#laral

[lightweaver-naeuri]

Laral Wistiow is so fucking tragic. Like we see her through Kal's perspective: she's his friend but is kinda shitty in that "ignorant rich kid" kinda way, then a lighteyed boy comes around and she starts treating Kaladin like dirt, then we don't see her for a long time but when we do she's defending Roshone so we aren't supposed to like her...

But while, yeah, she did think going to war was the right choice for Kaladin when she and Tien were ten and Kal was twelve (TWoK Chapter 16 takes place in 1164), they were kids, and Kal rightly gets upset at the idea.

The Rillir shows up when she's twelve, right after her only living family member dies, and she develops a crush on the teenager she's living with and starts to treat Kaladin (and all darkeyes) shitty. Which, while, again it's not right, she's twelve.

Then she's forced to marry Citylord Roshone and has twin children with him when she's somewhere between the ages of 13 and 19 (and with them iirc not being portrayed as infants in RoW it's likely that she was under 18, which even when translated to earth years is only 19 years old.)

Like, yeah, she is a dick to Kaladin when he comes and tries to "save" her but imagine the stories she's had to tell herself just to sleep next to the man who took her father's place, who had sex with her, who she'd been engaged to since she was at least 14 (earth years) old, who is the reason that both a boy her age and his older brother—the man she spent the first decade of her life loving and spending time with—are sent to what she thought was their deaths?

Not a Laral did nothing wrong post. Just another "wow everyone in this series is tragic" post.

[cosmerelists]

Random Cosmere Characters at a Sleepover

Cosmere characters are having a sleepover! But it's a sleepover with only three people. And those three people have been randomly selected. I'm not sure quite how this would happen, but let's get out our sleeping bags and go for it!

And yes, this is totally random! (Aside from not letting the same character be chosen multiple times.)

[#5 contains Isles of the Emberdark spoilers!]

1. Radiant, Yanagawn, Tindwyl

Radiant (defensively): Sword-fighting is a GREAT sleepover activity--and a great thing for a king to learn! Tindwyl: Yanagawn is not a king. He is Prime Aqasix, and his country has different values than Roshar. Sword-fighting is explicitly NOT something they value in a ruler. Radiant: Not everything has to be a kingship lesson! Why can't we just have fun? Yanagawn: [Has tears in his eyes] Radiant: O-Oh. Are we upsetting you? Yanagawn: I'm just so happy that only two people will watch me sleep tonight! Yanagawn: (gasp) Or, if you both sleep too, then maybe zero! Radiant: ... Tindwyl: ... Yanagawn: Best sleepover ever!

2. Notum, Siri, Elend

Siri: I brought late-night snacks for the sleepover! What did you two bring? Elend: I, uh...brought books in case the sleepover got boring? Notum: I brought myself. To a human gathering. That's actually pretty good for me. Siri: ... Siri: Oh, you two are hopeless-hopeless. Siri: I am now in charge of this sleepover. Elend: Oh thank goodness!

3. Marasi, Evi, and Vivenna

[It is 3am. The three women are all snuggled on a big couch, hair braided, wearing face masks and holding hands] Evi: I...I didn't think I'd ever have best friends before tonight. Marasi: You're so strong and brave, Evi! Honestly, you're an inspiration. And so are you, Vivenna! Vivenna: I think some very old wounds healed, somehow, by being with you two... [Massive sleepover success!]

4. Akane, Iyatil, Demoux

Akane: Okay! Makeover complete. What do you each think?? Iyatil: [now dressed sharply in a gray suit with a dark-orange vest that matches her mask] I feel...dapper? Demoux: [wearing a red and orange Hawaiian shirt and cargo pants] I feel...festive? Akane: My work here is done.

5. Starling, Wax, Moash [Contains Isles of the Emberdark spoilers!]

Starling: Nobody fret! I have thoroughly planned every aspect of our sleepover! Starling: We'll start by each revealing a deeply held secret--this will create instant friendship! Starling: I'll start! I'm actually a dragon, but my powers are sealed because I saved some people I wasn't supposed to save. Wax: I killed my wife. Twice. Moash: I killed several of my friends. Wax: Hey, man, I'm sure you had your reasons. Moash: And you didn't? Hang in there, bro. Starling: ... Starling: W-Wait!

