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Orrrrrrrr... Drehy. It's been confirmed that Drehy's going to get a boyfriend somewhere down the line, and I am totally rooting for it to be Lopen. There was a mini food fight scene in... 41 I think? And I'm cheering for them. It'd be cute.

Aaaaaaah, I totally just checked my off copy of WoR and noticed that Brandon wrote something in it! (Why did I not check this one sooner!? How am I only seeing it now that I got home? Dork Feather. Such a dork. Check your books you moron.) *loud screeching* (This would be the Renarin ketek, btw)

Yeah, I'll admit, the Shalladin ship is... not a favorite of mine. I think it just feels really obvious to me, and the love triangle thing would be cliché I think. I love the Adolin/Kaladin dynamic in the last half of this book and I would be really annoyed if they started fighting over a girl. And Shalladin just seems like the low-hanging fruit here. Main male protagonist and main female protagonist? It's just really kinda obvious. And obviousness is not something I usually associate with Brandon. So there's a part of me that hopes that we're seeing this crush thing in this early book so that we can get it out of the way and realize "okay no wait, this actually isn't a good pairing for them, glad we got that out of the way." I basically want Kaladin to be bickering besties with both Shallan and Adolin (It'd improve my opinion of the Shadolin ship too). I just kinda want Shallan and Kaladin having a "who can outclever the other one" competition and Adolin's just like "Whoa. Girlfriend is totally having a snark off with Bridgeboy and is holding her own, nice." And then Kaladin goes and complains about "all these dang stupid lighteyes" to Renarin who nods sympathetically but knows deep down that Kaladin's actually besties with both of them and cares about them a lot. Renarin very tactfully does not point out that he is also a "dang stupid lighteyes" because he has learned that Kaladin has excepted him from the "those lighteyes" group and he considers this a very high compliment. That'd be my preferred group dynamic with these Kaladin and Shadolin.

I usually start with one good flippable phrase and build outward or inward from there. So, like this one I started with "strength, no weakness" flipping to "weakness, no strength." I tend to say that writing keteks feels more like a word puzzle than regular poetry. It's like a brain puzzle for me. How can I build this so that it still makes sense in both places? You just kinda fiddle with words and phrases and change things around as much as possible. You just kinda keep adding words on either side until you can find a way to make them meet in the middle and finish on either side. The length of a ketek usually doesn't get me too much. Once you've got the center done you can keep adding things to the front and back for as long as you want. I've actually got a friend who has challenged me to write a 101 word long ketek and I'm definitely gonna try. I gotta find a good topic for it though... I'm also tempted to try to do ten ten-word keteks for each of the Orders, though I don't know if I know enough about each of them to do that. It'd be really fun though.

Ah... I didn't see that. Veeeery interesting. Thanks!

Where are people getting the theory that you have to be broken to bond? Is that canon or just a theory? If the latter, what's the basis?

So, for those who haven't been watching the news header, there's a new thing from me going around, hehehe.

For me, (no one is suprised) it was Renarin joining Bridge 4. I was completely unprepared for that one and my reaction to that chapter was... rather high-pitched. Oops. I really wanted to see Adolin's reaction to finding out about that scene though. Like, I'm sure it was hilarious. Adolin: "Renarin. You can't do this. Bridgeboy, tell him he can't do this." Kaladin: "I'm pretty sure he already did, Princeling." Adolin: "Renarin, he is making you wash dishes. That uniform is terrible. SERIOUSLY YOU JOINED BRIDGEBOY'S SQUAD THING?. We can find you another squad." Renarin: "...But I like Bridge 4." Adolin: "FAAAAATHER RENARIN'S DOING A THING." Dalinar: "I think it's an excellent idea." Adolin: "STORM EVERYTHING."

I was actually thinking of using the Truthwatcher glyph! However, I'd like confirmation on which of the orders it is. I think Truthwatchers are #10, Ishi's Order. I think so.

Light, I hope not... Hasn't my poor darling been through enough this book? I would hope Brandon wouldn't be so cruel after all he made Renarin suffer through in this one!

Aspergers level aren't the only ones who use stim behavior! Not at all! I'd say that it's probably a very common type of behavior because it's easy to accomplish and it's soothing. I know I talk about Ellie a lot but she's a lot like Renarin when it comes to neurotype stuff. She's not Asperger's level either, but she uses stim behavior quite a bit. I'm pretty sure her epilepsy is about Renarin level as well. (I want to try making her a duplicate of Renarin's stim toy box just as a way of saying thank you to her for helping Brandon with Renarin's character!)

