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WoR is my personal favorite. It has a nice ballance of scope and character development. I have issues with oath bringer. It has some heavy gut punches and some neat revelations, but I feel like parts get bogged down. It's a bit of a trudge about half way through. And is probably my least favorite. Way of kings and rhythm are about equal to me but for very different reasons. I really like rhythms main antagonist in paticular. Wind and truth is hard for me to fit. It didn't do almost any of the things I wanted. But I can't fault the book for not catering to my tastes exactly. It ended on a bummer note. But sanderson does that a lot. Props for really really making me hate taravangian. I was a real fence sitter on his character for a long time i had a lot of hope for him, was disappointed he utterly failed to be the main he pretended he was. And then did a good job about showing me why I was wrong to like him in the first place. It's honestly a really good arch for a hate-able villian.

I assumed it was valor on my first reading. I'm super late to this conversation but I wanted to sit on this for a while. Other than the fact that valor has remained in apperent isolation, and no one knows what where they are or what they are doing. It makes enough sense to me that this might be the first obvious move they might make, either to claim dalinar as theirs or to let him move on. In either case it feels like it can be naratively explained. Also I want to say there is a line hoid drops valor name at the end of wind and truth. But I can't remember the exact context. Adalinars action at the end are the definition of valorous. Though I do know that means little if the shard has no presence or tie to the system(from my understanding) Though upon reading theories, I suppose cultivation makes the most logical sense, but considering how she abandoned ship, I assumed it was a move to completely cut her losses. Cultivation tried her best and produced an outcome extremely unlikely to the point that to make safer bets, she decided forgo this one. I also like the idea of mercy somehow intervening. But that seems extremely unlikely. I don't know how how you could narratively support this. I guess I'm happy to see the community doesn't have a strong consensus about this at the moment.

I got trurh watcher by a decent lead, followed by wind runner. Truthwatcher-78 Windrunner-67 Skybreaker-64 Edgedancer-58 Elsecaller-57 Interesting considering 2 and 3 are fighting focused orders and i am NOT much of a fighter.

I suspect there is an element of choice too in becoming radiant. For example, i imagine kaladin would make a decent edge dancer, if his priorities were *slightly* different. Or sigzil, might make a good truth watcher. Id bet the temperment of people within the orders can vary greatly. As long as the priorities and values they choose match.

Light weavers might be my favorite. The idea of self examination is somthing i tend to feel is woefully underrated. It takes a lot of work to identidy what is true about yourself and what is a self delusion. And if stonewards are as amazing as taln seems to be, then i cant help but admire the order as a whole greatly. However, I think if i were to be raidiant. The wiki tells us truthwatchers were interested in deeper secrets and were greatly concerned with the abuse of information and power. Also the concept of truth, fact, and perception have always interested me.

Maybe I am misguided, but i didnt interpret a contest of champions as a literal contest between two people. I saw it as an agreement between odium and the current representative of honor that the coming war would not be directly joined by them. In this dalinar has already sworn he would no longer be a leader of troops. And kaladin, being the first windrunner who embodies leadership, would likely be the "champion". And the reason odium fled in the confrontation was because dalinar refused to be his champion and had to go and find one bonded by the oath he gave dalinar. So i guess my awnser is kaladin,

You are the the best cook. However, every dish you cook is considered a piece of art. You can never bring yourself to eat it, and get mildly offended when others eat it. After all, who could eat such beauty. I want to be better in scocial situations.

Oh. Sweet. I should find the location of these Q&A. I need to know what else i am right about XD I suppose it is. But its a scary thought that this is merely the justification. On a personal and philosophical note, its one of the things that keeps me up at night.

Its the nature of writing i think. Some authors use a method known as discovery writing. Meaning they have plot points they want to hit, but may not know how they get their or even how the story ends.until they sit down and write that part of the book. Your criticisms are valid, however i believe that it is a symptom of her starting by writing childrens books, becoming wildly popular, then having to change to a more mature theme to keep up the momentum. I would bet the redemption archs she wrote were never originally planned . But she clearly established all this black and white morality stuff. And couldnt figure out a way to cleanly transition to a more complex method of story telling. Draco and snape were vindictive asses up to that point. You couldnt suddenly make them different or you would ruin what you already established. Maybe this will make me look mean, but i dont think rowling is that good of a writer. She is a very good world builder however. Anyway i suppose this is way off topic. So ill let it drop hah.

I think its pretty easy to know why rowling did this. The first 3 books are straight up directed at children around the age of 10. They are fairly simple plots whith fairly straightforward characters. And i dont think she anticipated the rabid fan base she would eventually stumble upon. She made a beautiful world. But if we are going to seriously look at her books. They were intentionally simplistic. But i do agree with sandersons opinion of all of his characters in harry potter houses.

What about kaladin's love life

Elhokar in oathbringer is the character i relate to most. This scene made me very sad too. And i figure there are a couple ways to look at it. He ultimately succeeded. He became the man he was supposed to but the world is a curel place and is simply unjust. He ultimately failed. His best wasnt enough, and he was never fit to be anything more. You can attempt to detach yourself from the moment and and consiser that elhokar finished his character arc and sanderson wanted some delicious tragedy in this book. I really dont think he lives. But there is somthing to consider. We dont know what spren he was bonding with. And we dont know all the powers each knight order has. So its possible he survived, or will return in some way. But i think i have a theory about what spren he almost bonded with. And i think the cryptic hoid found in the city may be related to elhokar.

