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Mordiceius posted:I have a lot of respect for Brandon for this kind of work that he is putting in. It would be very easy for him to just crank out books, do convention circuits, sell merch, and then leave it at that. Hell, that's what most authors do. You can really tell he grew up as, and still is, a true fan at heart. None of the merch he does is cheap junk and he puts out a lot of really nice premium editions, along with doing so much to fight for small authors
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big mean giraffe posted:You can really tell he grew up as, and still is, a true fan at heart. None of the merch he does is cheap junk and he puts out a lot of really nice premium editions, along with doing so much to fight for small authors I recently got a bonus paycheck. I have some bags of his on the way.
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Oathbringer - Chapter 7 Orodium. Child of Peace. Kaladin's baby brother's name sounds eerily close to Odium. But that is such an excellent image. Kaladin is hovering two feet off the ground, blue stormlight emitting from him, with Syl as his Shardspear. Then he just flies off. You should've just stayed loyal to Kaladin, Laral.
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New thing I noticed from TWoK (but full spoilers up through RoW): Syl says “all spren are, in a sense, virtually the same individual”. She’s probably talking about just lesser spren — she doesn’t remember being an honorspren yet — but that’s interesting. Is that why it’s okay to put them in gemstones, because some of them aren’t trapped, so by that logic, the individual remains free? And does it have anything to do with why the Sibling flips out about it?
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CapnAndy posted:New thing I noticed from TWoK (but full spoilers up through RoW): Syl says “all spren are, in a sense, virtually the same individual”. She’s probably talking about just lesser spren — she doesn’t remember being an honorspren yet — but that’s interesting. Is that why it’s okay to put them in gemstones, because some of them aren’t trapped, so by that logic, the individual remains free? And does it have anything to do with why the Sibling flips out about it? My guess is that (yumi spoilers) some spren agree to go into the gemstones like the hijo that create the hion lines as the resolution to the story.
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Finished Edgedancer Absolutely delightful. I felt like it started off a bit slow and just when I thought I was close to hitting the point where I would lose patience with Lift's antics, things turned awesome. - I feel like the "lol Lift is a quipy teen who takes nothing seriously" really lures you into to a false sense of understanding with her character. Her self-reflection toward the end hits that much harder. Genuinely made my heart break. - Sleepless, huh? That sure is loving horrifying. Goddamn Brandon, is there something you need to talk about? I get the sense that the Sleepless aren't native to Roshar, but who knows if they're from something I'm missing. And maybe my suspicions are wrong, but I feel like they're not going to be massive players in the Stormlight Archive, though they will have the occasional presence. They feel like something created and inserted here as a tease that can be expanded on as part of some other series. - Nale. I still don't like him. Dude has a broken brain but gently caress you for making your suffering other peoples' problem due to your own arrogance. Nothing drives me more crazy than someone who are completely rigid in their beliefs and actions. "Hey, what is the main reoccurring theme of the Stormlight Archive?" "Well, buddy, the answer is -" 
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Lift would probably stab you with a fork for calling her a teenager.
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CapnAndy posted:Lift would probably stab you with a fork for calling her a teenager. Well, I'm not wrong. 
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Mordiceius posted:Well, I'm not wrong.
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Mordiceius posted:Well, I'm not wrong. She reminds me of my teenage sister. Not giving a single poo poo about the world and wanting to travel. Minus having a spren who makes vines and turns into a rod/pole.
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Mordiceius posted:Finished Edgedancer Also, yeahhhh.. The old man made of cremlings made me tense up. That is a terrifying image. Jesus Christ. Replacing any body part at will and has to live in a dark alleyway to let his bodyparts mate and grow. Sheesh.
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Oathbringer - Chapter 8 So, there are Radiant combinations and tandems that, when combined, get new cool powers. That is sick. Dalinar + Shallan = 3D Map with Topography.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Also, yeahhhh.. I don't think he has to live there to survive beyond the obvious "it's easier to remain inconspicuous when you're a sapient pile of bugs if you act like an old beggar"
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Oathbringer - Chapter 8 Someone may have played Chronotrigger, and I for one can't wait for triple techs.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Oathbringer - Chapter 7 The name is "Oroden," actually.
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Anshu posted:The name is "Oroden," actually. Thanks for that. I read the quoted post post and was like "drat I don't remember that at all, and it's not even that long since I read the books, maybe I'm even older and more senile than I thought" Turns out no, the op's just dyslexic or something, which sucks for them but at least it's not me 
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Wafflecopper posted:Thanks for that. I read the quoted post post and was like "drat I don't remember that at all, and it's not even that long since I read the books, maybe I'm even older and more senile than I thought" Speaking from experience, my money's on "misheard the audiobook," actually.
