Words Of Radiance - Blog Posts
You guys have no idea at all how much I both A) Dread the upcoming Eshonai corruption arc and B) Desperately need an un-corruption arc
If you bastards come into the tags like “oh she dies in Book 4” I will END your pitiful lives. She’s gonna get married to and kiss Kaladin and live happily ever after.
She is OFFEND!!! Boots are required!!!!!
Shallan’s gang is so interesting. She girlbosses so hard she factory reset like 20 guy’s morality.
EEESSSHHOOONNNAAAIIIIIIIIIIII
I love her so much
It aches my heart to see people get injured… it’s almost more painful to me than seeing people die in books. She’s paralyzed. It’s… I- it’s so heartbreaking to witness. I feel so much desire to help Rysn, but she’s not even real. Aaghck. Empathy suuucccckkkssss sometimes.
oh my gosh I love this random cobbler so much and I’ve known him for- maybe five minutes. I love him so much.
I adore the way Stormlight handles war. Everyone believes earnestly that what they do is right. Fervently correct. They would and do die for their beliefs. The Listeners were correct to kill Gavilar, but the Alethi were correct to seek retaliation as well. It captures the experience of conflict better than most media I’ve ever seen.
AAAAA!!!! I love the way Bridge Four sticks up for Shen while getting their tattoos!!!!! They’re so awesome and I love them!!!
Ah.. so I’ve finally gotten to my single favorite theme of the Stormlight Archives: How the world is mostly just a matter of perception. A king, a princess, a light eyes, a leader… is only that because others perceive them to be so. They aren’t inherently different than others, just possessing the arbitrary lineage, presence, and background for others to deign them as such.
It’s the entire power system of Roshar. You change things self-perception to soul-cast, you change the way your soul perceives gravity to lash, and so on and so forth for each and every power. It’s ALL perception.
Kaladin is just a bridge man. A slave. And all the men he comes in contact with laude him because of his presence. How many times have people said he MUST have been a light-eyes or what have you. It’s how they perceive him, because of how he carries himself, that causes this. Shallan is in the same situation, though I don’t feel the need to explain hers, as she quite literally created a personality based on this concept. It’s fascinating, real, and freeing. You are not bound by where you’re from who what you’ve done. At any moment - if you’ve the will to try - you can become anyone.
And this is why, because I believe in myself, I know I could get Jasnah to step on me
The end of Words of Radiance
SPOILER ALERT....
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So when Adolin kills Sadeas at the end of Words of Radiance it is so damn satisfying that I actually laughed out loud and said "YES! FINALLY!" while listening to the audiobook. But then...all I can picture is Adolin nonchalantly chucking Oathbringer out the window, "alley-oop!" dusting off his hands and then whistling as he ambles away down the corridor to find his friends "Heeeey guyz, I waz here in this other corridor all along... nothing to see down that way!"
And I'm just dying 🤣☠️
~ Dear joy, thank you for quiet, persistent whisperings. ~ 🌼
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~ notes from everyday ~
~ Do you value the love you so willingly give? ~ . Our generation glorifies givers. Being a hardcore one myself, I think that while the act of giving is beautiful, it has to be valued. . Do I value my giving? Do I value the quality of love I am offering? Or do I pour it in people, places, things without being aware of its worth, its sanctity? . We will always meet people who aren't ready to receive what we have to give. At times like these, if we truly value our giving, we will learn to redirect that love to a vessel, a heart, that's more ready to hold it, cherish it and nourish it. . Giving is beautiful, giving is a gift. May we learn to deeply value it and tax it up a bit.
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