Stormfather-in-Law

On 10/16/2020 at 5:22 PM, Child of Hodor said:

So, I thought about this some more, and I figured out what was nagging me about it. This isn't a map of the whole Shattered Plains; it covers only about a quarter of them. That means the lines here converge around 1/8 the way through the Shattered Plains, not in the center.

The answer is right in the caption above. The Tower is the place at the end of Alethi reach, shown here at the very right edge of the image (the "largest plateau of the area"). Bad battles were fought over it, with the Parshendi generally having the advantage of arriving first. They were also quicker to travel over this terrain, which makes Stormseat at least twice the distance shown on this map. That would then mean the lines that appear to converge nicely in a radial manner above should instead be much more unidirectional, West to East. 

Hate to rain on the parade, but I don't think it can be correct.

15 hours ago, MGershone said:

In Words of Radiance, Shallan says that the patterns suggest cymatics, which is a type of vibration pattern. That might fit with this - people at the edges of the Plains send a huge vibration all the way across, shattering the whole thing symmetrically 

I've always thought cymatics in a form we've not yet seen was responsible. A couple things that are probably related:

• Dawncities being in cymatic patterns indicates that there is some ancient tool or weapon that could create these patterns in rock.
• Dalinar sees this process, whatever the cause, in the vision he has that shows Kholinar being decimated. Seems hard to conceive of why the heralds might be behind that, rather than a weapon of some sort.

With regard to the 10 'craters' at the warcamps, Kaladin notes at one point that they look like they might have originally been domes, not craters as they are now. More like they might have been for protection than for originating the destruction.

7 minutes ago, Ashspren said:

Wonder how Tanavast is feeling about that... 

He probably feels dead inside.

Can we spoiler topics that are rhythms of war, for those of us who go out of our way to avoid them? 

2 hours ago, urrutiap said:

Cant believe Brandon Sanderson made 6 Mistborn books 

The rest of the 5 books is actually the end scene heist sequence told in excruciatingly slow motion. Book 4 is just one woman crossing a room!

55 minutes ago, Numuhukumakiaki'aialunamon said:

Thanks to everyone that has helped me get motivated to read the rest of the book. I have recently finished it and it was holy chickens amazing! I don’t regret reading it at all and it is now my favorite SA book 

Quite the turnaround! Perseverance should be one of the 16: sometimes it brings big rewards. Glad you stuck it out.

On 12/28/2019 at 4:22 PM, Gilphon said:

Also, going off the one thing I definitely know you'd like, I can tell you there's a chapter from Rock's point of view later on. So maybe at least push through until then?

Your mileage may vary, but I'll add that the Rock chapter is one my favorites in the whole series. To me it is a perfect gem.

16 hours ago, earthexile said:

I've been very suspicious about the Horneaters ever since Rock's narration mentioned that they fletch their arrows with "goose" feathers. What's a goose, Rock? 

Obviously, it's a kind of chicken. 

Running with the analogy, I personally don't see anything wrong with running someone over with a car when that person has been killing people left and right and was just interrupted from trying to kill more. Or that Han, who is supposed to be a scoundrel, might shoot first. Which he did. 

3 minutes ago, Wander89 said:

I'm not really sure that we want to continue the conversation of hairspren on different parts of the body.....

What would you like to discuss then? Toenailfungusspren?

So if I trim my beard, will I attract Goateespren? Mustachespren? Soulpatchspren?

Dunno, for me do this to anything but Stormlight, which borders on a religion to me. Don't think I want the 4th wall broken on this series. Skyward 3? Yes. Warbreaker 2? YES! 'Princess' would be intact there too.

On 4/9/2019 at 8:26 PM, Numuhuku said:

I don't think it's fair to compare Dalinar to Hitler, but I can't say the Blackthorne wouldn't be considered a war criminal by our modern definitions. 

Hitler lost. Bomber Harris of the UK would likely have been called one had the war gone the other way. Or the U.S.'s LeMay of the Japanese firebombing campaign, who went so far as to admit it:

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I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.

Stalin, who won, would easily have met those same definitions - in many respects, the man was more of a monster than Hitler himself. Ramifications? None.

In-world Jasnah has the right of it as mentioned above: murder is a legal definition. War crimes are that too, but are often used for political reasons as much as for what was done.

You could call it the "Iron Man."

I'll see myself out.

On 4/5/2019 at 5:24 PM, Calderis said:

see no reason for her to be "proven wrong" 

I believe she's actually been proven right. She said the almighty likely exists, just that he is not capital G God. Whatever awareness she now has from a combination of events on Roshar and conversations with Hoid, I believe she probably thinks that she nailed it. I'd say so too.

3 hours ago, Karger said:

All of the above

7) Can I kiss you? (Not trying to being sexist or weird but her awesomeness cannot be denied and she was a childhood crush)

Whoa Nellie! You may find out the answer to the question about the soulcasting range if you try that one. Maybe ask her to have a drink first? 

I'd ask her what Hoid told her about the Cosmere. She wouldn't answer, at least not fully, but that's what I'm burning to know.

13 hours ago, Ripheus23 said:

I don't think that could be so. Even if their content is open-ended, their form is not, and I think it helps structure the next 4 Ideals. Namely, the middle 3 of the 5 correspond one by one (with Order-derivative differences) to the three parts of the First, and then the Fifth sums them up. Besides which, they have elementary philosophical interpretations that pair nicely with the distinction and marriage of Honor and Cultivation, which Sanderson is not likely to be unaware of.

I think it's important to note that while the first oath might be 'meaningless' to us as readers looking at the whole spectrum of orders, to each individual person making the oath, it means something specific and meaningful. So it's not an open-ended oath to those taking it, only to those of us looking at the system as a whole.

On 12/7/2018 at 7:44 PM, Invocation said:

I think that makes you Kaladin reincarnated.

Wait so he DOES die CONFIRMED!!!!!

2 hours ago, Ripheus23 said:

I can't tell if anyone is agreeing or disagreeing with me 

I couldn't fail to disagree less.

1 hour ago, robardin said:

Unfortunately one of the the three Shards in question is already dead.

You think I didn't think of that? Remember, one of the guys in that scene has no bullets in his gun. Ha!

Deific Mexican Standoff. Awesome.

I never stopped thinking that the actual effect of a speed bubble would be to mess up anything that went in or out. Like a bullet leaving would have the forward part moving faster than the rear, causing it to rip itself apart and leave more like a shotgun blast than a bullet. Or if a cadmium bubble, it would compress itself into minimum space as it leaves. 

Same thing with an arm or leg, really. Pretty much anything that goes in or out should be destroyed.

20 hours ago, Rossamund Rhapadocera said:

To the nearest available spren: Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination

Unfortunately for you, it was a rainspren that was the nearest available.

2014 called. It wants its question back.

I'm a big PG fan, but...no. I can't align what that song is about with what Odium's eyes are saying.