Resonance manifestation

[Gderu]

I haven't noticed it before, but it seems to me like each order's surges manifest in multiple ways, not just in the typical using stormlight to power the surge, but also in another more symbolic way. This might be the manifestation of the resonance of the surges used by the orders.

The most obvious time this has happened is with Shallan and the deserters in WoR. There, Shallan changed the deserters without actually Soulcasting. To me, it seems like lightweavers' abilities are geared towards changing other people. The surge of Transformation is obvious here, but Illumination also comes into play in that they use it to make others see a different world (for example, Shallan's effect on Kaladin). This might very well be the resonance of the Lightweavers.

We can also see a similar effect with Windrunners. According to WoB, their resonance is drawing other people to them (like Kaladin does with bridge four). This is a  symbolic representation of Gravitation -drawing others to them - and Adhesion -sticking people together to form groups and communities.

I don't think we know the resonances of the other orders, but I do have some theories.

Elsecallers seem to be able to control themselves very well. This fits, because their surges are Transformation and Transportation. Both are geared towards change, and so the Elsecaller is able to cause change in themselves. This also fits with their ideals of growing as a person (according to the official quiz).

Truthwatchers are able to see into people, and know their motives/things they should not be able to know. They also might be able to help others to grow into what they could be. This makes sense because their surges are Illumination, which they use to see things and truths, and progression, the healing of someone to their ideal self, to the way they are in the spiritual realm, and the way they could also be in the physical realm. Note the that the last part of what I said seems to be similar to the Lightweavers' abilities, but is actually not. The distinction I want to make is that Lightweavers change other people, while Truthwatchers help them grow. Truthwatchers are simply guiding others on a path they have already taken, while Lightweavers actually change said path.

I can't think of any other orders' resonances, mostly because we haven't seen them enough/we don't know enough about their surges. 

[Quantus he/him]

We know of at two confirmed Resonance effects on lightweavers, so I think multiple might be possible in all cases (within some reasonable limit).  Lightweaver's solid illusions and photographic memory are both Resonance effects. WE also have confirmation that some of their emotional/spiritual effect they have on others is indeed magical:

 

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Questioner

In Stormlight, with Kaladin and his brother Tien, is there a connection or a reason why, whenever his brother finds a rock, that keeps coming up several times?

Brandon Sanderson

Yes. So, there's a couple themes going on here. One is just the subtle theme that Tien tends to find beauty in things that Kaladin finds dull. That's, of course, kind of the metaphor. But Tien also was a budding Lightweaver, and he saw color and light a little bit differently than other people did. And he has the same general effect that you'll see Shallan having on people, which is how the Lightweaver views you influences a little bit more how your mood is, and things like that... And there is a magical element to that, as well. There's both a metaphoric reason and an in-world reason.

The Great American Read: Other Worlds with Brandon Sanderson (Oct. 25, 2018)

 

 

[Honorless he/him]

Yeah, those effects are kinda Spiritual, part of their powers, who they are as a person but partly kind of mystical. Lightweavers provided a "spiritual sustenance" to people, lifting their spirits, illuminating their hidden, better selves, inspiring them to transform into better versions of themselves. People gravitate towards Windrunners, they have a way making people stick together.