DreamEternal

Even if the bond breaking wasn't instant, couldn't the spren take away the Knights' stormlight? I mean, if Kaladin couldn't use it to teach Adolin a lesson, why could the Windrunners in the vision use it to fly?And if something was able to convince the most honorable people in Roshar to condem their best friends, who are literaly bound to their souls, to an eternity of undead suffering, I think that unless it was done because of a betrayal on the spren part they would be convinced to die too. The only thing that points strongly on the other direction is the survivors' vision of humans as traitours. But the survivors are the psychologically unstable Stormfather and those who weren't bond to any human at the time.

Well, that depends on for how long Syl was dead and if it was Kaladin's newfound adderence to his old oaths that ressurected her or not, since a traitrous human reforming seems like unconcivable for the Stormfather.But I agree, if he is not a liar his vision of reality is so twisted he is not that much more trustworth as Szeth in the heights of his insanity. EDIT: If all Radiants decided to kill their spren unwillingly, then I'd expect the bond to break way sooner than it did. The fact they all had apparently previously planned to kill their spren, but the bond only broke in front of Feverstone Keep, makes me think the spren were involved in the planning.

I wouldn't call the Stormfather a know liar. The only thing I remember him possibly lying about is Syl's death, for her own safety, but spren death when not locked as a shard is something very vague and different from normal death, so it is possible she was mostly dead for some time before being pulled into shadesmar. EDIT: And I don't think a Radiant can force a spren to become a blade. If I read the Zahel fight scene right, Syl was abke to take Kaladin's powers away when he tried to use stormlight to fight Adolin out of spite.

Unlikely. The timeline probably places Taravangian's visit to the Nightwatcher shortly after Gavilar's assassination, since he sees himself as continuing Gavilar's work in the only way he can.

With so many secret societies, offworlders and divine beings, coincidence becomes synonymous with conspiracy.

It is possible, but the Stormfather seems to be his own category, and be specifically connected to the overseeing of bonds:When he appeared to Eshonai, like he appears to every Listener who changes forms, he expressed sorrow at being unable to save her, after asking her if that was really what she wanted and witnessing her transformation. And in the two times we've seem a human speak an Oath with the explicit intent of (re)forming a bond, he said the words were accepted, even if relutantly. He also forbid spren from bonding humans, and aparently held Syl back in the Cognitive Realm. EDIT: Moogle: yet he was afraid Dalinar would be somehow able to kill him if they solified their bond. You seem to assume a broken oath can only permanently harm a spren that was currently in shard form when it happened, but the Stormfather seems to disagree, if his worries about dying could be countered by refusing to be a sword.

Or maybe the upvote system is flawed and heavily favors instant gratification instead of in-depth discussion.

But if upvotes mean only instant emotional gratification, and not contribution, are they really necessary? Not that I think they would be necessary anyway, but why do we need a way to measure who is best at making jokes? If the community is to develop organically, then isn't the reputation system hindering it by incentivating certain behaviors instead of letting they happen by themselves?

Count me amongst the ones against any Rep system, I find it futile to try to make work as intended. Its function as a way to quickly measure a poster's contribution is inherently flawed, since this community is too diverse to know in which area(RP, general discussion, jokes, theories) the poster gained said votes, and thus in which area they contributed. For exemple, Twi is the one who you can come if you need emotional support and pictures of pugs, not WoBs on timebubbles. Not only this, but the ease of upvoting makes things that give more instant gratification, like witty jokes made in ten minutes, far more likely to be upvoted than more elaborate content, whatever it is. Plus, when it comes to upvote distribution the odds are stacked against theory posts, since they have less imediate emotional appeal and are often met with initial ceptcism and even opposition, in the case of mutualy incompatible theories. And on the function of upvotes as a way of showing appreciation, if said post was truly meaningful for you, maybe you could post a reply saying so? If many people already posted their appreciation, or even if you don't want to post just for that, maybe the post didn't deserve it that much or already got what it deserved. Althought I fear the new quota means everyone will burn their upvotes at memes before they even start to read the theories. EDIT: Not that I hate the way things currently are. Actually, the rep system is something so trivial I don't get why everyone cares so much. EDIT2: But then, I am weird and try to not smile or laugh to much, so don't take my opinions as representative of a large group. EDIT3: And like Lark, I never hit the quota anyway.

Which makes everything even weirder, because how is the especific projection determined?And how does shadesmar takes into acount the moviment of planets and star systems?

The first, I'd guess you just disappear, since that is what the trasnportation surge is about.For the second, if it is even possible it will be very weird. What really confuses me about shadesmar, though, is that you can simply walk out of a supposedly spherical planet somehow.

You know, Kalavin sounds like a ship that could work if we ignore spacetime differences . Now I want someone to make a cross-cosmere shiping thread for the lulz.

Who knows? It can be argued, however, that he didn't get off unharmed. In fact, Syl says he is broken, and it makes his attitudes towards humans and willingness to simply summon a Highstorm at the worst possible moment more explainable if not only his children got all killed by humans, but he also had part of his brain torn apart.

We don't even know if there is such a thing. It comes from especific interpretation of the Bondsmith epigraph. The theory is that any greater spren, like the Nightwatcher or Cusiceh, can make a Bondsmith. In my opinion, it is more likely that all Bondsmiths bonded the Stormfather, and while he was abke to survive the oathbreaking due to his great power he was gravely wounded, and another broken bond may be enough to destroy him.

You fool, my soul is unbreached, unlike others with their badly lit alleys.

Rust and Ruin. How many pages did this monster thread gained while I was offline? And why in Braize do people love upvotes so much? Honestly, I don't care. If the quota got lowered and upvotes reset, Kobold and Twi would reclaim their positions in at least 20 minutes.

Then you are losing a lot of fascinating info and worldbuilding.

Shards with more abstract intents may prove the exception, however. An exemple would be Honor, who we know had ten "purposes", and is implied to have created a great number(but not all) of intelligent spren when splintered.

Technically, it can be only one gene as long as its interactions with other genes, both mundane and supernatural, are very, very complicated. Althought the existence of mistborn and full feruchemists seems to imply additive genes that only give you power past certain numeric thresholds.

In this context simple definitions are irrelevant. It is an adjective almost never used in a non-pejorative way, and there are many other words that could be used without risking to offend anybody.

Well, her True Body is female shaped, so I think it is safe to assume she identifies herself more that way.

I took the Elsecaller quote as meaning they were transrealmatic diplomats, dealing with spren politics and their consequences for humanity.

Vin is the very spiritual ideal of paranoia attached to a human physical form. I would rather not use her instincts as evidence of guilt.

Wayne would accidentaly kill her by virtue of being Wayne before that happened. And then I would be sad.

It is a category made by those who think the Nightwatcher and possibly Cusiceh are also Bondsmith sprens. Nothing official, or even likely in my opinion.