Hot take: Brando did Marasi dirty
I have a lot of uncharitable thoughts about The Lost Metal (spoilers ahead). But this is the one that I hate the most.
Marasi deserved better. In the first two books she was used as the pining girl for Wax. Which was not taken seriously. Then in Bands of Mourning we see her struggle and begin to form her own identity separate from being in Wax’s shadow. We see her meet a new man.
I went into The Lost Metal expecting more development of that. I wanted her to finally get her own story and her own moment to shine and her own love.
AND IT HAPPENED OFF SCREEN. We get into The Lost Metal years and years later and now she has a partner (who we see once and has three lines). And the rest of the book is devoted to cosmere crossover characters and a new magic system.
I feel like The Lost Metal shafted all of the original era 2 characters but none more than Marasi. We didn’t get to see her romance. We didn’t get to see her come into her own. I don’t even remember anything else about her from that book because she was so in distinct. It’s been a while since I read it, granted, but I was so very disappointed by it that I don’t want to read it again.
Marasi deserved better. She was a woman character who was intelligent and interesting and had so much going for her and Brandon dropped her like a hot potato to get his crossovers in. And I will never not be mad about it.
