i'm gonna cry aren't i

also i hope i don't spoil anyone

[nooneinnportant]

Honestly? BEST scene in the entire series.

(Original art by @lamaery)

[stormingfemboy]

My comfort thought is remembering that Elhokar was into drawing maps. I think Brandon only mentions it once in Oathbringer (when Elhokar is drawing a map in Kholinar), but I think about it all the time.

Like, just imagine being a king (one of the most powerful people in your entire world) and having to constantly keep up that image of composure: never showing fear, weakness, or even doubt in public. But deep down, you’re this anxious, insecure stupid mess living in the shadow of your """perfect""" father, who everyone thought was the ideal ruler.

Now picture being in that situation: anxious as hell, but unable to show it. And then there’s your cousin who gets to do weird little things to calm himself down (playing with a little box, for example) and you want that, you need that. But you can’t do anything like that because kings don’t get to fidget. Kings don’t get to be nervous.

So maybe you find another thing to calm yourself down. Maybe you like to draw... But you live in this shitty world where people would probably judge you for that too (like, a king? a MAN? with a PENCIL?) so you disguise it, and you start drawing maps instead.

I just love the idea that drawing maps was Elhokar’s version of "therapy". It feels like such a Lightweaver thing to do, honestly.

[torpublishinggroup]

let’s play a game:

take a sip whenever Kaladin’s having a bad time...

[rhythm-of-lesbianism]

Here’s my pitch for Stoneward Moash:

- its the order of foot soldiers, Moash originally wanted to be a normal soldier (he was never in it to be special or in command)

- their second ideal is “I will step forward when others step back”. Moash is the one character we see step forward and say that the singers are right. you can argue whether you agree with him or not, but the fact remains that he takes a stand that few other humans do. He strives to accomplish the task of a changed world where the singers are in charge

- their third ideal is “I will be the foundation upon which others can build”. Moash absolutely views himself as part of a larger whole (that whole being the cause of the singers). He knows he’s not the most important guy he doesn’t want to be the most important guy. Also he likes manual labor and literally building foundations so you know

- during peacetime, stonewards were historically explorers. Moash was a caraveener before he went to the Shattered Plains

- also historically stonewards were stubborn to a fault and filled with resolve. do I even have to say it

- this is also thematically interesting in parallel to Bridge Four because the stonewards and windrunners are the two main military orders, but the stonewards are grounded in the earth with their surges as opposed to the windrunners who end up detached from the earth literally. this could be juicy

- the stoneward fourth ideal could be something Moash struggles for: it’s about self-care and having a supportive network, something he absolutely doesn’t have yet (and has in fact lost). so stoneward Moash trying to rebuild himself a support network could be beautiful

[kaladins-forehead-deactivated20]

Y’know, Moash might have a point. I mean, it worked out for Adolin

[kaladins-forehead-deactivated20]

Due to popular demand ( @zarohk, @dawn-the-rithmatist ) : kelsier

[kaladins-forehead-deactivated20]

Sorry

[multidimensionalmusicalmess]

[idontknownothin]

OC do not steal

[cupcakesandhags]

kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

kaladin smiling while dancing with syl 🥰

kaladin feeling true and pure joy while dancing with syl 🥰

szeth getting forcibly transferred to a different realm of existence before getting his ass beat and almost drowning in a sea of beads while kaladin and syl remain oblivious 😔

kaladin dancing with syl 🥰

[basket-of-radiants]

Hey guys, this is a really important question. Highspren ship names are a bit of a controversial topic where I'm from, so I wanted all of you to give some input.

121/12124 ship name?

1212124 (portmanteau)

12245 (addition)

1467004 (multiplication)

0.00998020455295 or 100.198347107 (division)

12112124 or 12124121 (names smashed together)

Other

Voting ended onSep 15, 2025

[dalenthas]

You know what would be a fucked up way to start Stormlight 6? Shallan on a mission with Adolin and Kaladin, then it's revealed partway through the chapter that the boys are just lightweavings she made because she misses them so much.

[lemonysnickersbar]

*Country accent*

"Stormin' Lighteyes"

[windspeaking]

did we know about this by the way. theyre inventing new kinds of yuri over there

[bubblesandpages]

something about Kaladin's journey early on in way of kings and the idea that the good you put into the world isn't always reflected back at you but that's not why you do it, how it's for yourself because you need to know that good exists in the world, that it's real, even if you're the only one who seems to be putting any of it out into the world because you NEED it to be true even for a moment and that idea is doing SOMETHING to me.

it's like Sanderson found a barrel jumped on it and started shouting "hope is bruised! it's battered, it fights everyday downtrodden bloodied and insulted for nothing but its own sake and the dream of a future it could bring about!"

[dienothemink]

elhokar was tien. szeth was tien. at this rate we will reach the tien singularity in a matter of years. soon, the entire kholin family will be tien. then all of roshar. people will start becoming tien at a rate of 2 million per second, until the whole cosmere is tien. and then they will all die horribly i’m sure

[smeegamae]

we must release the triangle @nauti-ca

[saphrodoe]

for context this is how kaladin sees everyone in his life. he either relates to them directly. relates them to his dead brother. or filters everything they say through the preface of “woman” (note: does not have to always be a girl) (case in point: adolin is solidly between “kaladin” and “woman”.)

im serious. try it with any character he interacts with.

[awindandtruthliveblog]

real

[cabou]

Kaladin dans les gouffres avec le Pont Quatre, les Plaines Brisées. 

[uinferno]

While I do have some issues with Stormlight (only some—I don't nearly find its blemishes as glaring as most; WaT is a solid 7/10 for me), the unifying philosophy of "Life before death" has irreversibly influenced how I view the worth of human life. My entire world view is built on the fundamental belief that people both as a whole and as individuals are better off alive than dead. That self-sacrifice and martyrdom isn't the most profound thing any given person can do. That death isn't some ultimate punishment but an act of convenience. That getting back up and trying again is better than giving up and rot where you fall. You, as a person, are worth far more alive and breathing, trying to do good than running yourself down, chasing some vague aspirations, be it notoriety, altruism, or penance. You don't owe anyone for your existence, superfluous deaths are a great tragedy, and even the most abhorrent acts aren't so far gone that you can't come back, and that the prospect it is only serves to keep people locked down that path than grace of walking back.

You, as a person, can do far and away more good alive than dead, be it to achieve some higher calling, justifying your place in the world, or absolving yourself of past transgressions. Only living people can do good.

It's easy to die for a cause. Living for one is where the weight is at.

[razielim]

Contrary to popular belief, "gancho" is not the Herdazian word for "boss" or some equivalent meaning, it is actually short for "Goncharov," a beloved national stage play first put on some fifty years ago which speaks to the Herdazian soul with delicate themes of fraternity and five-dimensional Towers levels of intrigue. The play's central figure Goncharov looms large over all Herdazian understandings of what it means to be family, not by blood but by loyalty.

[natequarter]

great thing about gavilar is he's fucking dead. hate him all you like; he's dead. he is never ever showing his awful fucking face again. because he's dead. thanks szeth