6. Elhokar, Laral, Silence

Elhokar: I think we should talk about our crushes. That's a sleepover thing right? Elhokar: I-I am man enough to admit that, well.... I had a thing for Kaladin, once. Laral: Heh. You're not the only one. Laral: Emphasis on once. Elhokar: Ha, ha! Totally! Elhokar: What about you, Silence? Silence: I was married once. But he died. And became a Shade. Laral: ... Elhokar: ... Silence: So....do we have any snacks?

7. Nazh, Crow, Hmask

Nazh: [glaring at Crow] Crow: [glaring at Nazh] Hmask: [munching peacefully on popcorn] Hmask: Hey, do you guys think Adolin would come over if we called him?

8. Rock, Bleeder, Sixth of the Dusk

Rock: A god deserves respect! Dusk: Yes. Patji kills you if you don't behave with respect. Bleeder: I'd punch any god in the face. Right here. Right now. Dusk: I too have wished to punch Patji in the face at times... [Rock & Bleeder: Glaring at each other] Dusk: I am having a surprisingly nice time.

[trishyeves]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78970906/chapters/207141196

Third fic for Femslash February this year, and this one is another foray into a Stormlight rarepair near and dear to my heart, Lyn/Laral

[lamaery]

Watcher at the rim

uff... this one! This one felt like work! But I wanted to draw it for a long time now. Mainly I wanted to draw Hesina with that awespren around her head, but somehow just that didn’t feel impactful enough, so, storms, I needed a bit of the scene leading up to it. And if that means drawing half the population of Hearthstone! Now I am feeling a bit flat. Like a flounder.  *flops back to the nice and easy character designs*

[moash]

the post isn't about how laral also had it bad. she did. bc of vorin views on gender she was precluded from inheriting her father's estate when he died and was forced to marry a man more than twice her age as a teenager to keep from losing her family home. that she apparently made the best of it, good for her i guess. kaladin isn't wrong for wanting to "save" her, she was very much in a bad situation, but he did word his sentiments poorly and presume a lot after not having seen her in five years. but all that said, it's still gross for her to say to kaladin's face "um did you even consider roshone's feelings? your dad was kind of mean to him :/" when roshone literally ruined kaladin's family's lives and killed his younger brother, out of spite apparently. and kaladin was trying to be sympathetic to her situation (in a blundering sort of way) and she shut him down hard and was completely out of line and gross. like !!! feminism win, this upper class woman dunks on childhood friend whose life was devastated by her husband out of spite.

[knight-of-skyloft]

New favorite Stormlight ship is Laral/Abiajan just because it'd be really funny if Laral continued her Hearthstone's citylords/cityladies streak

[worldwithinworld]

I was thinking about how, as much as Kaladin despised Roshone, he still didn’t guess how terrible Rohone’s motives were for his treatment of Kaladin’s family. Kal thought it was first about the rumor that Lirin stole the spheres, which even turned out to be true, and later about Lirin being unable to save Rillir. Neither of those things justified sending Tien to die, but we can understand somewhat how Roshone felt wronged by Lirin. We might even feel a speck of sympathy for him. 

But then came the part in Oathbringer when Laral, who knew Roshone better than Kaladin did, defended Roshone’s actions with basically, Well, your dad is highly respected in town, so Roshone’s feelings were hurt when Lirin criticized him. Also it’s super annoying how Lirin tries to help everybody. She didn’t even mention the spheres or Rillir. Clearly neither the injustice of a theft nor the grief over a lost son was Roshone’s real issue with Kaladin’s family. Instead, Roshone just saw a good man and felt compelled to tear him down because he knew he didn’t measure up to this person who was supposed to be his inferior.

[elizabethanism]

“WE ARE PERHAPS THE LAST TO HAVE STILL KNOWN SUCH THINGS. On us rests the responsibility of preserving, not merely their memory (that would be little and unreliable), but their human and laral worth. (“laral” in the sense of household-gods.)”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

A letter in The Dark Interval, Rilke’s Letters of Condolence.