[OB] Wedding Dresses

[the_archduke]

People have commented that Shallan wearing a sapphire dress was somehow a subconscious desire to be with Kaladin instead of Adolin.  They cite the color of the dress as evidence, as the traditional color of a wedding dress is red (as we learn from Navani earlier int he book).

The traditional Alethi wedding color is red.  Shallan isn't Alethi, she's Veden.  For all we know, sapphire is a good and traditional Veden wedding color.  We also know that blue is a color of house Kholin, so it could be in deference to the house she was joining.  

My wife would like to add that Shallan is a redhead.  Apparently, redheads don't look good in red clothing.  So apparently, even if red was the appropriate color, that would be a good reason not to wear it.  (I am trusting her expertise on fashion)

Edited November 22, 2017 by the_archduke

[Reborn radiant]

I hope to god that the love triangle is done and dusted. I seriously do. I don't want that ever again, and I definitely don't want her to go to Kaladin after her marriage, or even if Adolin dies or something, I don't want Shallan to have Kaladin as a second choice or something like that. I definitely want Kaladin to move away from the romance with shallan angle. Seriously.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, the_archduke said:

My wife would like to add that Shallan is a redhead.  Apparently, redheads don't look good in red clothing.  So apparently, even if red was the appropriate color, that would be a good reason not to wear it.  (I am trusting her expertise on fashion)

Then why not just wear blue? Why is it explicitly described as sapphire, when a few pages before that Moash kills Jezrien, the Windrunner patron, with a dagger adorned with a large sapphire gem. While it is common knowledge, that sapphire is the color of the Windrunners, why does Brandon insist to make it clear a few pages before the wedding? Why does Brandon insist on using sapphire as the color, why that specific shade?

Edited November 22, 2017 by SLNC

[RShara she/her]

27 minutes ago, Reborn radiant said:

I hope to god that the love triangle is done and dusted. I seriously do. I don't want that ever again, and I definitely don't want her to go to Kaladin after her marriage, or even if Adolin dies or something, I don't want Shallan to have Kaladin as a second choice or something like that. I definitely want Kaladin to move away from the romance with shallan angle. Seriously.

Me too.  I hate love triangles.  A lot.  Like, one of the worst things in fiction.  Ever. Kill it with fire.

[Taliax none (name only)]

Good points good points.  Appreciate that, because I was rather confused about it.  I'll leave my actual comments on Kaladin/Shallan/Adolin for that thread rather than dumping them here  

[Reborn radiant]

6 minutes ago, RShara said:

Me too.  I hate love triangles.  A lot.  Like, one of the worst things in fiction.  Ever. Kill it with fire.

I don't just hate it because it is a love triangle, I hate it because I like all the three characters in the triangle. For now it seems to have resolved without much ill will on any party, but usually when it gets resolved one of them ends becoming bitter and awkward and what not. That is what I hate the most. 

[Walin he/him]

I personally enjoy love triangles, but after the wedding I would much rather no love drama happens, however plausible. I'm glad that the dress color can be explained as a non-symbol.