#cytonic

[brothermouse-skeleton]

Brandon Sanderson's writing has a built-in anti spoiler defensive system. Most spoilers for his stuff make no sense until you reach the reveal.

What do you mean rock stacking saved the world?

What do you mean you fixed the zombie problem by drawing a line in the sand?

What do you mean slug poop can stop The Eldritch Horrors from erasing your personal existence?

[starryarchitect]

"Do you know," I said, "what happens to the hero at the end of the stories?"

"Depends on the story."

"They go home," I whispered.

I felt the room vibrate around me. Jorgen's coffee appeared on the table again, though three of the chairs vanished.

Are you . . . are you all right? M-Bot said in my head. The delvers are going wild right now, Spensa.

At the end of the story . . . at the end of the story, the hero came home, and found herself transformed . . . into someone who didn't belong, and could never belong, with the people she'd left behind. It was the same in almost every story I'd read.

Heroes didn't get to stay and live in the new world they helped create. Even if I pulled off some kind of miracle and saved my people . . . that would be the end of it. For me.

-Brandon Sanderson, Defiant

[lilypadsplash]

"All people must accept that we have the potential to do terrible things. It is part of seeing our place in the universe, our heritage, and our natures. But in that acceptance we gain strength, for potential can be refused. Any hero who could have been a monster is more heroic for the choices he or she made to walk another road." -Lord Hesho, Cytonic

[kino-calico]

i am actually SOOO normal about this book like no i totally do not think of this 24/7 and no i definitely don't have a fic in the work about it

[privateffdonut]

The other kids, adults, and literal government of Detrius treating Spensa like shit cuz her dad died:

[nomnomroko]

I'm trying out Clip Studio Paint and have also been listening to Skyward again, so I gave Spensa a go.

(I really like Brandon Sanderson's books, and I want to do more of my personal interpretations of the characters, I already did a few Stormlight Archive sketches a couple years back that I shjould share at some point)

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[wonkyreads]

[tiredmisophonicwerewolf]

Spensa and Brade never dated but they’re exes and Spensa and Jorgen were never married but they went through a divorce arc