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I get the feeling they would laugh at Shelob. "That's their big monster? A chasmfiend would eat that for lunch!"

He and Kaladin can throw boots at the screen together!

Yay, I'm not the only one that (mildly) ships Wit and Jasnah!

Actually, I can see Jasnah with her own private plane.

Wit would be proud. He's just a step away from teaching them to sing!

I dunno, I'm seeing Dalinar in a van too. Like, I can see him having a really nice car tucked away from his glory days, but until recently he hasn't been able to use it because he was too busy driving his kids around.

Also, now I really want to see Edgedancer Big Brother Adolin chasing down Lift trying to get his dinner back.

Oh my badness, I just realized: Lift has to eat something in order to use her Edgedancer abilities, right? What does Adolin have to do before every duel in which he uses his Shardblade? EAT CHICKEN! Coincidence? I think NOT!

This actually makes a lot of sense in my opinion, especially since his going home to Hearthstone would be the perfect time to review the one lesson from Lirin he never learned: when to let go.

Dalinar would despise Denethor with every bone in his body.

I will say, considering how Lin treated her, I think Shallan is definitely of house Davar. Being only half-legitimate, however, would explain why her mother would be so willing to sacrifice her. I'm not sure how I would feel about that, since it would, to a slight degree, lessen the horror of what her mother tried to do, but it would explain a lot of the trouble in the Davar household.

I don't see him siding with Elhokar's wife, but I do see the events in Kholinar devolving into a Reign of Terror like the French Revolution, where everyone with even remotely light eyes are being murdered for no reason. If Kaladin ends up in Kholinar and sticks with his oaths, he would have to protect those who were innocent. Edit: Okay so maybe I just really want to see Kaladin as the Rosharan Scarlet Pimpernel. Don't judge me.

Eh heh heh, right. Giant chickens. I wonder what animal they would think was the strangest? Or, would they be more worried about the fact that the plant life doesn't move, like Rysn in Shinover?

I guess I just expected more grief. Some sort of outward acknowledgement that this was a terrible thing to happen. As it is, I think associating a lullaby with the act of killing her mother probably did more damage to Shallan's psyche than actually being upset would have. Honestly, the fact that he could just shut his emotions off like that freaks me out a little, and it makes me wonder if there was more happening in that household even before Shallan started showing signs of being a Surgebinder.

So, um, is it just me, or did Shallan's father seem pretty messed up even before he took the fall for her? 'Cause, I don't know about you guys, but to me it doesn't seem like normal behavior to just kinda pick your daughter up and sing her a lullaby after she just stabbed your wife, even if said wife was trying to kill her first. I don't know, something about their whole relationship seems a little off to me, right from the very beginning.

Haha, I get the feeling you and Shallan would get along well. You can both prove Jasnah wrong!

I was stuck cleaning today, which means I had lots of time to think about the Stormlight Archive. I got to wondering, you know how Adolin has mixed hair because of his foreign blood, and because genetics are apparently different on Roshar? Well, what would happen if Adolin were to marry Shallan, who has red hair, and their children were to get all three hair colors? Would one hair color claim dominance then, or would they have mostly red hair, with streaks of black and blonde? Would enough intermarrying between cultures result in a child with rainbow colored hair? How do these things even work?

Oh, gosh, I hadn't even considered the ents (I was watching the Fellowship)! I dunno, considering all their plant life seems to move around already... I can imagine them being really thrown off by Treebeard talking. Btw, I totally imagine Kaladin throwing a boot at the screen when Gandalf dies. Oh my gosh, I can see Kaladin getting into it waaaay too much and having to have Syl remind him it's just a story.

