Kaladin Parallel to She-ra

[FudgeHeart he/him]

This is my first post, and I apologize for its tongue in cheek nature. Here goes:

 

I thought it was cool that Syl took the form of a spear during Kaladin's fight with Szeth.  But as the fight went on, I felt like the shardblade-can-take-whatever-form-you-want ability seemed like a little too much.  It reminded me of She-ra. My kids like watching the He-man and She-ra cartoons.  So in episode 18 of the first season of She-ra, she goes into space and has her sword of protection turn into a space helmet so she can breath.  Later while saving the unconscious villain Hordack's life, She-ra re-enters the atmosphere by having her sword turn into a heat shield (thus avoiding a severe burn to her bottom -- which made me laugh quite a bit).  

 

I'm just wondering if Brandon Sanderson got his shardblade shape changing ideas from She-ra, and if so, will we be seeing similar outer space adventures from the knights radiant in future books.  Could a spren turn into two blades for one trained in 2-bladed combat or a sword and a shield?

[Adamantame he/him]

Isn't dual blading a thing MMORPGS created? And when I read the Syl turning into a spear thing I thought of Zanpaktos from Bleach (sorry if I spelled that wrong) and their ability to have two forms Shikai and Bankai.

Edited March 31, 2014 by Adamantame

[kaellok he/him]

Pft, I was a dual-wielding ranger in Dungeons and Dragons before EQ existed, let alone before MMOs were popular.  And i'm 100% sure that the idea of wielding two weapons can be traced through Hollywood/Theater/Other-visual-entertainment-displays---because dual-wielding looks awesome.

 

As to space-travel KR, I remember reading on here that Peter and Brandon had done calculations to see how much stormlight it would take for Kal to fly to one of the moons of Roshar.  Having some space-flight at some point seems very plausible.  Shardplate seems to act an awful lot like Powered Armor from various sci-fi-ish universes, too, with one of the perks being able to survive in the hard vacuum of space--so, again, wouldn't be surprised to see it.  

 

I'm not sure how I feel about the "I can manifest as anything I want" ability of Syl as a Shardblade, though; on the one hand, it makes sense, for sure, 100%, and is pretty awesome.  On the other hand, we have no idea what the limits are--and the limits, in my experience, is what makes something that seems miraculous and fantastic into something that is believable (and something Sanderson does very well with his magic systems).  

[EmanEmal he/him]

Isn't dual blading a thing MMORPGS created? And when I read the Syl turning into a spear thing I thought of Zanpaktos from Bleach (sorry if I spelled that wrong) and their ability to have two forms Shikai and Bankai.

 

 

Pft, I was a dual-wielding ranger in Dungeons and Dragons before EQ existed, let alone before MMOs were popular.  And i'm 100% sure that the idea of wielding two weapons can be traced through Hollywood/Theater/Other-visual-entertainment-displays---because dual-wielding looks awesome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_sword

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Kung_Fu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimachaerus

http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/gladiators/dimachaerus.htm

 

people have thought having two swords would be cool since swords existed guys,

Hollywood invents nothing.

 

shape shifting weapons have been around too

[Lopen Skybreaker he/him]

Space flight of some kind in SA is an idea I don't find very plausible. It sounds like a lame Dragon ball Z plot However it's been said that some of the KR have the ability to 'disappear from one place and reappear in another' so some kind of teleportation to one of the moons isn't out of the question.