'To the day we can embrace, old friend.'

[Bridge-Four he/him]

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"Then on that day we can embrace, knowing it is all over. Old friend.” Taravangian looked at him, and there were tears in his eyes.

“To that day, then,” he whispered.

 

Does this not strike you as the good old foreshadowing that Brandon does?

Now that we know that Big T is Todium.

So here is my theory- 

Then on that day we can embrace, knowing it is all over. Old friend

'The day we can embrace' -> The embrace could mean that Dalinar loses and becomes a Fused and becomes aware that 'it is all over'

 

[Leuthie]

I don't think we can look at every little interaction as foreshadowing. This was character development, pure and simple. It showed that had Taravangian made different choices, he could have found himself on Dalinar's side. We are supposed to be seeing the possibilities had T not locked himself away on his "dumb" days and relied entirely on "smart" days to make all decisions.

If I remember right, this quote was Taravangian reacting to Dalinar saying that even T's genius day could be wrong (which it often was, particularly since no one is smart enough to correctly interpret everything he wrote that day). "Dumb" T reacted with tears and saying he hopes so.

Even if Dalinar does become a tool of Odium, I don't see this line as being foreshadowing of that. Now, if they both die while grappling, definitely.

Edited March 23, 2021 by Leuthie

[Dreamwa1ker she/her]

1 hour ago, Leuthie said:

Now, if they both die while grappling, definitely.

And afterward Dalinar and Taravangian Cognitive aspects, clasp hands into a bro-hug, then step into The Beyond

Edited March 23, 2021 by Dreamwa1ker
Fixed a technicality - they'd be cognitive aspects not cognitive shadows

[Bejarden he/him]

Nitpick: Well Taravangian would be a CS as he ascended 

[Dreamwa1ker she/her]

4 hours ago, Bejardin1250 said:

Nitpick: Well Taravangian would be a CS as he ascended 

 I should've left it as cognitive shadows ha I was trying to avoid nitpicks. Failed successfully 

Edited March 23, 2021 by Dreamwa1ker

[Quick Ben he/him]

8 hours ago, Bridge-Four said:

The day we can embrace' -> The embrace could mean that Dalinar loses and becomes a Fused and becomes aware that 'it is all over'

 

I think this option going forward would prove the most interesting narratively.

And give the most scope going forward.

[hskeeter]

On 3/23/2021 at 6:40 PM, Quick Ben said:

I think this option going forward would prove the most interesting narratively.

And give the most scope going forward.

Especially seeing as how the fight should be over fairly early in the book.

[+Child of Hodor]

On 3/23/2021 at 0:02 PM, Dreamwa1ker said:

And afterward Dalinar and Taravangian Cognitive aspects, clasp hands into a bro-hug, then step into The Beyond

LOL Final Fantasy X spoilers:

Spoiler

 

[Quick Ben he/him]

On 3/25/2021 at 9:07 PM, hskeeter said:

Especially seeing as how the fight should be over fairly early in the book.

Well hopefully it is, if its dragged out to the end of the book would be disappointing