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Anshu posted:Speaking from experience, my money's on "misheard the audiobook," actually. Ding ding ding
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There is an amazing amount of “stuff” in that Backerkit thing. If you bought everything, is it over a grand? I only bought the digital Secret Project because the last thing I need is more physical stuff.
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smackfu posted:There is an amazing amount of “stuff” in that Backerkit thing. If you bought everything, is it over a grand? I kind of want one of the plushies, but really want to see actual photos of them first
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big mean giraffe posted:I kind of want one of the plushies, but really want to see actual photos of them first You'll get to see them soon, according to Brandon. From the 5th: pik_d posted:Brandon is live doing a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG85Mpbc8tI
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New TWoK item of interest: (Spoilers through WoR or Oathbringer, I guess) Dalinar thinks "Life before death" to himself during a battle and the Thrill immediately flees. So he was going Radiant way before I thought; in fact, depending on how you count, he might be the most advanced right now -- Kaladin has a stronger spren bond but has said no oaths yet, and Shallan hasn't even been approached by Pattern yet. It's also interesting that he wonders to himself why the Radiants only made weapons of war and why no Plate went to common men to help with mundane tasks. Sanderson's leading Dalinar -- and the reader -- right up to the edge there, because the obvious answer is "who says they didn't?" CapnAndy fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Mar 8, 2024 |
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CapnAndy posted:New TWoK item of interest: Dalinar thinks "Life before death" to himself during a battle and the Thrill immediately flees. So he was going Radiant way before I thought; in fact, depending on how you count, he might be the most advanced right now -- Kaladin has a stronger spren bond but has said no oaths yet, and Shallan hasn't even been approached by Pattern yet. RoW spoilers: Kaladin, once he gets his plate, sends it off to protect others during his big final fight, so the precedent is absolutely there for "they absolutely did" to be the answer.
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ConfusedUs posted:RoW spoilers:
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pik_d posted:Full spoilers because I can't remember where it's mentioned: Aren't the Soulcasters just Radiant Spren that were locked into shape as that instead of Shardblades?
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pik_d posted:Full spoilers because I can't remember where it's mentioned: Aren't the Soulcasters just Radiant Spren that were locked into shape as that instead of Shardblades? Based on RoW: I think they specifically mention that those are "lesser" spren in the same way that Horse are used for work but aren't sentient in the way humans are. The Sibling sees that as enslavement but I think other high spren don't have issues with lesser spren being used that way
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I'm not sure how the hell I will be able to read all of the Cosmere because Daddy Brando Sando continues to release new books.
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CapnAndy posted:New TWoK item of interest: (Spoilers through WoR or Oathbringer, I guess) Dalinar thinks "Life before death" to himself during a battle and the Thrill immediately flees. So he was going Radiant way before I thought; in fact, depending on how you count, he might be the most advanced right now -- Kaladin has a stronger spren bond but has said no oaths yet, and Shallan hasn't even been approached by Pattern yet. Oathbringer spoilers:You're forgetting Jasnah, who we know for sure was 4th ideal by Thaylen Field and probably at that point for the majority of her on screen time.
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Ojjeorago posted:Oathbringer spoilers:You're forgetting Jasnah, who we know for sure was 4th ideal by Thaylen Field and probably at that point for the majority of her on screen time.
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Rhythm of War spoilers: Except for every single Skybreaker. The only order that didn't participate in the Recreance. Those guys aren't quitters.
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Synesthesian Fetish posted:Based on RoW: I think they specifically mention that those are "lesser" spren in the same way that Horse are used for work but aren't sentient in the way humans are. The Sibling sees that as enslavement but I think other high spren don't have issues with lesser spren being used that way also Taravangian's "half-shards" -- shields that can block shardblade blows, etc -- are very clearly literally enslaving spren that could be radiant. not sure what order but however they're made is guaranteed to be bad
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CapnAndy posted:New TWoK item of interest: (Spoilers through WoR or Oathbringer, I guess) Dalinar thinks "Life before death" to himself during a battle and the Thrill immediately flees. So he was going Radiant way before I thought That was happening long before for Dalinar. (Through Oathbringer) In WoR a surgeon comments about Dalinar's shoulder being such a mess he shouldn't even be able to use it, and Dalinar just shrugs it off saying something like training and practice has kept it useful. The surgeon, horrified, says that's not how human bodies work. We don't see him wounded prior to that, so it all had to happen before the series started. Also note how many times in his flashbacks he takes wounds that should have stopped or killed anyone else. Kaladin has similar things happen in his flashbacks, with the wind helping him. Many of the pov characters who have become radiants had spren help prior to saying any oaths. I suspect it's common for proto radiants to show signs like this before saying any oaths as spren take notice of people who they may want to bond.
