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I could see this being the dead spren. It requires some leaps, but I could see the Cognitive Realm being called the infinite sea. And from there, sailors makes sense in context. And the dead spren are definitely lost.

It's been awhile since I've read Oathbringer (so maybe I need to start a re-read :)), but I'm remembering the suspicion that while Vivenna is "looking" for Vasher, she isn't really hunting him (not seriously). I think my main reason for thinking this is the fact that she knows Kaladin and Adolin were both taught by Vasher, but she doesn't follow up on any questions for with them. I think she's primarily there for Nightblood, and Vasher seems to be an afterthought. It's possible she's been tasked with hunting Vasher down by someone, but that she's avoiding it for personal reasons (e.g. whoever tasked her thinks that Vasher is responsible for taking Nightblood, but maybe Vivenna knows he didn't).

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A friend of mine listened to the audiobooks as their first read through. I asked if they thought the voice work gave away the ending, but they didn't catch it. I think it's just another clue, much like the *way* the epigraphs are worded. Even when reading, if you had been paying close attention, it should be obvious that Sazed (or at least a Terrisman) is the one writing the epigraphs in the third book. (Of note: I was not paying close enough attention...)

I think the main question here to determine the viability of this is if you can "pre-spike" people, i.e. spike someone as if you were stealing something, but never remove the spike until they die of natural causes. In my opinion, I don't think this is possible. I don't have any proof to this assumption, but we've never seen anyone even attempt it. The closest is when Spook is given Pewter burning ability, and that guy died pretty quickly as far as I remember.

Yeah, first is from Alloy of Law when they find the smelting place (original Vanishers hideout). The second one is from Shadows of Self, when they're chasing Marks.

Stealing these from an older thread, but they do make me laugh:

My guess would be that each spike can grant powers, but their strength is proportionate to the amount of the spike in each part (e.g. if the spike was split in half, each half would grant half the strength of the power it would if the whole spike was used).

Me, during the first WTCC:

I agree it's possible, and I espoused this theory for a long time (that Doomslug is the biological component of the Hyperdrive). However, during a reread, I have to reluctantly concede that Spensa is the biological component when we see the ship actually jump. I am still on board with Doomslug being *able* to be the biological component (i.e. for times when the fighter pilot is not a user of Cyto),

In a similar vein... Read all of GRRM's Game of Thrones books as they come out, except the last one.

I immediately thought this when I was reading the preview chapters. I asked Brandon during a Reddit AMA if he drew any inspiration from there, but it seems like he hasn't seen the show. I hope it doesn't go as crazy as Gurren Lagann did (which wasn't a bad thing, just not what I want from Sanderson).

This may also help, if you're not familiar with that meme format: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-a-pigeon

For sure the point of Ironside's interludes is so that we can see things from her perspective (pardon the turn of phrase). It's all about the motivations, and the probabilities. Ironside knew that Chaser had the "defect" and that he basically went crazy. She suspects that Spensa also has the "defect", and so she's trying to prevent Spensa from flying. Ironside's motivation has good intentions, and (without M-Bot's shielding) she would have been right. I also wouldn't say that Ironside got her comeuppance. Sure Spensa proved her wrong (again, because of M-Bot's shielding), but as far as I know Ironside is still the leader of the military. She didn't lose anything except maybe some political bargaining power. My hope is that after Spensa's initial demands about Cobb and Rig (i.e. that they waited for them), she and Ironside are going to work together fairly smoothly.

And here I thought you were talking about the toast of the upper crust and headliners on the society pages: Frank and Sadie Doyle.

I really do think the 4th oath has something to do about failing to protect people or not protecting everyone, and being ok with it. I don't know the exact wording, or even have a guess. Tthe epigraph with the Windrunner from the past who can't say the 4th eludes to *not* protecting people.

I don't think this will happen. Warbreaker spoilers I think Sebarial is what he seems: a guy who bucks normal society pressures (i.e. non Alethi mistress, focused on commerce more than warfare, etc.) And as someone above mentioned, the way that he honored his "deal" Shallan cornered him into makes me think he is at the least a good guy (not good vs evil, but good vs bad).

@junior - I just reread Skyward, and I think you're right. Spensa was the biological component of the Cytonic Hyperdrive at the end. I still want Doomslug to be part of the ship in someway, or at least related to it (e.g. maybe she was a stowaway or a pet of the original pilot).

The seeds are definitely there. Either Sanderson didn't do as good a job excising the arc from the first book, or he's setting up for future books. I tend to think it's the latter. Multiple times later in the book, Spensa starts thinking of Jorgen in what I would consider a "romantic" way. Each time, Spensa thinks to herself "Why am I thinking of Jorgen like that?". Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but at least one of the scenes implies she's daydreaming about being Jorgen's date to a fancy dinner party. And although we don't get any viewpoints from Jorgen, I think he's falling for Spensa too. The scene where Spensa talks to him in the carport / hanger (where she tells him about the eyes), his responses to her are definitely crush material. Like I said, with the setup in Skyward, I think the only thing that can keep them apart is if one of them dies. And since Spensa is the main character, that means Jorgen. There may not be time for a true romance(i.e. boyfriend/girlfriend dating), but I think Jorgen is the one Spensa will continue to turn to for emotional support. He actually seemed decent at it in the scene I mentioned above.

I'm rereading Skyward, and there was a line about the "Human Empire". That swayed me to thinking that Humans started to take to the stars after Jason Write found out what he did at the end of DE. I don't think the Humans *started* the war, they simply wanted to expand and explore. The implication that I get is that the war didn't start directly after DE. It sounds more like humans spread out across the stars, and then later the Aliens attacked. Which raises the question of why the aliens waited. My assumption would be that they didn't have the technology to wage war immediately, but were able to develop it later by either playing ball with the humans to get their tech, or actually spending time developing their own tech due to what they perceived as a threat. EDIT: ho boy. Apparently this was already brought up over in this post. It was my next tab to catch up on

It feels like the tropey pairing to me, and as such I was against it from the get go. But, during my reread it definitely seems like that's how it'll play out. I think the only out is if Jerkface dies.

It took me a long time to connect that K2SO is the other sassy robot that I was remembering when reading M-Bot's dialogue.

Fair enough. I just can't shake the feeling that Doomslug is part of the ship. We don't see any other slugs, and it seemed like neither Spensa nor Rig had seen a similar slug (although they had the word for slug, so it's possible there are slugs on the planet).

Wait what? Do you have a source on that?

That is a good point. I quickly skimmed the Interludes again, and I don't see a time where she refers to Chaser as a coward (she does in the first interlude, but it's out loud. I can chalk that up to keeping appearances, even when she's talking to Cobb). But she definitely refers to Spensa as a coward in her thoughts. Until the third interlude. Then she refers to her as a defect. I'm not sure there is a good answer here. I assume it's to not reveal too much too soon, but I think that defect could have worked in place of coward in the parts of the story that are Ironsides' thoughts. Sounds like a good question to ask Brandon if you get the chance, although if it's in an open forum you may want to try phrasing it to avoid spoilers.