Ketek

He's Asian. We all know what Asians do with their spare time

I happen to like both bands, but in all honesty WT is a lot better than both. Delain, too. The fanboy is me is obsessed enough that I've essentially been stuck listening to both their latest albums recently. Which ones did you listen to?

SWIMMINGLY'S NEW PROFILE PICTURE IS... I CANNOT.

But it didn't shy away from Wax! Did it?

When you see people with piercings and wonder just what sort of Hemalurgic abomination the Lord Ruler managed to conjure up. "Hey, can you give me directions to Kenton's Street? Wait, why are you backing away from me like that?"

I just loved how ripped up Kenobi was by his guilt over Anakin. It still resonates with me to this day.

Don't you mean Adele Dazeem?

Riptide's prologue is pretty well-written. Miller's Kenobi is probably his best work up to date. Luceno is one of those writers who consistently churns up solid work. I read EU novels for the gems they occasionally bring out, but all-in-all I've not been following them much too, not when there are better universes to explore out there.

All of Within Temptation's songs. And Delain's. You're welcome.

I would say the EU made the mistake of introducing far too many mediocre writers instead of picking only the absolute best, plus the countless retcons. Karen Traviss was alright. She wasn't someone whose writing I enjoyed a lot, but it was alright. Paul S. Kemp's Crosscurrent and Riptide are also solid reads, I really enjoyed them.

No, it resolves the storyline from the first two games. The Jedi Exile's name is Meetra Surik. And regarding the OP, James Luceno is awesome. Darth Plagueis is a worthy EU novel. The Rise of Darth Vader is another. Also, I read Jedi Apprentice (which is partially why I like Kenobi so much). Zahn is pretty good too, but I think he'll never surpass his Thrawn trilogy, although Allegiance and Choices of One are pretty good reads. The last EU novel that I really enjoyed was John Jackson Miller's Kenobi - definitely a read for those Kenobi fans out there.

Matthew Stover is the best SWEU writer around, no question about that. His novels make you think; on top of that his books are sprinkled with a liberal dose of violence. Well-written violence - he actually practices martial arts and you can see that knowledge being used in his fight scenes. And Vergere is a very well-written character. I would go so far as to say that it is likely one of the best characters I have ever seen in a novel, to the extent that other writers that had novels featuring her as a character failed to capture the essence of the Stover Vergere (he was the creator). The worst part was when they retconned her as being Sith; that just showed how badly they failed to understand what could have been. Even putting Traitor aside, RotS' novelization is beautiful; the prose is lovely and the prologue is absolutely epic - it ends with a quote that just made my hair stand on end: And then there's the interlude sections about how the dark always wins: And then we have Shatterpoint, which is essentially Apocalypse Now with Jedi. And storming Mace Windu. And he's not exclusively a Star Wars author, he's written a little-known series called the Acts of Caine. Very good series, and if you're one for violence, give it a read. If grimdark fantasy doesn't hit you though... you're probably not a Stover fan.

The Dustbringers are such bullies too. They keep melting my pants off and turning my desk into dust! To make it worse there's no Skybreakers around to uphold the school law...

You fool, has the taint taken you that quickly? It is a shame your Aes Sedai sisters are not here; even a few minutes of lucidity would serve my purposes well enough. But no matter. I will use what I have. *Draws on the True Power* BE HEALED! And if you were there, you'll never see rainspren the same way again. The horror... the horror... *curls up into a fetal ball and cries* Switching back to the topic, you know you're a Sanderfan when you daydream of making grand entrances with Allomancy or Surgebinding.

*Draws self up arrogantly before the now-insane Lord of the Morning* Once, they called me Elan Morin Tedronai, but now they call me Ishamael, the Betrayer of Hope. Yes. Betrayer of Hope. They gave me the name to revile me, but I will yet make them kneel and worship it. Be very thankful, for it is a thing beyond Everstorms and Hecklestorms. It is dark. It is bloody. It is evil distilled. And it will break you.

Like the *cough* Syl thread? *cough*

That is incredibly delightful reasoning! *Watches Delightful snap*

Bloody hell, Swim has Chinese blood?!

Goddamnit Swim! What mystical powers do you have now?! Are you a Stoneward?

I think I got what it means - one side is chaotic, the other is orderly. Perhaps it's a reference to Honor (being rigid, orderly) and Cultivation (more wild, chaotic) molding Roshar together, thus symbolizing duality? Like a continental yin-yang of sorts. It'd also be an odd kind of symmetry, which sorta fits into Roshar's culture.

I'd say you're overlooking something here - the Shard's intent. Ruin needed to destroy, Preservation needed something to preserve, thus life on Scadrial. Cultivation needed to 'cultivate' something, and Endowment's intent requires something for it to bequeath something to. And in one specific case perhaps, we may have love coming into it. Honor and Cultivation's Shardholders were in love, after all. In a sense, all human life on Roshar - and their spren - might well be considered their children. Which makes me wonder if we'll ever see a scene in Dragonsteel of those two discussing having a family.

I know there was someone called Tanya from South Africa, too; she's not been around though. I may be the only Malaysian here.

I could never give my books up I have lost some over the years, but I'd never willingly give them up.

I loved Traitor (and Matthew Stover is one of my favorite authors). LotF totally screwed up Vergere, yeah. Have you read Shatterpoint and Revenge of the Sith's novelization?

Is it... possible? Have I, after all these years, found a fellow Vergere fan? ...Or are you a Fosh Jedi-in-exile playing tricks with me while I lie suspended upside-down on the Embrace of Pain, half-delirious with grief and pain from losing my brother?