Agewalker

Personally, I find it highly unlikely that Shallan and Adolin will ever have children. Not because of infertility, but because everytime things start to get frisky, Pattern will probably some remark along the lines of "Facinating! You two do it differently then Dalinar and Navani" and kill the mood completely.

Worse, he'll wake up and she'll be disguised as Wax.

The Emperor's Soul: The story of an elderly politician, and his secret relationship with a young artist.

Hey everyone. I'm challenging you guys to explain the plot of any story by Brandon, taking every effort to make the book sound as strange, corny, or bizarre as possible, all while remaining technically true to the actual storyline. For example: Elantris: A bald zombie learns magic tricks.

I was recently re-reading the ending of Words of Radiance, particularly the scene where Dalinar speaks his first/second ideals, thus becoming a bondsmith. However, he joined with the Stormfather, who was against this, and reacted angrily upon Dalinar's speaking the First Ideal. While I was reading, it occurred to me that in the Wheel of Time series, forming a similar bond to create an unwilling Warder was seen by the characters as little better than rape, due to the man's inability to resist the bond. Essentially, Dalinar has forced an ancient and sentient spren into a mental and magical bonding without it's consent or agreement, forcing said spren to provide him with the ability to control Stormlight, and at the same time, putting the Stormfather's very existence into danger if Dalinar abandons his vows. In your opinion, was this an immoral action?

It's possible, but I don't see why the Nightwatcher, (Either Cultivation, or her servant) would give Odium a connection to a person.

Notice that Taravangian's plan was how mankind could Survive the desolation. He didn't ask how they could Win, or how he could Protect people, but merely how to survive. The Diagram may say how to survive the Desolation, but in doing so, note that it requires the breaking of every one of the three ideals. It involves killing rather than protecting, sacrificing the weak to preserve the strong, and ignoring the actions for the sake of the result. My guess is that if the world followed the diagram perfectly, a small amount of people would survive, but at the cost of their humanity. This would be similar to the city of Shadar Logoth in WOT, which tried to win against Shai'tan by becoming as harsh as his forces, and in the end, resulted in the deaths of everyone in the city, and the creation of an evil so powerful that even Trollocs fear to enter.

This is a brief theory I had regarding the next series. Kaladin still has 2 more ideals to reach, and is likely to speak more Words while visiting his home. Personally, I think that he will swear his next oath while saving or sparing Brightlord Roshone's life. We know that both times before when Kaladin swore to the ideals, it was at a point where he was suffering from intense despair, (out on the shattered plains, exhausted, empty of Stormlight and watching the parshendi kill his men, and suffering a flashback to the day his brother died,) or doubt (lost his connection with Syl, having to choose between fighting one of his closest friends or letting Elhokar be murdered.) What would define "doubt and despair" more for Kaladin then having to save the life of the man who singlehandedly turned his family into outcasts, forced Kaladin and Tien into military service, (thus resulting in Tien's death), and killed Moash's parents (thus resulting in the betrayal of one of Kaladin's own men)?

Man, considering their history, that would annoy Kaladin to no end. (Of course, that might be a plus from Shallan's perspective)

I personally see Jasnah as asexual, and find the idea of her falling in love to be contrary to the rest of her character. Regardless, I don't see any aspect of her personality that would inspire attraction in Kaladin, particularly considering his distaste for lighteyes. Yes, he's attracted to Shallan currently, but that was due to the fact that she's been through a life every bit as painful and his, and yet still has the strength to smile at the world. Can you even begin to imagine cold, logical, Jasnah, who has shown emotion on less than half a dozen occasions, as the subject of these thoughts?

That would make reproduction rather difficult... (but yes, I get your point)

“People think I know a lot about women. The truth is, I know how to get them, how to make them laugh, how to make them interested. I don't know how to keep them." He hesitated. "I really want to keep this one.” I admit, Kaladin's my favorite character overall, and I think that he and Shallan worked well together in the chasms, but you can't read this quote and not feel empathy for Adolin's fear of rejection. He really wants his budding relationship with Shallan to succeed, and seems terrified that she'll dump him for someone else. In addition, I hate to think that Adolin and Kaladin have been building a grudging respect and friendship, despite their prejudices, only to tear it to pieces over a girl they both like. Do we really need for the two main male and female characters to always end up together in fantasy novels? Harry Potter was the exception, and even then the author later changed her mind.