Frustration

I just did my first WoK reread and I skipped Shallan entirely, until I went back looking for a quote about Dawnshards, personally I almost felt I was looking at a dead-eyes, the hook was beautiful, but had lost its charm after the first run so if rereads work for you to ahead skip Shallan I didn't miss much, if at all, but if your like me, just go through to find greater Cosmere references and Szeth, always Szeth.

Perhapse conspiring with known murderers without permission from her superiors.

Well IF that happens Shallan will get Nightblooded for treason.

I just found something that could be relevant in the ARS ARCANUM at the end of WoK we find this quote "I'm not certain yet how the ten levels of Voidbinding or it's cousin the Old Magic fit into this paradigm,[chart of essences] if indeed they can. My research suggests that indeed, there should be another series of abilities that is even more esoteric than the Voidbindings." This could be in reference to Surgebinding as that isn't specifically mentioned, but I think that it is indeed the Dawnshards. esoteric is of note, meaning rare or belonging to few, which doesn't do use much help but I felt it could be relevant. Another thing I noticed is this is reminding me of Mistborn spoilers

Personally I think the reason I don't want Adolin to become a raidiant is that he feels almost too normal, and giving him full powers on top of that feels wrong, but there is a very easy way Brandon can fix this. Anger. Adolin killed Sadeas in the heat of the moment, in his anger, if Adolin where to have some more anger issues, maybe taking his frustration that Maya won't revive fully out on others, then at the climax of his arc he lets his anger go and restores her. (It could also be that if I were to meet Adolin in real life we wouldn't get along at all.)

In WoK chapter 46 Titled CHILD OF TANAVAST the Stormfather calls Kaladin "CHILD OF TANAVAST. CHILD OF HONOR. CHILD OF ONE LONG SINCE DEPARTED." Here he says Child of Tanavast first and specifically mentions it three times, there is something here I can feel it.

The Title is Honor, The Tower Uritiru The crown the Shard, the spear is Syl. Kal will not be a king, but a Shard.

well yes exactly. Also I have a hard time believing Renarin had time to say Thee Ideals between WoR and OB

I personally am of the opinion that rules that apply to one order do not apply to all, Bondsmiths don't have blades, Lightweavers only have one true oath, and I also think that Skybreakers get plate on the 5th ideal, Lightweavers, Truthwatchers, and Dustbringers get blades before third Ideal.

Division seems to only be used to turn thing to dust and smoke but I feel it would have other uses this is one of the things my brain puts together, I think this probably would be possible, Cultivation in particular would probably think of division this way.

I want Maya revived, I wouldn't be too upset, maybe even glad if Adolin could draw stormlight, maybe even get plate, but I refuse to give him surges, or at least really handicapped ones, making him a full Raidient feels wrong.

I've noticed something that doesn't add up, and has causes me to wonder, is Odium actually Odium. Odium(the word) is intense hatred, not something I've really seen from him except maybe against the other shards. Furthermore by WoB Odium(Shard) wants to splinter the other shards to be the guy on top. Interestingly that reasoning seems to reflect Ambition, which if you look at where Odium has been he leaves traces of Ambition in the cultures there, Shu-Dereth on Sel, and Vorinism on Roshar both talk with awe about Ambition. So either Odium isn't Odium but instead Ambition this has two versions, 1.Ambition won the Odium Ambition fight, and Odiums vessel was the one killed, or Odium actually took up Ambition as well. Ambition(Vessleless) is following Odium for some reason I can't understand

To an extent your right my earlier Ends don't justify the means is however misrepresented in your post but I will move past that, you still persist with "gray" morality but have yet to show me a character that doesn't fall into one or the other you mentioned Kelisier killing people he didn't need to but forget that he was raised in a society where that was accepted, it wasn't right on any way but he has been tainted by years of corrupt, and outright evil living, no matter how good you are to start a human can't help but reflect if only slightly the attitudes that surround them. My point is that you can't find a character who isn't acrosed the boundary of good and evil no one is undefinable.

But they inhabit only one at a time, that's my point, you can change but that doesn't change the fact that morality is a binary system. A person can't be both good and evil. That as I have already stated is an act of evil, blurring the line of morality allows evil to recover itself and pretend it is good. Stalin wanted Utopia a good end, but the means was murdering 20,000,000. Now tell me does any end justify that?

When Brandon talks about investiture he says it usually manifests as solid, liquid, or gas. I do note that plasma is not mentioned. Also plasma would probably shock the people using it, so Kal would be deep fried if it where plasma, so, either gas, or maybe magic Photons(J.K that has no evidence at all).

Not being perfectly good doesn't mean you can't be a good person, if you try to help people you are a good person, even if you do mess up and on occasion hurt someone. What I'm saying is that the Idea that good and evil are 100%, and everything less is a gray middle zone is wrong, good and bad are like two bordering countries you can't be in this neutral ground you are either in one or the other. The blurring is an act of evil trying to excuse itself, the ends don't justify the means.

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I personally would like the books to be longer I get through them in about a week.

The world is black and white, Hitler was Evil no one would say otherwise(unless you are really messed up,) A person is always good or evil some might be less evil, or good, and some might be in the prosses of changing, making a mistake doesn't make you evil, nor does unintentionally helping someone make you good, you can't do the wrong thing for the right reason, that is not the action of a good person. Feel free to debate the point, but that is my stance.

It also says that stamping someone to be themselves has never been done don't be too quick to rule out the possibility.

Yes, but the stamp is supposed to make Ashravan himself, not someone similar, like restoring lifeless with their own breath, it's easier and smother that way, and in my mind permanent.

Szeth: former critic now most Zealous minister.

Does the name J. R. R. Tolkien mean nothing to you?

I feel Brandon is almost shooting himself in the foot not using particular writing aspects, in particular: Soft Magic(I know it pops up in some instances, but I would like a little more) Evil victories, I honestly feel this needs to come up at some point in fantasy because everyone is starting to fall into the mindset that the hero's always win. There are probably more, what would you like to see Brandon use in his writing?

Two problems with this, Not all orders get their blade at the third Ideal, Shallan, and Renarin and The Diagram Dustbringer all seem to have theirs before the third Ideal. Now correct me if I'm wrong but I think the orders get their plate at different times, Jasnah spoke about it almost as fifth Ideal so did the Skybreakers when they were teaching Szeth.