CosmereLight Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) Ok so I know that Tian and Taan are not world hoppers. However, these two characters share two very similar characteristics. Both like rocks... Tian in an innocent boy like wonder, Taan in an insane "I have the Elantris disease' way, as he was a sculptor before he got 'sick' Both carve little horses. Tian a wooden one which he gives to Kaladin... then reappears in a little junk shop Taan sits carving a little horse out of stone which he gives to the children. Has anyone seen these links? Little horse theories? I wonder if it is just a coincidence... being that they are both Branden Sanderson characters or if this is some sort of little clue towards the spiritual realm... like reincarnation or something... Thoughts? Edited January 14, 2021 by CosmereLight
Elegy he/him Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 That's a nice catch! Brandon once commented on connections like these - and generally, things like these are not coincidences: Quote Kalanit Taub When Jasnah picks up the bead for the palace, is that the same bead that Shallan picks up in Oathbringer? Brandon Sanderson Yeah. Kalanit Taub Is that a coincidence or is there something else...? Brandon Sanderson So, whenever things like that happen you can assume there's little bits of Connection going on that's changing the probability a little bit. You're not meant to read much into it, but the probability is increased because of thing like that. And you'll find, if you look really closely, there are connections between the characters that are really subtle that I'm doing, that anyone who's touching the Spiritual Realm or thing like that. For instance, in the second book, Syl turns into Shallan while Shallan is washed up on the beach while Syl is talking to Kaladin somewhere else. There's enough Connection going on that you see Syl change shapes, and Kal's like, "It looks like she's walking on a beach!" It's just Syl... because through all of that, is turning into... You'll find things like that <happening> all through the books, really subtle, really small. There's just meant to be, one of the things in the Cosmere is Connection. Your Connection to people, Connection to things, places, influences probability a little bit. ICon 2019 (Oct. 15, 2019) Regarding reincarnation, Brandon said that's not the way things work in the Cosmere: Quote Questioner Is reincarnation a thing in the Cosmere? Brandon Sanderson Reincarnation is not a thing in most of the Cosmere. *Small exchange* You could call the Returned reincarnations and there are other things along those lines. You could call the Fused are straight up reincarnation. It happens in some places. If you've read Stormlight, there's a group that are reincarnated time and time again. In general, no but there are groups that reincarnate. Starsight Release Party (Nov. 26, 2019) Which honestly surprised me, since he usually leaves those afterlife-questions up to the reader.
Leuthie Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Elegy said: That's a nice catch! Brandon once commented on connections like these - and generally, things like these are not coincidences: Regarding reincarnation, Brandon said that's not the way things work in the Cosmere: Which honestly surprised me, since he usually leaves those afterlife-questions up to the reader. He does confirm that once you go to the Beyond, you don't come back. That pretty much rules out classical reincarnation. 1
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