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dalinar waiting in the other room for an hour listening to kaladin play the flute badly
Skybreakers are the funniest Radiant Order because they have actual procedures and continuity and they know what Ideals they’re going to say more than ten seconds before they say them while everyone else is just randomly discovering what they can do as it happens like “Huh, I can recover from Shardblade injuries” “I hung out with Kaladin a lot and now I’m glowing” “My friend can turn into a fork I guess”
Actually I think all men can read and they all just pretended they couldn't as an elaborate prank on Dalinar.
Questioner
Can you tell us something about any of the Shards that haven't made it into a book yet?
Brandon Sanderson
Hm... you know what, sure. I can share one of them without causing any issues. It's called Splungommery.
Questioner
That's the name of the Vessel?
Brandon Sanderson
That's the name of the Shard.
Questioner
What does that word mean?
Brandon Sanderson
We're all gonna find out together.
Dragonsteel 2023 (November 84, 2023)
Creating an invention to allow one massive war of humans v undead wasnt enough for you, Vasher?
Slow train journeys in rural England sure are an experience. You're going ten miles and it takes a day and a half because it stops at every lamp-post and the announcement says "The next station stop is Ferretley" or something and you think "I didn't know that was a place" and you get there and it isn't
I don't think Taravangian is as big a threat as we think.
It's been established that Vin only did as well as she did against Ruin because the shards were so opposite. This isn't true for him; Cultivation could probably kick his ass if she wanted. We also saw in secret history how well a shard did if they didn't have a natural connection to the shard: Kelsier had to use connection juice to connect to Preservation. Taravangian did something similar: only connecting by his most emotional day because of his old magic condition. This will likely mean that he too will have a hard time controlling the power. But that's exactly what he thinks he can do at the end of ROW.
His main arc is about his intelligence and it failing him. While Smart Taravangian makes genius plans, these often fail, and at multiple times he's amazed by what Average Person Taravangain or Stupid Taravangian can do. The diagram fails him repeatedly, getting a small part of what he hoped to bargain for, and failing at gaining control of the coalition, because he underestimated other people (Rayse and Dalinar). His greatest triumph, killing Rayse, is done by him at his stupidest.
When he becomes Odium, he's now at his smartest yet, and he immediately seems to forget almost everything he learned. He's now scheming, convinced he's smarter than everyone else. He thinks that despite Cultivation's plans succeeding at every step, despite his being Odium being part of that plan, that he's now running circles around everyone: Cultivation, Rayse, Hoid, and maybe Dalinar. Did he trick Hoid? Maybe, or maybe not - rereading that chapter shows Hoid skipping some boring parts of their conversation the second time through, and shows that he may realize he's now lost breath (he's just lost his second heightening).
I think this book, and the end of the half-series, will end with his defeat, either taking down Cultivation with him, or setting up Cultivation as a future threat. It's also worth keeping in mind that while it feels like the conflict against Odium may be the central threat for the rest of the series, or at least a good part of it, that's not really how Sanderson writes. Only 2/4 existing books have directly been about the conflict with Odium, and no major threat really lasts that long in any of Sanderson's books. The only one close is the Set, but they only really felt like the main foe for the last 1-2 books of mistborn era 2. Ruin only really is a major villain whose presence you feel for 1 book, and while a couple standalones left their villains around, only one (the night brigade, who isn't even the book's main villain) seems like they're going to be used again in a meaningful way.
Lift: Welcome to Wind and Truth. Do you want the wind or the truth?
Customer: um uh the wind?
Customer is immediately lashed backward and out the door
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Szeth’s Name
What really cracks me up for some reason is the way Szeth treats how he is addressed. He states that going by Szeth-son-Neturo would be an insult to his father, because he was such an honorable person and that he doesn’t deserve to be associated with his son’s sins.
But he clearly has no issue with going by son-son-Vallano.
I mean, did he just go “Yeah…gramps Vallano was full of sh*t. It’s ok for HIM to be associated with me and my screw-ups
Sword-nimi’s new human mask allows him to perfectly pass as human. Now he’s ready to go trick-or-treating.
One thing I find a little frustrating is how many modern greek mythology stories focus on the Giants, or Titans, or maybe Typhon or someone else coming back and opposing the gods again. They both shouldn't pose a real threat for Olympus, and there isn't really precedent in the mythology for such threats coming back.
Greek mythology is about a cycle of succession - Ouranos gains control of the heavens, his son Kronos succeeds him, and his son Zeus succeeds him. Kronos fails to prevent Zeus and his siblings from overthrowing him, while Zeus succeeds in defeating potential successors (the Giants and Typhon), preventing them from being born (sons of Metis and Thetis), or just generally by having his sons support his reign rather than attempt to overthrow him (Apollo, Ares, etc.)
The monsters are also just going to be much less threatening a second time - the Titans were defeated when there were way fewer gods and the Titans ruled the heavens, seas, and other domains, Typhon was almost victorious until Athena was born, etc.
