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Considering nobody in Bridge Four had any issues with Drehy's sexuality, I doubt Jasnah would feel the need to be closeted. Like where are you pulling that there hidden from? Drehy made no effort at all to hide his. Veil makes no effort to hide being attracted to woman either. From what we have seen Alethi society doesn't seem to place a ton of importance on it specifically. Also, gotta say as somebody who has been in a relationship with an Ace/Heteromantic person before, having people talk about her sexuality not being lesbian as if its somehow "less" then it could have been is really disappointing. And is deeply uncomfortably similar to her experiences navigating real life spaces. Like Ace people already get so much grief within LGBT spaces as is. Having a canon ace character being Heteromantic is not lesser then if she was Sapphic instead. She is still equally Ace regardless. Equally apart of the LGBT spectrum. I have sympathy for people hoping for her to be gay, but the discussion around it in many places, even this thread a little have fallen squarely into that old problem of treating Lesbian/Gay as better and more valid then other Queer expression and boy do I not appreciate it. Not that I think anyone here is doing it on purpose. But its something to keep in mind.

So, I was rereading Oathbringer to get ready for RoW. And this came up. When Stormfather is talking about the Heralds and how they left one of there own behind when they abandoned the Oathpact, Dalinar immediately says Taln like he knew which one it was specifically. But its only a few paragraphs later where he realizes the Madman calling himself Taln really was him. So how did he know which one it was? I feel like it must have been something in WoR I missed or was it something else? As far as I can tell nothing about what happened to Taln is known or in the scripture so how did Dalinar immediately know? Am I forgetting something aboutfrom WoR or a WoB? Thanks for any clarification

I think Kaladin's uniqueness comes from essentially being everything you could want in a Radiant while also being basically totally divorced from the Old Order's roots. If your a Fused, every Radiant you ever fought came about from them following the Heralds and its a history that starts with man betraying the Singers. So even the most honorable of the old Radiant's would to the Fused have the taste of hypocrites and whitewashing there origins. But Kaladin and his reborn Order came about with basically no help from anything related to the old besides Syl. So for someone like Leshwi seeing him genuinely live up to all those ideals of the Radiant's while also not really being tied to any of of the obviously very bitter past has to stand out. Edit" Been gona a longgggggg time. Nice to see discussion here is still as thoughtful and fun as ever

Game recognizes game. Brandon just looks in the mirror and nods to himself, the only worthy equal.

It started way before the Cosmere but Full Metal Alchemist, FEELS like a Cosmere series in hindsight. Alchemy and the way it works and how it's shaped it's world, all of it. The villain is basically a version of the Lord Ruler. It seriously feels like it would be pointless to have a Cosmere animated series because that's basically what FMA is. If Brandon just said it was part of the Cosmere it would fit right in, hell I already know what the Shard's name would be. "Equivalency"

Man,that fruit was so low hanging you have to dig into the earth to get at it...... Well done.

Warbreaker got really deep at times, especially the talks between Lightsong and Blushweaver.

Kelsier after SoS

I've been bamboozled!! *Shakes Fist*

Good work, and you can post it right in this thread, that's what people usually do.

It would be funny though if that wasn't really Hoid, like he paid someone to use his name just for lulz and to troll. "Look, just say your name is Hoid alright? It's an inside joke." "An inside joke your the only one with the context to get?" "Oh, I'm not the only one." (Hoid winks as he gleefully thinks about the 17th Shard following around a random couchman for six months, again.)

Ha, poor Nazh is looking more and more like the Cosmere errand boy buttmonkey. I bet Khriss sends him out to do get really stupid stuff for her all the time. Nazh: Croissants!? Khriss: Yup, from Roshar. Nazh: But Scandrial is the one with croissants, Roshar hasn't gotten that far yet Khriss: Well, just go there and wait till there tech gets to that level. Nazh: But.. Khriss: No buts! This is important. It's for the security of the Cosmere, Odium rising, the God Beyond and all that jazz. Now go! (Throws a screaming Nazh into Shadesmar)

I want an entire novella that's just Hoid being sarcastic at Jasnah. Hoid:

If it is him it's funny to imagine Harmony getting really tired of Kelsier's crap by now. Harmony: What the hell man? You started killing Nobles again? When I specifically asked you not to? Kelsier: I'm sorry my hand just slipped.....forty times........in twenty seconds... Harmony: Your a ghost!! You don't have hands!!

Imagining Elhokar as the Kholin Family buttmonkey is the best thing ever. Gavilar at some point, probably: