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My instinct agrees with your instinct. I'm not a Realmatic scientist (Realmatist?), so I cannot give any clear answers. Just to add to the instincts.. We see that live beings look differently in Shadesmar than inanimate objects. The latter are those black beads, right? Humans are represented by a flame. If the person dies, the flame vanishes. I believe this would happen, if a person is Soulcasted into air or smoke and I highly doubt that Soulcasting that same air into a human (is that even possible? to do so, you would have to find the exact patch of air that was a human once - at least if the task should be made easier by Soulcasting air that remembered having been human) would rekindle the flame...

I guess we do not think so differently after all. I do not think that following the law word by word (or even worse using the law to "justify" an action as Nale does) is just. However, I still think that justice and vengeance are two different things. Sometimes justice does provide adequate punishment, but not vengeance. And Dalinar experienced certain punishment. I don't think I could live with the voices of the dead in my head (including his my own husband/wife)...

Ob, ch. 76: It was clearly not an accident. However, it's again mentioned that soldiers in Dalinar's army are trained (!) not to slaughter civilians. Apparently it is usual behavior of other troops to do so. Now, I have to think further on @Calderis' words.. There is no justice and anything can be forgiven. Hm. I like this way of thinking very much, but I'm not sure my brain can fully grasp this notion.

Do you refer to this sentence? I don't read that as a confirmation that W&W4 will be written before Skyward3. Just that both books will be written after SA4.

There is also this reading @RShara posted here a while ago. Don't know if you already found this one...

I asked myself the same question (only thinking of the shade of green instead of blue). As @Calderis already said above, it might be difficult to fit our eyes in Roshar's categorization. I selected lighteyes for myself, though my eyes are not very light green. Just green with some amber strokes near the pupils and a darker greenish blue circle around the irises (I have never analysed my eye color like that before ). But my eyes color can be identified easily even in shady lights. Hope that's enough. After reading SA I always wished for dark green or dark blue eyes that only sparkle in their color when hit by a stream of light. But are dark blue eyes really possible in humans?

But Roshone aged. And we saw Kalak in the prologue with Nale. While we (readers) do not know how Kalak really looks like, wouldn’t somebody recognize Roshone. He was exiled at this point in time already. He should not have been welcomed to join the feast and even wandering around in the Kholinar palace might have been difficult for him.. Can Heralds change their appearance as Returned can?

I fully agree with @Child of Hodor. I hope SA5 will bring some closure. Then, I can die happily. Wait. W&W4 also needs to be written before I can do that. I wasn't happy to hear about Skyward. Another four non-cosmere books that pushed back W&W4 like a Coinshot pushes some bullet casings. I decided not to read them. No way! But storm this forum. Sharders convinced me to pick up Skyward. And rust and ruin... I LOVED it. Ok. Now, I have to wait for these four books as well before dying. I'll get very old as long as I have Brandon Sanderson's books to look forward to.

Colorful playground? Great idea But I also doubt it. Still waiting for the jet-black obsidian fortress to show up though.

I'd rather she seeks help from her grandmother than doing reckless things. But I am sure we will get more information on what's happened since the end of book 1 and judging from Brandon Sanderson's other books, I'm confident it will be satisfying. Regarding the pilots.. Shouldn't there be lots of higher born pilots that washed out due to their families interests? Like Spensa's teammate (I forgot the name) that got promoted just to drop out? Or as Jerkface would have after a year or so flying to gain a certain reputation. Maybe some of those people came back?

I really enjoyed the whole newsletter (including incredible cute closet kitty ). Oh except that we have to wait longer for Starsight. But I agree with @king of nowhere. More questions than answers. Also I didn't expect that Spensa is not able to replicate the FTL jump. But in retrospect, I guess it's necessary for storytelling reasons. I am really looking forward to December.

I understand that some people don't read preview chapters or even short excerpts Brandon reads. However, I don't even try to resist. I don't think we will get too spoilery readings so early. I also really loved the weekly preview chapters that have been published on tor.com a few weeks before Oathbringer came out. And I am very happy that

Can't wait! Btw. Brandon did a short SA 4 reading: https://wob.coppermind.net/events/386/#e12628 I am so excited!

Granted. But now you can’t see the color blue anymore. I wish for a recipe for poppy seed muffins (do you @Kelsier'sGodComplex or anybody else actually have one they could share?)

