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I posted this 2 years ago and I can't believe this thread is still active xD

Since then I've finished 2 more rereads of SA and I've changed my mind.

I agree with the comments that Kal isn't ready for a relationship yet. He should spend the next two books working on himself and getting past his issed. His romance arc should be saved for the second half of the series.

I still ship him with Jasnah though ♥️

7 minutes ago, Ookla the Conflusled said:

You can email him if you feel the need to. 

Click here.

Ah thanks , I just did . Let's hope he actually reads it .v.

1 minute ago, Ookla the Conflusled said:

Brandon knows that many, many people would prefer it as prose. From what I understand, his stance on the matter is to see how the GN sells and go from there. If he does decide to rerelease Vol. 1 as prose, and keep going with Vol. 2 and Vol. 3, it won't be for many years. I don't even think he's written Vol. 2 or 3, just an outline. I could be wrong on that though.

The problem with his current stance imo is that people who haven't read the prose version (and most people haven't because it's not known or because it's not canon or some other reason) will not know how much better it is than the GN version so obviously the GN sales is gonna be good since it's the only commercially available version. Quite depressing sigh.

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Conflusled said:

Oh. I know you for sure can't get one right now, but the future is unclear. We just don't know.

But is there a way we can affect it? We know Brandon listens to his readers reviews so maybe we could let him know we would like it as prose instead ?(assuming other people feel the same way I do . I have seem similar views expressed on this topic here)

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Conflusled said:

The prose version covers all three of the GN volumes. That is to say, in making the GNs they split the prose into three parts.

Yeah I know , I meant the second book of the original Whitesand trilogy when I said Vol.2

Any idea if we might be able to get an unofficial prose version of Whitesand Vol.2 ? 

I understand Brandon intends to have it released as more GNs but I personally hated the first GN and and had trouble going through with it to the end even though I had already read the prose version. I liked the prose story much better too though the changes weren't that big. I would really like to read the rest of the story as prose too. 

The prose version of Whitesand remains  my favourite Cosmere book right along with the SA and the GN really put me off .

I know quite a lot of other people have problems with the GN too so is there anyway we may convince Brandon to maybe release a prose version of the whole Whitesand story in the future instead of Graphic novels ?

Just now, RShara said:

They still go on gemheart hunts.  The results are divided among the highprinces equally, and now that the Parshendi are gone, there's much less cost to getting them.

Actually that is now becoming unfeasible as there are lesser number of Chasmfiends pupating each month and the gemheart hunting may be completely stopped as both Shallan -Jasnah and Dalinar are concerned about this. They may still go ahead with Shallan's idea of breeding their own Chasmfiends though.

This is only a short term problem until they get Kholinar sorted out.

They hold a princedom and the entire Kingdom . Elhokar was to weak to tax the other princes and enforce it properly.

Jasnah won't put up with any of that nonsense of course. Dalinar holds Urithru and they will eventually start taxing passage through Oathgates.

You could say they now have more sources of income than ever

6 hours ago, mariapapadia said:

 

• Teft saying the third oath. That, the Dalinar scene and Elhokar's death were the only things that made me cry  

Whut , I literally did cry when Dalinar realised that he killed Evi and how . IMO he's probably the most broken man in Roshar 

5 minutes ago, Islington said:

Finally, the only thread that matters. I want to know what her "madness" was and whether the sexual assault/molestation theory is right. 

Oh man it well might be. Considering how dark the Dalinar-Evi thing was it very well might be. It also fits with the whole 'you need to be broken , to be a Radiant thing'. It explains why she's so distant from people and uninterested in men. Once burned and all that. 

It's like the saying , birds of a feather flock together.

But this is also really advantageous for house Sadeas as their army now likely has the most number of broken men. Huge pool for Radiants

12 minutes ago, Steeldancer said:

Now that we know almost all the Unmade, which unmade is causing this? 

I doubt it's the thrill. But I'm not sure which matches it. 

Huh we still don't know the 9th Unmade right ? Or did I miss something ?

I absolutely loved the part where Kal reveals he's a Radiant and Lirin ,  who seemed completely unflappable till now , gapes at him but Hesina is just delighted and awed . Even though she is said to be deeply religious and superstitious she's so happy for Kaladin. She brings the much needed motherly love sentiment to the series that characters like Navani just didn't get.

1 hour ago, WhiteLeeopard said:

Oh, you are right. My first thought was because she is a woman, doing what counts as masculine arts. But of course you are right. Heretic in charge. And then Dalinar will stroll up, "I've taken up a piece of the Almighty". Followed by Renarin "I may have bonded a Voidspren. Can I still become an ardent?"

Oh yeah I never considered the effect of Dalinar's Ascension. Pretty sure the church is gonna become another rival. Wew the next book is going to be very interesting. And the best thing is Jasnah doesn't give two cents about what the Church thinks xD

7 hours ago, FollowYourMuse said:

Definitely for awakening,  since Kaladin mentions how it is hanging down oddly. 

She also asks the Honorspren to cut the bales of cloth into specific shapes as kaladin and crew are leaving. 

 

I can not remember did Vivenna have scars from Warbreaker? or is that something that happens after? 

 

Judging by how long Vasher seems to have been on Roshar , quite a bit of time has passed between Warbreaker and OB. Long enough for Warbreaker 2 even

Also let's not forget Dalinar-goes-for-a-stroll-in-highstorms Kholin .

I mean he is the version of Dalinar with the most flaws but he's also the most Badass. You really see where the Blackthorn got his reputation ,from the whole Assassin take down scene.

It would be nice to see more of Toh though

6 hours ago, Erunion said:

 

Also, Evi. Can we talk about Evi? .

 

I'm not quite ready to talk about Evi yet

All this is assuming she even got away. 

Maybe that will be how it plays out. Kal and co (Vasher maybe ) going on a rescue mission to free Azure  from the Fused ?

31 minutes ago, StormingTexan said:

I was actually really surprised by this scene. On one hand thought it was cool and makes since in his quest to gather investiture. On the other it seems weird to me a spren would just decide it’s ok to hitch a ride with him. I guess this was kinda like Hoid welcoming the spren to the PR to follow suit with the other epilogues but just seemed a little weird to me. 

It was the Cryptic Elhokar was gonna bond. But since he dies without bonding it was stuck in the physical realm still looking for a human partner

9 minutes ago, Fifth of Daybreak said:

My favorite moment was when Jasnah's love didn't fail. There were so many moments in the book where she presented herself in an unfavorable light. This was just such a great reinforcement of her core character. Jasnah's love did not fail. 

Yeah we've always been told Jasnah is cold , and emotionless and this made it all the more believable that she might indeed kill Renarin . I think this what character progress is for her.

Well now that's depressing . But according to Shallan, Jasnah is in her mid thirties in TWoK so she must be 36-37 now ?

Yeah it'll feel too contrived as if Shadolin isn't cheesy enough.

We do have Lyn though. Though I'm guessing she likes Skar ?

Yeah Shallan does seem to think Jasnah isn't interested in men. 

But I can't honestly think of anyone else we know who is a good match for Kaladin. Especially since Laral insist on being the type of lighteyes Kal hates on top of being married to Roshone.

5 minutes ago, MPHRD said:

It is also possible we will get Venli flash backs and Brandon said Eshonai to hide the spoilers. 

But then he did also say we'll get flashbacks from dead characters.

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