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CapnAndy posted:Shallan hasn't even been approached by Pattern yet. I've been paying extra close attention to this during my current re-read, and I'm not sure this is true. Granted my evidence is a little incomplete but there are too many inconsistencies, so something weird is going on, I'm just not completely sure what. WoR spoilers: I believe Shallan bonded Pattern after her mothers death and before her fathers death. How their bond regressed after her father's death is less clear. But Pattern explicitly reminds Shallan of events and abilities from her childhood at several points, including specifically pointing out that she had produced auditory lightweaving while still at her family estate, and the way it's described makes it sounds like it's while she's older, and that Pattern is there. RoW spoilers: She also has a living shardblade after only giving the second ideal, or her "first truth". When in the chasms with Kaladin, the blade changes shape, she explicitly points out that she can't use pattern to anchor lightweavings because he is the blade Kaladin is using, and also Kaladin doesn't hear screams from this (but since this was Syl had left him while he broke his oaths, that may be nothing). If lightweavers are like other orders, she should not be able to summon Pattern as a blade after only two ideals. I guess I should mention here, the coppermind says she gave two truths in WoK, one of them being: "What am I? I'm terrified." I don't buy this. She also very plainly did complex lightweaving during her flashback with Wit, which was well after her mothers death, which is (so far as we know) long after her bond with Testament had broken. Last thing is how frequently she has a split perception with her shardblade in WoK and WoR, constantly flipping between thinking it needs 10 heartbeats (dead blade, testament), and "remembering" that it doesn't need 10 heartbeats (living blade, pattern). It's possible dead spren that you were previously bonded to could be summoned without needing 10 heartbeats, but we don't have any evidence for that, as far as I remember. The other possible explanation is that he was watching her when she was very young from the cognative realm, while she had bonded Testament and before her mother's death, but personally I don't think this is the case. There are just way too many weird little inconsistencies and details that don't quite add up. But they're all small enough that they don't add up to anything else conclusive, not yet anyway. I'm still going through my re-read, nearly done with WoR right now. I'm going to keep watching this point really closely as I get through OB and RoW, I have a feeling there will be more evidence for it sprinkled throughout.
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Xenix posted:That was happening long before for Dalinar. (Through Oathbringer) In WoR a surgeon comments about Dalinar's shoulder being such a mess he shouldn't even be able to use it, and Dalinar just shrugs it off saying something like training and practice has kept it useful. The surgeon, horrified, says that's not how human bodies work. We don't see him wounded prior to that, so it all had to happen before the series started. Also note how many times in his flashbacks he takes wounds that should have stopped or killed anyone else. Kaladin has similar things happen in his flashbacks, with the wind helping him. Many of the pov characters who have become radiants had spren help prior to saying any oaths. I suspect it's common for proto radiants to show signs like this before saying any oaths as spren take notice of people who they may want to bond. I don't buy this, Dalinar wasn't embodying any ideals before Gavilars death except for bloodlust. I don't think he was getting any special attention from the Stormfather or any other spren until after Gavilars death and after his visit to Cultivation. I think it's just meant to be one of those moments that calls out what a badass soldier he is, not something magical.
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Taffer posted:I don't buy this, Dalinar wasn't embodying any ideals before Gavilars death except for bloodlust. I don't think he was getting any special attention from the Stormfather or any other spren until after Gavilars death and after his visit to Cultivation. I think it's just meant to be one of those moments that calls out what a badass soldier he is, not something magical. I thought it was the Thrill or even Odium's influence directly. When Dalinar is nearly killed and he has his (quite frankly awesome) march back to claim his revenge, he is described by others as having red eyes, IIRC.
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Taffer posted:I don't buy this, Dalinar wasn't embodying any ideals before Gavilars death except for bloodlust. I don't think he was getting any special attention from the Stormfather or any other spren until after Gavilars death and after his visit to Cultivation. I think it's just meant to be one of those moments that calls out what a badass soldier he is, not something magical. We know from the "Kaladin is good with a spear because he will be good with a spear" WOB that Radiant abilities/benefits can predate the bond due to the Spiritual Realm, so that could be the cause of things like Dalinar healing or Shallan illusioning before they should be able to.
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NikkolasKing posted:I thought it was the Thrill or even Odium's influence directly. When Dalinar is nearly killed and he has his (quite frankly awesome) march back to claim his revenge, he is described by others as having red eyes, IIRC. yeah i also think that, if there's anyone involved, it's this. thrill dalinar in flashbacks is an absolute loving monster and he's definitely doing superhuman things also we know he's deeply connected to odium during those years because that's like, cultivation's whole gambit in oathbringer, needed to do a full miracle deal to separate Dalinar from his influence for a while and allow him to recover himself eke out fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Mar 9, 2024 |
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Unrelated to previous convo but full cosmere I was reading some of the WOBs on that page linked above quote:Questioner This one made me wonder if Adonalsium only affected this cluster, then further down the page quote:Questioner Really makes me wonder.
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