I really hope this information is correct. Amazon has already proven to provide false release dates regarding other series and I don't have other, more reliable sources. The ebook fits well in my bag - I have no problem there. But I own all Cosmere books in mass market paperback and it feels so wrong not to have OB standing next to them.

There was some discussion whether a mass market paperback will be released for Oathbringer. The books huge size alone might be a problem. However, Amazon recently listed a new paperback version to be released on August 27 (at least amazon Germany). Book size: 10.5 x 5.1 x 17.1 cm.

The outlining progress bar is still on 40% (Starsight 3rd draft is at 100% though - thanks that somebody here convinced me to read Skyward. Now, I have another series to wait for).

What exactly did Brandon Sanderson spoil about the back five books? He is quite close mouthed in my opinion. Lift grows up. Ok. That's spoilerish. But also obvious. She needs to grow up - something she never thought would happen due to her visit to the Nightwatcher. Her book will be #6. Chances are very high she survives till then. Afterwards? No one knows. It fascinates me (in a bit disturbing way) that this discussion is still going on. I think many here try to help @LerasiumMistborn by showing that the too narrow perspective on WoB regarding Dalinar is flawed. But that's not helping. So what would? We can't convince you @LerasiumMistborn that the "waste of Dalinar Kholin" is not set in stone. You won't convince us that SA is unreadable due to Dalinar's imminent death. What is your goal in this discussion? Warning Dalinar fans? Or maybe seeking (deep down) a reason to still read on? (my question is meant totally serious, not to mock you)

I agree that some things might not work perfectly for some people (I, for instance, don't like the Amaram conclusion), but in the long run it will be better that Brandon sometimes changes his mind. Eshonai was not able to tell the story that Brandon wants to tell. I liked her character a lot, but if Brandon had dragged her along, it may have been worse than killing her off. If you read e.g. Mythwalker, you will see why certain elements just did not work in the story, but became very interesting elements in Warbreaker, Mistborn and SA. I think it is premature to say a character is wasted, before we know how the story continues. We can discuss whether Venli or Eshonai serves the story better (I think that is already being discussed in other threads with good reasons provided by both sides). But Dalinar's story is not over yet.

I don't think Brandon Sanderson killed off Eshonai because he wanted to twist the story. I think he has good reasons why moving on the story with Venli as listener Radiant fits better than doing so with Eshonai. On his website you can read chapters of some books that never have been published. You can see how some elements of the stories are reused in published books. Usually these elements are changed somehow. Before the change, the story did not work, but Brandon knows how to write and how to revise books. Maybe he will reveal his reasons for certain changes in the SA later on (although I'm not a writer, I find it very interesting to read these old versions and experience flaws and changes). Maybe not. But I'm sure they exist. Will Brandon Sanderson make mistakes? Well.. He is human after all (I think). Will he make huge mistakes such as killing of characters just for unexpected twists and shocks? I don't think so. Judging by other books, I'd say that's not his style.

Yes. I really believe that there is more to death in the Cosmere as just being gone. Other books provide ample evidence. But it is not a question of believe, but of how to state your beliefs. I agree with @Chaos that you sometimes present facts rather than what you believe in prior comments, although you made yourself more clear by now. We can argue for hours on what we believe. For me it was just important to see that Dalinar's death is not a given fact. I love to read his story in any way, but knowing such things before the book is even written would be a disappointment for me. That's why I reacted quite strongly to your quite factual statements in this other thread (these postings have been hidden by now). I will read books 4 and 5 (if I have the chance). I can offer you to spoil Dalinar's survival for you after the books are written, so that you might be able to read them as well ...

I'm really happy these WoBs are now out in the open. They have been the basis of much discussion in other threads. By now I do understand (though I don't share) your @LerasiumMistborn pessimism. Your emotional link to Dalinar is very strong and you fear his death. Instead of rafo, you really convinced yourself that Brandon spoiled his death already so that there is no need to read further. There is a chance that Dalinar dies. You are not willing to take that risk even if you miss the chance reading a glorious story. I get the risk aversion. I am OK with it. However, you should really avoid stating your perception as facts. In the other thread I really believed you that Brandon has outright spoiled a character's death in a private message. It shocked me. So please be more careful in the future and try to understand that there is a different way of interpreting these WoBs than yours. Same as others try to understand your disappointment and fear.

Now I'm really hungry. And there's nothing in my fridge that could substitute for a chullburger. Thanks a lot

Does it have to be Shin? Or just related to Szeth? I'm picturing him reading fanfiction and hiding it from the rest of the crew...