Listening to the inauguration speech like...
Thoughts on Rhythm of War...
(Semi-spoilers? Trying to keep it clean...)
-I cannot believe I just finished Rhythm of War and I'm about to start on Wind and Truth already.
-I cannot believe Taravangian... and that Cultivation thought that would actually work/help/make things better somehow
-Adolin has grown on me so much
-"WE CHOSE!"
-Chapter 85 about Dabbid had me ðŸ˜
-Chapter 104 had me screaming MOASH YOU F@#$ING BASTARD TRAITOR NOOOOOOOO that was awful
-It's funny that Lyft had the flute
-So many good quotes and conversations of course, like the one between Noril, Kaladin and Teft in Chapter 25 about darkness
-Navani "Don't let his lies become your truth"
-Syl's assertion that hair is gross because it oozes out of little holes and you just let it sit there 😂
- I'm still not sure how I feel about Venli
-I really liked how they ended things with Eshonai
- LOVED what happened with Rlain and the spren
Please send thoughts and prayers and luck as I start Wind and Truth 😅
Absolutely!!
just wanted to share the National Down Syndrome Society’s message for this year’s World Down Syndrome Day (21st March) 💛💙
I love this so much
Happy Halloween! Last year, Cosmere characters dressed up. This year, I'm going to compare them to candy. Who knows what will happen next year?
Anyway, here's what type of candy I think each of them would be!
1. Szeth: Jawbreaker
Yes, this is a joke about his bald head.
2. Elend: Nerds
Yes, this is a joke about how Elend is a big nerd.
3. Siri: Skittles
They are a rainbow, just like Siri's hair!
4. Shallan: Three Musketeers
One candy. Three musketeers. Shallan.
5. Ham: Tootsie Pop
The tagline "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop" is a quasi-philosophical question that we as kids really felt was important. Ham loves debating shit. My wife says no one will remember this slogan because it's from the 90s but I was a kid then and I'm doing it.
6. Vin: Warhead
It's a weapon of mass destruction in candy form.
7. Kaladin: Kit Kat
A candy made to be broken in half. The tag line (from the 90s again probably shut up) is "Give me a break." But no one gives Kaladin a break. He just gets...broken.
8. Wayne: 100 Grand
First slogan: "Tastes so good it's almost illegal!" Second slogan: "That's rich!" Wayne: likes to steal, like recreationally, but not like in an illegal-illegal way. Then he gets Super Rich. Look, it makes sense in my head.
9. Steris: Homemade caramel apples
Steris doesn't do anything halfway. The caramel is homemade too.
10. Lift: Sour Patch Kids
I think Lift would be a candy with "kid" in the name. You know, because she's never going to grow up.
11. Renarin: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
The slogan I know is "There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's." And Renarin is a guy who likes to go his own way.
12. Leshwi: M&Ms
Hard outer shell (=crab lady) + delicious cholate interior (=Leshwi is sweet) and then there's slogan about how it m-melts in your m-mouth not in your hand.... Ha ha did it get hot in here or is it just me?
13. Dalinar: Twix
It's a candy that is a BONDED pair. I tried.
14. Adolin: Lindor Truffle
I felt that Adolin should be chocolate: solid, dependable, comforting. But, like, a fancy chocolate. Rich. Higher quality. That sort of thing.
15. Raoden: Snickers
Slogan (current, for once!): "You're not you when you're hungry." And, you know, as a person with the Shaod and an all-consuming hunger...
16. Moash: Candy Corn
People who hate candy corn: "Candy corn is the WORST thing to have EVER happened in the UNIVERSE and anybody who likes it is PROBABLY SICK AND TWISTED."
People who like candy corn: "It sucks! I love it so much."
(I like candy corn.)
17. Kelsier: Everlasting Gobstopper
My original joke: Because it survives forever!
My current joke: Holy shit I really thought this was a real candy but apparently it is a fictional candy from Willy Wonka that was later made into a real candy? Only the fictional candy really did last forever but of course the real candy doesn't; it's just a story.
That's somehow even more Kelsier.
18. Nale: Floss
There's always the one house that hands out floss, to remind the children that life is not about fun candy, it's about Responsibility. That's Nale.
"'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word And love dares you to care for The people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way of Caring about ourselves This is our last dance..."
"Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I'll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I'm not as stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard ...
But no one said anything. The cowards, each man thought."
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
I absolutely adore Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. They are phenomenal audiobook narrators who did amazing work with Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and with Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere. They are definitely my favorite Audible narrators. But...
I do think maybe Edgedancer could have been narrated by Suzy Jackson, who did the Skyward series. She would have been perfect for Lift. I guess I understand it's more consistent to use Kate Reading since she does Lift in the main books, and she does a wonderful job, but I just think Suzy Jackson would have been cool in that role.
Did Alanik really just imply that Tolkien preserved some of her people's language in the Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit?!
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