FeatherWriter Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Yeah well the red head probably got you distracted... Somehow I thought red head and black skin worked... It was such a nice mental image. I re-read WoK recently and when I stumbled on it I thought: "YES, this is why I thought he was black, it said TAN right here." Imo, black and tanned are not the same thing, but my brain thought so at the time Shallan though is definitely described as "white". All those Alethi thinking she's exotically pale. Adolin said her skin was "almost like a Shin." She does still have the epicanthic folds, so not totally "white" looking. I've pictured Korean actresses for Shallan before, but that's probably because I listen to too much kpop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 All those Alethi thinking she's exotically pale. Adolin said her skin was "almost like a Shin." She does still have the epicanthic folds, so not totally "white" looking. I've pictured Korean actresses for Shallan before, but that's probably because I listen to too much kpop... Well, my husband has the "epicanthic fold" and he is very milky white so I tend not to take much head to these... I thus see Shallan as rather white, but with sightly almond eyes: the two are not mutually exclusive, but if Korean works better for you... then go for it They are supposed to be rather mixed in terms of appearance so I guess it is hard to go wrong. Mixed ethnicity children in my entourage tells me it can swing madly... anything is possible as long as you keep the majority of the demography faithful, you are probably close enough. For myself, I see Shallan as the picture inside WoR. Beautiful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I know Defending Elysium is not even near Cosmere, but I just have to share this. There is now way for me not to imagine Jason Write as Matt Murdock from Netflixs Daredevil. That is just perfect fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadoxicalZen Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Mine is mainly names: Elhokar - Elkohar Alethkar - Alekthar (It never even occurred to me even when I see Alethi in book >.>) Seeing Wit as kinda Elfish with long black hair and glasses (probably half-moon, with a wry twinkle in his eyes) Reminds me a bit of a librarian Or Syl constantly changing shape, can only ever see her in the young woman form Edited July 10, 2015 by ParadoxSpren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcinios Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I can't not see Dalinar as Edward James Olmos playing William Adama in Battlestar Galactica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormsinger Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 I keep thinking of Stannis as Dalinar, which doesn't seem right. At all. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljósmóður Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Rereading WoK again and I've realised that the buildings in Kharbranth are multi-coloured (and, indeed colour-coded!). I had been imagining it as pure white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Giving Kaladin and the rest of the Alethi the proper colored skin in my head took a little bit of work, but I did get it, giving them the correct eyes though....Still having a hard time changing that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Rereading WoK again and I've realised that the buildings in Kharbranth are multi-coloured (and, indeed colour-coded!). I had been imagining it as pure white. Something like Greek island of Santorini? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljósmóður Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Something like Greek island of Santorini? That's exactly how I pictured it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald101 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 That's exactly how I pictured it! Probably a result of the black-and-white illustration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oudeis Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thunderclasts are giant T-Rex fossils with huge arms. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Mostly, I picture the buildings as a sandstone color. Or gray. Some sort of off white, but never white, because of all that crem floating around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilNuff Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 The eyes, I picture Szeth as asian and cannot shake that image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 The eyes, I picture Szeth as asian and cannot shake that image. Same, and I'm Asian myself The awkward moment when it's actually every other character that is Asian. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayse Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 I picture Pattern's natural state as looking like Egyptian hieroglyphics written on a pyramid wall. Syl I see as silver mist with a light green accept when she moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrynn Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 (edited) I have a lot of problems: -I can't help but see Rock as Baz -oh Almighty above, THE SKIN TONES! -Sadeas looks COMPLETELY different -Syl looks like Fi from the Legend of Zelda -I swear that Wit/Hoid looks like a strange elderly man -I'm convinced that Elhokar is Marth -I used to and will sometimes still see Kaladin as Magnus from Kid Icarus Uprising, but I don't think it was too far off. -Tyn looks like a Drow Elf to me. -oh Almighty above, THE HAIR COLORS! -Lopen is the bean guy from Zelda: Ocarina of Time but with only one arm -Parshendi war forms look somewhat like this Goron from Zelda I'm probably still forgetting a few and may add them later, but this is it for now. EDIT -Jasnah looks like Bayonetta -Gaz is unquestionably the carpenter from Zelda Edited August 4, 2015 by Amrynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helwar Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 -Jasnah looks like Bayonetta This so much. Also, Rock was always black in my mind during my first reading of the Stormlight Archive. I dunno why but I always thought he was the same kind of character as Galladon was to Raoden, and I just got them mixed up. Also, I was pretty much annoyed when everyone said Horneaters had red hair, and the only example of a Horneater we had was a black man (in my mind at least ) During my second reading, I noticed the "Red hair" thing when Brandon describes him... And then I imagined some kind of Scottish big guy with radioactive white skin and a mop of red hair. I'd not been until I did read this thread that I learned that Rock is neither of those, but a red head with TAN skin. It's pretty hard to wrap my head around this particular idea. Also, BS likes to troll us with the "asian" thingies. At first I thought that the Shin were asian (they are SMALL, and have that particularly-asian-like-ish name), then I thought EVERYONE else was Asian, because Shin have round eyes and pale skin. Now, I decided that Roshar is unlike our world. In Roshar, when your mother is blonde and your father brunette, you end of having locks of either color instead of a healthy in-between... So... I decided that Alethkar inhabitants have "european" eyes, tan skin and mostly black hair. Shin people, are small and pale, and have EXCEPTIONALLY round and big eyes. And no-one is asian. Well, maybe those with the extra-long eyebrows... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrynn Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Well, maybe those with the extra-long eyebrows... Yes, the eyebrows also mess me up because it''s so... unnatural. And on the subject of Rock, when I read about his RED sideburns, I rethought everything I knew about character appearances at that point, leading me to realize most of the bullets on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightGradient Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 For me, I picture Wit/Hoid as Kaladins age, with shoulder length black hair and super old looking eyes. Also, atium is pure creamy white, and nothing can ever change that. Thunderclasts look like storm atronachs from Skyrim, and chasmfiends are snakes+centipedes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcinios Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Initially I thought that Thunderclasts looked like some kind of cross between a lobster and squid but made out of stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02ranger Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I always thought Moash was an old bald man, until I just started rereading WoK a week ago and saw he was Kaladin's age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I don't think I've said this before, but I always think of Sadeas as pretty fit, but in his PoV in WoR he gets described as portly I think. It totally threw me off and I still struggle with the conflicting images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Reptile Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I've always thought of Sadeas as tall and in good shape as well. I also keep imagining Kaladin as someone who looks like he's in his late twenties/early thirties, which probably has something to do with his temperament. Also, Kelsier is short and has brown hair in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAgain Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Sadeas = ruddy blond who wears red Szeth = Aang Rock = Zangief Shallan = Merida from Brave Pattern = maze Dalinar = NOW that Baldur's Gate portrait somebody posted, thanks spheres = Dragonballs Edited September 6, 2015 by JoeAgain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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