Leaderboard

For my 2000th post, I am going to post my first memes. They are some of my favorite quotes from The Stormlight Archive in much different situations. Enjoy! (Spoilers ahead!)

Hi friends!! I’m new to 17th Shard, but not new to the Cosmere. I started reading Mistborn in 2015, and from there the obsession began. I’ve read most of the Cosmere books a handful of times, and GraphicAudio is my background music. I decided to sign up here because I’ve been listening to Shardcast a ton lately, and I love it! I don’t know a ton of people in my offline life that are into the Cosmere, so really looking forward to this! Journey Before Destination

I write these words in Shard, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted

Guess who just met her long distance girlfriend IRL for the first time? And had her first kiss? First several kisses, actually? !!!

Why I'm somewhat afraid of potential Cosmere movies: Me: *Wishes for Stormlight Archive movie* Disney: *Grants my wish and starts working on Stormlight Archive movie* Me: *Screams of happiness* Disney: This is Syl. Me: *Cries myself to sleep* Disney: Oh and this is stick. Me: *Falls into a permanent state of depression*

Brother Kabsal: "Now, not that I doubt your word, Brightness, but I'm rather intrigued how Dandos Heraldin could have trained you in arts, as—last I checked—he's suffering a rather terminal and perpetual ailment. Namely, that of being dead. For three hundred years." Shallan: "My father had a book of his instruction."

I’ve been found out!!! *Runs to nearest Sanctum* Quickly Wong, get the time stone!

That's not a lot of advance warning. Brandon's site says it's for those with a Costco membership only. So if anyone was thinking about signing up, this is your chance to get your WoBs in bulk.

A young boy in the group of DA members turned around and blew a raspberry. For science.

I came up with this one at around 12:00 A.M. last night. Still not sure what made me think of it...

I did see that one, but it wasn't made into an actual meme so I figured it didn't quite count. I'm still down for my DIY meme challenge tho. I'm not entirely sure how this one will fly, so if there's any die-hard DC fans, don't worry I love you guys too...just not as much lol.

Spanreeds that persuade you to kill people. Like Nightblood! Nightspan: Hey, you should totally kill that guy. Farmer: No, thanks, Nightspan. Nightspan: Come on, it’ll be fun! Farmer: I liked the older spanreeds. Nightspan: KILL HIM NOW Farmer: I just want to get my taxes sorted out...

That is an excellent idea, ultron.

Lita walked through the door and into the new path, shivering a little as Mac closed the doorway. Right, she thought, breathing slowly, trying to clear her mind. You are doing something normally. Nothing is wrong. Lita closed her eyes and remembered the last alley. It was there, in her thoughts. The walls, the cobbles, the nearly-hollow silence in between words. She focused all her thoughts on the alley. Alley 5937. She could smell the air, feel the tiny breeze on her skin. This is real, she thought, her breath coming slow and even. You can do this. She opened her eyes and stepped forward. The path sprang up beneath her feet, one step after another laid down like strands of hair. One, then the other, then the other. There was no room for fear in her mind, there was only Alley 5937. Smooth stone, grey walls, chill breeze. The path went before her, and she looked forward, only forward. Nothing is wrong. The urge to look at the void tugged at her, but less so now. She could do this. She was doing it. There was a sudden pull to her right, an impulse to leave the path. Moment of truth. She held her breath, and turned. The alley was just as she'd left it, Laurelai standing a ways back, smiling a little. The shock of her success was almost enough to make Lita start crying again. Almost.

One of the DA members proposed that maybe there was a gene for blowing raspberries, and it wasn't just a factor of your lung capacity.

Unfortunately, Rayse did!!

