Winds Alight

I honestly don't see where you get the impression of being "not welcome" here. Yeah, it sucks if your favourite character has less screen-time than another, I experienced that before. In SA I'm lucky because Kaladin is my favourite character EVER and yeah, I will never get enough of him, even if I had ten books on him alone. But Dalinar being a background character is a bit of an exaggeration. He is among the main five. Word count is not everything.

I feel so called out. Rude.

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I believe it's save to say Brandon has the history of Roshar planned out in detail, but reveals it in the books as the story demands. If we had known about the origin of humans on Roshar from the start things wouldn't have been nearly as intriguing, don't you think? There are seven books to come and a lot left to discover.

While there are a few minor points I didn't like as much, the only real "disappointment" was Shallan's parts in WoK. I didn't like her back then and skimmed through some of her chapters. She grew on me during WoR, so now I'm all okay. @LerasiumMistborn What exactly do you mean concerning Dalinar? Is there any WoB that he won't have as big a role in coming books? Or in what way was he "thrown away from the story"?

He was kinda jealous (in a humorous way) at the end of WoR when Dalinar learned how to take in Stormlight within seconds after bonding Stormfather. So he might be mildly annoyed when Dalinar has Lashings down just as fast without Lashing himself against multiple building first ^^

Lt. Dan? However, in that case it would've made more sense if Lopen had remained one-armed as he has accepted his disability waaaaaaay more than Rysn. We'll see.

Bondsmith x Windrunner Multi Radiant. That'd be something. I kinda see Kaladin taking exception in Dalinar entering "his" realm (=sky)

I guess that's a wish that will remain unfulfilled, but: Please a little less Magical Disability Healing. It's one of the very few thing that bug me about SA. Everybody's regrowing limbs and heals from everything. A few years ago I wouldn't have cared about it, but I know too many people with disabilities who very much care about representation and don't like the trope very much. So. I guess I don't want Rysn to become a Radiant?

Random thought: What kind of spren was Oathbringer? Might be a stretch, but we know via Stormfather that the blade doesn't hate Dalinar as much as it hates other people who bonded it before. So how about when it becomes obvious (via Adolin and Maya?) that a dead blade can be revived, Dalinar has a talk with Stormfather, who reluctantly agrees to Dalinar taking a shot at reviving Oathbringer, who then wants to bond Dalinar afterwards? Sure, it'd make Dalinar even more overpowered than he already is in some ways, but why the Damnation not? Stormlight is one of those few book series where I'd probably be okay with a completely overpowered cast.

I'm having a postrock episode again. Currently I'm listening to Autism's "Have You Found Peace?" album. Current song is "Tremorous Luminance"

I watched TDP s2 today and I'm still heartbroken and awed by it. Already can't wait for s3 that definitely has to come, storywise.

I'm always tied between Fire and Air. Fire means I never get cold and it makes for awesome visuals and I just like fire in general, but being an Airbender sounds so ... relaxing? Like, living in a temple, meditating all day and throwing cake at other people? Sounds chill. Today I voted Fire, tomorrow I'd probably decide different ... well.

Maybe that is because Elhokar actually went ahead and tried to be a decent human being and become a good king who does the best for his country.

I am glad Sadeas is dead and didn't get the chance to eff up everything Dalinar worked for ... Sadeas was a great villain in book one and two, but he was way out of his league by the end of WoR. The guy was just straight up stupid enough to go on and keep playing his ridiculous political schemes without realizing that they didn't matter anymore. There's a Desolation going on and he thinks it's cool to try and bring down one of the few people who ever had a chance to turn the tides in favor of humans. No, Sadeas. Storm off.

Completely agree. I hate "break-ups" when everyone is scattered across the winds and does their own thing. That was also the main reason why I didn't like part one in OB too much: because Kaladin was all on his own and the rest of the crew back in Urithiru. I love different POVs on different characters. Initially, I was very disappointed when I opened up Oathbringer and looked through the five parts and who was going to get POVs and saw that Kaladin didn't have any in part 2. This was pretty much made up for by the Bridge Four POVs, which were great in their own right and provided some great looks on Kaladin from the different members. So. Keep the band together or at least keep certain groups together.

