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  1. Aleksiel
    It's probably a nickname like Kal is short for Kaladin.
  2. Aleksiel
    The whole copycat murderer arc just got more mysterious - I no longer believe it to be Ialai or even about Sadeas. There is some sort of a magical element to it.
  3. Aleksiel
    Cooking metaphors don't fit any character we know, so I'm still for the Sunmaker. Dalinar didn't name the Blade that way, it was the Sunmaker.
  4. Aleksiel
    The referenced epigraph: Notice the 'related to the very nature of the Heralds' part. It's not that simple. I'd hazard Bondsmiths can also unbond like a smith could forge a sword and melt an existing one.
  5. Aleksiel
    Shallan telling Pattern he can't marry Adolin
  6. Aleksiel
    Occasion allows something to happen without being the main cause, the fundamental reason that could manifest on many occasions. In my native language there's a clear cut difference, words for this distinction, but unfortunately I might be failing to portrait it in English.
  7. Aleksiel
    I don't want to argue semantics, but in my mind to wield a blade is to use it as a weapon, which she doesn't do when opening the gate. So let me paraphrase it - she needs Radiant when using patternblade as a weapon.
  8. Aleksiel
    I agree she created Radiant to wield Pattern the Blade, it's the next part we seem to disagree on. Yes, training Adolin was the occasion and plenty of other things could have started this, which I thought you disagreed with, but I don't see why you would if you recognize the main reason for Radiant's existence is for Shallan to use patternblade. If I can use an example Jasnah created the circumstances for Shallan's brilliance to shine, but Jasnah isn't the source of Shallan's abilities. So much the same way Shallan's inability to use patternblade is independent of Adolin, thus why I say you put too much responsibility on him. Shallan (for now) has the need to use intermediary - Radiant - anytime she wields patternblade, not solely around Adolin.
  9. Aleksiel
    This isn't what she thinks about when creating Radiant, she thinks what I pointed to few posts above - that she can't be that person and that Veil could be, which is interesting because she has already recognized Veil as a version of herself. The fact that Radiant looks like Shallan is because of Adolin, but not the inner need to have someone else wield Pattern the Blade.
  10. Aleksiel
    A lot of your theory seems to rely on the fact Adolin is the prime reason for Radiant's existence, so I'm trying to show you why I think you got the causal connection wrong. In one sentence you say it's not important why created Radiant, then you state Adolin was the cause. You put too much responsibility on Adolin that's not textually justified.
  11. Aleksiel
    No, the need for Radiant goes back to her mother's death and her years long inability to process what happened. Yes, she acknowledged she killed her mother with Pattern as a Blade in WoR, yet in OB she preferred to differentiate between Pattern her spren and the Blade that killed her mother, so she created Radiant to reconcile herself (as best she currently can) with Pattern the Blade. Radiant's appearance being so close to Shallan's own instead of hiding behind Veil was for Adolin, it was intended for him to not notice the difference between Shallan and Radiant, however she created Radiant to wield Pattern as a Blade. This is the fundamental reason, it's clearly stated. The occasion was training with Adolin. There is a radical difference between those.
  12. Aleksiel
    I hope she manages to integrate Brightness Radiant and eventually becomes a worldhopper.
  13. Aleksiel
    It's just her Blade. She volunteered to update the royal Shard drawings and show no problem with those or any other Blade - Adolin's, Renarin's, no anti-Blade reaction during the 4vs4. The only thing that came remotely close was the sight of Helaran's Blade and only because it meant her brother was dead like she already suspected.
  14. Aleksiel
    He doesn't have to wield a Shardblade to be fair and he refers to it as sylblade clearly showing a difference in perception between Blades. Kaldin and Shallan have different issues. He doesn't see his dead men when he looks at the sylblade, whereas Shallan sees her dead mother in patternblade. I don't think Kaladin would necessarily be able to relate to Shallan's issue or that Adolin can't help her. Integrating Brightness Radiant is a likely solution, she just needs time to realize Radiant is part of her. That way she's basically solving her problem on her own, which is much more satisfying.
  15. Aleksiel
    I disagree with your interpretation, Kaladin refused the Shards not because he just didn't want to become lighteyes, but because of the association between Blades and his dead men which is seen clearly in what he told Adolin when he offered those shards you call different, yet they didn't feel different to Kal He accepted Syl because sylblade is different in nature.
  16. Aleksiel
    It is an interesting point, though I don't agree Adolin is preventing SHallan to grow in this regard, his fondness towards his Blade could soften her and I'm skeptical that Kaladin would be able to relate better - Syl didn't kill his friends after all, he accepted her as Blade because the situation was different than the dead Blades much like the ones used to kill his friends. As for Brightness Radiant, I want to point out Shallan has been gradually moving to this step - first with the deserters: She still speaks as Shallan but it was her first attempt at creating someone who can manage a task she doesn't fully trust herself to do. Later on she incorporates this image into herself like Jasnah thaught her. Later about Veil: At first she thinks of Veil as another person only to later realize it was her all along. It could happen again with Brightness Radiant. Yes, this last persona seems more detached and different from Shallan than Veil was, but Veil was also more like a different person than the woman who went to face the deserters. So instead of hindering Shallan's growth, Adolin could help it. Shallan could learn to integrate Brightness Radiant slowly, by using her often enough to come to the same realization - that she is part of her just like Veil.
  17. Aleksiel
    I don't remember a topic specially dedicated to this, I think the discussions are in different threads on related subjects. One I can point you to is Who is actually Radiant? It's an old one and more about how much sense it makes for Adolin to be KR and which Order. There's a WoB Adolin's Blade belonged to an Edgedancer, I don't remember if it predates or came after the said thread.
  18. Aleksiel
    Kaladin: protect my brother - protect my men Shallan: protect my family (steal a soulcaster) - fulfill Jasnah's quest Both could be reduced to Dalinar's side characters on his quest to find the most important words. I don't see how you find Moash better fleshed out than Adolin.
  19. Aleksiel
    We have much more of Dalinar's chapters and he has a long history with Navani plus she's present during a significant proportion of the time, so I can't say this is compelling evidence. Plus Adolin and Shallan aren't unexplained instant love, it builds slowly, you can't compare it with a decades old attraction.
  20. Aleksiel
    Thank you. People claim well written love triangles exist, but I am yet to read one.
  21. Aleksiel
    That's true, I won't argue against it. Romance novels are full of what I described, just like the hero's journey is prevalent in fantasy, people read what they like. All I'm saying there are many interesting places this path could lead us. Though what's interesting also depends on the reader. (Kadolin ) I want to be surprised, there are so many possibilities - Kaladin and Tarah for example. I think it would be a shame if none of those gets explored.
  22. Aleksiel
    I'm not advocating for Shallan to merry Adolin either, I think it would be far more interesting if she went her own way, may be as a worldhopper. I guess it boils down to perspectives - people with in-world arguments don't find meta ones convincing and vice versa. Edit: By this I am not saying outline should take precedent over in-world consistency, but that we can have both - avoid a tiresome trope in a believable manner.
  23. Aleksiel
    I never said anything about not reacting to it, that would defeat the purpose of sharing it.
  24. Aleksiel
    I don't want the same thing rehashed over and over again in numerous books. I like Brandon because he is different, he manages to surprise me more often than not, I will be really underwhelmed if not outright disappointed to have this played out as if it's an average YA. I want something I haven't read before, not simply a version of an overly used trope, no matter how it's written. You don't have to like that either, I am sharing my opinion just like everyone else here. We can't have a discussion if we all agree.
  25. Aleksiel
    The characters aren't cliche, but the road to Shalladin is. I won't be shamed into liking.
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