Watching LOTR, and I just finished the Stormlight Archives. I can’t help imagining how the different characters would react to it. I imagine Kaladin would be the one that rolls his eyes at the idea of popping in a movie, but then gets really into it and keeps getting mad at Shallan and Renarin, who keep making predictions and snarky remarks. Dalinar would be shouting at Merry and Pippin’s stupidity, and then pause as he realizes how disturbingly similar he is to Gandalf. Meanwhile, for some reason I imagine Adolin relating on a deep level to Legolas. Navani would pat him on the head and distract him with a kiss. Jasnah would be the first to question why they didn’t just use the eagles, and Elhokar would complain that he wanted to watch The Hobbit instead. Edit: When I say Navani pats him on the head, I'm referring to Dalinar, not Adolin.

Personally, I think Dalinar is going to be incredibly angry with Adolin, but I also think there is a reason the next book is going to involve Dalinar flashbacks, and the reason is because Dalinar is going to have to confront his past and decide how much he can really do to Adolin without also condemning himself. In his youth, I think Dalinar would have done exactly the same thing, which means whatever happens to Adolin, he'll be wondering if it should have been done to him as well. I think the ramifications mentioned in WoB will involve Dalinar having to confront his past as Adolin confronts his future. As for Shallan, I think she'll handle it better than people may assume. We've seen her kill people before. Storms, strangling her father while singing him to sleep was one of the creepiest moments in the entire book! I think she'll look at Adolin and see a reflection of herself. Whether she'll consider that a good thing or a bad thing is still up in the air, but I don't think she'll hate him for it.

Well, that is why I suggested Southern Utah. Lots of rock, not a lot of grass. And I'm not sure any adaptation will want to focus too much on the flora and fauna. Yes, it makes the world interesting, and I love it, but if someone is going to make a film adaptation, they'll want to be more focused on the story anyway.

Honestly, I always imagined most of the books taking place somewhere relatively barren, with very little plant life. Shoot somewhere like Southern Utah and it shouldn't be too difficult.

Honestly, I like the idea of either, but I worry that an anime adaptation would turn a lot of other people off. I personally enjoy anime, but I also know a lot of people who hate it, and if SA gets some sort of adaptation, I'd rather see it get a wider audience. I can't help thinking about the film adaptations for the Lord of the Rings, where most people I know couldn't take the animated versions seriously, whether or not they were well-made. I'd hate to see that happen to The Way of Kings. As far as cost concerns go, I'm not sure it would be so problematic as people tend to think. Any adaptation like this would need to come up with its own techniques (again, thinking back to Lord of the Rings and the motion-capture technology that brought Gollum to life). I agree that by the time there are enough books out to make an adaptation feasible, there would be much more technology available, and as long as whoever got the rights to it was competent enough, I think they would be able to come up with creative ways to portray this world without spending an unholy amount of money on it. Honestly, my biggest concern would be white-washing the cast.

Honestly, I think Kaladin is going to find Roshone with no power left after the Everstorm, because everyone is too busy trying to survive. I think he'll take one look at him, say, "Nope, you're not worth my time," and move on with his life. Maybe if he'd come home earlier he would have fought with Roshone, but the with everything that's happened since, I think he'll have realized there are more important things to worry about. I think he'll expect Lirin and Hesina to be upset with him, but as soon as they see him they'll ask why he didn't come home sooner. Maybe it's cheesy, but I kind of imagine Lirin actually crying to see one of his sons come home. (Also, I kinda doubt it will happen, but my dream is to see what would happen if Lirin and Hesina ever met Dadlinar). As for Laral... I think Kaladin will put his feelings for her to rest. I think at this point she's one of the biggest "what-ifs" he hasn't dealt with yet, and a big part of letting go of the pain in his past will be letting her go as well. I do think he'll help her in whatever way she needs, but in the end, they'll most likely part as fond friends. And maybe it's not completely within the "Hearthstone" plotline, but I love the idea of Kaladin getting caught up in the rioting in Kholinar... but this time on the side of the lighteyes!

And actually, after taking a closer look at typical Edgedancers, Adolin seems like the perfect fit, very refined and elegant (think looking through a fashion magazine during the highstorm). In addition, it may be different in Alethkar, but here fencing (or modern dueling) is considered the ultimate gentleman's sport. Plus, it would just be fun to see Adolin and Lift working together at some point.