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I think to some degree it is just semantics. But looking at the actual world of Roshar where Adolin is from I can see them differently. When you have the literal shard of Honor invested on your planet interpreting oaths as immutable never to be broken things, you run into the exact problem that many characters wrestled with throughout the series. That of the fact that mortal, fallible beings are inconsistent and will absolutely break oaths. And there are major consequences for that without a lot of nuance seen by the shard. I think Adolin sees oaths as problematic because they feel like a trap to him, whereas he sees a promise as not immutable, but as a direction to be going. A goal to be moving toward, even if you can’t ever reach the ideal. (Honestly he seems a lot more cultivation aligned.) One reason he can reconcile his feelings about Dalinar in the end is that he agrees with the premise that a hypocrite is a man in the process of changing. He believes a promise is more along the lines of “I want to do right by people. I will fail along the way, but overall I want to be a person who does right by others.”

I was storming right! Kind of. Dang. I honestly didn’t expect that.

Another crackpot one I randomly thought of today. El is actually an agent of Cultivation. He seems to want to see what a human/singer society could be like. (Could society have grown and developed this way.) He wonders at the Singers having to adapt to ancient fused culture instead of “cultivating” their own. And maybe his loss of rhythms is related to a boon/curse type thing?

Very unlikely to happen… Adolin will find a way to get the lost shardblades back into the physical realm to better protect Azimir. (You know, through an oathgate that is corrupted/enlightened now so no problems there at all /s) He’ll draw them to him because of his bond with Maya, then he’ll start teaching the people who get those shards how to build a relationship with them and possibly find a way to heal more deadeyes.

In book 5 sure there isn’t lots of time. But if he survives, he has the whole time skip of raising his kid(s) and we could see the healing in the back half.

I mean, you could have Adolin survive, stay on the good side, and embrace his opportunity to be a better father than his father was for most of his life. Healing generational trauma for both himself and the deadeyes would be pretty storming awesome imho.

Hey all. I hope this is okay here. I am wanting to try my hand at cosplay for the first time for the con in December. And of course instead of dipping my toes in, I’m going straight for doing a Listener/Singer. My main question though is how does one who has no sewing talent (I’m talking like none, maybe even negative talent. Ha ha.) find places to get clothes for cosplay. Do I just accept something not too book accurate, but would be fun to wear and still feel like fantasy cosplay? Or can I find a good place that does more Asian style cosplay instead of medieval European since that is what Stormlight is more based around.

Thanks everyone! We decided to go with Alcatraz. I think he would enjoy Rithmatist too, but I hesitate since it really was written to have a sequel that doesn’t exist. Still a good story that we might come back to after Alcatraz and maybe Reckoners.

Okay all. I need a little help deciding which Sanderson book to give my 10.5 year old next. He’s read all Skyward, Tress, and Yumi. He is a little bit sensitive so I worry about having him jump into the harder hitting cosmere books next (Mistborn Era 1 or Warbreaker and definitely not Stormlight yet). And I can’t personally in good conscience have him read Mistborn Era 2 before Era 1 even though I think he would be fine reading those. So do we think Elantris, Emperor’s Soul, Sunlit Man, or Reckoners series would be the next best one? Or do I stop overthinking it and dive into Era 1 with him?

@Treamayne Thanks for sharing your knowledge. That is super cool! My son thought it was cool too.

It’s been a while since I’ve been o the forums, so maybe I missed this discussion already. But my 10-year old just started listening to Tress and pointed something out that I hadn’t considered. He just got to the part where she almost blows up her face with zephyr spores. The book explicitly says it reacted with a drop of sweat. He paused and said, “That shouldn’t work. There’s salt in sweat.” I burst out laughing. Are there any WoBs about this? I’m still perfectly willing to suspend disbelief for this to work and be fun. But also he’s got a point.

@AndrolGenhald Mine had the same problem. Which I discovered at midnight last night. Luckily I already had the audiobook and got through my missing pages that way, but I’m going to try and get a complete book to by emailing Dragonsteel.

Okay, I even just did a reread but I need some community help with creating a DDF costume for my son for Halloween. I’m going to get the patch from the Dragonsteel shop, but should I look for a specific color flight suit? Or something else to put it on?

YKYASFW someone stops at your kids lemonade stand while they are touring the house for sale across the street and you see their kid carrying the Soonie pup from the Mistborn box. So you geek out and ask them about it and then they notice you wearing your Wayne shirt from The Lost Metal swag stuff. And it feels like you are instant fans and now I really hope the buy the house so we can be neighbors.

So my kids ages 6 and 9 just beat BOTW this week. I’ve been super impressed watching them play. By beat I just mean beating Calamity Ganon/Dark Beast Ganon. My 6 year old didn’t even do Vah Naboris. I feel like I super over prepared for everything. Ha ha. I got all the shrines and everything before I even considered going to Ganon. They game a lot more than me and definitely asked for advice. But they did it all on their own and I am proud of them. They both had the goal to beat it before Tears of the Kingdom. Now I just need to make my goals which were to beat one new Zelda game and the Champion’s Ballad stuff from BOTW before Tears. I’ve started both Ocarina of Time and the remake of Link’s Awakening. I don’t get to play lots though and will admit that I forget the controls for OoT and what I’m supposed to be doing almost every time. Oops.