jamesbondsmith

I don't think it's actually a bond in the same sense as the Nahel bond, which is done consciously. Unless I'm mistaken, the fourth Ideal is sworn to the spren that makes your blade, not your plate. From memory, the spren people theorise make the plate are full-on swarms of them. It would stand to reason that taking that many spren would require them to be lesser.

I'm just imagining a Coinshot version of the peasant railgun

I thought it was implied as heavily as an tank that Plate is made out of 'lesser' spren than the Nahel bond spren. Kaladin being surrounded by windspren (which are basically explicitly stated to be similar enough to honorspren that Syl effectively is one when unbonded) and Dalinar by gloryspren might be a red herring, but they'd still need to be doing something. AS people said above, they probably don't scream because they don't 'think' like the Nahel spren, and unless we learn something more, there isn't actually a bond between Plate spren and Radiants

I thought it was fairly clearly implied it's because he's a Horneater? From memory he's the only Horneater we see a lot of (I'm currently doing a re-read but only barely into WOR), and they are human/singer hybrids. We've seen Parshendi jump chasms with only their own strength that humans require Shardplate to do. It stands to reason he'd be stronger.

Perhaps the Nightwatcher's oaths will be something like 'I will foster growth in all things', like growing a society instead of letting it stagnate or go backwards. I like the idea of each 'godspren' having oaths that tie into their associated Shard, but I'm not sure if uniting people is inherently honourable. Taking responsibility for your actions definitely seems honourable, though. I feel like the general perception is that the Sibling is either related to Odium or a mix of Cultivation and Honor, and your idea works better for the latter. Using the dictionary definition of Odium as hatred based on someone's actions, perhaps an Odium Bondsmith oath might be 'I will create and enact just laws for all'. I know this seems very Skybreaker-ish, but I was thinking more along the lines of the legislative, lawmaking side of law (or perhaps the judicial, trial judge side, but that's a little more Skybreaker). The idea of bring order out of chaos might work here too. It might also explain Nale's fanatic devotion to Ishar's command to kill Radiants, if Skybreakers follow laws set down by Bondsmiths. Uniting disparate people into a society, then making laws for that society and growing them into a prosperous culture does seem to tie into the 'guiding' nature of Bondsmiths.

Anyone else reckon Silence Divine will be postponed/abandoned, given the current climate?

Seems OK, except Shalash/Ash was the patron of the Lightweavers, so I don't see how she would represent the Dustbringers, unless she went one step beyond Nale by joining a Radiant order while being patron of another.

I gave him a very high-pitched, very Cockney accent while in the sheath. Maybe like Ray Winstone on helium.

Not a quote so much as a passage, but I think the chapter where Wayne makes drinks for everyone in a bar and thinks of it as if he's a priest leading a sermon was one of my favourite parts of the whole series (I think it would be Shadows of Self).

I'm kind of imagining a Vorin harmonica player, playing the stereotypical blues licks while sitting in a cart.

This is my first post that's not a reply to someone else, so hopefully I'm not woefully ignorant about how to do this. I keep seeing the theory that Hoid is trying to get the magic systems of the Shards to pool their investiture and remake Adonalsium, and I feel like this is on the right track. However, unless I've misinterpreted, pretty much everyone is under the impression that this will be Adonalsium as it once was, uber-powerful deity of the whole cosmere. We know that Shards influence their vessels as time goes on, to the point that you are unable to act against its Intent if you hold it for long enough. For example Preservation is unable to destroy Ruin, even as Ruin does what he does and goes against Preservation's intent to, well, preserve. I'd think that an all-consuming purpose that prevented you from fulfilling that all-consuming purpose would be a significant drawback. What if Adonalsium was in a similar position, where the absolute level of power it wielded meant it couldn't act when it really needed to? I know that the Intents were meant to be part of a much more cohesive whole, what with Odium being 'God's own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context'. That can mean that all the Intents in one being would basically make a functional 'person'. This may work against the theory of Adonalsium being 'paralysed' by conflicting Intents, but unless I'm mistaken we don't know an awful lot for certain about the Shattering or the cosmere before it. Wax goes off at Harmony for being inactive, and Harmony talks about his original conflicting Intents meaning he has trouble doing anything. It's possible that putting all the other Intents together would balance it out, or it could just exacerbate the problem. It might also parallel the real world idea criticism of God being all-powerful/benevolent/knowing, yet not taking a more active role in the world (I'm not trying to debate the merits of that idea, just using an example). My theory is that for some reason (possibly the one stated above) Hoid is trying to gain a Connection to all the Shards, but not so much that he will be constrained by their Intents. He would become one of the most powerful beings in the Cosmere, if only due to the breadth of his power, but would still able to act according to his own will. I know this is pretty much the normal 'Hoid is gathering the Shards' theory, but I feel that the smaller scale is the key to the point I'm making.

