Narcoleptic Axolotl

Yeah, I haven't done exactly that, but I've broken a few rules in the past that I thought I could get away with. (I couldn't.) I've found that generally, you should assume the people in charge are five steps ahead of you. So even if you pull off what you consider to be the perfect crime, you've almost certainly left some evidence that can be traced directly back to you. Especially with computers, you should act almost like you're being watched at all times.

Hey, I have a cousin going to NM on her mission. Maybe you'll run into one another. Anyway, @Young Bard (or whoever else can do it) put me down for San Diego.

My sister got called to Russia. Got home a little over a year ago and is still obsessed with the place. She's just that type of person though. Don't think she had her eye licked, but she did meet a number of . . . odd characters.

Nice. I just picture Kaladin closing his eyes and suddenly hearing slow jazz drifting out from the chasms . . .

Oh, I hate stats. I tend to like and understand most math, but stats . . . it frightens me. Don't forget 3blue1brown! One of the best calculus explanations available. Khan Academy is generally pretty good too.

I definitely hated Shallan in the first book. I was bored by her chapters and I didn't see what she had to do with the interesting stuff going on at the shattered plains. I would've thought she was from a different universe except for her association with Jasnah Kholin, who I figured out about halfway through was related to Dalinar. I didn't care about Shallan's problems, and I thought she was just a whiny little child. Well, she is kind of a whiny little child. I started to like her more in WoR, since I though Veil was kind of interesting. I'm still confused at why Shallan refuses to all-out join the ghostbloods. I mean, it's not like that tattoo would stick, so she really has nothing to worry about in regards to getting discovered I just don't like her as a character that much. It didn't help to see her identity crisis in OB. The truth seemed so obvious to me, that I just found myself getting annoyed whenever she brought it up. That said, I don't think she's really a poorly written character. I think her jokes are stupid, but as we've seen with Wit, Brandon is fully capable of writing the most hilarious of insults. So her jokes are intentionally kind of dull. She kind of reminds me of Anakin. Everybody thought Hayden Christensen did a horrible job playing Anakin, but in fact, that just the way his character is. (I looked for the quote for about ten minutes, but I couldn't find it. But from George Lucas's own mouth, Hayden Christensen executed his lines perfectly. That's the person Anakin is.) So while I'm sick of Shallan being the way she is, I recognize that that's the way Brandon intentionally wrote her. I hope he'll write her into a more mentally stable person, but I'll accept her for now. Alright, it was good to get that out. Back to the theory boards!

That's a very good point. I still don't think we should rule it out though, since Dalinar's a bondsmith. It may be that bondsmiths - or possibly just anyone who bonds the Stormfather - do get increased strength from stormlight. I don't think that's too much of a stretch. But, you have just answered the original question. If stormlight does grant extra strength, it is negligible. (Unless you're a bondsmith maybe, but we only have one data point there, so best to wait for more information.)

Oh, thank you! This is a big help. I guess I'll just make up the ninth. My sister knows how to make this lemon sauce, that is absolutely divine. Do you have chapter references for these? Thanks again! I think they're mostly just supposed to be the typical, flat round pancakes, judging by the fact that Lift uses a shard fork to try to eat them, and ends up just wedging it just the right way under the pancake that she can pick it up and eat it. I'd have to read it again to be sure.

I guess it comes down to interpretation then. I think it's pretty clear that it says Dalinar could not lift that stone without stormlight, but because he had stormlight, he was able to push his body far enough to get that stone back into place. Then, he used his surges (possibly his resonance) to reattach it to its supports. I think Brandon could've answered more clearly, so I admit that you might be right. Just, what I got from that was not the same thing you got from it.

WoK without a doubt. It may be because that was my introduction to the cosmere, but I love it more than any other book ever. I've been trying to get my sister to read it for years, but she doesn't like Michael Kramer's voice (how is that possible???) and we don't have a paper copy. Possibly Kaladin for the same reason. The length of the book made me really feel how much effort he had to put in just to get the members of Bridge 4 talking to him. I guess he was kind of relatable in that way? I will say this though: Vin and Elend were the first love story I ever actually cared about. I mean, it's not like I didn't ever want any two other characters to end up together, but it was more like, "wouldn't it be nice if they started dating" or something. But when Elend gave her that handkerchief, I thought: "If you don't marry this man, I will DIE." Pepperoni. I'll take some sausage on there too, if you have some. And onions. Should I pick it up in ten minutes?

