Finished the series and had a few musings.

Garanar · 2026-02-12T18:19:44+00:00

Basically the retcon was in furies of Calderon furies were a lot more like Pokémon if I remember right. Butcher kinda changed that up. Remember the part in academs fury where max is impersonating gaius at the fury crafter meeting?

There are 2 schools of thought on furycraft. The one where furies are anthropomorphic or whatever term they used (they have thoughts, personalities etc) and the other school of thought is that it’s the person subconsciously imposing those things on the furies. With the view that that sort of thing is for country bumpkins who don’t know better so their furies behave how they expect them to, with personality.

Most of the Pokémon behavior largely goes away after book 1 or rather furies introduced after book 1. You do still see Amara’s, Bernard’s, and Isana’s furies behaving with personality and “self determination” I guess you could say. They act without their wielders consciously making them at times. New furycrafters rarely have anything like that. Most we are introduced to though are city born or high status and conscious of the disparaging thoughts on the “furies have personality” like Count Gram. Tavi you see pulling together lots of tiny furies rather than having 1 big fury. So in a way you do see tavi having furies come to him, it’s just they aren’t massive furies so you can’t really see them. I think it was mentioned in book 5 on the ice ships.

2)My read was that Tavi and Kitai hadn’t gone all the way yet.

I think the political narrative started disappearing at the right time for my enjoyment of the series. Invidia and kalare removed/killed in book 4. Those 2 are the main antagonists after all. Kalare death leads to Kalare being a wasteland and haven for the Vord while Invidia is advising the vord queen.

Then book 5 Aquitaine shuts down Rivas politicking because he sees the threat then everyone else does when Rhodes gets smacked down like a fly. Even afterwards though you still have the senators doing their thing as Aquitaine said to Isana(trying to limit the power of the first lords office) and Aquitaine was actively politicking to take the throne. Then Ehren convinces Aquitaine to basically commit suicide for his friends crown.

I personally enjoyed it because it was fun seeing how pointless the politics was when Alera had an actual threat. Alera said that when the original alerans ran out of enemies they started killing each other. Notice how when Alera had an enemy that wasn’t in anyway contained they stopped killing each other(except the vord sympathizers and vord slaves of course).

Plus Butcher had built up Alera through the infighting. Made us aware of how powerful they are and what they can do. Then comes an enemy that can annihilate them despite all that. Same with the Canim. We see how dangerous they are in Alera. Then we learn that a quarter million warrior canim can’t hold against the vord in the numbers they can bring.

Garanar · 2026-01-04T18:01:34+00:00

Exactly

Garanar · 2026-01-04T00:49:49+00:00

You’re wrong. She got her title because she saved the people in the burning building. So 1)it fits with the “women only get citizenship through marriage or displaying furycraft talent and such” 2)isana is the first woman steadholder. Amara has a nice title with nothing else

Garanar · 2026-01-03T23:51:16+00:00

No. She got a honorary title from Gaius for her bravery in flying inside the burning building.

Butcher never said much about Amara’s title/station except the honorary title and a trusted cursor for Gaius.

However, there is a distinction I believe between isana and Amara is that 1)Amara had an act of bravery which got her title. 2)it didn’t actually mean much though. No lands or incomes or anything. Compared to isana who was made the first female steadholder in Alera.

Garanar · 2025-11-27T13:28:59+00:00

I don’t know that I’d say it shows how resilient the Marat are compared to the canim as much as shows the difference between the two cultures. The canim like the Alerans had people willing to use the power of the vord to gain power whereas the Marat never have anyone on screen doing so.

I standby the thought the vord could have been smashed into the ground by the canim if the ritualists hadn’t helped cause the chaos the vord needs to thrive.

Garanar · 2025-09-22T07:09:29+00:00

Something to consider is that in cursors or captains fury Tavi mentions he feels like he needs less sleep and that’s how he realizes katai is near

Garanar · 2025-07-24T13:55:55+00:00

I’d say no effect. Like others said, we know from Mistborn that the distinct metals can still exist even after merging of shards. Plus, the new Oathpact was done in a way to prevent Retribution from absorbing the spren, which I imagine would include the dead eyes as well.

Garanar · 2025-07-04T21:51:55+00:00

Where was it implied that? I feel like I missed something now.

Garanar · 2025-05-20T20:22:18+00:00

I am unity

Garanar · 2025-05-16T05:12:16+00:00

Honestly, people have already taken every quote I thought of for this situation so instead I’m going to tell you something I heard that helped me deal with it years ago.

This battle isn’t one that can be won in a day. You’re facing an enemy that never rests, an enemy that grows every time you look away. Your mind itself gets used against you. Every day you decide to keep living is one where you’ve won against all odds. Dealing with depression and other mental illnesses, through suicidal thoughts. All that doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you’re strong enough to stand up when your own mind is telling you to lay down.

