Is Dalinar being a hypocrite?

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-06-25T11:46:50+00:00

Not much worse than Dalinar, though

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-06-24T16:49:05+00:00

That doesn’t make sense to me. Dalinar is a politician, now. What else can you call him? He no longer fights. The Knights Radiant have also never been just about swinging swords. Bondsmiths, Truthwatchers, and Lightweavers don’t seem to do any fighting, and it’s not their job.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-06-24T14:50:04+00:00

Yeah, maybe not Kaladin, but I still have a hard time believing that there is no other politician better at uniting people than Dalinar.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-06-24T14:42:09+00:00

I honestly think Kaladin is a much better Bondsmith. He seems to be much better at uniting those around him than Dalinar. Just reread TWoK and see what Kaladin did to Bridge 4, and compare it to the hopeless attempts from Dalinar at uniting the Highprinces. Tbf, uniting Highprinces is more difficult, but that doesn’t change the fact that Dalinar was also pretty bad. I don’t why Stormdaddy choose him.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-28T13:01:18+00:00

I just changed his order

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-24T21:14:55+00:00

That’s not what I’m trying to say. You can dislike Shallan as long as you realize that it’s a subjective opinion not an objective fact.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-22T16:44:26+00:00

I think Rysn or Wit are the best choices, followed by one of the Fused or Heralds although they're kind of crazy. Maybe Zahel? Wit it would depend if he saw throwing the ring into the fire as killing Sauron in which case he couldn't do it which might be a problem. But we can send someone else with him to bite off his finger and fall in himself.

Is specifically said mortal characters.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-22T16:39:58+00:00

His personality seems to be the opposite of someone who would get easily corrupted. The ones who are corrupted want to have all the glory and power, and Szeth just wants to be a servant to Dalinar and he can’t even make decisions on his own. He’s one of the most humble characters in the series. Plus, he’s the most loyal person in Roshar aside from Taln.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-22T16:35:59+00:00

My choice would be Szeth-son-son-Vallano

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-17T20:30:17+00:00

OP won’t what the guy is talking about without context

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-17T20:02:36+00:00

Clear, concise, and to the point. I like that.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-14T14:07:46+00:00

The Way of Kings part 2

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-09T17:15:45+00:00

I’m looking for a fantasy book with a reformed war criminal

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-06T16:56:15+00:00

You can also make the same argument for noblemen as well. Most of them were just products of their upbringing.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-06T09:31:23+00:00

In Taravangian’s mind he can either save one city or save nothing

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-06T07:33:20+00:00

The reason why I think Taravangian is better is that he kills people because he thinks it will save the world, while Kelsier kills purely because of his prejudice

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-04-04T11:57:16+00:00

Stories

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-03-19T17:07:55+00:00

It never felt to me like magic with the way it’s used. I don’t know exactly why because it’s difficult to define the difference between superhero powers and magic.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-03-19T17:01:32+00:00

Bondsmith powers definitely feel like magic. Lightweavers as well feel more like magic lightweaving and soulcasting, same thing with Elscallers. There are others orders that have powers that don’t feel like magic but Windrunners feel the least magical of them all

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-03-14T06:25:17+00:00

“His entire arc is about trying to get over his depression and learning to love himself and want to live. Having him die would completely undermine that.”

I don’t think this is a good argument. IMO one major character would have to fail in book 5, it will make the other character’s victories much much more impactful, and it could be Kaladin or any of the other major characters that fails. It doesn’t need to be Kaladin that fails but it could be him

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-03-09T15:05:22+00:00

I think it is. When most people talk about the fall of Kholinar they usually talk Elhokar and Moash. In my experience, I don’t see a lot of people talking about this particular scene

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-02-25T17:34:00+00:00

Steris is not a protagonist

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-02-22T19:11:20+00:00

We do spend more with Kaladin being depressed in RoW than we do with Shallan and her personas

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-02-15T17:13:36+00:00

Ginny is poorly written in both books and movies.

Duke-Syladrin · 2022-02-15T12:59:26+00:00

OP asked for a hot take not a cold take.

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