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  1. Just finished. Initial thoughts: 1. A piece of my Stormlight soul will be gone forever thanks to Moash and his traitorous baby-fits. 2. I’m not ashamed to admit I choked up hard in the scene between Kal and Tien. 3. Is it me, or is Dalinar well on his well to ascending towards shardhood? I mean he has the authority to accept the words of Kal’s 4th ideal. I theorize that books 6-10 will contain a lot of dealings between Dalinar (Honor) and Taravangian (Odium). 4. Lots of satisfaction in new Nahel Bonds!!!
  2. Haven’t finished reading part 4 yet. But just a thought: is Nightblood’s color/light the same light that Rabonial is seeking to create to destroy Odium?
  3. Thanks for the reply! If she uses Stormlight though will she go unconscious?
  4. Is there an explanation I missed as to why Venli isn’t unconscious?
  5. Anyone think romance may bud between Laral and Kal now that they’re a High Marshall and City Lady? I hoped, even though it was a stretch, that Vivenna and Kal would hitch and Kal’s story would end with him moving to Nalthis... Speaking of Nalthis (and maybe I’m really really late to the party here), but anyone else wonder if the Ghost Bloods may be connected to the planet?
  6. I think you’re right...I don’t think even Shashara could retrieve its breaths but I’m having a hard time recalling this info. Apart from simply tying the Awakener/Radiant systems together in SLa, I’m just thinking about the role Nightblood has on Roshar...
  7. Anyone else wondering how Cusicesh and the sphere imprisoning the Thrill could end up intertwining? Also, quick question just out of curiosity: could nightblood be drained of breaths by a heightened Awakener like Zahel or Azure? Is it possible for a level IV biochromatic entity?
  8. Whenever I read these chapters I’m always struck by the importance of Renarin and the role he may play in the story..I don’t know why. I feel like he may be the literal difference-maker in the success/failure in all the plans being made...
  9. Ok. Great info! Thanks! I couldn’t find any explanation for this on any of the forums or websites.
  10. While awaiting the 4th installment of SLA, I’ve read a couple more Brandon Sanderson series. I’m now on the Skyward series. I’m wondering if anyone can answer why Spensa hatches the plan to pose as Alanik to try get hyperdrives when she lightlanced Alanik’s ship and had it in her possession? Alanik’s ship had a hyperdrive correct? So why the need to pose as Alanik to try get a hyperdrive from the superiority when she already had one in front of her?
  11. 1. Maybe the 4th ideal will be spoken by Kal when he’s forced to protect people in a way that doesn’t require the sword? Maybe it’s what needs to happen in order to speak it. 2. So many were hoping R’lain to be the next Bondsmith. I hope Yunfah, who reminds me of a grumpy lawn gnome, tries to bond R’lain only to find R’lain bonding another spren. I’d think Teft takes over the windrunners, but I’m worried about that as I don’t think the future bodes well for the next field commander of the wind runners... 3. I think it’s the right choice for Kal to take on a more support/actual leadership role. In the military, someone of Kal’s position would never be on the front lines in the vanguard anyways...Regardless of their mental state. He’s probably the equivalent of a Colonel at this point...
  12. The more I think about it, the more I believe Navani could be communicating with the Nightwatcher in this chapter via spanreed. I gave a bunch of reasons why I think this could be the case in a previous post. Anyone else? I'd love to know if I'm just off my rocker.
  13. 100%. I think Brandon captures the psychology of depression amazingly and I have no issue with the fact that Kal will deal with the ups and downs however long he's in the series. My concern is that his story and how his psyche is used in each novel is becoming monotonous and it makes me concerned for his character because I just don't see Brandon allowing the same "Kal is dealing with his depression until he has some breakthrough in his thinking that allows him to progress in the ideals and then he blows everyone away with some new Radiant power while protecting someone" to keep going on and on, so I wonder what he's gonna do with Kal. Yeah, Adolin's arc is a bit dull because he's basically the same all the time, but because he's been such a stable character, there's opportunity to do a lot with him. He could go super dark. Some people think he'll be Odium's Champion, which I doubt, but that's a different discussion. I agree. I guess killing off Kal would serve no clear literary purpose. I just get a weird feeling about it--like how the Fused almost killed Kal by stabbing at his spine repeatedly; how Kal almost got seduced by Moash, etc. My hope is that Lirin ends up speaking the first ideal and maybe even 2nd and that he somehow plays into Kal's story in a larger way.
  14. I understand that he’s clinically depressed. I have 2 immediate family Members with clinical depression. My issue isn’t that he is depressed, and my point isn’t that he should get over his depression—I know it’s life-long. My point is that it seems like it’s becoming the primary literary device that moves Kal’s story along. I love the realism that Brandon captures in regards to human psychology—especially in regards to human suffering. All I’m saying is that it seems like Kal’s story is primarily just ups-and-downs until he has some breakthrough that progresses him to the next ideal at this point...my issue isn’t the depression—it’s the device being used to shape his character at this point...and I don’t even really have that big of an issue with it. I’m just saying, I wouldn’t be shocked if Brandon pulled a GRRM and killed off a primary character like GRRM killed off Ned Stark—the protagonist of ASOIAF book 1...
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