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No I haven't. I went through the recent QF and the ongoing MR (which seems to be quite exciting), so I've kinda got an idea.

Ahh, got it. Thanks!

Um, what exactly are these? Can you give some examples?

Ahh yes, I did find the find thread by myself, but well, it's closed lol. I can understand why. Cheers, thanks!

Thanks for clearing that up! I'll drop a PM if anything is unclear.

Totally agree with you. Kaladin seems to step back respect their relationship and not want to hurt Adolin. Shallan wants to uphold the causal betrothal. But that's the thing, I wanted to see more interactions between them. It's not what they had, but they could have been. They had potential. I'm not particularly mad about the choice she makes, but rather how quickly she does it. This part particularly annoyed me. Kaladin might not know her, but that goes for Adolin too. Look how quickly she makes this decision. One minute she's about to approach Kaladin, and the next she makes this unconvincing statement and chooses Adolin? It seems like she convinces herself that she loves him but really wants an anchor and stability. It's not "Adolin knows me", it's "I know Adolin". By choosing Kaladin at this point, she'd be heading into the unknown, and that's not what she wants right now. But a relationship with Adolin is not the right answer either. She relationship with him is not completely genuine. The ketek at the end of Oathbringer literally points this out as - "Defying truth, love". Again, not sure if it's meant to be taken seriously, but it's written by Jasnah, who has astute observation skills. Reach? Maybe.

Absolute newbie here. Both to the forum as well as the game. So.. I've read the rules but how does this work? I give a character name but you guys assign the allomantic/feruchemical power and the party the character belongs to? Anyways I'm in, and I'd to take on the name of TJ Shade.

I'm not talking about her giving it to Kaladin. I'm talking about her using the blade to cut steps on the wall of the chasm. With respect to the quote from the book, I mean... I inferred it as she's trying to convince a part of herself. She obviously loves flying very much (as seen on the way to Kholinar) and even makes an illusion of Adolin as a windrunner. Again, I'm not saying she didn't use it before. She's terribly disturbed after using it to kill Tyn. In the chasm, she even thanks her blade while making her way up the chasm wall. Now maybe I'm overthinking it and using it to fit my narrative, but c'mon! Let a guy believe xD Couldn't have asked for a better way to get introduced, haha! There is! I happen to be a huge fan of Leo (from Heroes of Olympus). I made the username for some other forum long back. I means something related to fire translated to Greek (I don't exactly remember it specifically). I've been using the name in other places ever since. Thanks! I love Sebarial and Palona! They're perfect for each other, and they are hilarious. Palona is this perfect mother hen for Shallan (even more so than Navani). I like Navani and Dalinar as well. They are the power couple of SA. I'm very curious to see her reaction after she reads his Oathbringer. Also, any Bridge Four romance. Skar and Lyn. Drehy and Dru. Rock and his family. Every one of them deserve to be happy. So does Kaladin. But I fear any future relationship will feel shallow since they won't see him as a person, but rather as a KR. That's why I liked Shalladin so much, since they open themselves to each other as humans. So the fact that they are KR is largely irrelevant to them. This is further supported by Shallan's thoughts about Kaladin. She never thinks he's too powerful, or anything of the sorts. She always focused on his compassionate side. Anyway, this back and forth seems to serve nothing. It's unlikely and either of the sides will change their opinion about it. Nevertheless, I enjoyed a good discussion. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Anyone else thinks Sja-anat is the Sibling? It's possible the Sibling became corrupt with some power and now she's forced to corrupt the spren. If not, why does she not want to harm the Radiants?

Gotta be AonDor from Sel. I loved the concept of Allomancy in Mistborn but the fact that it is hereditary and the fact that Mistborn gets a huge advantage above regular mistings make me dislike it a bit. AonDor is random, which I love, but is also based on persistent and constant practice and study of Aons. I like that a person has to study to learn how to use a power, which is quite unique, rather than just been given a power on a platter. Well, I guess we ARE getting into this. My point still stands despite her not creating the Radiant persona yet. She shows visible discomfort at wielding Patternblade (earlier in WoR) against Tyn. But with Kaladin, she does so without any hesitation. Later, when Adolin wants her to use it, she's forced to create the persona because she didn't want Adolin to see the real her. If she felt that way with Kaladin, then she would've created that persona in the chasms itself. Well to be fair, he said he wishes he could do the same, and that whatever she's doing, it's working. He says this from his point to view, wishing he could move on from his pain, though, obviously, she took it in the wrong light. I'm not saying it's her fault, but it's not totally his either.

Well, the character I root for the most is Kaladin. Poor fellow, how much more sorrow does he have to go through before he's happy? If anyone deserves a happy ending, it should be him. In terms of character progression and growth, it's got to be Dalinar. Literal chills when he denied Odium his pain. Didn't particularly care for Jasnah until that moment of compassion for Renarin, so I'm excited to see more of her, especially her flashbacks. I loved Lift's interaction with everyone so far, and I'm eager for more. BS writes a mean redemption arc so I'm excited for more Szeth as well!

Well.. different folks, different strokes. But I refuse to accept the beautiful chasm scene amounted to nothing in the end, despite Sanderson's best attempts to complete squash all my hopes xD

Heyya folks! I was introduced to Brandon Sanderson while reading the Wheel of Time series though it wasn't until recently that I dived into his own works. I just finished the majority of cosmere (except a few novellas here and there). I started with Elantris and have just finished reading Oathbringer. So this post is basically a rant about how Oathbringer ending was unsatisfactory. I mean, how can one write such powerful and brilliant story arc for Dalinar and just gloss over the whole Shallan/Kaladin/Adolin thing in the same book? On one hand we have a powerful piece on a redeemed man, and the other part is just..rushed? One need not look any further than the chasm scene when Shallan uses Shardblade to help Kaladin without any qualms or hesitancy, or without resorting to her Radiant persona. Isn't this a true indication that her personalities merge into true Shallan when she's with Kaladin? This is further supported by her scholarly discussions with him (the flying chasmfiend theory, for instance) without having doubts whether scholarly pursuit is indeed Shallan's aim or Radiant's. Therein lies the problem since she merges into true Shallan around him, Kaladin can't see her fragmented parts and hence cannot understand her problem. So... the ending? Intentionally bad or just rushed through to end the triangle headache? Anyways, I'm not here to start another Shalladin/Shadolin debate. Storm knows there's a ton of those here. It was just nagging me, and I found this outlet. I'm just here to say hi. So...hey!