I am manifesting with all my soul that Kaladin gets something cool to do in the (presumed?) 10 years before the Heralds need to return for the Odium showdown again. Therapy is great and all, but after 2-3 years I think most of Kaladin's work will be done and it will be up to the Heralds themselves to put into practice what they had learned/discovered.
I need Kaladin to be conveniently summoned/manifested offworld and save a planet from inevitable doom. I need a Kaladin training arc with Taln and Nale from which he will emerge an absolute menace to the larger Cosmere.
I need it so that when he finally gets his dramatic return in the second arc of Stormlight he will single-handedly turn the tide of the war.
I am Kaladin fanboy trash and I am not ashamed to admit it.
Every time Hoid makes an appearance in a book, my brain immediately just thinks of this post
Silly comic about the episode where they worked in their formal fits.
They slayed so hard that episode it was DISTRACTING
decided to share a small comic of one of my favorite little parts from Rhythm of War in celebration of the release of Wind and Truth! i hope to colorize and maybe remake this when i have some time. kaladin and adolin’s dynamic is one of my favorite things to read.
I know that technically the Windrunners' third Oath tells them to protect even those whom they hate, but I swear to Adonalsium that somewhere in the second arc of Stormlight, Kaladin, having learned of Leyten's death and Sigzil's disappearance, is going to take a good, hard look at Moash and immediately swear the 6th Windrunners' oath which goes somewhere along the lines of: "...but THIS BITCH deserves to die."
Stormlight Archive brain mush. SPOILER THOUGHTS.
Can we talk about Kaladin "I had nine carefree days after going off the deep end and trying very hard to kill myself before deciding to sacrifice myself to save all the spren with my fingers crossed that the Wind and insane as fuck Ishar had a plan for it to not result in my eternal torture" Stormblessed??? That boy is not right in the head. And not because he suffers from PTSD and depression, but bc he thinks nine days of sorta fun is enough for him to know anything about self care.
That poor sweet (not?) gloomy asshole.
Wind and Truth theory fact. Gavinor did not grow to hate Dalinar for the atrocities he had committed, but rather as a natural consequence of having to watch your grand-uncle tell your dad that he's banging your grandmother 10000 times back-to-back.
adolin getting a longer hug from kaladin than shallan is one of the most throwaway comments brando sando could have made, and he did, for no reason, unrelevant to the story, just for us. my heart is warm.
Dalinar: "I can accept my son being gay. I can accept my son being a certified monsterfucker, but democracy is where I draw the line!!!"
maybe it’s good dalinar didn’t live to see his son turn Urithiru into a representative government
Looking back at Wind and Truth, I'm really glad I didn't reread any of the previous Stormlight books since Branderson had graciously decided to send half of the characters to the fucking Flashback Realm™️ so that you are essentially forced to reread all of the important scenes anyways...
Momokarun dump