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CapnAndy posted:But this is already, as the colloquialists say, genre as gently caress. The target audience will watch a Netflix anime. The goal is not just the target audience, but the general audience. You do that by being authentic to the source material with good actors and good writing. What people loved about HBO GoT was the soap opera politics and machinations, not the dragons.
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HoA - Chapter 37 Koloss are essentially allomantic inquisitor zombies. Jesus Christ.
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HoA - Chapter 42 Welp. Now seeing that Penrod will be controlled by Ruin since he has a metal spike in his heart, I have to assume Spook is being controlled by Ruin too since he has the tip of a sword stuck in his shoulder. 😔 So much for Kelsier actually being alive in spirit…
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Oathbringer Chapter 37 - The Last Time We March Me at the beginning: Oh! A Rock PoV chapter. And it's long too! This should be fun. Me at the end:  I am an absolute sucker for scenes in books and movies that get overly saccharine and reflectively sentimental. Rock reuniting with his family followed by Bridge 4 carrying the bridge "one last time" absolutely broke me.
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Mordiceius posted:Oathbringer Chapter 37 - The Last Time We March Yeah, that chapter is a tear-jerker. We need more men like Rock in this world.
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HoA- Chapter 70 Mistsickened = Allomancy. I let out a very loud and audible “OH poo poo!”
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So I finished Hero of Ages... Yes. That is the most incredible ending in fantasy. I don't think anyone will top that. Holy poo poo. Brandon Sanderson. I pledge to follow your career with EXTREME more important than I already was. Wow!!! 12/10 - Goddamn, that was beautiful.
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Which annotations? There's the author notes which you shouldn't read on a first reading
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A Sneaker Broker posted:So I finished Hero of Ages... Yeah there's pacing issues and other things with Mistborn Era 1 for sure but he loving lands that ending. Which I feel is a rarity in fantasy.
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Warbreaker - Chapter 7 > Be Lightsong > Sit in the Grass on a Couch in the Courtyard > Watch Fireworks > Drink Endless Amounts of Wine > “Oh poo poo, here comes Curvy-Goddess” > Flirt with Her Smoothly > Decline Her Invitation to Having Sex > Watch More Fireworks 
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Warbreaker - Chapter 7 >randomly toss a ball >get infinity points
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Wife just got to the end of part three of Words of Radiance. Had a similar reaction to me. Her thoughts: "The duel was the best thing yet in these books, but then loving Kaladin has to go ruin everything! He gets on my drat nerves sometimes. He's such a pick-me that always has to make everything about him."
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Mordiceius posted:… then loving Kaladin has to go ruin everything! He gets on my drat nerves sometimes. He's such a pick-me that always has to make everything about him." A reoccurring theme.
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Kaladin has a lot in common with Dalinar and Jasnah that way. They've lived so long with Main Character Syndrome that they just expect it now, as the natural order of events. Kaladin is always the leader, Dalinar is always in command, Jasnah is always right. And when those assumptions fail, that's when they tend to take their biggest losses.
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CapnAndy posted:Kaladin has a lot in common with Dalinar and Jasnah that way. They've lived so long with Main Character Syndrome that they just expect it now, as the natural order of events. Kaladin is always the leader, Dalinar is always in command, Jasnah is always right. And when those assumptions fail, that's when they tend to take their biggest losses. Yeah. I think it's a fantastic moment. It frustrated the hell out of me to. I was listening to my audiobook while driving and literally shouted out "OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!" Like, Kaladin is right. The system is hosed. The caste system is hosed. He should be able to challenge Amaram. The thing is - Kaladin is one dude. No matter how right he is, he can't just bypass the entire system of society in that moment. Young Dalinar would probably agree with him. But older Dalinar has seen the limitations of what one man can do.
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Mordiceius posted:Yeah. I think it's a fantastic moment. It frustrated the hell out of me to. I was listening to my audiobook while driving and literally shouted out "OH FOR FUCKS SAKE!" to be fair If elhokar hadn't hosed up and thrown a hissy fit, Kaladin totally could have gotten a boon and it would have made the plan work better. A darkeyes defeating a shardbearer in defense of his lighteyed master and becoming elevated for that is the stepped-out-of-a-legend type of once in a lifetime accomplishment that a king's boon is for.
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Tunicate posted:to be fair If elhokar hadn't hosed up and thrown a hissy fit, Kaladin totally could have gotten a boon and it would have made the plan work better. A darkeyes defeating a shardbearer in defense of his lighteyed master and becoming elevated for that is the stepped-out-of-a-legend type of once in a lifetime accomplishment that a king's boon is for.
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CapnAndy posted:Yeah, by the strict letter of the law Kaladin is legally a Shardbearer, and thus a fourth nahn lighteyes, from the moment he takes down that one Shardbearer and forces him to yield his Shards right there on the dueling grounds. Elhokar had multiple outs but decided to take the opportunity to turn into a classist moron. I mean that's debatable. Kaladin may have defeated people in the duel, but the shards are Adolin's, not Kaladin's.
