Argenti

"it'll be easier to hide on my own." Argoyle climbs down, making a mental map, and counting steps. Wouldn't want to get lost, would I?

Argoyle looks into the hole

Argoyle starts collecting some and puts it in his bag. Argoyle sighs again "I want to survive. Obviously."

Argoyle sighs, and looks at the grass. Can it be cut?

I'm thinking, in a modern society it would probably be retirement around, 63-67. Since life post retirement is less stressful, your immune system should be less screwed up.

Remember, weakness are more interesting than strengths!

Grimdark isn't just when something is a grim or dark; there's more to it. Murder, death, darkness, isn't what makes something Grimdark. What makes something Grimdark is hope, more specifically, the lack of it. There is always hope on roshar, even when there logically shouldn't. Kaladin didn't change 4th bridge by killing people: he inspired hope.

Honestly, I don't think they really had any legs to stand on, but it's weird she seemingly powered nothing at all. Even surge binding, which is supposedly based on Cultivation and Honor, is significantly more Honor aligned. Maybe she was powering the Flora and Fauna?

No. If there's a passage that interests you, look it up, read about it. Other people have translated it, and will likely explain their rational for doing it, even better if they have sources. Read a couple different thought processes, and figure out what you think it really meant. The translations aren't impartial, neither is any church: find a medium that you enjoy. Everything is an interpretation: including my own. That is why I when I said my interpretation, I used uncertain terms. I don't speak Hebrew or Greek, but if those arguments make sense, i'll agree with them. Google is a a wonderful thing for information fact checking, you just have to let it work with you.

Perhaps whatever Lifebinding is? Maybe there's some lifebinders in the Nantan?

Threnody's cognitive is dangerous because of the shades / deepest ones / Evil. Murder ghosts are generally deadly.

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Ohh I can help for this! It's mostly old testament. Depends who you ask, most common is Leviticus, which is weird, for reasons you've already said. Leviticus 18:22 reads "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable." (Side not on this. Some Biblical scholars believe this may have referred to the practice of Pederasty, which was a newly outlawed (By Rome) sexual relationship between a young boy and a older man. Rabbi might have wanted to warn their flock to not do it, and risk legal retribution) There's also Leviticus 20:13 that reads “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads." (An oxford study claims it may specifically be with a married man, which does change things" Some people claim Genesis 9:20–27 ("Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked," which some people interpret as having sex with him? Ham was then cursed. But that doesn't make much sense honestly.) Another one is Genesis 19:1-11, the destruction of Sodom where " Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with [male angels]... But the [the angels] inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.” (This feels more like, anti-rape than homosexuality honestly. I might be missing something here.) There's also Corinthians 6:9-10 which says "Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men" (Supposedly, "men who have sex with men" is the Greek words Arsenokoitai, often translated as the "active person in homosexual sex" which is more "men who use their power to demand sex" and Malakoi, which is traditionally translated as the "passive" man, which, at least in other at the time Greek literature, refers to those who love women to much. Weird Greek thing, being effeminate as a male was trying to hard attract the ladies, which was a bad thing, something to do with "giving into passion." ) I encourage people who are very interested in using the bible for guidance to look into what is written in the bible, rather than a translation, which often strips nuance, and can be used to push an agenda, rather than a 100% faithful translation.

I really really doubt it stops him from lying. He betrayed Shai, and I really doubt he said "I'll take the moonscepter when we're done!"

Well, that assumes he won't just tell us.

Don't be an athlete!

It depends. The easiest way would be to destroy the planet, like Ruin wanted to. That would probably take all of it. But given time, shards could mostly de-invest, taking most, but not all investiture with them. Some shards might be better at this than others, Preservation or Honor would probably struggle to leave, while Cultivation or Whimsy might be able to leave more easily.

Yes. I made a self insert. It's time to die.

oooh. magic? no magic? Tell ussss

The prevalence of threes might not be related to Cultivation. It might just be the rule of threes cropping up. But I think I's possible.

It's certainly sad that he needs to explain his reasoning behind gay people existing, but alas, it's not surprising that he does feel that he needs to try to explain himself. The LDS church isn't notorious for loving LGBTQIA+ topics, and has done much to prevent rights and protections of the LGBTQIA+ from expanding. I'm gay, but I don't love romance, and representation like that in stormlight, where being gay isn't the sole personality trait, matters. I'll also say that you probably won't find anyone who takes issue with Renarin and Rlain on the Shard: at least not openly. I don't doubt there are people out there who take issue with it, but reddit or Twitter may have easier finds.

Not to toot my own horn, but I did write something like that a bit ago. (Cosmere spoilers forum) https://www.17thshard.com/forums/topic/198756-stormlight-and-how-much-of-honor-is-left/#findComment-1832302

Yes. There's not really a distinction in fantasy, and especially in the cosmere. Your soul has DNA, apparently.