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That makes a ton of sense now, and kind of explains a lot. Devotion to others, and ambition to help others succeed? Also, did anyone else look up what odium meant after a few books? Blown away, never realized it meant that for a while. This might be too much philosophy, and highly off-topic, but how do you think the "selflessness" aspect makes the shards completely different? Like honor is kind of a hypocrite, breaking the avoid others pact, and how cultivation doesn't care how you grow as long as it happens?

Say something if I'm just stupid, but I never noticed that literally everyone on roshar was slightly Asian (eyes) and that shin were white people until I read this- Questioner I know you went on mission in Korea, as did I, did anything come from that? Brandon Sanderson Yeah...(this is a break, not him pausing in speech) I don't know if you've read The Way of Kings… I don't know if you know but everyone's Asian, right? Like Szeth, the white dude, is the one that looks weird them. And that's just because-- It was partially influenced by that.

"Frost claims a straightforward definition: that it is God's own divine hatred.Odium himself, however, claims that he's Passion, a Shard of emotions, in particular excessive emotions"- coppermind This is very debatable, I guess it just depends on who you think is right

I think he could be talking about maturity more than physical age, because everyone is way too young for hoid besides shards and people like Kriss. Also, jasnah always acts like the only adult in the room, such as lecturing her mother when she was a child

A few coppermind quotes for context- "He is responsible for the deaths of at least four Shards -- Devotion, Dominion, Ambition and Honor." "Many of his splinters, the Unmade, represent giving into the sensations with nothing to rein them in" I was wondering- how exactly would Odium change if he absorbed some of the shards? Like devotion, or ambition? Besides becoming more powerful, he would be affected by the new shards, but couldn't he manipulate them? Devotion to his cause, ambition to succeed? Or does he just want to stay as pure hatred?