inside the pasta bowl

noodle he/him love d&d, art, writing, cats n shit

[solardrake]

greeble neeble gomble womp?? e mfucking worgle smeet huga dorble!!!!

[sod-st1ll-sleeping]

wip

i miss the old man 😭😭😭

(art may or may not be sadalinar themed 👀)

[icarus-is-lost]

Quick sketch of something ive been thinking about a lot latley.

Sorry its really bad, i dont know how to get the scroll affect that i wanted so if you call could just pretend for me please

Sword design credit to aaron c

[firebird04]

Attempt at crosshatching with Dalinar

[of-swords-and-princes]

sometimes you gotta fuck around and learn a new medium to force yourself to be creative again

[privateffdonut]

Taking a metal vial to replenish my allomantic reserves (pain meds and energy drink)

Flaring pewter (taking ibuprofen) to continue the big fight (going about my day)

[liarsblade]

Yeah you're right. It WOULD be pretty fucked up if you were a swan but you were raised by ducks and you grew up never seeing another swan or even knowing that such a thing as a swan even existed so you just thought you were a duck with something super wrong with it.

[liarsblade]

[a-potato-of-death]

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[chilliesh]

I um cried when i made this

I feel like i need to draw them being happy after this

[parhelion-studio]

Rocky: Patron Saint of ~🎶🎵 🎶🎵 🎶~

[orphetoon]

go watch project hail mary NOW!!

[pineappical]

home

[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.

[cam-pteryx]

frecklessss

[ramsei501st]

saw some tags on my last syladin doodle complimenting syl's hairstyle so i thought i'd draw the full design for my syl! + a kaladin bc i lov he

[uinferno]

You know. I think people misconstrue Dalinar's lesson at the end of Oathbringer. Namely the distinction in his lesson in OB and his lesson in Wind and Truth, because they're not the same.

Much of Dalinar's sins in Oathbringer in a sense haunt him because he was barely a person. He was a warlord who in the absence of violence would check out of his own life. He was a weapon used by Gavilar who succumbed to his own wrath on occasion and thought very little for himself.

Dalinar's sins in Wind and Truth was his obsession with control. He let go of violence, more or less. He sought inner peace. But he did not actually think about giving up power. I'd even argue his past scared him into being more controlling in a sense. He let himself be used and manipulated, and his response to it was to take responsibility. To step up and stop being under the influence of others and to learn that he is the master of his own actions and that his sins are his own.

A Dalinar that was controlling. A Dalinar who struggled with not being the one to get things done. A Dalinar that couldn't picture a world without him did not exist in his past. That was a man born from his present. That was a man who, from Gavilar, to Sadeas, and even Elhokar, eventually became frustrated by working with others. At the start of the Way of Kings, he already had the seeds of learning to actually participate in his own life and make decisions for himself, but still saw himself as a servant of others, an extension of their will, and wanting to trust in their judgement. So much of his conflict in tWoK was the clash of a thoughtless barbarian and a cognizant king, and in turn the cognizant king won out by the end of the first book.

And for most of his on screen time, he was rarely punished for it. In fact he was often rewarded. After decades of living life on autopilot, a Dalinar that took charge got things done. Even when he left the sword behind for politics, being in charge helped him.

And I think Wind and Truth tried to show him the problem with that. Whether it succeeded is up to you, but much of the book turned him around, and tried to show him the flaws of that philosophy. He held so tightly to being in control following the Rift and his boutique of alcoholism because he was terrified of losing it, that he didn't realize when he was taking control away from others. And his gambit at the end of WaT was him relenting that he couldn't be everywhere. That he cannot be the one to get the job done. That he cannot be the leader he so desperately wanted to be, so he or anyone else couldn't make his old sins again. Which is why he gave up Honor.

Dalinar before Cultivation was one of Violence and Obedience. Dalinar after Cultivation was one of Words and Rule. And both Dalinars were imperfect, and I think much of his post Oathbringer could have done a better job at emphasizing these traits, but digging through the pieces, I can see the intent was there.

[duckngk]

rhythm of gay or smt

[cam-pteryx]

Axehounds