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KALADIN’S 5TH IDEAL Ok so i have a theory about Kaladin’s 5th ideal and wanted to know what you guys thought. Sorry if its a drop long Just to go through all his ideals let me post them- 1- “Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.” 2- “I will protect those who cannot protect themselves” 3- “I will protect even those I hate, so long as it is right.” 4- “I accept that there will be those I cannot protect!” Now my train of thought is this: the 1st ideal is a commitment to the lifestyle he’s going to live- a life of putting others before him and being there to help others, and a life of giving up from himself and working on himself. The 2nd ideal is how he plans on doing this and that is that he’s going to protect others, specifically others who cant protect themselves- thereby dedicating his life to being there for others who need him most. the 3rd ideal is a continuation of this- by committing to be there for others, one of the core points of protecting someone else is that you are willing to put the other person before you! Imagine someone wants to punch your friend and you take the hit for them- youre protecting them by putting them before you and taking the heat for them! Protection is not just about when you have the ability to protect them AND protect yourself, it’s about protecting them FULLY! Even at the cost of yourself sometimes! If you are only willing to protect those you like- that’s not called servicing the world- it’s called servicing yourself!! It’s easy to protect something or someone you like, because you’re doing it for yourself also- to keep them around! It’s when you dont like someone and you still protect them, thats when it becomes true service to protecting those who cant protect themselves! so the 3rd ideal is not so much a new concept as much as it is a continuation and reinforcing the 1st two ideals which is a commitment to SERVE AND TO PROTECT!! And in this vain the 4th ideal continues- if the only way you’re willing to protect someone is if they actually make it through then it means you’re putting yourself before them! Cause you’re only willing to protect if you get the satisfaction of saving them, but if you wouldn’t have that satisfaction you aren’t willing to protect. Thats called putting yourself 1st- cause if you truly cared just about protecting the other person it wouldn’t matter if that person ends up dying- if you can make his death easier for him then you will do what you can to protect him from that pain and make it easier for him. That’s what Kaladin’s brother was trying to explain to him- that just because they didnt survive doesn’t mean that Kaladin’s efforts were wasted- they still accomplished a lot- all those happy moments were worth living for even if they don’t last! Because just like you can protect a person fully- so too you can protect them a little- by protecting their emotions or happiness and things like that. So now, here we are at the 5th ideal… i don't think its going to be Kaladin sacrificing himself to save the world because 1stly its waaaayyy too cliche lol but mainly i think its because i feel like thats the easy way out and being a radiant is always about dong the harder thing. It’s so much easier to give up your life to save the world and not have to live through all the pain that is around because you didnt sacrifice yourself. It’s those hero moments where we have a chance to step up to the plate and do something grand- moments like that are easy to do and most people will do it- cause its grandeur, its honor, and its glory! It’s the moments which aren’t what we call a “hero moment” that it takes a real man to step up to the plate and do it! I feel like the 5th ideal will have something to with Kaladin being forced to put himself before others SO THAT he can still be alive to protect other people afterwards! The 5th ideal will be that he SHOULD NOT sacrifice himself, rather, stay alive so that he can be around to help everyone afterwards- even though doing so will make him hate himself!! Because he knows that he put himself 1st before others- that is the 5th ideal- to understand that sometimes he needs to put himself first SO THAT HE CAN THEREFOR afterwards be able to put others before him!!! I’m sorry if I’m not being so clear here but to put it simply- 1st he commits to working on himself and helping the world at large 2nd he commits to help by protecting others 3rd he commits to protecting even when he doesn’t want to- because he committed to put others before himself 4th he commits to protecting even when he wont get the “hero satisfaction” of saving them- because protecting others is about doing for them not for yourself 5th he commits to the ultimate putting others before himself which is the knowledge that sometimes the only way to put others before yourself is by doing something which by nature is putting yourself before them! I tried my best to explain my thoughts sorry if it’s not the clearest… what do you guys think?! All thoughts and comments greatly appreciated!!!!

I believe the answer is simple. We see in mistborn wax and Wayne series that they are using hermology from regular humans meaning to say that every human soul has a small amount of investure in them. Over here in this book the father machine needed that extra investure to kickstart its operation. Every human is in a small way a soul.

Hey y’all i just became a member here and i just wanted to give a shout out to Brandon Sanderson for creating this amazing universe that is so complex, so captivating, and so breathtaking at the same time. He has such a commitment to his fans and he tries so hard to make us all happy, giving us the updates all the time, and being available, friendly, and humble all at once! what he has done with his books is truly incredible! The way he has created such an intertwined world, its truly incredible to see everything progress!! I have been reading him for a couple years now and i can read all his books time and time again. Brandon’s commitment to story building, character development, and everything else he excels on in his books are a real wonder!! to be honest i dont think there’s another author like him in the world and our generation has been gifted with him!!! what do y’all think? Agree with me?!

Hey y’all i just became a member here and i just wanted to give a shout out to Brandon Sanderson for creating this amazing universe that is so complex, so captivating, and so breathtaking at the same time. He has such a commitment to his fans and he tries so hard to make us all happy, giving us the updates all the time, and being available, friendly, and humble all at once! what he has done with his books is truly incredible! The way he has created such an intertwined world, its truly incredible to see everything progress!! I have been reading him for a couple years now and i can read all his books time and time again. Brandon’s commitment to story building, character development, and everything else he excels on in his books are a real wonder!! to be honest i dont think there’s another author like him in the world and our generation has been gifted with him!!! what do y’all think? Agree with me?!

What i meant was just that they will be together in the same form and they will have same physical form with same laws of movement and all that… not that they will actually BE together!!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW IN THE WORLD DESIGN HAS A PHYSICAL BODY?? AND DOES THIS MEAN THAT IN STORMLIGHT 5 SYL WILL ALSO FIND A WAY TO MANIFEST INTO PHYSICAL FORM AND BE WITH KALADIN??