I always hear a cheerful and slightly higher pitched, but a somewhat neutral and oddly faint voice. Like how when I imagine a character's mental voice as being slightly fainter than their regular voice. Failsafe is actually a really good comparison, although I imagine Nightblood being slightly more smooth and less computer like. @Lunamor Nightblood doesn't have a gender. Vasher just addresses him as male, so it stuck. Cosmere spoiler:

So I was reviewing the games I've played in, and in the King Killer Chronicle game (MR 29, I believe), There was a joke going on before the game actually started to lynch the GM, and it got me wondering... Have there been any games where the GM also had a secret role or something that allowed them to directly influence the game in an unknown way? If so, could someone point me to it? It seems like it could be an interesting and fun mechanic.

A large man struggled through the desert, a large staff in his hands. It seemed as though the wind was driving him back every time he made progress. Every time before it had defeated him, but no more! This time, there was nothing holding Taz back. This time, he had nothing to return to. It was either find Greenhara or return to a life of drunkenness. He shuddered at just the thought of him slumped over a saloon table, nursing a mug of ale. He gritted his teeth and struggled on, leaning on his staff for support. He would find Greenhara. It became a sort of kata in his mind, the word Greenhara. He repeated it to the beat of his steps. Greenhara. Greenhara. Greenhara. He was brought up short when the wind suddenly died, and almost fell over. It was like someone had scrubbed the dust from the air like a serving girl cleaning a bar top. It all just... disappeared, and the air became as clear as glass. That wasn't what captivated him the most, however. What mostly took up his field of vision was the massive city rearing out of the distance like an armadillo surfacing from the sand. It was beautiful. He walked through the front gates in a stupor, staring at everything like a child at a rodeo. He looked around, and realized something. This city was an ordinary city. It wasn't mystical, full of benevolent creatures who actively fought the rust, it was just a city. A normal city filled with ordinary people. His face fell. Presumably, the only thing that made this city special was the fact that it was immune to the rust. Other than that, the cities inhabitants were average, and in some cases, very less than average. Taz grunted in disapointment, and stumped away to find a good hotel.

I've read probably a majority of his work, just finished prose of White Sand a bit ago and Aether of Night today. I take just about any chance I get to recommend him to other people--he's truly an amazing author. I'm also on book 3 of WoT and look forward to the rest of the series, especially once I get to the ones co-authored by Sanderson.

2000th post?! Merciful Domi Lunamor, you’ve been here for what? Two storming months?! What kind of time wizard are you?! Also congratulations on 2000 posts.

Bean is AJ but AJ is not Bean. AJ is a rectangle

Narrator Bean shipped her with Peter Pan's shadow.

Here you go! AndrewHB (Paraphrased) <I asked if, in the future, he would have Lift use a trident as her main Shard weapon.> Brandon Sanderson There may very well be a trident in the upcoming book.

Because they began to cosplay together.

So he literally rode in on a barge.

So recently I've been working to make some art content for the wiki and I wanted to try my hand at trying to make a slightly cleaner logo for the wiki, something more like the logo for these forums. I've been playing with a couple of ideas for a while now, and I was hoping to get some ideas/feedback from you guys, and to get a sense for how interested people are in updating the wiki's logo in the first place. Here are the logos I drafted up: Logo 1: Logo 1 Example: Logo 2: Logo 2 Example: Anyways, let me know what you like/dislike about either of the logos so I can make edits and if you have any other ideas you have that I could draft into a logo.

An older DA acolyte shushed him, giving a stern glance. Then he proceeded to blow a much louder and longer raspberry, thanks to the walrus lung capacity spike he had. It was also for Science.

Nah, let's go with "Kar-Menn", who I choose to believe has a pair of friends named San-Dii and Eh-Gho

I am an avid reader of Brandon Sanderson's books and personally own them all. I am a mega geek and none of my freinds get into the cosmere enough to staunch my constant flow of theories and conjectures. I am looking forward to posting and responding to questions. This fansite is my new home.

Wal-Dee. Or y'know, we could just say that Wal-Do is a particularly ironic name.

You know you're a Sanderfan when you see this book and think "really? A Mistborn knockoff? Come on, have some respect!"

That moment, when you realize you've been up for 20+ hours

It would broadcast Michael Jackson's Thriller into everyone's brains within a 3 mile radius and force them to dance along.

