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Karger

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  1. It could be a lot of things. I personally think that it is actually a different puzzle box each time but that most of the people around him are too stupid to notice it keeps changing.
  2. She can also corrupt oathgate spren who are true spren and(as far as we know) have never been bonded or broken.
  3. Mandolorian arc is great right out of the gate. The while watching Mortis you feel at first like it is some kind of surreal video game until you stop and think about it.
  4. It is made from Odium's investiture and is controlled by him to destroy human infrastructure and people. Dalinar can likely sense its malicious intent.
  5. George is not working on the Mandolorian. Filoni is. After a public outcry about how badly he had been wasted previously. I much prefer the Mandolorian arc. The Mortis arc is only really good on rewatch.
  6. I actually personally agree with your first supposition. I just wanted to give the other side of the argument some merit.
  7. They are also extraordinarily stupid. It could go either way. For example aluminum weapons do not give atium shadows.
  8. How do I chose between the awesomeness of Dalinar and the amazingness of Jasnah? Also why is Navani not on the list?
  9. Your experiences are not representative. Considering most of the people who actually worked on clone wars hatted the prequel movies and were covering for GL's massive mistakes. No I am not really inclined to give him much credit. They also use plot points from Filoni's show
  10. That is actually an overstatement. Or that they shape new ideas or change their mindsets to solve problems.
  11. I still kind of want him to be an old battle ax.
  12. As apposed to what we have now which is the crotchety old grandpa.
  13. Why? Kind of. More like best solution for everyone vs good solution us.
  14. Ham is the obvious choice. I would also like Clubs as a women.
  15. Neither were targeted at my demographic. Even so Rebels had some awesome moments. I thought all the episodes were excellent. He can draw from multiple sources. Otherwise it would be a documentary.
  16. I actually thought that this one was a bit sub par but thanks anyway. Next one will be Truthwatcher.
  17. Alright Everyone. Per the request of @Honorless and @Truthwatcher_17.5 I am doing the next in my series of Radiant ideals on Elsecallers. For those of you who don't know I believe that Radiant Oaths (with the exception of Lightweavers) follow a pattern. The first ideal is constant, the second is about service, the third is about fairness, the fourth is about trust and the fifth is about the ultimate goal. This belief fuels all of my oath theories. Keep in mind while we have seen Jasnah since book one the Elsecallers are still an order little about compared to some of the others. As such I am much less comfortable speculating then normal. The first ideal for Elsecallers is of course the same "Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination." This is always the first ideal. After this however we have to speculate. The second ideal pretty consistently deals with service. The main services that Elsecallers provide are good advice and careful preparation. Jasnah for example is always a source of good advice even for people such as Dalinar. She is also always ready for nearly anything, "I will give good advice" is not an ideal(sorry bearded old men). Everyone tries to give advice pretty much all the time. Let us instead look at the other actions Jasnah takes. Jasnah is famous and using for being willing to kill. People who are threatening her family yes but also nearly a member of her family. So what is the common link? I think the answer can be found in maximin strategy. Under maximin strategy the goal is to be in the best possible situation when in the worst possible position. In the position Jasnah was in Renarin had not yet been established as a danger. However Jasnah and Ivory both thought killing him was the best option. I believe the reason was quite simple. Renarin could be a danger and eliminating him would have been one less possible danger to worry about(yes she decided not to but we will get to that latter). As such I think the second ideal of Elsecallers is "I search for all dangers and take appropriate actions to counter them." The third ideal according to my pattern will deal with fairness or at least judgement. Contrary to their reputation's Elsecallers are as capable or empathy, fear, anger, or mistake as anyone else. Despite being cautious even the wisest and most careful people make mistakes. In order to take action and not either be paralyzed by paranoia or lash out in fear an Elsecaller must have some way to decide if eliminating danger is worthwhile. Of the many many different ways of deciding this in political economy I think that Public choice, or public choice theory would appeal most to people as realpolitik as the Elsecallers. To state this theory in ideal form this would say. "I will look at the realistic potential outcome of any important action before making it." The fourth ideal should deal with fairness. In this I am actually aided by an in book example. Jasnah according to her first three oaths should probably kill her cousin. It would remove a potential danger and the amount of damage he could do greatly out ways the positive impact he could have on the battlefield. However Jasnah chooses otherwise. This may be the start of her oath four journey or perhaps she swears it here but regardless she chooses differently to everyone's shock including her own. Unlike many I dislike the belief that a reliance on logic in decision making is dangerous or unemotional. Sometimes "because they love each other" is not a good reason. Still Elsecaller's do have to deal with others. In their efforts to destroy dangers an Elsecaller may forget that the people or problems being destroyed are still people. Us vs Them mentality is a plague on the careful planners of the all places. This WoB indicates that an Elsecaller thinks of the species not simply a group. Their goal is to enhance their own agenda not to hamper other people. As such I think an Elsecaller's fourth ideal is "I will not stop looking for the best solution for everyone." The final oath seems to be about the destination. The destination of Elsecallers seems to be eliminating problems. However problems that plague a system do not go away until a better system is found. However changing systems is dangerous. As such I think that the Elsecaller's final ideal is "I will take action so that we can have progress." You can find my pattern of radiant oaths theory here.
  18. It is likely tied up somewhere in the 2nd ideal. Actually inventing something useful requires a great deal of persistence.
  19. About the same.
  20. Even if they feel deserving the actual toxins that cause the pain will be quickly removed so the pain will quickly go away.
  21. Granted you live in a magical world. I wish for a 12.95$ amazon gift card
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