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  1. Honestly, I thought the Black Bear was the equivalent of King Arthur too.
  2. I give it a 4/5, great story and tone. Ryan and Jen give Moash competition for characters I hate. That twist with them hit home for me since I had a somewhat similar issue with an ex that accepted the ring I dropped on a knee to give her. Also, John's headspace through most of the book has done a number to my own. Both of which are why I took a point off.
  3. Water definitely used as a catalyst to give the aether spores access to investiture from the spiritual realm somehow. It is the seemingly general nature of the Luhel bond with aethers and aether spores to trade for water as the "physical" material needed for the bond. But, as seen on TLM, it's also possible to outright fuel aether growth with pure investiture. TLM also tells us that constructs unattached from an aetherbound can be sustained when in an investiture field. With Re-Shephir being an Unmade with Connection to Odium, it's entirely possible she has near on-demand access to Voidlight to fuel her abilities. This would align with the Fused and, at least, one other Unmade. So, putting this all together, I believe Re-Shephir functions by converting Voidlight into Midnight Essence which is then sustained by the fact Roshar is frequently saturated in Stormlight. The use of direct/pure investiture being a substitute to the water requirement that is normally seen since it becomes unnecessary. Since she is referred to as the Midnight Mother, it is my current belief that she's either a prime Midnight aether or a Midnight aetherbound.
  4. I don't think it's a problem for TotES. Sure, Hoid is extra blatant compared to RoW, but everything else is barely fanservice or something I'd imagine someone starting off in the Cosmere would struggle with. Ignoring Hoid, we have two characters that were only named drop once in previous stories and some techno-magic-babble for a predictive tablet algorithm. Ultimately, I'd imagine things will go like how my friends/acquaintances who start with Stormlight think. That there's some weird stuff and people going on in the background, but glossing over it for the main characters/plot.
  5. Ulaam does say that his cold skin and lack of heartbeat are adaptations to lower his required caloric intake. Even calls his "method" efficient. I'd assume his other unique features for his appearance are largely also for efficiency in his eyes.
  6. I still argue that from a physiological standpoint it would be difficult for Roshar to project power outside of itself. It's gravitational field is below the Cosmere norm and their atmosphere is more oxygen rich. Both of which will give non-Radiant Rosharans (especially if they're not Windrunners) a severe disadvantage both cardiovascularly and activity-wise. Everything will be harder for them if they try to go to a planet like Scadrial. Everything. Meanwhile, a normal Scadrian on Roshar would be almost like Captain America, stronger and able to last longer when it comes to physical exertion.
  7. I can't wait to see if Wax, the absolute mad lad, managed to do the thing... The horrors and wonders that could be done. Also, on a side note, I find it interesting that VenDell thinks Harmony is in equilibrium. Since sapience on Scadrial is via Preservation, Harmony would theoretically be tilted toward Ruin and thus slightly out of balance. I would have thought a studious seeming kandra like VenDell would be aware of this.
  8. I spent all of Ch. 12 going "Aww, Wayne," at his poor self-esteem and pain. Ch. 13 is definitely a vehicle for spreading word of some WoBs and letting us nerd out. I love it!
  9. My first thought was that most mighty of worldhoppers, Stick. They know what they are. But, honestly, I'd vibe well with Jasnah.
  10. I scored equally high for both Windrunner and Elsecaller on the official test, so I'd go with those two. Being able to fly, teleport, transmute things/people, and make things stick together would probably improve my quality of life to a significant degree. No more super-commutes. I'd be living the dream with that alone.
  11. I definitely agree with this. I was hoping Rlain wouldn't bond the Sibling since it was brought up. The Sibling basically only was willing to because of immutable characteristics. Which would have felt awful for Rlain after him talking about wanting to have a spren bond him because it wants HIM. The whole Sibling being willing to bond Rlain felt like a different beat on the whole Kaladin ordering that honorspren to consider him. "Please consider our token Listener." I also didn't want Dabbid to bond with the Sibling either considering how he was extorted by them. It is my sincere hope that an honorspren decides to bond him. Anyways, Navani bonding the Sibling is great. They both have their faults, they both have their conflicting beliefs, yet they both mesh together. It was truly enjoyable to see the Sibling get all excited over Navani understanding the fabrials they made of themself.
  12. It was specifically what happened. There are two instances in which the effect of the Anti-Odium Tone is mentioned. The first was the scene that Navani sung the song, the second being Moash's panicked recounting moments afterwards. Rhythm of War, Ch. 110 Rhythm of War, Ch. 111 Moash describes a specific sound as being what removed the emotional pain suppression that Odium gave him. Contrarily, the few times we see people describe the suppression fabrial involves terms like "smothering" and "oppressive", nothing about a "terrible sound." It seems reasonable that either Navani's first singing or the use of the tone to vent the Voidlight from the Sibling were the cause of the loss of Connection. Now, it comes back afterwards, but it still seems to have been disrupted by the Tone. As mentioned above, I am fairly certain that Moash's Connection to Odium was temporarily broken through the tone. However, you make a good point about it being unlikely that an Anti-Preservation Tone being able to remove a Scadrian's spark of life. I feel like something might happen though. At least some extreme discomfort if not a brown out from them.
  13. Exactly,and I agree with you at the end. I was mostly pointing out that Moash wasn't "barely hurt" by the Anti-Odium Tone.
  14. Moash specifically mentions in chapter 111 that the tone pushed away his Connection to Odium. The one which had taken away his pain/emotions. The Pure Anti-Tone of Odium completely, though temporarily, removed what Odium had done for and to him.
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