Yes, but you originally said: when the WoB clearly states that it was because of stormlight. As for the High Imperial, see here.

So, on Christmas morning, I want to make pancakes. But not just any pancakes. I want to have several different kinds of pancakes. I want to have ten different varieties of pancakes. Specifically, the ten different kinds of pancakes Lift eats when she goes to Yeddaw in the novella Edgedancer. But here's the problem: I don't know what all the varieties of pancakes were. I read through Edgedancer recently, and I only remember three - one has sweet stuff in the middle, one is less sweet and kind of chewy(?), and one isn't a pancake at all, it's just a thought. So really I only know two kinds of pancakes to make. And I'm kind of lost on how to make the ones I do know about. Are all ten varieties even described in the book? I don't remember. If it's gonna take going back and listening to the whole thing again, I will. But I thought I really should ask here first; make sure I'm not trying to re-do work that has already been done. So if yall have any information on the Yeddaw pancakes, please post it here. Even knowing the chapter references where the pancakes are talked about would be a big help, since then I would have a much smaller search range. That's all. Thanks!

Seeker. I guess there are upsides, but it's in no way the coolest. So that was fun.

Alright, before I take the quiz, I predict that I'm a Lightweaver (maybe truthwatcher, but I think that's less likely). That's not to say I couldn't see myself as a stoneward (hence my profile pic), an elsecaller, or an edgedancer. Not to say that I wouldn't be proud to call myself a bondsmith, a willshaper, or a windrunner. I would, however, be surprised if I were a skybreaker or dustbringer. But anyway, let's take that quiz. . . . Edgedancer 77% Truthwatcher 67% Bondsmith 63% Windrunner 60% Elsecaller 49% Skybreaker 41% Lightweaver 40% Willshaper 31% Stoneward 29% Dustbringer 17% Alright. I'm not that surprised. I thought I'd get a much higher stoneward percentile than that. I'm also very into personal truth, so I don't think it's accurate about the 40% lightweaver thing. But I'm not at all surprised that Edgedancer was my #1. Now the question is: Do I change my profile pic to the Edgedancer symbol, since that's my order, or should I leave it in honor of Talenel, Stonesinew, Bearer of Agonies, Herald of War.

While I'm technically not 'new here' I haven't been active on the shard since I made my account, so I don't have any close friends here yet. Still, I would like to compliment @Ookla the Channelknight and @Chasmgoat on their comedic prowess. I will also compliment sharders in general for being so wholesome, intelligent, and interesting. We can be putting our heads together on one thread, theorizing about surgebinding or what the title of the next Stormlight book will be, then jump over to another thread about silly character ships. I am so proud of this community.

Oh, how did I miss that. Thanks, Phil.

I guess I'll . . . do one of these. I'll try to answer all your questions in depth and honestly. (Although silly questions might receive silly answers.) I don't promise complete honesty because this is the internet and some information should just never be shared. As Jasnah says, I have a lot of opinions on a lot of things, so this should get . . . interesting. That's enough preamble, let's get on to the questions!

Wasing of having of brightness! Wasing the thinking of spreading of the say, liking of this:

Thinking the Unnamable notting of the understanding. Saying of the Brandon ising of Dalinar, notting of having the strength of enough.

How do I pick up women like Adolin? (Clarification: I'm not implying that I want a woman who is like Adolin, or that Adolin is secretly a woman. I want to be able to pick up women the same way Adolin picks up women.)

What do you think of Brandon being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka Mormon)? Does it make you skeptical of some of the philosophies in his books?

How do I make myself work when I would rather play?

If anyone is looking for a list of ranks with corresponding reputation levels, I have one here. I don't remember where I found it, and it's more than 2 years old, so take it with a pinch of copper. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iD9v7ZkSwJl5YRhcuHanIVVSjPm0Mya7nNaPR6we3iM/edit

Having the have of the sticks to the fridge. Ever the thinking of the speak, wasing the want of the sharing of the speak. See?