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oathbringer Shallan and psychoanalysis
HalfPint Hobgoblin replied to HalfPint Hobgoblin's topic in Stormlight Archive
Oh most definitely. His theories are not taken seriously at all really. The only real important thing he pioneered was the idea of childhood repression. (but even that people don’t take it quite as far as he does) I’m not saying it’s accurate to life in any way or even what Brandon was intending. I just thought there were some interesting parallels. -
(I hope I raged the spoilers right ) So I had a thought. Shallan three distinct personas kind of line up really well with Freudian psychoanalysis. In psychoanalysis there are three distinct levels of consciousness. The Id (the unconscious desires and motivations), the super ego (the higher moral self) and the ego (an intermediary between the two). Veil is the Id. She has all of the aggression and sexuality that Shallan try’s to repress. All of her underlying desires. (A great example of this is her attraction to Kaladin) Radiant is the Super ego. She embodies the higher ideals that Shallan feels society expects from her. She is the higher lawful self. and Shallan is the ego. An intermediary between the two that comes up with comprises to both. Does anybody know if this was intentional on Brandon’s part? It fits really well to me and is pretty interesting. Freud also developed the ideas of repressed childhood trauma which Shallan has a lot of.
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Nice theory! That definitely makes a lot of sense to me. Lifebrother could be the shin name for the god of the mountains. And since we know the Sibling is connected to Urithiru (which is in the freaking mountains) it’s pretty feasible to me that they are the same figure
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So I was rereading WOK in preparation for November and I came across an interesting line from Mr. T “Sometimes I wonder if the Lifebrother himself sent you to me.” Do we know anything about the Lifebrother? Because that sounds an awful lot like a strong contender for the name of “The Sibling”. It fits the naming scheme. Stormfather, Nightwatcher, and Lifebrother. They seem to go well together. Plus you know “brother” and “Sibling”. It just seems perfect to me.