KaIadin he/him Posted January 20, 2016 Posted January 20, 2016 The point of this forum game is to find a quote from one of Brandon's books (make sure you type the quote) and say interpret it in the most ridiculous way. For example, using the description of a decrepit house a a reflection of the author himself, etc.
DSC01 he/him Posted January 22, 2016 Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) So, if I understand the idea correctly, the idea isn't to ridiculously misinterpret the literal meaning of the quote; rather, we're to come up with a phony literary analysis-type thing? Say, we quote a description of some every-day object, then try to justify how it represents the author feeling alienated from his mother? Edited January 22, 2016 by DSC01
Arraenae Posted January 22, 2016 Posted January 22, 2016 “Life before Death.Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.” The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson states that anybody can gain power provided they are poetic enough. To become a Knight Radiant and gain the associated powers, one must swear on the First Ideal and sincerely believe it. On a superficial level, what the First Ideal says is that life is more important than death, strong people should protect the weak, and performing an evil action with helpful consequences is not worth it. However, on a deeper level, the truths of the First Ideal are simply self evident truths spoken in a poetic manner. 1. Life before death. There was no death in the universe before there was life, because an object that was never alive can never be dead. Therefore, the first death could only occur after the first life (as far as we know, the first living thing was a cell). 2. Strength before weakness. Many things, such as computers, nails, and books start out with the most strength they will ever have and degrade over time. This means that the universe follows a pattern of strength and then weakness. 3. Journey before destination. Obviously, to reach a destination, one must go through a journey. If no journey is taken, no destination can be reached. This destination may be as simple as "one millimeter over to the right", however, to reach that spot, one must move. This movement, small as it is, is still a journey. All of the things stated in the First Ideal are quite obvious, but speaking them gives one great power. Therefore, to attain great power, one only needs to state something obvious in a poetical manner. This has huge implications, especially in the world of politics, where many unobvious and untrue things are stated to gain power. This also empowers observant people, who can state obvious things they have noticed in order to gain superpowers. 5
KaIadin he/him Posted January 22, 2016 Author Posted January 22, 2016 The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson states that anybody can gain power provided they are poetic enough. To become a Knight Radiant and gain the associated powers, one must swear on the First Ideal and sincerely believe it. On a superficial level, what the First Ideal says is that life is more important than death, strong people should protect the weak, and performing an evil action with helpful consequences is not worth it. However, on a deeper level, the truths of the First Ideal are simply self evident truths spoken in a poetic manner. 1. Life before death. There was no death in the universe before there was life, because an object that was never alive can never be dead. Therefore, the first death could only occur after the first life (as far as we know, the first living thing was a cell). 2. Strength before weakness. Many things, such as computers, nails, and books start out with the most strength they will ever have and degrade over time. This means that the universe follows a pattern of strength and then weakness. 3. Journey before destination. Obviously, to reach a destination, one must go through a journey. If no journey is taken, no destination can be reached. This destination may be as simple as "one millimeter over to the right", however, to reach that spot, one must move. This movement, small as it is, is still a journey. All of the things stated in the First Ideal are quite obvious, but speaking them gives one great power. Therefore, to attain great power, one only needs to state something obvious in a poetical manner. This has huge implications, especially in the world of politics, where many unobvious and untrue things are stated to gain power. This also empowers observant people, who can state obvious things they have noticed in order to gain superpowers. Sorry for the late reply, this is what I meant.
The Dragon Reborn Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 ""Three of the sixteen ruled, but now the Broken One reigns."" This means that before Honor, Cultivation, and Odium ruled together but then Odium attacked Honor and "broke" him so the Broken One is Honor when he has become splintered so it's obvious he reigns. 1
Stormgate he/him Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 "I am hope" Obviously, Kelsier was the incognito holder of the Shard Hope, and since TLR didn't have the power of a Shard, he couldn't destroy Kelsier. 3
dadradahmember he/him Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 "Ah, the outdoors," Shallan said. "I visited that mythical place once." Does anyone know where this mythical place is? Take a ride on the unicorn, over the rainbow, forget about the pot of gold. Jump over the pit of spikes, life over death after all. there's going to be a group of kids, shove them aside so they can know that the strong goes first before the weak. finally, go back through the kids, jump over the pit, past the pot of gold, over the rainbow, Yes you end up on the same spot you began but its about the journey not the destination. look at your left there is a door that leads to the outdoors. 3
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