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Yeah, but Sanderson may be able to pull a Jaime Lannister on him. I think Renarin is often overthinking stuff due to his low spectrum autism, and only if someone he cares for is in danger, he throws all thinking and the What Ifs out and just acts. I would not call it reckless for him and his specific mindset - it would be reckless for Adolin to jump at a Chasmfiend without plate, and he might even be able to pull it off but I don't think the adjective fits Renarin.

Upovted because you said what I wanted to say but were faster.

So we need a rank Odium's Wafflemaker.

Fine, now I'm hungry again. (Loved those waffles when I was in Norway.)

Stickbinders. LOL

Crimson Campaign here, too. Harry Sidebottom, Iron and Rust Janny Wurts, Mistwraith - the first three books.

Yeah, I got the mm-paperback of WoK for hauling around, and it survived getting dragged through various towns in Bavaria quite nicely. The hardcover sits on my shelf where it's safe. Though it depends on the publisher and printer they use; I've had to replace some paperbacks for creaking spines and loose pages.

Well, Elend is a young man and if they sleep close together, his little friend will have gotten ideas. Not sure Elend could have talked reason with it all the time.

If you go for brooding hero, Kaladin is more like Hamlet than Elhokar.

And next year the Hogwarts students will return the visit. I LOVE this thread.

I'm on the wrong side of 50 though I don't feel like it. I'm still trying to figure out that rep thingie. I must have gotten some since I have a title that's not Zucchini and I've clicked that upvote arrow on some posts, but it doesn't seem to count my vote every time, only sometimes.

And Syl was suspiciously watching those potionspren.

Only if it had rubber soles.

Or Nightblood.

Now imagine the Cosmere High School gets an exchange student agreement with Hogwarts.

Lol, that reminds me of the time I developed my own script as an unholy mix of Latin letters, Runes and Linear B glyps, with a few Cyrillic letters thrown in. But what's even more fun is that I still can use it 30 years later.

Maybe Adolin found out later. We won't know what's going on without a flashback book by some member of the Kholin family who strikes me as more dysfunctional than it seems, at least when it comes to the past. I won't be surprised to find a few bodies in their cellars. Edited to add: Amaram would be a possibility, too, imho. Blackthorn Dalinar would not have gone the length to investigate that Way of the Kings Dalinar does. And we have no idea what role his wife played in the whole mess that likely happened, or what Renarin knows.

No need to witness it, there could be other ways. If Adolin hated Sadeas but could not tell his father why, there's at least something hidden going on here.

The constant aggravating certainly plays a role, but there could be more behind it. Things going on longer and being more deeply hidden. Some 'promise me, Ned'.

And what if Adolin found out and she asked him to keep silent about it? That would explain his snapping.

That one lurks in the dark to come back and haunt you. (Actually, I thought it was fun, but I can understand it went beyond what's acceptable on this forum.)

German (well, sort of a German/Russian/Scottish mutt if I trace my ancestry some generations back) living in Germany, county of Lower Saxony.

We need some Cosmere cocktails.

That's it. I have a mild form of autism about which I learned when I read about that stuff as an adult. Autism wasn't strong on the radar as it is now in the 60ies/70ies in Germany, so kids who didn't 'fit in' without displaying severe symptoms were never checked. I had to develop coping mechanisms without even knowing I did, and I managed to seem fairly normal over time. And by now I don't need any help because it's so much part of my personality that I don't want to change it, nor does it prevent me from holding a job, traveling and whatever. It's mostly small things that still make me aware I'm 'not normal'.

Do Truthwatchers have squires? Because Brandon should write Feather into the books and make her Renarin's squire, as reward for her essays in his defense. I think it's most likely that Kaladin and Adolin are straight and maybe one of them will 'end up' with Shallan. But that doesn't take away the wish to slash them. Marriage certainly didn't prevent tons of Aragorn/Faramir fanfiction. And that's what slash fanfic is about: to pair up cute guys no matter their sexual disposition in the books. If it's understood it is just fun, there's no harm done. (When I presented some bits of my novel-in-progress Kings and Rebels in an online crit circle, I was told that Roderic and Kjartan were 'so slashable' and when I said Roderic would marry in a later book, 'I'd still slash them, they're just too cute.' Well, I don't mind, and I can see where the reader comes from. In a way, I did something right and gave them the chemistry I wanted for their strong friendship.) Re. Adolin's looks Kaladin notices: I'm not sure if men notice the looks of other men, but I can imagine they do. I'm a straight woman and notice beauty in other women. I do hope though, that Brandon will have the courage to include sexually and gender non-normative characters. He does such a good job with characters like Kaladin or Renarin that he should be able to pull off, for example, a transgender character better than some.