WayneSpren Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 The Cosmere is filled with characters who are too eager to change. Too eager to become something they're not. Oh, they might hold out for a page or two, but a few convincing words from Shallan and they'll become something they never wanted to be. And for what? To "serve"? Do any of these things ask themselves what they're serving, and is it worth it? No. None but Stick. Some might see Stick's refusal to change as an act of defiance. The last terrible thing to happen to Shallan on a very terrible day. To that, I say Bah! And also You're wrong. Because what Stick did? He wasn't defiant. He wasn't mean. He simply told the truth: I am a stick. Again and again, Stick repeated the truth. I am a stick. I am a stick. I am a stick. Within those words, we see a spirit that refuses to bend. A soul that knows who and what it is. A being that doesn't need to defy anyone, but must simply say, again and again, what it is. To tell others that it is content as it is, and no amount of desperate persuasion will convince it to change. A soul that is content simply to be. Thank you, Stick. You're an inspiration to us all. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 What's brown and sticky? A stick! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 ''Did you ever find the guy?'' ''What guy?'' ''The guy who beat you with the ugly stick!'' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 But what's brown and red and sticky? That bloody stick again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 TECHNICALLY you arent wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Stick is a stick.*gasp* You don't say? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 I wonder if Stick has attracted a Determination Spren to Bond with yet, making it The Stick of Destiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Hmm... it's a good theory, but to accept it I'll need a little more evidence. Is there anything in the text that actually says he is a stick, or is that just a common reader assumption? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus52980 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Has anyone considered that what she was doing is just not the normal way to soulcast something? It's not like she "spoke" with the goblet in her room and asked it to become blood... Perhaps any and everything wants to stay the way it is and you generally have to "force" things to change via soulcasting and stormlight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 What's brown and sticky? A stick! ''Did you ever find the guy?'' ''What guy?'' ''The guy who beat you with the ugly stick!'' But what's brown and red and sticky? That bloody stick again! oh my 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Cosmere Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Are we SURE he's a stick? Maybe he's a kandra who turned into a stick. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstantWalrus Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 What's brown and sticky? A stick! aw i thought it was sticky the stick insect stuck on a sticky bun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaidd Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Hmm... it's a good theory, but to accept it I'll need a little more evidence. Is there anything in the text that actually says he is a stick, or is that just a common reader assumption? Well, if you accept this deleted scene as canon, then you pretty much have to accept that the stick is a stick. Otherwise, we only have Shallan's word for it, and we know she's an unreliable narrator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I thought this post looked familiar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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