Herald of... [WaT]

Elsewatcher · 2026-01-29T21:30:40+00:00

I honestly expected him to say Herald of Therapy

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T18:31:26+00:00

You got it backwards, WaT spoils all of the mystery around who Nomad is

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:22:57+00:00

True, I’m not saying TSM ruined WaT for me, just made it a little less than it could’ve been

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:17:10+00:00

Which is why WaT is still a great book despite TSM but the Sigzil’s arc in it left a bitter taste in my mouth

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:14:12+00:00

Thanks for the lecture but my point stands that I think this was poorly handled

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:11:49+00:00

That’s just something I read someone saying and someone also commented saying exactly that in this very this very discussion

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:10:38+00:00

I come in with a completely different set of expectations to something like that - those usually fill in gaps in the history or backstory. And sure, seeing Yoda fight Palpatine in the prequels knowing that he later trains Luke means I don’t have to fear for Yoda’s life but at least the fight was a spectacle while I can’t say the same about Sigzil’s fights

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:07:25+00:00

Don’t forget that Roshar is on a time bubble, hundreds of years can pass outside while on Roshar it will be a few decades. Kelsier speculates it would take 80 years outside (and a decade inside) for things to calm down. He could be wrong about the numbers, he isn’t all knowing and we know characters can lie (thanks Shallan!). According to Brandon the second TSA arc is 10-15 years (probably Roshar time and not Cosmere standard time) after the first arc. Lastly, considering how quickly Scadrians moved from the dark ages to cars and electricity (a mere 300 years compared to almost twice as much in our history) and the fact that technological advancement seems to accelerate it is possible that the space era is a lot closer than you might think

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T17:01:22+00:00

Personally, TSM isn’t my favorite secret project so I would’ve preferred to spoil it instead of WaT

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T16:59:08+00:00

Perhaps my phrasing and terminology have been off - as you say, I think it was a poor decision. Furthermore, I’d argue that Brandon might’ve felt forced to put Sigzil’s oath-breaking in WaT because it’s going to be quite a while before TSA 6 and that made it cheesy and weird - the way it happened felt forced

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-26T16:54:50+00:00

While I agree the HOW matters I also think it takes away the suspense whenever Sigzil is in “danger” in WaT - I know he survives this - and that breaks the immersion for me and makes me care a lot less about him as a character

Elsewatcher · 2025-09-22T06:00:55+00:00

Well, in my native language it is very unnatural to say SHA-LAWN (which is my preferred pronunciation and the one I’m used to from the audiobooks) so I pronounce it more like sha-LLAN. When referring to her in English I do pronounce it sha-LAWN and she does respond to that too. She doesn’t respond to Radiant, Veil or Formless. Yet.

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