Oh Damn, People

Chulls & their Handler --- turned a photo study into a piece of fanart, as a treat. have some crabs! 🦀

So radiant spren can turn into any object. Syl isn't restricted to being a Sylblade or a Sylspear. She could become a fork or a knife... You know... She could become...

a dear friend bought me a puzzle of the map of Roshar for my birthday and I have spent over a week doing it.

It has become one of the most enjoyable projects I've done, while also becoming the bane of my existence.

ITS JUST OCEAN. ALL THE PIECES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE. ITS KIND OF LIKE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE.

this being said, the actual map part was great fun, and I've been listening to Stormlight as I do it, which has really solidified my knowledge of the different places.

Will update when it's done!

baby stormblessed brothers 💙

Kal being a disrespectful little shit at all times feels a bit like a kid testing his parents limits and trying to figure out how far he can go before the consequences are worse than the satisfaction of breaking the rules and being a son of a bitch. which makes sense considering his history. but is also very funny considering he is literally the captain of the king's personal guard.

hello character who is desperate to be a good person; i want to play a game. in front of you is the one person you will never be able to save. you have the rest of your life to make peace with this. there are no defined repercussions if you fail, but we both know you're going to attempt to win regardless. your time starts now

don't worry about the fact it's just you and a mirror in the room.

Who is the most charming spren?💙

Nale giving Szeth Nightblood is maybe the funniest thing any cosmere character has done

"No more rebirth," Raboniel whispered. "No more Returns. Free at last, my baby. Free."

Ok, be right back. I'm gonna go and cry now.

I’m renaming this book the rhythm of crying cause wtf

Maya released a terrifying screech, her jaw lowering farther than it should. "You. Cannot. Have. My. SACRIFICE!".

One of the most powerful scenes in Rhythm of War: Maya shouting her truth during Adolin's trial.

I'm not a cosmere theories freak but I do have one theory I'm very passionate about which is that the pure tones of Roshar sound like sine wave synths! Let me explain :) I am taking "pure" to mean "consisting of only one note (and no overtones)", which is basically the definition of a sine wave. A sine wave is the representation of a single frequency with no harmonics and is considered an acoustically pure tone. Sine waves don't occur naturally - real world sounds always have overtones, in varying quantities. We can synthesize sine waves, however, and they sound like this (I played it in different pitches so you can get an idea of the timbre):

Here's a visual representation of a sine wave:

So this is what I imagine it sounds like when Dalinar opens a perpendicularity, or when singers hear pure notes in highstorms. And because the sound of a sine wave is so unnatural, it would really stand out and feel otherworldly on a planet that doesn't have modern technology - and I feel like that fits the description.

We also know that it's possible to use tuning forks to play the three pure tones of roshar and pull the matching types of light out of gemstones. While acoustic instruments can't produce a truly pure note (aka a sine audio wave), tuning forks come pretty close. They initially produce high overtones, but those fade out quickly, and then the forks keep resonating with a pure tone. It makes sense that tuning forks are the closest Rosharan humans can get to synthesizing a sine wave!

There's also the fact that Raboniel can sing the pure notes and get the lights to respond, while Navani can't. Is it just because Raboniel's pitch is more accurate, or do singers have an physiological ability to produce notes with less overtones? This is really interesting to me...

And one more fun thing to consider. You know what other instrument comes pretty close to producing a pure tone? The flute! Hoid gave Kaladin a flute... idk if it actually has any reasoning behind it but I really hope it does 😂 imagine how cool it will be if it will be used for musical magic system stuff

Also in light of a post i read Right Now if

A) Kaladin dies or his progress throughout the first four books ultimately means nothing bc he like becomes a herald or wtv to save and protect everyone

B) Syladin becomes canon

I am effectively dropping the series im not reading the next five books im not buying any of the novellas i CANNOT

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My stormlight hot take is that hoid's jokes are frequently just as cringey and bad as shallan's and people only hate on shallan for it because she is deliberately written as a naive child in large large world where hoid is mr cool who knows so much and is very clever, his jokes must be better because he says them with complete confidence

The thing is, I love both of their jokes even at their cringiest. They show incredible amounts of character and just because a joke doesn't hit as funny, that doesn't mean it doesn't create the effect desired by the author

Questioner: So, Vorinism and the safehand, it's obviously a modesty type thing kind of like the hijab. Where does the modesty stop? Or does it go up the whole arm?

Brandon Sanderson: It doesn't go up the whole arm, it actually ends at about the wrist.

Questioner: Okay, so if they had, like, a slitted sleeve?

Brandon Sanderson: That would be fine.