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I have to jump on board here. She has never been a favorite of mine, and at times is my absolute least favorite character. And it's weird because I feel like I also have a very personal connection to her character. Her past is very similar to my own (abusive father, broken home, issues with trust, a mother who tried to kill her [yep]) and in many of her POV chapters I totally and completely understand her emotions and fears because I've been there. I actually had to skip over some of her flashbacks in WoR and have a friend summarize them for me because they were just too hard for me. The problem with her for me, however, is that I coped with all of it in the oposite direction as her. She represses and refuses to deal with her problems, and I veered hard in the other direction. I do not repress and I am a very "let's face this thing head on" type of a person. I don't let things go unsaid, I deal with stuff (I'm very Jasnah-ish, in fact), and because of how I've seen that work for my good in my own life, I just hate watching her do the opposite and screw things up over and over. She just comes off as horribly immature to me, and I frankly don't think her jokes are funny... All of that said, I have absolutely cried the hardest at her moments. That Shallan/Wit moment in OB destroyed me ("Accept the pain but don't accept that you deserved it.") Gosh, y'all. That was rough. So, for me, I think I see her as a person who is dealing with the same stuff I've dealt with, and doing it in a very immature and wrong way and that just irritates me to no end. She's a well written character and I get where she's coming from and she's very realistic to me (more so than I'm comfortable with at some times), but my gosh she just drives me up a wall.

Jasnah - She's been a favorite since the first book. When she "died" in WoR I threw a fit. This book was so great for her because we got to see some humanity out of her, as well as some amazing snark (the chapter where she roasts Amaram is one of my favorite moments. As well as her taking Kaladin to task in the strategy meeting). I just love her. Like her, I'm very driven, logical and can be somewhat cold so she's just got my heart. And when she threw the doors open and had the crown on her head I cheered! Renarin - This boy's got my heart. He's been a favorite since WoK; I've always felt there was something more to him and I'm just so happy with what OB did for his character. And his POV chapters! My gosh, I just love him! He's by far one of the strongest and most resolute characters in the series. Dealing with all of that fear and pain on his own, always jumping in to try and help those he loves, constantly wanting to make his family proud, dealing with his corrupted spren. And my goodness, that flashback scene with Dalinar! He's so pure and I can't wait to see more! Lopen - This guy! The chapter with the ground! I died! A constant favorite! He takes over ever scene he's in! I just love love love Lopen! Szeth - He's been a favorite since WoK. Even when he was a villain, his duty to the code of his people and his devotion to doing what he thought was right always made him a very interesting character to me. And he just blew up in OB. The Skybreakers have always been interesting to me (JUSTICE!) I'm a dedicated Skybreaker because of this guy! Also, Nightblood is just the greatest thing ever! A sword with a relentless passion to destroy evil, I NEED IT! Adolin - His arc with Maya! <3 And when he was going to step aside for Kaladin. Shallan does NOT deserve him! I loved how he struggled with not being a Radiant in this book and how the world he grew up in was falling down around him. He's the perfect combination of confident, handsome, boyish, funny, boastful, compassionate and just so darn good! Honorable Mention: Moash - He had been a favorite up until this book....... Ugh! I was so excited for a redemption arc and then...yeah. I wanted to murder him when he gave Kaladin the Bridge Four salute. I'm so upset about this guy!

The most emotional moment where I cried was definitely the Shallan/Wit interaction. I have a weird relationship with Shallan, her past is too similar to mine for me to be comfortable with sometimes (abusive parents, broken home, never feeling safe, struggling with feelings of shame, etc.) Her flashbacks in WoR were really hard for me to read, and I even had to skip some of them and have a friend tell me what happened. How Shallan has responded to everything drives me up a wall and at times she's one of my least favorite characters. I coped in the opposite direction than she did; I don't put off confronting things, don't repress and can even be a bit too confrontational at times. Despite all of that, the Shallan/Wit interaction hit me square in the gut. Wit telling her "Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it," I sobbed. That's a lesson I struggled to learn for a long, long time. Other moments: - Elhokar! Ugh! Holding the picture and saying his oaths! He started becoming a favorite of mine towards the end of WoR and I was so excited to see where he was going to go! The fact that it was Moash just made it worse, because Moash was a favorite of mine up until this book. That was rough... - When Teft said he would protect those he hates, even if it's himself...my heart, y'all! My heart! - The Jasnah/Renarin moment. They are two of my top favorite characters and that was such a great moment for Jasnah. <3 - When Rock shot Amaram and saved Kaladin. That was such a powerful character moment for Rock and I just teared up knowing how hard that must have been for Rock, and yet it just cemented his place as a Windrunner and a follower of the oaths. Man, that was a powerful moment. - When Kaladin finds Skar and Drehy and they say "We will protect those who can't protect themselves." Right in the feels!

Fun! Got Skybreaker at almost double the percent above the next closest, and knowing their philosophy it definitely fits. In reading the books, they're the ones I feel drawn to most. Stoneward was next, then Windrunner, and so on.

The Final Empire: The Well of Ascension: The Hero of Ages:

Hahaha! That sounds exactly like something I would do!

I've never played the adventure game, but have seen it. I want to try it out some time. And I haven't read the 2nd Age yet. I'm planning on doing that after Oathbringer. I think the Stormlight camp, just because of how vast the world is and how much more "meat" there seems to be in that series.

Some friends got me into Brandon Sanderson by starting me out on Mistborn a few months ago and I've been hooked ever since. I've read the whole Mistborn series, and am at the end of Part 3 of WoR in Stormlight. So, yeah! Here to chat, dodge spoilers, have fun and start rumors about my fantastical Oathbringer theories. <3