Thrill in a Bottle: Rosharan steroids!

Why did humans build nukes?

Oops forgot to post the rest. This is as far as I got. I still want to complete the challenge though. Maybe

Another DA member proposed that lip and cheek structure could have a significant effect on resonance and tonality, irregardless of lung capacity.

I think it's related to Bondsmiths not having had Shardblades, historically.

Hopefully this isn't to raunchy. Shard "adult paraphernalia" *Pattern hums nervously*

The twist of a lifetime: Roshar was actually just Scadrial.

Not useless, very useful. Just not for combat purposes. Nothing wrong with that.

Thank you both, and yes it is from the Illuminae Files ❤ Here are some more

She was also a heretic, and it does not appear that she was particularly well liked. I'm not really sure how much it actually would mean to Adolin, in particular; they're too far apart in age to have conceivably been raised together, and Jasnah seems to have spent most of her time away from court. Most likely he didn't see her death as being much more personally relevant than the death of some distant cousin from a Cadet branch of the family. I need to see this happen. I'm not sure what that was; I'm sorry.

Hey everyone Firstly, I think Adolin has really shone in this book. However, as the story arc between him, shallan, and kaladin unfolded I saw that Adolin’s role in this three way relationship as not as shallan’s fiance/boyfriend. Rather he was an emotional anchor for BOTH Shallan and Kaladin almost a babysitter of sorts. Remember throughout this book Shallan has slowly degraded in her DID as she continued pushing uncomfortable thoughts into the back of her mind. Kaladin’s reservations about the nature of warring with voidbringers culminated into a extremely severe bout of depression/ptsd caused by the most horrifying circumstances. In both of these cases Adolin was there to pick BOTH of them back up and keep them going. Such as keeping up to make sure Kaladin was keeping up with the group after entering Shadesmar, or helping Shallan regain herself (or at least a semblance of herself) whenever she was having a bout of extreme DID. However, Adolin seems to only be able to help them deal with the “symptoms” of their problems not the “source” of it. With Kaladin, if Kaladin were to ever “freeze” he would be there to help pull him out of it however, when it comes to dealing with Kaladin’s anxiety and and depressive episodes he is either is oblivious or probably doesn’t know what to do. With Shallan we already know that Shallan is using him as essentially a mental haven whenever uncomfortable thoughts or her DID are starting to overwhelm her however, although he tries to talk to her about this issue she always just brushing it off. To me this shows that Adolin is a GOOD FRIEND who wants to and can occasionally help them, however, he doesn’t truly understand what they are going through and can only relate so much to not just shallan but also Kaladin. Secondly, my theory that Shallan and Adolin are going to break up/”divorce” in the next book is not because of a personal distaste of the Shadolin ship (there are some great scenes in OB like when Adolin starts teaching Shallan about fighting with a shard blade and the dinner scene at the beginning of the book) but rather feel their relationship is not going to last because of one major thing. This wedding has established that Shallan has essentially connected and equated her relationship with Adolin to her delusion that “everything is alright” when it is clearly not. Her relationship with Adolin is now directly tied to that delusion. So when she confronts that delusion she will also have to confront her true feelings for Adolin and they are probably not as she initially thought. However, this brings the other point that people think this will cause angsty Love-Triangle Drama. However, I think that this break up might be more amicable. Adolin has had a surprising streak of always taking things in stride, it will definitely be disheartening and sad but not drama-filled. I think that the Shadolin ship will ultimately be a learning experience for Shallan, a lesson that will help her realize herself. That’s also why I think it won’t end with Adolin dying, because if he does then it takes all of the agency of Shallan’s story away and nobody wants that and I’m pretty sure BS is a good enough author to realize that. As dalinar said at the very end of OB “A Journey will have pain and failure...The knowledge that we will fail. That we will hurt those around us...if we accept the person we are when we fall. The Journey ends...To Love the Journey is to accept no such end...The most important step a person can take is always the next one.” Dalinar