mythcantor

I like the idea that Taravangian's curse is intelligence and his gift was compassion. He asked for the "capacity" to save his kingdom. Perhaps with enough compassion, he could have, but because his intelligence seems to undermine his compassion...

Howdi, I'm mostly a lurker, but figured, since I finally signed up to comment, I should introduce myself properly. I'm an avid reader of Brandon Sanderson. That doesn't mean I think he can do no wrong in terms of writing. I have a lot of trouble with the second half of Elantris, but I generally forgive it by the end. Warbreaker was predictable to me. Mistborn was just about the most well-crafted Fantasy trilogy I have read in terms of plot, setting, and action. Anyways, thanks.

I can understand the difficulty of having all of the cosmere references in the works. I don't feel the same way, even if I don't understand all the references, because I come into the books knowing that they will be enormous (ten books, a thousand pages each, plus Sanderson's stated objective of linking them all together in his "Cosmere.") There will be things that I won't understand until they are directly explained. Also, I read histories as a diversion and when a history of John Milton references an event from the 30-Years-War that doesn't directly relate to John Milton, I don't flip out just because I didn't sign on to read a history of the 30-Years-War.