Similar to Dalinar's memory loss, every time he tries to learn something new,he information is blocked from his mind, including forgeries that allow him to learn.
To be fair, you can win without killing. A definition of winning is a prevalent theme in a lot of Orson Scott Card's books. It's that to win, you only have to incapacitate your opponents, or at least take away their ability to wage war against you. Hoid wouldn't have to kill anyone to win.
That is exactly the reaction I wanted! Gaspard will never have a POV again. Just the prologue. I kept those things vague on purpose.
If you are interested, I can have a semi polished Chapter One for next week.
Granted, but you will not be able to see any of it. You will take the trip in a prison transport with your meals brought to you. There will be no escaping it.
I wish for more reputation points.
I am an English speaker and grew up with ASL in the home. I really want to learn Japanese! I tried learning Spanish and German, but I don't like how the languages felt in my mouth. Idk.
Lol, yep. That's how it happened. His fascination had nothing to do with the fact that one of the Epics killed his father and he is in love with one of them.
I think Brandon Sanderson is too hard on himself. He tries to downplay his works and doesn't do a great job of selling himself. For example, the write up on Firstborn (maybe it's I Hate Dragons) is something along the lines of "you are about to read a very bad story." It's a shame, really.
Have an up vote for the Flogging Molly quote.
Unfortunately, this isn't the deep philosophical discussion I wanted it to be. Suppose I phrased my question like this:
Imagine for a moment that lies are part of honor. How would they work together?
Now imagine that lies are a necessary part of cultivation. Why would cultivation need lies? Just consider it.