You will, certainly. I recorded every single chapter (aside from the sample chapters) so stick around! There's some VERY good reactions in here, as Eric can attest. I tend to send him the really good ones ahead of time.

Woooooords of Radiance spoilers. Like, the end of the book, so don't open unless you're finished.

Oh, are you talking about the Envisagers, Wez? The group Teft's parents were a part of? I don't think they're really related here.

Well hey there, that's like 600% simpler than I was expecting it to be. I figured it was the whole [ahref="e;lwsjdo;l] what not going on. I am not techy enough to remember these kinds of tags...

Okay, because I worked very hard on these and I'm selfish and self-promoing... Y'all should check the Shardcast page, because my audio reactions to each chapter are starting to be released! There's a thread over in the Shardcast forum for discussing it!

Well hey. This is a thing that I did. Just in case you all would like to talk about my further descent into madness, I figure we ought to have a thread for these things. I'm on mobile and I don't know how to make my link pretty without the rich text editor, so I'll just post the raw link: http://www.17thshard.com/news/shardcast/the-splintercast-reads/the-splintercast-reads-words-of-radiance-episo-r156 Oh hey look pretty link here now woo! So, has anyone been listening thus far? What do you think?

Yeaaaaah... I kinda use cosmere swears 100% unironically. There's a lot of "light above" too, though I think that one's from WoT actually. Edit: I decided to go ahead and make a thread for all of these because the Shardcast forum doesn't get enough love. http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/6441-splintercast-reads-wor-wor-spoilers/#entry104685

First of all. DON'T TELL MY NEW LEGIONS OF FANS TO BACK OFF. RUDE. Also, I am somewhat upset that you are stealing the upvotes for my posts. ATTENTION PEOPLE. STOP UPVOTING CHAOS'S POST. UPVOTE MY COMMENT INSTEAD YEAH. Light above, I hope everyone enjoys this craziness. EDIT: Wait a second. Can other people hear these? I can't get them to play.

Welp. Whenever Splintercast Reads starts going live, you can all hear my reactions for yourself firsthand. Woooooo.

HELLO FRIENDS THERE IS A RENARIN TOPIC I AM HERE So, let's talk about him a bit, shall we? First of all, when we talk about Renarin, something that we have to remember is that he is not neurotypical. Renarin is confirmed for be on the Autism Spectrum and his epilepsy is a part of this. Brandon consulted with a fan who has a very similar condition to Renarin to make sure that Renarin's behavior is accurate on this front. Elise Warren. She's mentioned in the acknowledgements. (And she's also one of my very best friends.) A lot of his behavior has to do with this. For instance, the box that he fiddles with is a stim (stimulation) toy, just a small piece that he can fiddle with to calm himself down and relax. Repetitive movements and actions are often calming to ASD people, and being able to fiddle with it is a coping mechanism for him and is mostly subconscious. Whether or not there's a magic system element to the box or if he keeps Glys in there, we don't know, but I'd say there's a good chance that there's not anything supernatural about it and it's just a stim toy. Why didn't he mention anything about the things he was seeing? Remember, this is Vorin society. Telling the future is EXPLICITLY taboo. So... not only is Renarin terrified that he's manifesting powers that he doesn't want, but they're also incredibly blasphemous powers. He already feels somewhat outcast and separate from the people around him and he knows that he's different, so he tries to hide it and suppress it and make it go away. It isn't until the other three Surgebinders reveal what they can do that he finally gets the courage to reveal himself. In the last chapter before the epilogue - when he finally reveals himself Dalinar asks why he kept hidden: Renarin thought that he was going mad or being cursed with visions of the future. He took his Shardblade's screaming to be a sign of that. And Light above, but I am so incredibly proud of him in this book. He was absolutely marvelous and the fact that he did all of the things he did while enduring that kind of horrifying situation, the fact that he went to protect Adolin in the arena without Shardplate, without training, withiout any idea that he was going to survive, on top of the fact that his Blade was screaming in agony at him the entire time and then continuing to hold his ground through the midst of an epileptic seizure and panic attack... I just... If you aren't apreciative of how overwhemlingly strong of a character Renarin is... you definitely need to reread.

We warned you about spoilers, Argent. We told you dawg.

...no comment. BUT OMG THAT WOULD BE SO CUTE. Dang it now I am crying a little bit and I'm wearing mascara even. Daaaangit. (In my defense though... these aren't "sobs".)

Yeah, yeah, laugh at my pain will you. I see how it is. Y'all just like seeing me suffer.

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY. NATANS. YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW. RIGHT FREAKING NOW. NO MORE DEAD KHOLINS 2014.