learned this lesson at the end of this book and I think Shallan is about to have a very interesting yet familiar lesson in the next one. Lastly, maybe it’s just me but everybody seems to think the Shalladin story seems to be just some side plot attached to the overall story arcs of Kaladin and Shallan. However, after reading the books several times I’ve come to realize that the Shalladin arc has actually been there from the very beginning. The Shalladin story is very much heavily tied to Kaladin and Shallan’s story. There’s a duality between them that’s been there from the very beginning, especially when it comes to their respective love lives. In the Way of Kings we explore Kaladin’s first childhood romance with Laral, a young lighteyed girl who lives with her family in a small estate in the countryside (boy doesn’t that sound familiar). With Shallan we have her first experiences at romance with Kabsal, a student ardent studying in the schools of Kharbranth (where was Kaladin going to again before the whole Army debacle?) Both of these romances were short-lived and ended in tragic ways (Laral ends up married to Roshone, and Kabsal turns out to be an assassin who dies in his attempt at Jasnah’s life). The second book we get more overt references to the duality between Kaladin and Shallan’s story. First there’s the slight nod to them riding the same cart into the shattered plains. Then Shallan becomes betrothed to Adolin. Her second romance. From here, although we got glimpses of it in the first book, we start to get a more solid picture of Kaladin’s previous relationship with Tarah. Kaladin’s second romance. Then of course there’s the chasm sequence. Finally OB, Shallan’s relationship with Adolin starts to get more serious, and we suddenly get a straight up vivid flashback to Kaladin’s relationship with Tarah as he tries to deal with his feelings for Shallan. From all these observations this has shown me that these two possibly have/or can have a deep connection. They’ve shared extremely similar life experiences and you can tell that it’s there when they interact with each other (at least it is from how I interpret it). That’s why I have grown to like this Shalladin ship so much. @PhineasGage pointed out that a big theme of Stormlight is symmetry. Not only do we see that in their respective back stories but that actually has reinforced me more towards thinking that I think they will end up together now. One of the biggest unexplored factors in the Shalladin relationship is that we haven’t really seen if Kaladin can connect with and help Shallan on the level that she helped him. Yes Shallan has connected with Kaladin and helped him. Kaladin refers to his relationship with shallan as “A lightening of burdens,” she doesn’t “fix” Kaladin’s depression and deep seated issues, but she does make it more easier to live with. She's taught him that maybe always being "brightlord-brooding eyes" isn't the best way to go about ilfe. That's what she showed him in the chasm and that lesson has culminated at the end of OB Kaladin learning that it’s okay to be happy and that there can be brightness in the world. Kaladin has grown as a person from his relationship with Shallan. How does this relate to the theme of symmetry? Well like I said in my last post I think Shallan is about to have a very familiar predicament to us readers in Stormlight 4. Stuck between two Oaths she can’t keep slowly killing a spren, with the way she is right now she’s probably going to need some help and to talk to someone who’s had a similar experience and I think it about time Kaladin’s going to return the favor. Perhaps a chasm-toned sequence where the roles are reversed? Many people seem to be disappointed by the way this romance has panned out but for me I’m excited. I feel that what many people thought as simple side story that ended abruptly without resolution in this book is actually a slow romantic burn that began from the very first book and is going to span the entire first five story arc. That what seems like an abrupt end with no answers is actually a crescendo like turning point of this story. I may not have changed anyone’s mind about this issue but nonetheless, for me this is why I can’t wait for Stormlight 4… P.S. i know that the Shalladin story is probably extremely trope fillled but with that line of thinking you’re focusing on the destination remember the journey is what makes it interesting P.P.S. My wishful thinking theory is this leads to a Radiant battle couple

Hm, I don't have a big magical weapon, but one of the weapons in my story concept was like a wooden staff, with a lead core and thick/short steel hooks at the ends facing opposite directions. Called it a brasten, but it's a working title.