huuuuge fan of little phrases you can add to the end of your sentences just for fun. "if you even care" and "btw" and "I fear" have done sooo much for my vocabulary. if you even care
Notable exception to this pattern - Gavilar Kholin.
The more I learn, the more I seethe with rage. Especially after RoW? How dare you speak to her that way? You would forsake your friends, you’re comrades? You think you’re hot shit? Boy you stepped in it.
Perish.
I think Sanderson’s greatest strength when writing is being able to make you initially hate a character with your whole being and then, through expanding the world and the narrative, makes those same characters fan favorites.
Rereading TWoK’s I’m reminded of how the first time I read I fucking HATED Adolin. What a dick. What an asshole. Jock. Daddy’s money ass rich boy.
Now, after reading all of Stormlight I would probably pass away if anything bad happened to him. His whimsy? Unmatched. Style? Impeccable. Aptitude for revenge? Present. He is My Little Pony (power of friendship). He’s just a horse girl that likes clubbing and making new friends.
Same thing happened for me with Susebron, TenSoon, Marsh, etc etc etc.
Imagine if you came home to your beautiful wife and your beautiful house only to find that your wife had turned the house into a living being (a simplification), killed her wlw situationship, and invented antimatter bombs. And it barely breaks the top 5 craziest things that happened that week.
Sanderson is a really big fan of magic that sounds fun but then is secretly hella dark and probably has to do with killing souls.
Hey look this magic lets you see pretty colors and hear music better and animate corpses. How'd you get that magic? Oh I ate someone's soul. Don't worry they're fine, they just can't experience beauty anymore.
Look Look eat the metal and you can do cool stuff like yeet yourself in the air or run super fast. Eat the metal and you can become superman.
Or alternatively, you could STAB someone with the metal and STEAL THEIR SOUL! They will be very dead and it will be very messy. But look you have magical powers plus cool new jewelry
Here on Roshar you get magical powers, a built-in best friend/therapist, and a kick ass sword. But if you fuck up at all that new friend of yours will die and you will personally be responsible for killing a tiny part of god. Have fun!
In Vorin and Alethi culture, "hummus" would be a holy word
Spin this wheel of stormlight characters three times. They are your new roommates.
If you're a color, are you red or green?
Concept: Depressing dystopian factory where everything is gray and samey and the workers are called by their employee numbers by an ominous deep voice.
But it's a really great place to work with high salaries, excellent benefits, and a flexible working schedule with plenty of paid leave. They just like the dystopian aesthetic.
You’re in her dms, I’m in those cryptic, prophetic dreams she keeps having. We’re not the same
at what age do you accept that you and your digestive system are never gonna be friends again
*gets a call from my brother who's just started listening to Words of Radiance*
"Hey man What's up-"
"why the FUCK is Pattern such a little freak?"
Cosmere fan collecting invested artsCredit: @awishwee for the pfp
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