If you want a Greek mythology story to have an overarching threat to the gods, there are much more interesting, threatening, and mythologically reasonable options - maybe the gods are taking sides Trojan war style, maybe one of Zeus's sons is leads a bunch of Zeus's kids against him, or maybe Metis finally has that prophesied kid.
Whoever pulls this sword from the stone shall become the true king of France… for all of 15 minutes until they guillotine you for being a king and stealing their sword
national elections so fucked someone's out to become king of the franks
Nale: I want you to introduce you to your new talking sword.
Szeth-son-son-Vallano: Wow
Nale: Now, he has limited functionality. He can’t hold a conversation or express emotion.
Szeth-son-son-Vallano: Ok
Nale: I was talking to the sword.
Questioner: Hollywood comes to you, says, alright, we've got whatever budget you need, we give you full creative control.
Brandon Sanderson: Woah. Ooh. Oooh. Ooh, you're speaking my language.
Questioner: One thing, it has to be a musical. *all laugh* What do you pick?
Brandon Sanderson: I go get the director of RRR, and I say, alright, you made a musical awesome action movie, show me how to do it. India's really good at that. So, so we do something like that.
Questioner: Which book, or anything, would you...?
Brandon Sanderson: I mean, it feels like you could do any of them. Like, how much of the singing done by the singers counts as musical, right?
But the truth is, Stormlight can't be a traditional film. It's got to be a long-form, right? So, we're down to a few options if we want to do an actual, in theaters, traditional theatrical release. That would depend, right?
Are we making television show or not? If we're making, like, a premium cable sort of thing, then we can go Stormlight. If we're not, then we basically got to go with Mistborn.
Mistborn is the thing that can be contained in a two to two-and-a-half hour film... Warbreaker: The Musical though, huh? Yeah, mhm.
Sutekh: I’m gonna hide here for a bit and turn into a GOD
Sutekh: I, uh. Okay Fenric and Ragnarok were a bit much for me. But I’ll be a god soon—
Sutekh: okay so there’s a Time War but it’s probably fine, better sit this one outWHAT THE HELL IS THE COULD’VE-BEEN KING AHHHHHH
Sutekh: okay so that’s over I’m free might be a good time to come out — wait something’s haunting alongside me, what the hell is “Bad Wolf”
Sutekh: holy me Bad Wolf is ALL up and down the Doctor’s timeline I need to hide until I’m sure she’s COMPLETELY gone
Sutekh: is she still here
Sutekh: oh hi River you’re here again WAIT WHY ARE YOU BLOWING ME UP
Sutekh: okay Amy is clearly not safe for me since she can rewrite time apparently I need to —
Sutekh: wait where are all these tiny brunettes coming from WHO IS CLARA AND WHY DOES SHE KEEP THWARTING ME
Sutekh: WE’RE GOING BACK INTO THE TIME WAR ARE YOU CRAZY? And wait ITS THE FUCKING BAD WOLF AGAIN?????
Sutekh: okay look other me’s trust me don’t come out of hiding it’s not safe
Sutekh: okay Clara’s gone, yay, I’m — wait she’s up his timeline too isn’t she. Medammit. Now I have to wait out TWO OF THEM?
Sutekh: Okay these three are—they’re normal. They’re normal, right? No weird bullshit?
Sutekh: I’m sorry Ruby Sunday is WHAT? I CANT AFFORD TO WAIT TO FIND OUT I CANT KEEP GETTING HIT WITH THIS SHIT START THE PLAN START THE PLAN MAYDAY MAYDAY
If Gavilar Had Survived a Little Longer
Gavilar: Tell Thaidakar he's too late!
Szeth: I don't know who that is
Gavilar: Restares? Sadeas?
Szeth: My masters are...
Gavilar: Don't tell me, I want to guess. Was it Nale?
Szeth: You mean Nin? No.
Gavilar: Taln is mad that I want to take his place?
Szeth: Stop guessing Heralds
Gavilar: I've got it! The stormfather! I knew he was lying!
Szeth: You're insane.
Gavilar: Elhokar or Dalinar making a play for the throne?
Szeth: No
Gavilar: Navani's really mad that I yelled at her?
Szeth: Is there anyone in your family you don't suspect of killing you? It wasn't them.
Gavilar: I don't suspect Jasnah. Was it Taravingian? He seems to be up to more than he lets on.
Szeth: Don't be silly, I would never work for him.
Gavilar: Is the king of Jah Keved so scared of our alliance with the Parshendi that he’d have me killed?
Szeth: How do you have so many enemies but still have more than you think? My masters are the Parshendi.
Gavilar: That doesn't make any sense!?
Szeth: RAFO
Gavilar: ...Take this sphere and tell my brother he must find the most important words a man can say.
Szeth: Dying requests are sacred in my culture, I will do as you ask.
Gavilar: Wait! As my dying request can you instead kill everyone else I guessed except my family members?
Szeth: ...Okay not that sacred.