#kingkiller fandom

[teccams-socks]

Kingkiller fandom

Is this fandom alive? I love the Kingkiller books and decided I’d start this blog to see if I could find people to discuss the Lethani with. Or the Profound and Volatile Art of Naming. Or the secret turnings of the world.

Seriously I’m a nerd all alone. Please help xD

[grunkledore]

“I still remember when my older [son] was maybe 18 months, which, again, is this golden time, because they’re just full of joy and wonder and love. I came home from working on Book 2, and I see him sitting on the floor naked. Just this pink, pudgy, ball of raw joy, and he’s found a plastic hanger and he’s moving it. He’s using it and he’s hitting the floor, and he looks up at me and he moves this hanger and he’s thinking ‘Holy man, dad, did you know that you could, like, move a hanger?’ And he’s full of joy and excitement over just banging a hanger around. And I’m like ‘I am missing this.’ And for the rest of my life, I will regret putting in the sixteen-hour days to try to get Book 2 done, because my child was here having this — and I’m never gonna get this back, I’m never gonna get another chance, and I’ll feel bad about it forever. Now, that’s not to say that I didn’t get some good times, and I didn’t spend time, but I tell ya, nobody on their deathbed thinks ‘Boy, I wish I would’ve spent more time at work.’”

—Patrick Rothfuss, MBMBaM Episode 311, 60:08

I know that we as a fandom can get pretty frustrated with how long Book 3 is taking, and I get it; I can get pretty frustrated, too. But it’s important to note that Pat is a busy guy who has a lot on his plate, and one of the biggest things on that plate — I’d even argue the biggest thing, period — is his family. Patrick Rothfuss is a father of two, and he needs time to be a father. Maybe we should let him have that time.

[grunkledore]

Updates on the DND campaign set in Tarbean that I’m planning:

Skarpi is a Half-Orc

Trapis is a Half-Elf who hid his heritage from the Tehlin church while he was a priest (in my story, they’re supposed to only allow full-blooded Aturans to be priests, though they allow more diluted blood the further you get from the influence of Atur — Tarbean is still pretty Aturan, so they don’t allow non-humans)

I’m gonna try and trick my party into thinking that Trapis is a Duke-of-Gibea-type so I can make them feel guilty for killing such a saintly character

One of the Waterside port districts is heavily populated by dwarven immigrants, and is thus named “Gundren’s Landing” (after Gundren Rockseeker)

There’s also a Hillside district called “Highchurch” (after Merle Highchurch)

Pike is also a Half-Orc

Adem start with Mercenary Reds, which have an AC of 12 and give a +2 to Intimidation