I liked Adolin from the start. Meaning, during WoK, I saw no reason to dislike him, and then he grew on me Before I (re)joined this community I had no idea there was so much conflict revolving around him and frankly, I wouldn't have believed there is had I not seen it with my own eyes. In every story I read or see, there are characters I like, some I like a lot, characters I feel neutral for, characters I actively dislike, some I hate deeply and usually a fery few I Would Die For And Die Internally If They Die In The Story. Right now, SA is like this: Would die for: Kaladin. More than any character in any story I ever knew before. The only (realistic, as in could happen) reason why I would ever drop SA would be if he died. Like a lot: Renarin (he could make it up on top with Kaladin in later books), Jasnah, Lift, Adolin. The latter climbed up from "like" to "like a lot" during OB. Like: Dalinar, Shallan, the whole Bridge Four, Hoid and several others, like Venli. Most of them have every potential to step up (Shallan already made it up here from "dislike" since WoK). Elhokar was on his way there. *sniff* For the sake of this topic, I'll stop here and focus on Adolin. I already said it before in another thread: one of the reasons why I like him is that he balances things out. Plotlines like Shallan's, Dalinar's and Kaladin's are pretty heavy and while I would read ten books solely about Kaladin in an instant, Adolin chapters and interactions with him provide me a very much appreciated "relief". Like an "emotional relief" character. But he also acts as this for some other characters. He helped Kaladin change his opinion about lighteyes in general by believing him and showing him support. He also provided Kaladin support during the aftermath of Kholinar, when Kal was mostly non-functional. Adolin got him out of the palace, Adolin stayed with him during the first part of their journey to Shadesmar and tried his best to keep him from dissociating. That's a hill I'm willing to die on. One of the main reasons why I like Adolin so much is because he has become quite a friend to Kaladin who really needs friends who won't look at him like some kind of deity as most of B4 does. When Adolin killed Sadeas, I partly wanted to cheer him on because Sadeas made top of my "hate list" at that point (now it's Moash and Mr. T). Another part of me wanted to scream at him to stop because Nothing Good Can Come From This. By the end of OB, Shallan and Dalinar knew about this. Not the public. I don't know what I expect to come from this in the next book. Frankly I'd be okay if the answer was "nothing" because Palona was right: Sadeas being dead was one problem solved. As for Adolin potentially becoming Radiant, I wouldn't mind if he did. First, in-world it makes sense. Anyone could potentially become a Radiant. Anyone who's broken in some way, and anyone can become broken; so even if Adolin isn't yet, there's plenty of ways that could happen. Like "learning your father whom you love and admire burned down a whole city full of innocent people out of rage and killed your beloved mother in the process". I think that might count, especially as I believe that the Radiants we know best (Kaladin, Shallan, Dalinar) have some above-average trauma that kinda over-qualified them for the job. If something makes sense in-world, all tropes can go to Damnation, and the "we need one token human in our group of superhumans" trope is ... not my favourite, plain and simple. I don't expect and wish it to be easy. Why would it be easy? Sanderson is not exactly known for giving his characters an easy way out. So if Adolin becomes an Edgedancer by reviving Maya, I expect him to go through Damnation before it happening and having to work very, very hard. As most others, I wouldn't want him to just "get Maya to be alive again and bond him". What I do believe is that Adolin As Edgedancer would be entertaining. For now I'm going to make a stop here. There's a lot more to say about him and Shallan, but I don't care that much about Shadolin, and whether or not their relationship will last is not my main concern in the story by far. I just don't want it to take up too much time in the books. I'm not reading SA for the romance. So. That's it. Stormfather help me so I have the strength to don't get into arguments on this again.

You probably ruined the books now for me since I'm never going to be staisfied with everything ever again should this not really happen. Maybe I need a fanfiction where Kaladin runs around randomly rescuing people from minor inconveniences like doing the dishes, yelling "I AM PROTECTION" all the way.

We do have confirmation via WoB that Maya would likely want to bond Adolin where she alive ... (I have no link to this, I just very frequently see it fly by on Tumblr and I believe I once saw it in another thread). Be it Maya or not, I really hope we will see a revived spren once.

I'm sorry, but no. The duel was a huge turning point in their relationship. When was Adolin ever condescending after that? (Aside from the fact that I can't really remember Adolin being condescending towards Kaladin much before. He didn't like him, but he always acknowledged his fighting skills and usefulness.) He was grateful and impressed enough with what Kaladin did in the arena that he locked himself in prison for two weeks (or however long they were in there) and remember, Adolin was the first lighteyed person to fully believe Kaladin about Amaram and told him so. Dalinar took Kaladin's claims seriously and investigated, yes, but Adolin was the first one to just say "I believe you". That meant a lot to Kaladin, who at that point still believed Dalinar had dismissed all accusations against Amaram. Honestly Renarin and Adolin have the most beautiful brother dynamic I ever read about in a book. They trust each other 100% and it's fairly obvious that Adolin has always, ever since Renarin was born did everything to protect his little brother.

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- Please no more love triangle/romantic drama. I hate this stuff. (Only exception is when it ends up as polyamory, but I don't see that happen here.) - No bad things shall happen to Kaladin. Like, really. The guy has been through enough these last three books. Give him a break. (Also, don't kill him. PLEASE.)

This has been covered in a lot of threads already, but I'm still all for it. (Thank Honor I don't hate anyone strongly enough to put down the best books I ever read because of a single character who's not even among the main protagonists. Wow.)

Venli's interaction with Timbre was also the main reason why I came to like her

As the Oathpact is a horrible thing in itself I strongly vote for "end it for good and make something entirely different". The Oathpact is basically "let's throw these ten people under the bus greatshell so we can life on in blessed ignorance". Not cool.