Singworlder

I have not had the pleasure (or interest in) looking at the previous 2,889 pages (sue me), so to be clear, we can just post about whatever? It seems like the present discussion is about favorite books. But as long as it’s the last post, anything goes, right? Sorry, @YEVAD, for taking your spot. Feel free to reclaim it. I try not to be too competitive on social media platforms. If the question is, in fact, about books we like/are currently reading, one that falls under both categories for me is 1984 by Eric Blair, more commonly known as George Orwell. If the question is not about books we like and/or are currently reading, I have made a fool of myself online. Huzzah!

“The pen is mightier than the sword, though both can ruin a good shirt.” - Gerry Swallow, alias Dr. Cuthbert Soup

This is for all Willshapers to discuss their journeys seeking freedom. Or, well, pretty much anything.

CoderDrag0n08 and Chips-a-hoid: sorry I couldn’t get to you sooner; I have limited internet access. To answer your questions: 1. I am, sadly, still new to the Cosmere. I have, with all due respect, no STORMING idea what the majority of Dragons are like, save Koravellium Avast, who is not my favorite Shard. That belongs to Sazed, which brings me to the next point. 2. I have not read the Wax and Wayne books, nor do I wish to read of a Scadrial without Sazed, Vin, or Elend as the main protagonists. I know that reading more of Sanderson is always good, but I need more time to recover from Mistborn Era 1. I’m sure Wayne is great, but right now it’s still too painful. 3. As mentioned above, I have limited internet access. In my opinion, an “e-book” or “web novel” is not a book. It is a movie comprised entirely of subtitles. Yes, it can tell a story, but you can’t put it up to your face and smell it, or leave it upside down on your bedside table, or trace the marks your tears left on the pages at the sad parts, or dust off the cover, or hide a secret poem between the pages of your favorite chapter, or watch as the paper slowly yellows, or a thousand other things. Yes, these electronic stories have a place in our world, but that place is a gigaparsec below the real books. (And, before you think that not many people at my advanced age are interested in the Cosmere, know that I am young enough to be used to the idea of IPhones.) 4. Roshar or Scadrial, depending on whether or not the good characters are alive when I’d be visiting. KaladinsSenseOfHumorSpren (what a strange spren! Axies would love to document you; I don’t think you’ve ever been seen before): My six would be Wit, Sazed, Kaladin, Jasnah, Elend, and Taravangian. These aren’t necessarily my favorite characters, or the ones I’d like associating with each other, but they’re definitely the most interesting ones I’ve seen so far.

Smart mom.

You read Jane Eyre? Love or hate Rochester?

Favorite Brandon: Mistborn: Hero of Ages or Wind and Truth Favorite non-Brandon: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë or The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Hi! I’m Singworlder, and ever since I was introduced to Sanderson by a friend (first era Mistborn), I’ve gobbled up anything of his that I can get my hands on (figuratively). I love Sazed, Wit, Jasnah, Taravangian, and Syl. And I (whaddya know?) happen to exist! I hope this is the beginning of an illustrious membership on 17th Shard.

Wind and Truth Szeth discussion. According to the epigraph in front of chapter 147, Szeth is married to Shin Elsecaller/scholar Masha-daughter-Shaliv. ANY theories on how they met, where their wedding was, who attended, and when we’ll be seeing them in the future? Sorry! Autocorrect changed “Szeth” to “Szechua” last min. NOT a peppery discussion! Can’t fix it, sorry again.

I actually enjoyed this theme in Wind and Truth very much, but I understand your frustration. Sanderson’s characters’ moral discussions are, in my opinion, prompts for us to question our morals with an extreme perspective, one that we don’t usually tap into in our daily lives. It’s supposed to make you feel frustrated, confused, and a possibly little scared. If this shakes your philosophy, good; now go out and find a better one that will make sense to you, with good reasons to keep it stable. P.S. If anyone has found what I just asked you all to look for, please tell.