In a conversation with dalinar in WoR, his ultimate goal seems to be protecting the cosmere. I dont jave the exact quote, and honestly i am not fimiliar with hoid other than what he does in mistborn and stormlight archive. But it seems to me he is simply an agent or embodiment of chaos and change. This is distinct from ruin as a force or odium. Chaos cannot play if everything is consumed or destroyed. We know that odium came from another place in the cosmere. and a god that can move from place to place like thay, wanting to consume is obviously a big threat to the rest of the cosmere. To paraphrase what hoid says, he tells dalinar their goals are similar, but not the same, and he is willing to let roshar burn if he has to. As an agent of chaos it would be against his nature to take a direct hand in things, especially in matters of order. So in the end, he pushes and nudges where he needs to. Using chaos theory to achive what he wants. This supports and is supported by the talk he gives shallan about changing the world. Of course i could be wayyyyy off. But these are my thoughts.

It could be a thing maybe, in the sense that its mended at the very end in a "all of roshar is mended and and shaped" But otherwise, simply as a bond smith, i dont think so. Its been too long. Everyone who knows of the shattered plains sees it as a shattered plain. In the lore of the book the plains themselves probably dont feel shattered. It just is what it is. In this sense there isnt anything to mend.

Granted, but the glass is now deeply sentimental to you. You will cherish it always. The boon i ask is to have a bigger positive impact on the world than a negative one.

Im most fond of the idea of kal just not having much of a love life. In an end of the world scenario, i simply feel there is too much to do. Especially for someone like kal who is hell bent on protecting everyone he can in a completely irrational sense. A love interest in these circumstances would be a burden. And one i dont think kal could deal with. If he does find a love interest, i think it would probably be at the end of the series. However the death of his love interest would be an interesting way to tempt kal into being odiums champion. On a side note, as others have signed off on. Syl and kal is a disturbing pairing. Personally I kind of find the idea of a deeply intimate relationship between a man and a woman *has* to be romantic or sexualized, to be offensive. And this is ignoring the idea that spren dont seem to have much of a concept of romance or sexualization

I disagree. He didnt see the future. He was given near unlimited capacity for information. If you know enough about a person you can start making guesses about a person. And possibly to the extent of knowing what they will do before they themselves know. This is, in a sense, "predicting the future." But is a way of doing it that is deviod of anything super natural. This i feel is a very very different distinction. One thing they continue to mention is how the diagram is getting less accurate over time. And that is becuase even if you have near perfect information, you cannot guess and calculate for changes in people especially after tramatic events. Or after bonding a spren. Which seems to change spren, but also inspires derp change in their humans. The diagram has mentioned there are big anomalies. Such as the dust bringer mr t chooses to ally himself with. To me, this is a very very different way of "predicting the future". Literally seeing the future even if its imperfect , is not the same as calculating the most likely outcomes based on information such as past actions and cultural pressures. Edit. Actually i think even brandon sanderson wants to imply this with the prediction of highstorms from the storm wardens. This is narratively distinctly different

In a discussion brandon did with wowcrendor, he mentions he has small reservations about there not being that many "twists" in this paticular series. And is more concerned with painting a wonderful epic with an interesting world. Moash being odiims champion is obvious, i figure thats probably where it will go. However, i do not think thats where the story will climax, i would bet money that it goes a level deeper. As for shalan or kaladin being tested, i am sure they will. But i do not think they will turn to odium.

There was one character in particular that died rather pointlessly in book 2. I got the impression that he wasnt sure what to do with him. Add him to the death toll, it will give the illusion of loss. It was a very effective way of making tragedy. Its somthing a writer would definitely do. But I want very much for more to come of it. Particularly since brandon Sanderson isnt a writer that particularly indulges in utter nihilism that scene kind of imprints in my mind. Incase it needs a bit of clarification, the idea that your best wasnt good enough/was too late feels pretty nihilistic to me. Of course i could be projecting my own mindset into it.

Elhokar is a character I can relate to deeply. And as I read through , I am getting deeply saddened by his earnestness and humility. He is a man who tries so hard to succeed and each time it is snatched away. Even in the end during the siege he gets so So close to the man he wants to be. And considering I dont think he will pull a jasnah and manage to come back . Do you think he will have a real legacy in this story? Or is his fate purely to be a tragedy, ultimately leading to someone who is his better to lead the kingdom better than he could?

Hoid in the mistborn books played a small part. Plus Ive only read each one once. i tend to miss stuff like that. Warbreaker first? Okay Thanks.

So, after 3 years of following Brandon sanderson, I have read all the mistborn books, (they were my introduction to him) and reading the Bricks that were tWoK and WoR (no shade , I love those books, but they are LOONG) Where would you recommend i go from here when it comes to brandons books? I mean ill be Honest I was a little upset when I read on a Stormlight archive wiki that mistborn and stormlight archive were in the same Universe. And became annoyed when i learned that 3 other series were tied in some how as well. Now i feel Somewhat obligated to try to read the others. Especially if i might miss something in the storm light archive Epic. A series I Fell in love enough with to re-read the damnation books 3 times. And when a important character in these books has appeared in Nearly all the Cosmere books... So. Where do i go from here, I don't have the budget,,, or the time. to try to get them all. So what series should I focus on First?

That Is an interesting theory. But Im not so sure. From descriptions in the books They make shard plate seem like a... primitive Fabrial but one that has been lost. after all They do have those half-shard Shields. Which can block shard plate even if they dont give you super human Abilities.

Bah, I like raisins. Does that make me evil?

This would be My thought. A a good lie is always based on truth.