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what do you have against Shallan?
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The only thing I could maybe have against her(and I don't anymore) is the fact that she choose Adolin over Kal.
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ok. real quick disclaimer: so, all of this is personal opinion, this is how it seems to me. i don't want to debate on this please, but I don't like her and here is why
- all her relations are no give, all take. Even her and Adolin is based on him giving her emotional support
- she's super naive
- her quips aren't funny
- she's predictable
- her arc isn't as cool as the other POV characters
- one cannot choose to have DID (dissociative identity disorder), but she did
- until RoW (i think, it might have been OB) she constantly flip-flops between Kaladin and Adolin
- her perspectives take time away from people doing stuff that I care about
- I basically only read her chapters for Hoid and Pattern and Adolin
- She doesn't do anything as far as I'm concerned (WoK: Kaldain and Dalinar have multiple fights, taking on dozens on enemies at once, running a bridge towards a flock of incoming arrows while Shallan eats jam. WoR: Kaladin 2 vs 4's shardbearers, and 1 vs 1's Szeth, Dalinar is on the verge of discovering the game that Odium is playing behind the scenes. Meanwhile Shallan sneaks around at night giving people money. OB: Dalinar didn't actually do much until the end, but that climax is the best written in fantasy that I've ever seen. Kaladin fights off Yelig-nar, a being with all ten surges bonded to a man we've hated since book one. Shallan spends all book in a downward spiral, accomplishing nothing. RoW: Kaladin singlehandedly is saving Urithiru, Dalinar is mostly absent, and Shallan is sitting in a box looking at people's faces.)
- Shallan in WoK is just Jasnah's plot from an outside view so we avoid spoilers
- There were better people for a female POV (ie, Jasnah, Navani, etc)
- Her first arc is based on theft, which i can't root for
- She doesn't show respect
Given more time, I could probably think of more, but these are the ones off the top of my head. Is that enough?
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Ok! I like that list...Shallan isn't my fav ether.
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It's really nice too see other people expressing their christian faith! God bless you!
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I follow back...
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Me too!!!
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Nice! Who's your favorite in the series?