The Splintercast Reads Words of Radiance, Episode 21: Chapters 71-73

Part four is just "Feather gets upset because Kaladin is being a dumb about everything."

Normal reader: Oh, that's cute, Kaladin finally understands Shallan's pain.

Feather: WE SMELL HAPPINESSSS AND IT BURNSSSSSES USSSSS

I feel like my experiences with the shipping prospects in part four are just me being dragged facedown across the pages by my ankles or something. WHY IS THERE CUDDLING. WHY IS THERE BONDING. WHY ARE YOU BEING STUPID ABOUT ELHOKAR. WHY ARE YOU FALLING FOR SHALLAN. WHYYYY.

Didn't you used to be a Shalladin shipper?

Me? Nope. Not even a little bit. I was the captain of the Shallarin ship for a long time (Shallan/Renarin) and more recently I have come to appreciate Kalarin (Kaladin/Renarin) but Shalladin has always been a pairing that I've disliked for a plethora of reasons.

When I listen to these, and the shipping dominates an episode; I find myself compelled to watch the Youtube video "I Ship It" by the Not Literally girls.

(The Refrain)

You're on the canon ground, I'm up in crack ship space.
Let's start a shipping war, don't care if I get hate.
Don't like my pairings, well, then you can hit the bricks.
This is my OTP, I'll go down with this ship!

I ship it!
I ship it!

I love these Feather.  Thanks for the hard work in editing. I had a heck of a time un-FUBARing my audio files from the DC WoR signing table.  I can't imagine myself doing it before continuing my 1st read-through.

The only thing that tends to bother me is... Renarin is a MAN NOT A PUPPY! haha

When the Chasmfeind showed up: "HHHUUUUUUAAAAHHHHHH!"

The only thing that tends to bother me is... Renarin is a MAN NOT A PUPPY! haha

But he's so cuuuuuuuuuuuute. And it's very possible that I feel bad for all of the terrible things I put him through in fanfics... 

 I feel bad for all of the terrible things I put him through in fanfics... 

I have a feeling Renarin would not be happy with you in real life. What have you been doing to him in your fanfiction?

Eveor, some things are simply not discussed. This is one of those things. Suffice it to say that the conglomerate Renarin derived from every work written about him is probably traumatized on several psychological levels.

Well, aside from one of the fics that I'm working on in my spare time that hasn't been released, I have been making some contributions to this thread: http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/8838-turning-protagonists-into-antagonists-for-fun/