Who do you think challan should be with?

[Guest]

Do you think challan should have married kaladin or stuck with ahdolin?

[NerdSandwich she/her]

 

Uh Adolin+Shallan

 

[Akimikoisthecutest]

26 minutes ago, YouCantHaveMySandwich said:

 

Uh Adolin+Shallan

 

Absolutely. All the way!

[Guest]

Yeah!

 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Adolin

Shalladin would have been a disaster

[Knuti]

I think the issue is trickier. At the end of OB Adolin was the only feasible solution for her (and he saw her). But both Shallan and Kaladin have grown and overcome their crisis. So now at the end of W&T Shalladin would be a great couple.

Gives me the slight inkling that things are not finished.

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

On 11/15/2025 at 10:12 PM, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Adolin

Shalladin would have been a disaster

noo shalladin all the way!!!

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

48 minutes ago, Clarkmon22 said:

noo shalladin all the way!!!

Definitely not

They both would have lost their sanity

[WordOfBrandon]

I would have liked the drama that comes with Shalladin.

 

[Clarkmon22 He/Him]

1 hour ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Definitely not

They both would have lost their sanity

that's the point

23 minutes ago, WordOfBrandon said:

I would have liked the drama that comes with Shalladin.

 

exactly

I honestly don't think they actually would be bad at all, @Kansas Stormcursed. 

[Guest]

shalladin might have worked, but they would both be insane like Kansas Stormcursed said.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

3 hours ago, Clarkmon22 said:

that's the point

exactly

I honestly don't think they actually would be bad at all, @Kansas Stormcursed. 

In all seriousness, I think that would have driven them further down their respective problem rabbit holes, which would likely end with Kaladin jumping into Honors Chasm and Shallan permanently split and insane

[NerdSandwich she/her]

exactly!

[WordOfBrandon]

16 hours ago, Nissa of Scadrial said:

shalladin might have worked, but they would both be insane like Kansas Stormcursed said.

I do like Adolin as a character, but I think he and Shallan are too wholesome.  It feels like such a safe way to write a romance.  The few romances I like in fantasy have more tension and relatable relationship problems.

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

On 11/19/2025 at 2:33 PM, WordOfBrandon said:

I do like Adolin as a character, but I think he and Shallan are too wholesome.  It feels like such a safe way to write a romance.  The few romances I like in fantasy have more tension and relatable relationship problems.

Personally, that's why I like Adolin and Shallan - it isn't impossible for them, and it's actually a nice break from all the drama going on around them. 

[Duxredux he/him]

If we're looking at it from Shallan making the decision that's one thing, but looking at it from the other direction and I'm not sure if would have worked out on Kaladin's side. Kal really, really, does not take betrayal well. I'm not convinced that a relationship between him and Shallan would have panned out to the end result of them getting hitched. I'm not sure if back then Kal could have relaxed enough for a stable relationship, period. He was captain of the Kholin guard, responding to attacks from Szeth, Bridge Four was no longer making bridge runs but they were still in mortal danger, all of which makes any stable relationship tricky for him because the lives of his charges will always take precedence over a date. Extrapolate to Kaladin actually having to be okay with the Unseen Court, Shallan flirting with the Ghostbloods, and Formless? I'm not saying never but... Kal is nowhere near as understanding of Alethi backstabbing and political maneuvering as Adolin is. The Kholins pretty much welcomed in and adopted Shallan but it's a tough sell to the rest of the rather unstable Davars to accept Helaran's killer. Can you imagine Kaladin being able to actually sit back and let Shallan do infiltrations if they were in a relationship? For a lot of reasons, I think Shallan would not have been good for Kaladin's particular variety of fears and issues. Could it have worked? Maybe. There's just way more obstacles that would have to be sorted out - and it's really hard to save someone drowning when you're sinking at the same time. Structurally, Shallan and Kaladin are much, much weaker and would require more overhauls than Shallan and Adolin.