Vander

As far as I know, they're NOT fuelled by investiture. I always assumed it's because of the fact that and as such quite different from regular metals. Though, I guess it COULD be said that it's because of investiture, considering the above...

Yup. Meanwhile, I'm conflicted. Should I argue against him, or ignore it?

Read on. There're many, MANY more. Also, I noticed something on the Goodreads page. There's THREE pages? NOOOOOO... *struggles with curiosity* *loses*

Perhaps so. Loving your signature, by the way.

Ugh... I should have taken your advice... At this time, I'm halfway through, and slightly mesmerized by the sheer stupidity of some specimens of humanity. Really, though. How old is this guy? Ten? "I don't have the answers now, and since I don't have them now it must mean that there are no answers and everything is happening as the author needs it, with no story to back it. What? It's explained later? Let me not read on and instead guess what happens according to my own opinions, to continue staining the book's reputation." Also, there was a "Let's Read" that just made me sad. Here you are: https://ronanwills.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/lets-read-the-way-of-kings-prelude-prologue/ Word to the wise: ACTUALLY don't read this one. Edit: Finished the Goodreads thread. I think I have a concussion. Also, does anybody know a good painter? My wall is slightly... red. What do you MEAN you don't care about 47,000 reviews? What sort of statement is that?

Eh? These results don't make sense at all, to me: 53% Bondsmith 25% Skybreaker 22% Stoneward 19% Truthwatcher 18% Elsecaller and Windrunner 13% Edgedancer 0% Willshaper, Lightweaver, or Dustbringer

Granted. You can only use Internet Explorer 1. I wish for Szeth to feature as a major character (as in with at least 15 chapters) in Stormlight 3.

Basically, a thread to quote things that absolutely enraged you. (Note the exaggeration.) As in: "What? Shardblade? That's kinda silly..." or "Oh, LOL, that guy on the cover needs a haircut," and "TL;DR." Also, to get an accurate sample space inclusive of ALL levels of maturity... "This book looks gay." So, I'll start: "Wait. This DOESN'T take place on Earth? Then why is there a map of Europe on the cover?" This... actually happened.

On my first read-through of the replies, I TLDR'd this for no reason at all. That was a huge mistake: You've made a heck of a good analysis of a possible reason he is so well liked.

Right?!

Well, I wouldn't say "messed up"...

Actually, my point was to ask why people aren't considering what you said when they say Kal will be the main main character. Hmm... I hadn't thought of that. Good point. Well, in that case... I hope that changes soon; his backstory, and even his "rise", was fun to read, but I can see him becoming boring very quickly. Not just you. Syl, right?

Reading through these forums, I'm struck by the fact that people basically seem to think that Kal is the protagonist/ uber-hero/ Prophet of the Stormlight Archive. Everywhere you turn, there he is. I mean, I understand fan attachment to him: he's a guy who, against all odds, has risen into power. But, truthfully, I don't understand why everything seems to be Kal-sympathetic. "Kaladin thinks this, and ____ thinks that, so of course ____ is wrong and needs to have sense beat into him!" "He's going to become the Champion of Honor, and lead humanity against Odium!" "He'll do ___, and everyone will love and obey him because he's amazing!" And so on. These are, of course, not actual quotes, but that's the feeling I constantly get when reading posts about him. He's only ONE major character in a whole group of major characters. (Ten, presumably.) So, why does everyone obsess about him?

Granted. You are now stuck as an infant, without the ability to speak. I wish to be able to go wherever I wish, unimpeded by anything but my loved ones.

Granted. Your creations will never last longer than one minute. I wish for the ability to be able to Name anything (a la Elodin.)

Thank the Light someone corrected this here...

This is almost exactly what I was thinking; as I started reading the transcript, my initial thought was: "Oh boy. I'm going to hate Dalinar by the end of this, aren't I?" I was pretty surprised with how it turned out, pleasantly so. When I read "brutal warlord", my first thought was actually something to do with Genghis Khan. As such, this turned out MUCH better.

That's weird... Meanwhile, mine was when I saw Hoid in Warbreaker, and thought "Huh. Brandon's run out of names, it seems." and stuck with that for a month, before finding out about the larger Cosmere.