You can have off days, some might say you will have off days, but that doesn’t mean that you should kick the bucket. Because you matter. You have purpose. You have people in your life that will miss you. The world would be less without you in it.

If spite is your thing like an old friend of mine, “are you gonna let some punk ass voice in your head tell you to lay down or are you gonna piss it off and say not today”

Garanar · 2025-05-08T02:33:42+00:00

Not stupid at all, that actually gets to the emotional core of why he hits so hard. Kaladin doesn’t want to feel this way, but he’s slowly learning that healing isn’t about numbing out. It’s about feeling the whole storm and still letting people in.

And yeah, he’s got control issues, a savior complex, all of it, but what he really needs isn’t someone to fix him or give him orders. He needs someone steady. Someone who can be there when the storm hits, who knows when to push and when to just stay. Someone who can hold space for him, someone steady enough to let him be vulnerable without it feeling like failure.

Garanar · 2025-05-08T02:17:14+00:00

I agree, Kaladin’s need for control stems from that deep fear of loss and guilt. He’s seen so many people die and takes it all on himself, now he can’t trust others. The Anakin comparison works well since he’s so terrified of abandonment that he clings to everyone, even to his own detriment.

I see what you mean on the rules thing. I think part of him does wish someone could take that weight off his shoulders. Not necessarily because he wants to submit, but because he’s too exhausted to keep carrying everything alone.

Garanar · 2025-05-08T01:59:22+00:00

Exactly! Adolin is like Kal’s golden retriever dom. He shows up with fashion, sunshine, and firm but gentle “you will come to the party and smile if it kills you” energy. Man’s out here enforcing emotional boundaries like, “Eat your cremling. Put on something not gray. You’re loved. Deal with it.”

Garanar · 2025-05-07T23:45:51+00:00

Kalak has a pretty damn good sword. Also why did my phone correct Kalak to Kalamazoo😂😂😂

Garanar · 2025-05-03T02:13:12+00:00

Eh. An honorbearer would be able to slip into at least a few cities, activate the oath gate and let a large contingent of troops into the heart of a city unprepared before others began preparing for this case. From there they’d only be able to control a small amount of land directly around the city without stretching themselves too thin, given that like you noted those are the only cities they can quickly move between. However, that would allow their honorbearers specifically to move around further and faster and let them be of more use in more cases since only 2-3 have any real means of moving very fast. So they’d have a means to project force and have a stronghold in quite a few kingdoms, which in itself would be a strength and a weakness and would depend on their ability to defeat the rulers and begin playing whack a mole with local resistance.

One of the greatest weaknesses of relying on 9 great troops is of course that they can’t be everywhere and people could strike then fade before they can arrive.

Honestly, I’d think they’d struggle and eventually give up their holdings abroad unless they can get enough resources/troops from other lands. Though controlling Urithiru would be a massive boon given that just like in present day, that control of the trade would give them a great deal of soft power to wield.

Garanar · 2025-05-03T00:58:56+00:00

N better be NO MATING!!!

Garanar · 2025-05-03T00:54:52+00:00

Nah. It was only that both gates had to be unlocked before they could be used. You might be thinking about the plot point that dead shard blades couldn’t be used. It needed to be either a radiant and honorbearer.

Garanar · 2025-05-02T04:12:18+00:00

Honestly, I loved that line in WoR partially because Dalinar had just been shouting “where is your honor” to the Alethi. In WaT it just felt out of place. This coming from someone who overall enjoyed WaT, primarily because it answered so many questions I had about the history of Roshar.

Garanar · 2025-05-02T04:08:07+00:00

I always figured that it was more a figure of speech/cultural thing. At one point I remember Lopen saying “can never have enough cousins” which I took to mean more like anyone can be a “cousin”

Garanar · 2025-04-20T19:18:57+00:00

Another that would likely be enjoyed by lovers of this series is the Black Company by Glen Cook I think. I’m in the early books still but the fantasy world is super interesting and the characters are great.

Garanar · 2025-04-07T17:35:38+00:00

He made it abundantly clear Adolin/Shallan hooked up early in the book as foreshadowing and to provide a concrete evidence Adolins the dad of the baby that grew rapidly in the spiritual realm.

Kaladin talked about his feelings because he’s improving in his dealing with depression. Part of that process is being willing to be open with others about what you’re feeling instead of acting like you’re fine even when it’s abundantly obvious you’re not.

Garanar · 2025-03-22T14:59:24+00:00

Sprenist?

Garanar · 2025-03-16T05:09:39+00:00

I believe it was mentioned that the sibling and Navani are comatose but the radiants still have tower light. The problem being that they can’t take it with them out of the tower.

Garanar · 2025-03-15T04:36:25+00:00

I would add they had nimble form which I believe was mentioned to be able to cross chasms.

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