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Are we supposed to? Because that didn't seem like what the book was doing. And if he claimed that, explain how the book was trying to do it. WOuld have developing Ashravan helped the story, yes, but saying it's a flaw that they don't make the reader invested personally in the Emporer as a character doesn't make sense when both the book isn't attempting that, and the MC isn't technically personally invested in the Emporer, she's invested in her creation. Why? That's the whole issue is that he doesn't explain why her imprisonment had low stakes. I may very well agree with why he thinks that, but he doesn't explain it, which is infuriating if I went into this video thinking I was going to learn something about his points against TES. Definition of a review: a formal assessment or examination of something with the possibility or intention of instituting change if necessary. A review is not just a way to share your feelings. And my complaint is that he doesn't explain why he feels that way. I did not say his interpretation was invalid, I said his one argument that he didn't feel invested was crap because it can be used for a majority of content and implies you cannot be invested in a character if you know what is going to happen to them when re-reading is a concept. It's not a good argument, and he should have developed the point better. Don't start doing the whole 'everyone's opinion is equally valid' argument, if I said that Shai had murdered Gatona at the end of the book, I can't just say it's my opinion, that's factually wrong. if that's how he feels about the book, fine, but to say these are flaws isn't true with the points he's made, and I think he needs to develop them far more than he has.

So, the Emporer is meant to the be main character's motivations. The reader is not meant to be invested in his well-being because of his character, he doesn't have one. We are invested in whether or not the main character can get him back because we see the main character is getting progressively more and more invested in getting him back, which may start getting in the way of her escape plan and get her caught. It is an incredible feat that is built up throughout the novella as difficult, and we see that she was able to complete it through quite a bit of grinding (Gets college flashbacks). So, the lack of personal investment in the Emporer isn't really a flaw when it isn't even something that is intended. As for the main character, you do not give any good points on why you're not invested in the main character except that you 'knew' she would not die. While I admit that it was highly unlikely she would die in the book, that is not a very good point considering you can say that for many characters, not to say knowing a character will not die can't break an investment, but you need a little bit more than that, for an example of what I mean, having an immortal character in a very action-filled book, you're not going to be invested in the character's action scenes because you know he will survive them all, something else besides his life needs to be put at stake to get our investment. That doesn't really work here, though, as her life is very much in peril and she almost does die several times, only surviving through careful planning, and her relationship with Gaotona was very well done, if small. So you saying you're not very invested in the character is not informative or helpful and can be easily countered by me saying, 'I was invested in her'. You cannot really counter that, like how I cannot counter your lack of investment, but that doesn't really help anyone. Yes, you're not invested, but why, and again, the argument, I knew she would live, isn't very good. We often know that certain protagonists will live, part of the investment is HOW they manage to live. Like, you realize that if you read a book and know exactly every character that lives, I can still re-read it and be invested in those characters and their journey, right? You're argument is basically saying you can never re-read something and be invested because you know what will happen. And, I know this is meant to be a 'chill and short review' and that this is a small book, but you can talk a little bit more, mate. It's not like you're editing this. You just need to set up the camera, record, and then post, and I don't believe you're reading of a script either (Which isn't necessarily bad, but that also means that these should be easier to make than a scripted video.) You're skipping over a lot, and you can try and elaborate just a tad, talking for two or three more minutes is not that hard. Like, you did a series on Elantris, it can't be that hard to add a few minutes to an Emporer's Soul review when you're skipping a lot and barely saying anything. Put in a bit more effort, you clearly can. @Honorless This video does not do a good job of explaining any shortcomings, so don't know how this is refreshing.

Do remember that Odiums says that it's the intent of the agreement that matters, not the wording. I'm pretty sure BS added that so reader and theorists wouldn't be looking for loopholes in the wording. He hasn't had much luck, it appears.

It's difficult, though. It's like a tongue twister. try doing the Rlainarin five times fast and then try Renlain five times fast. One is clearly easier.

I think they would just store breath in Cadium minds and tap it individually for life support. And store food in Bendalloy minds.

