Deianira

I agree with you on this, It's just I don't think Sanderson is failing to use it well. He fails to save Kholinar, he fails in the Battle of the Tower, saved by Kalladin. He actually fails in the trial, it's Maya who saves the day. So Battle for Azir felt predictable to me because it was time for Adolin to actually win something by himself. Yes, because we lack traumatized characters in SA, right? We can't afford someone not having mental issues. Kalladin should have more clients, because we all liked his therapist's arc so much. Seriously, why? Not every character needs a deep trauma to be relatable. It doesn't make him one-dimensional. I feel like the depth of people's mental problems in SA makes people insensible to characters without such big problems. It's a fantasy story, not a melodrama show, that's it. There is no place for characters constantly whining about everything, or we will never get a plot, just a never-ending cycle of talking about their feelings. We have enough of that already, more than many readers would like to have. And by the way, I really, really don't understand what it is to be added to the Kalladin - Helaran thing. I thought this case closed a while ago. Can you enlighten me what bothers people about it, because it's not the first time I see it being brought up, and I genuinely don't understand this one.

You want a PRINCE in an absolute monarchy kingdom to be prosecuted by his family members for killing a traitor, who was actively threatening him and his father, the de-facto King. A traitor, to whom none of the people involved in this secret care. In the middle of the End of the World for these characters. It would just be ridiculous in any aspect. It's Roshar, not Earth 2025. They have kingdoms, aristocracy and slavery. Even the best of them are just starting to question the lighteyes/darkeyes sistem. Adolin being a prince is not plot armor, it's his place, established since book one. That's the reason Sadeas is after him. That's the reason he was at the Tower, betrayed by Sadeas. That's the reason the two of them have a history together. Yeah, life isn't fair, people get away with things that would put others in prison. SA is about many things, but life being fair is not one of them. Taking responsibility for your actions doesn't involve "going willingly into a trial and facing the law" on Roshar. Dalinar never faced a trial for his war crimes, he is only torchered by his conscience. Shallan killed both of her parents, Tin, Illai. Jasna goes around hiring assassins and killing people in the dark alleys. Amaram killed Kalladin's frends, Kalladin was involved in a plot to kill Ehlokar, Szeth killed a bunch of kings, including Gavilar, etc., etc., etc. It's an epic fantasy book. People kill and don't get judged for that. Prosecuting Adolin for what everyone else is constantly doing would be the most stupid and unrelatable thing in SA ever. You hate Adolin, we got it. You don't need to change your mind on this, you just can hate him without inventing plot armor and consistency problems that are not there. Adolin has a pretty big character arc for a character who wasn't in the main cast for most of the books.

Sorry, but you claim, that Sadeses death wasn't properly adressed. It was, you just don't like it. You absolutly have a right to see this in the different way as Sanderson, most in-world caracters and many readers do. You can be dissapointed in Sanderson's moral, but you can't keep pretanding it's a wrighting issue. It's a moral one.