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Mordiceius posted:I mean that's debatable. Kaladin may have defeated people in the duel, but the shards are Adolin's, not Kaladin's. Nobody is going to raise that objection, if the head of House Kholin and king says the shards were won by Kaladin, they were won by Kaladin, and it isn't like Adolin would object to it
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Tunicate posted:Nobody is going to raise that objection, if the head of House Kholin and king says the shards were won by Kaladin, they were won by Kaladin, and it isn't like Adolin would object to it Correct, but that hadn't happened yet. Kaladin has not been bequeathed any shards at that time. There was no guarantee he was going to be given shards. There was no agreement for shards. Obviously Dalinar/Adolin would offer him shards after his effort, but they hadn't yet. At the moment of his challenge demand, he was still a Dark Eyes of whatever Nahn. EDIT: On another topic, this is funny:  For comparison, Brandon is 5'9 Mordiceius fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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Decided to listen to the audiobook for my reread and I like how cinematic it feels but also why does Kaladin sound 50 years old
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Mordiceius posted:Correct, but that hadn't happened yet. Kaladin has not been bequeathed any shards at that time. There was no guarantee he was going to be given shards. There was no agreement for shards. Obviously Dalinar/Adolin would offer him shards after his effort, but they hadn't yet. At the moment of his challenge demand, he was still a Dark Eyes of whatever Nahn. Is that all legal hair-splitting resulting in a vaguely nonsense result? Sure it is, but who cares? It gives Elhokar cover to treat Kaladin's challenge as legitimate, which is all that's needed in that instant. A darkeyes challenging a Shardbearer and winning Shards in a duel has, guaranteed, never happened before, which means they're in unprecedented waters and Elhokar, as king, has pretty wide latitude to interpret it in whatever way is most favorable to him. And he fuckin' doesn't.
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Mordiceius posted:Correct, but that hadn't happened yet. Kaladin has not been bequeathed any shards at that time. There was no guarantee he was going to be given shards. There was no agreement for shards. Obviously Dalinar/Adolin would offer him shards after his effort, but they hadn't yet. At the moment of his challenge demand, he was still a Dark Eyes of whatever Nahn. Fun fact: Wemby is a huge Cosmere nerd. He saved the ending of Words of Radiance for his pre-game fuel. I'm not kidding. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/victor-wembanyama-loves-brandon-sanderson-books/1d487ab4ded0d7ae0f881456 quote:
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CapnAndy posted:You can, however, make the strong argument that Kaladin, who has defeated a Shardbearer and stripped him of his Shards right there, has triggered the laws that make any darkeye who does that into a Shardbearer and therefore legally a lighteyes of high rank, and those laws take effect immediately, whereas the conditions of the duel don't take effect until the duel's end. So for the intervening period, Kaladin was a Shardbearer, which means he became a lighteyes, which means he is still a lighteyes, and whether or not he actually possesses any Shards right now doesn't enter into it. I love this legal hair-splitting of Alethi law. I would argue, though, that Kaladin didn't "challenge a shardbearer" Adolin did. Kaladin was only support. The dueling match is between Adolin and Relis. If Adolin's team wins, Adolin wins all of the shards. If Relis's team wins, Relis wins all of the shards. I would argue that this comes down to the fact that even though Kaladin "defeated" shardbearers while in the arena, he did not kill them. So that means the defeated shardbearer still owns and is bonded to their shards. The "ownership" of the shards only transfers after the duel is decided. And, even then, the only possible recipients of the shards are Adolin and Relis.
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I’m sorry, I don’t read Azish?
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M_Gargantua posted:I’m sorry, I don’t read Azish? shaking my drat head
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Of course if we really get into the weeds adolin technically cheated since Maya + Adolin + Renarin + Glys + Renarin's Bladespren + Kaladin + Syl + Pattern = 8 people on Team Adolin, while his opponents were only four dudes with three shardblades, or 7 people
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I finished Warbreaker...
It's Dawnshard time. Then, Rhythm of War. I think I will save Mistborn Era 2 and Mistborn: SH for after RoW unless there are major easter-eggs hidden in them that will pop up in RoW. I'm open to suggestions.
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I really like Warbreaker but I feel like the ending was underdeveloped. It needed like another 5-10% at the end imo.
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Mordiceius posted:I really like Warbreaker but I feel like the ending was underdeveloped. It needed like another 5-10% at the end imo. Yeah, I could see that. I was on Kindle looking at my percent bar, and the ending ended at 80% because of the annotations, and I was like, "WTF." They rushed the whole palace take-over and such.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Yeah, I could see that. I was on Kindle looking at my percent bar, and the ending ended at 80% because of the annotations, and I was like, "WTF." They rushed the whole palace take-over and such. Yeah and the whole there is an undead army marching but don’t worry, we took care of it off screen.
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A Sneaker Broker posted:I finished Warbreaker...
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A Sneaker Broker posted:I finished Warbreaker... In general, I would recommend reading Rhythm of War before Mistborn Era 2 (specifically The Lost Metal), for a similar reason I'd recommend reading Warbreaker before Words of Radiance.
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Very fast read of Dawnshard and:
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A Sneaker Broker posted:Very fast read of Dawnshard and: You can't just say this without explaining your reasoning. 
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pik_d posted:You can't just say this without explaining your reasoning. There is an internal dialogue where she says that the colors look more vibrant and vivid. From the wiki "Third Heightening 600 Breaths Perfect Color Recognition".
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