Cool thought about the showy styles of dead Shardblades

[+mdross81 he/him]

Just had a cool thought. In Chapter 21, as Adolin watches Zu's Shardblade change forms as she performs a kata, he muses on how dead Shardblades are apparently locked into the last shape they held.

Given the later reveal from Maya (WE CHOSE!!!!) it seems possible that these showy forms were Radiant sprens' way of going out in a blaze of glory. Like they struck a heroic pose to mark their sacrifice at the moment their Knight renounced their oaths.

That's pretty rad and now I really want a flashback or interlude that shows the mindset of a Radiant spren in that moment. Too bad we'll probably have to wait for the back five for something like that.