enters the stage, and my personal theory on that is that he might've been the one to have assaulted her. It would fit him well. I actually believe Jasnah is one of the most stable characters we have right now. Because she had been dealing with her issues for years, likely decades, and she knows how to deal.
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  38. So this has me thinking about media that has good autism rep, which is hard. The saying is of course that 'if you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism' because the spectrum is SO wide. The Accountant (a movie with Ben Affleck, who is clearly not autistic) was pretty decent, in my opinion, in showing a well-rounded autistic lead. He has some comorbids in there, especially Sensory Processing Disorder, so if you give it a watch know that that is a separate issue. The needing to complete things is, as far as I know, more part of the general autism package. You might also consider reading 'Asperger's Children' which is a fairly new book but looks at why we think of autism on 'high functioning' versus 'low functioning,' which is utter hogwash, and how that kind of thinking came from Nazi Germany. It gets into the nitty gritty of how autism is defined and how we relate it to children. The other thing to consider is sex differences. Things like ADHD and autism manifest differently in girls than in boys, and no one is quite sure why that is. For decades people literally thought girls couldn't be autistic, that it was just a boy thing. There's some neat areas of research that look at autism and the brain--looking at autism as a sort of 'masculinization' (since we equate analytics with masculine thought). The theory (and it's only a theory) is that since girls are socialized more, the masculinization of their brain simply moves them closer to a non-autistic boy brain (and in fact, brain scans show autistic girl brains looking very much like neurotypical boy brains!) and that for boys who are already socialized to be more analytical, it moves the brain into such a deep analytical plane that social skills are left behind. It's just one theory, but I think it helps contextualize understanding autism, and sex differences in autism, and why so many autistic people are on the queer spectrum as well. I think if you read that book and watched the (very different) movie, it might give some starting points. So I guess... happy homework?
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  39. High key, I would die of laughter if you just brought in the canon Reckoner team with slightly different names. Like, Daved.
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  40. I, uh, haven't played in a while. I've signed up and immediately gone inactive, twice now, so I don't think this time will be any different--especially that I'm a little more busy right now. I'll take a spec doc, and if there aren't enough pinch hitters, I'll be Nawl, the ancestor of Walin--a Terris noble who used to be in possession of several antique metalminds, but they were repossessed after a new geneology came to light. Now, he's going up here with Alendi in case some of the people here die, and he can get some full metalminds. He has a thing for collecting Invested metal; he's not a Feruchemist, but somewhat wishes he was one. He doesn't know it, but he's got a Breath, and can tell whether metals are Invested or not.
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  41. @Alderant All fair points. I would really like to see an Edgedancer Adolin in a shardblade fight though. Seeing how Kaladin's accomplished spear skills were taken to a whole new level as a Windrunner, imagine what Adolin's shardblade skills would be like with Edgedancer abilities added in.
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  42. But since Narrator Firerust was making his 600th post, his true form -- Borio Singaldi -- broke through the fifth wall and intervened in the story of this universe, being officially added to this canon alongside Butt and Uncle Brandy and Tom the milkman. Borio had grown in much power since the last time he had appeared, having been enlightened by the powerful spirit of Sha'Gi. Now, Borio could topple all the ghanderflaffles with his mustache at only 0/04% of his power. Then he stole all their maple syrup and poured it on his swirl eagersmart applegrove muffins. After that, he stole the aforementioned spatula and cast it into the fires of Mount Doom because it was so frickin cool and he didn't want anything to compete with his cane. The cane became a Sentient Awakened Object and started speaking to Borio, making him think he was insane and putting him into a state of paranoia and depression. But Borio Singaldi overcame this hardship by eating a...
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  43. Mmm, I'm not sure I 100% agree with this statement. Kaladin does a very good job of helping others, but what Kaladin struggled with in the scene in question was that in order to protect or save someone, he had to hurt someone else he loved. He was stuck in a situation where people he loved were butchering each other, and the only way for him to do his duty here would have been to assist one faction against another. For Kaladin, who hates the thought of causing pain to others (the only reason he's able to do so in war is because of the us and them mentality), his freeze here is completely reasonable. The singers/parsh in question had stopped being the them and started being the us to him. He'd given of himself to both parties, helped both parties, and grew to love both parties. The awful sight of what happened caused him to freeze, to be shell-shocked into inaction, which then kept him from being able to save the King from Moash. To be simply put, Kaladin failed because he cared too much. He didn't have the callouses necessary to wade into the fray and kill those he loved to protect those he needed to. He didn't have the emotional fortitude to do what was necessary in order to protect those he must. The point about the positive feedback loop and destructive cycling is accurate, but I guess what I'm objecting to is the motivational factor involved--the issue here isn't that he can't help everyone. It isn't even that he couldn't save everyone. It was that in order to save anyone, he had to hurt, to kill someone he loved. I honestly think the fourth oath will have something to do with this concept--after all, it's also one of Kaladin's core character tenets as introduced in The Way of Kings, and since the other oaths have in some ways been tied to those character tenets as well, I see no reason to believe that the trend won't continue. One of Kaladin's big questions since his youth is regarding the concept of "killing to protect". This is easy when the one you have to kill is the enemy and the one you have to protect is helpless: the second ideal. It's a bit harder when the person you have to protect is someone you hate: the third ideal. It's even more difficult when the person you have to fight is a friend--which is what I believe the fourth ideal for Windrunners has to be, and it ties well into the ideas presented both Oathbringer (the scene in question) and Words of Radiance (protecting Elhokar against Moash & Graves). Kaladin wasn't able to accept this concept in Oathbringer, so he couldn't swear the ideal, and couldn't progress. And Syl is probably the only one right now who understands the gravity of that ideal, which is why she was so sympathetic to him, even with so much on the line. At least, that's my two cents. EDIT: I'd like to amend that the fourth ideal imo is not simply fighting a friend. That was just an example. It's that sometimes you have to let those you love die, or even kill someone you love, in order to protect. This doesn't necessarily mean in a one-to-one fight, either--it ties into leadership, in being willing to send those you care about to their deaths to achieve a greater, necessary objective. About being willing to put your friends' lives on the line because the cause you fight for is greater than all of your lives together. It's easy to do if it's just you. It's harder to be willing to sacrifice your friends. That's what I meant.
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  44. Roses are red, Violets are blue, Roshone is trash, and Moash is too.
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