Raboniel wasn't reminded of War, the tone meant War. That was the Rhythm's meaning and what the Shard would likely be once made.

Yeah, when Raboniel refers to Stormlight's rhythm, she refers to it as Honor's Tone, and Voidlight has Odium's Tone. Warlight was named after the Rhythm of War, which is its tone, which would imply that was what they would become of they combined. However, We know that the combination of Ruin and Preservation could have been Discord rather than Harmony, so there is a chance that if the two combined they would be something else than War, like Conflict.

WoB please? Also, Trell being Kell this is highly unlikely seeing as Kell made the bands and then sent his agents to get them without providing the information they would need and then seems to be actively threatening Scadrial with how his Kandra act. And again, tell has been confirmed to have been one of the Shards we know, or at least an avatar of one, and Kell is neither a shard nor an avatar. That WoB saying we'd know who they were is probably foreshadowing that it will be someone not from Scadrial that we know. yeah, what I believe is happening is that tell or someone representing Trell is trying to make her kill Wax and she is pushing back. Or perhaps Sazed? I believe Sazed said he could still speak to her with the one spike, so maybe Sazed is trying to tell her something and she's saying accusingly, you know he's just another pawn in your schemes'. But that is far less likely.

I think that's just referencing the holy version of the Almighties name.

I'm back! Really hope I get new ideas sooner than a few months, but you can't rush genius! Real talk, though, Honor's death and the Recreance in the timeline are a bit murky, especially since people are now saying 'the recreance took place over many years', which yes, many years led up to it, but there was one event where all the radiants decided to unbond their spren (Unless there was at first a small portion of radiants that decided to unbond their spren at first to send a message to the rest of the radiants in bit by bit, several groups started to follow their lead. That would explain how, in the vision of the men leaving their blades, assuming that is following reality, why they did it in front of a fort rather than literally anywhere else. They were making a show of it. Something to think about. Now back to the main topic). So, there is a theory that Honor's death is part of why spren, when unbonded, turn into dead eyes, rather than Bam's capture. However, this cannot be the case. For one, the reason the recreance happened was because Honor told them they would do to Roshar what they did to Ashyn, so already we know Honor was alive, if mad, when the Recreance would be beginning (or what lead up to it, more accurately.) Now, maybe Honor dead after this and then the Recreance happened. But then why does Honor have a vision of it happening? He must have been alive then, meaning that the problem with spren didn't happen because of Honor's death. This is mostly me trying to spark discussion and splurge my thoughts on screen so I can compile them somewhere, please comment on this, I feel there is something missing or that I should add, but I don't know what.

Odium could potentially order Szeth to not use Nightblood to prevent that.

I think that would work, but why would that ever happen?

Pewter and regrowth. I like not dying.

First of, splintered, second off, BS has confirmed you can still remake the Shard of Honor, Dalinar would just need more pieces, like maybe the Honorblades or reach more oaths, thirdly, why do you think Cultivation has any of Honor's splinters? As for the Honor + Odium = War discussion, remember that Odium means Hatred directed at someone because of their actions, so a justified Hatred, combined with Honor can very well lead to war. You would feel Honor bound to respond to this focus of your hatred, which could lead to war. And for the Szeth being Odium's champion theory, the champion must be willing, so no, Szeth will not be his champion, try again. @jamesbondsmithWhy would you consider it problematic?

... I'm so sorry.

Nightwatcher?

No Yes.

nope. 1. This character is female 2. This character is Invested 3. This character is from Scadrial 4. This character is from Mistborn Era 2 5. This character is in a relationship.

There has been speculation that the WoB is actually referring to the Shaod from Elantris. Dead-eyes don't really act like cognitive shadows, and the relation is surface-level at best. Good idea, though.

Um, no, I was just lazy. I'm not trying to play word games with you. 1. This character is Female 2. This character is Invested 3. The character is from Scadrial 4. This character is in Mistborn Era 2

No. 1.This character is female 2. This character is invested 3. This character is from Scadrial 4. This character is in Mistborn Era 2