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I'm thinking about Kaladin's death somewhere near the end of the series.

That's not what Adolin himself thinks of situation. I wanted to bring the quote, but someone already did it. Adolin doesn't want to be a King, because he does not want to make his life difficult, to take responsibilities and sacrifice his "free time". Dalinar is not good at politics. He could find someone to do it instead of carrying all responsibilities alone, but he decided to be better, do beyond his comfort zone and learn something new, something even unnatural to him. And he did learn well. When Dalinar is asked why he is doing this he answered simply "because I need to". That's his duties. Even if he doesn't want/like it, which he clearly stated. This is responsibility. Adolin never goes beyond his comfort zone and never even try. That's why he's never had any responsibilities in his entire life. Another good example is in the first book when he insulted Dalinar and shouted at him in from of his men, unintentionally forced Dalinar to think about abdication, then realized what exactly did he do and what does it mean for him. Once he realizes it means he's the one to become a Highprince and hold responsibilities (and no free time for wine, girls and magazines) he immediately begs Dalinar to change his mind. That's Adolin's "responsibility".

But that's the thing. That's the reason I think he is irresponsible. Taking responsibilities means you agreeing to do your duties even if you don't like them. As long as it is your duty you must do it. Adolin takes responsibilities he likes and refuses to take those he does not like. This is IRresponsibility. He is immature. Dalnar does not want to carry responsibility for the entire human population of Roshar. He does not want to be a diplomat. He does not want to sit on meetings with world leaders. But he does, because he needs to do it. This is his duty, no matter how hard it is, no matter how much he does not want to do it. Adolin refuses to be a king, because he does not want this responsibility, because as he has said himself, he would not have enough free time for entertaining. Dueling is not his responsibility, it is his hobby. He agrees to do something as long as he enjoys the activity, but he never goes beyond his comfort zone like, again, Dalinar. Courting Shallan is not...responsibility either.

Unique character. Not even a main protagonist, not even have a character arc and yet probably the most discussed (well, not in a positive manner) character of all of them. Just...how? I wanted to write something about him and realized I just can't find words. There's nothing to discuss. He's so shallow. Most likely Sanderson added him into the books for merely narrative purpose and somehow he started to pull so strong emotions, posituve and negative, out of readers. As for his personal qualities: there's not much it him. Couldn't stand him in the first book because of his treatment of Dalinar. Later books cemented my opinion on him: lazy, spoiled, irresponsible.

Lol. Classic. "Adolin is gonna die and Kaladin will take Shallan, because no way Kaladin doesn't get a girl" Who cares that Sanderson was building Adolin/Shallan since book 2. "Dalinar is gonna die and Kaladin will take the Stormfather, because no way Kaladin doesn't get the most powerful spren on Roshar" Who cares that Sanderson was building Dalinar/Stormfather bond/relationship since book 1. "Everyone is gonna die and Kaladin will take everything from everyone, because no way Kaladin doesn't have all the power on this planet." Who cares that he's not the only one character in this story. Funny how people want to turn Kaladin into unsympathetic embodiment of Mary Sue.

For some reasons Adolin is very unsympathetic character for me. Adolin is 24, he's a grown man, but he has no responsibilities, he is immature and shallow. He claims that he doesn't want to take King's responsibilities because if he does so he won't have enough free time for entertaining. I mean, this is his own words. In comparison with backstories of some characters Adolin have had a normal life, and all speculations that it was the opposite sounds weird for me. Generally I don't enjoy Adolin. He's lack of depth. Both a character, and a person. I understand that Sanderson perhaps didn't bother to give him strong characteristics as he wanted to write a "light" hero to provide some balance. And as a person Adolin is just shallow. There's not much in him. He never thinks about...I don't know, about this world around him. Compare him with curious Shallan or thoughtful Dalinar and...I'd say I don't enjoy reading him. His povs are lack of everything. Lack of thoughts, lack of feelings. This story with dead spren in blade reeds like deus ex machina. Boring.

I usually don't pick favorites, as I tend not to relate to book characters. However, I can pick the most interesting, hence enjoyable for reading about. For me it's Dalinar. Least favorite is Kaladin, another sad anime character, boring and annoying.

And what's wrong with it? People here desire the most painful deaths for some characters, and even describe the process, but my pretty innocent comment is the worst?

I'm not a fan of happy endings, I like when characters sacrifice their lives during epic showdowns. I'd prefer such ending for Kaladin. Also Shallan. Because I don't like her.

Dalinar. Not only in SA, he is my favorite character in any book.

And I'm tired with Kaladin. He always gets so many chapter, but unfortunately, he's not interesting enough to handle it. I prefer to read Dalinar or Shallan more than him. So if Kaladin will die in book 5 to make room for more interesting in my opinion characters, I'll be only glad.