A good chunk of these came from a fancast that I saw and couldn't get out of my head: https://www.tor.com/2016/11/02/dream-casting-brandon-sandersons-the-way-of-kings/ Also, just wanted to point out that Brandon apparently based the Alethi description on Asian/Brazilian ethnic models, and I see so many fancasts where everyone becomes super white. Admittedly, some of these don't quite fit into the ethnic mould either. Dalinar: Ken Watanabe Kaladin: Steven Yeun (probably too old) Jasnah: Morena Baccarin (especially in her Inara sort of costumes) Navani: Lucy Liu Wit: Tom Hiddleston (I imagine him pretty much looking as he does as Loki) Szeth: My mental image keeps giving me One Punch Man, which isn't exactly translating into a live action actor, but still Teft: Liam Cunningham Nale: Idris Elba (I reckon he can pull off the insane serial-killer-masquerading-as-lawman role) Taln: Maybe Djimon Honsou A few of the other major characters are people I've seen around in real life, or in bit parts in movies/tv shows that were so small I can't think of a name. Edit: Possibly Tadanobu Asano for Amaram. He played Hogun Thor and the villain in 47 Ronin, which is where I can imagine the smarminess coming from

Some of these are way too old, but it's how I pictured them. Vin: Felicity Jones (like I said, way too old) Kelsier: Stephen Amell Clubs: Brendan Gleeson (somehow any grizzled scarred veteran becomes Mad Eye Moody in my head) Sazed: Danny John-Jules (Cat from Red Dwarf, if anyone is wondering. Again, possibly too old, but I'm not sure if there was an age specified for him) Breeze: Alex Bellamy (the merchant captain from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) Ham: Vinnie Jones (it'd be fun seeing him being super intellectual)

Is there actually WoB that Vin or Kelsier are savants? All I can remember is Vin being smaller meant she could focus the power in less area (like stabbing someone with the pointy end of a knife vs the blunt end of the hilt) and Kelsier's 'specialty' being iron/steel.

My theory is similar to this. Something along the lines of 'I will protect those I can/should, even at the expense of others'. I think the last part is the key. We've seen him kill enemies, yes, but from memory (I haven't read Oathbringer since it came out and I'm not all that far into my re-read) it wasn't until pretty late that he sees Parshendi as people to be protected. He'll also have to make the decision to wilfully abandon certain people in order to save others. Bonus drama points if everyone involved is someone he personally wants to protect.

I'd argue that the US has pretty horrific income inequality, which makes it a pretty good analogue to Era 2 Scadrial (but possibly not the way that you're implying). The Basin is so fertile that no-one has bothered to figure out how to irrigate the Roughs, which I'm presuming means many outside the Basin have to put more effort into subsistence. I'm not sure we know much for certain about the economic status of other planets. Roshar has multiple nations, Sel has several nations as well (including one with enough resources to go on a quest of world domination), whereas Scadrial has one economically unequal region and another that we don't know all that much about economically.

One of the things I like about magic/superpower stories is how they affect daily life (I guess it's a bit like literary fiction which focuses on every tiny detail of the characters life, except in a world where they can telekinetically control metal or soulcast one thing into another). Technology affects our daily lives, so it would be interesting to see how it affected the Cosmere

Hey everyone, long time listener first time caller. One of my theory is that Hoid is trying to become kind of a mini-Adonalsium. We know that he is going around picking up magic systems from various Shardworlds. We also know that holding onto a Shard in its entirety for long enough will erode your ability to act in ways that are contrary to the Shard's intent. What if Adonalsium was unable to act against some threat, due to the immense power it holds? This inability may even be the reason for the Shattering. Sure, the new Shardbearers picked up one Shard and left, but they perhaps either weren't aware of the real reason or they believed that 16 portions among 16 people would be sufficient. Hoid might be trying to gather enough Investiture to become a lesser version of Adonalsium in order to fight this threat. He would still have immense power (or at least immense flexibility of power in a universe where most people have access to comparatively few forms of magic), but be able to act according to his own will. There is a potential flaw in that the Intents are described as being essentially bits of a more cohesive whole (Odium is described as 'God's own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context'). However, this wouldn't be the first time that Cosmere characters have accused gods of being inactive in the world (i.e. Wax to Harmony) or even people in the real world accusing God of not using His power to protect people. I don't think we have much concrete information on the Shattering and why it happened, so we don't really know if Adonalsium was able to act in accordance with its wishes or not (assuming it is a being with a will). Hopefully I haven't made something completely wrong or copied someone else's theory by accident.