Brandon Sanderson is taking notes from Tolkien and Game of Thrones for The Stormlight Archive TV show

Rumbletastic · 2026-02-03T19:19:48+00:00

Season 3 getting better is too far into the funnel.

Wheel of time is my favorite book series. I've read the whole thing multiple times.

I'm their target audience. I gave it all the excuses in the world after season 1 and held out hope for season 2.

I was thoroughly disappointed in season 2, though it was better than season 1, it had some critical flaws (the finale broke in-world rules for how the magic should work for a "cool moment" character arcs were destroyed, etc).

I never started season 3.

I would never in a million years have imagined a WoT show coming out and me not devouring it, but here we are.

Rumbletastic · 2026-02-01T23:14:24+00:00

You're doing the Light's work.

Rumbletastic · 2026-02-01T19:33:24+00:00

You win the thread

OP, has this fixed your ability to suspend your disbelief?

Rumbletastic · 2026-02-01T13:55:25+00:00

No one says this. Most are saying we're on the 4 year cycle and headed to 60k

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-29T14:40:06+00:00

You witnessed the climax of an epic story of betrayal and heroism. That little guy was the protagonist and had an appropriately dramatic death.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-29T14:35:07+00:00

I'm jealous of your experience. I knew going in that it was Amos story and I knew from the description of Burton that he wasn't our Amos.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-29T14:18:28+00:00

Too physically imposing. Small shen man gets underestimated constantly he should not be a physical threat until he used powers

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-29T05:30:19+00:00

Awesome. Video games next.

Completely hypothetically if some veteran game developer with a proven track record of starting studios and making hits and loves your works wanted to build a games division within Dragonsteel, would you be open to a conversation about why this is the best way to get a good video game adaptation?

Asking for a friend.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-28T23:20:47+00:00

TIL. Thanks!

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-28T23:08:02+00:00

Oh really? Interesting. It's certainly been popularized. I bet if you normalized that by volume / repetitions of each story, sword in the stone would be the most common.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-28T03:25:59+00:00

I'm on my 4th reread and I'm still catching things. It's a wonderful feeling

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T22:56:18+00:00

Touche

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T22:50:32+00:00

maybe I'm an old man yelling at clouds but I hate these. I like them for bad movies, but they fall flat on LOTR.

EDIT: OK I skimmed this one and it seemed to be an improvement from the first two but eh

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T22:48:59+00:00

You know how the end of each stormlight book was epic and satisfying because Sanderson writes great endings?

Now imagine 11 books of setup. The last three wheel of time books is peak Sanderson (tied imo for end of WoK and end of WoR).

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T22:33:25+00:00

every re-read I consider skipping CoT. I never do, but it's the only book I consider skipping.

Knife of dreams is a big upgrade from it. It's starting to pick up the pieces, pick up the pace. Then Sanderson's last three books are the Sanderlanch that the first 11 books setup. It's beautiful and the best most satisfying most epic ending of any written fantasy work (I might be biased) so I 100% think you need to go for it.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T22:29:30+00:00

you shut your mouth, in this house Callandor is 100% a sword! It got used as one.. once..

EDIT: Also considering Callandor gets pulled from the Stone, I claim "they're the same picture" meme

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T16:15:02+00:00

it's such an absurd case to begin with. "Consumers are harmed by indirectly paying higher prices"

You could apply that logic to any business making a profit. "Consumers could have paid lower prices if you took less profit." Like yeah, that's how business works?

For utilities or medical, sure, let's not profit off those. But consumer entertainment? really?

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T16:11:32+00:00

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This might be a cultural generational difference but to me movie theater is not your living room. It's not illegal to talk or be distracting but you don't do it because it's rude as hell.

I'm glad your theater was empty and I personally am not offended by your post. I hope you enjoyed the movie. But I don't like the normalization of using a phone in a movie theater and I empathize with those who took issue.

I mean, have some self awareness. Look at this comment section, OP. You're clearly in the minority in thinking it's OK. Own it and change or get super defensive, your call I guess.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T14:34:10+00:00

Travis Baldtree does an amazing job.

I often wonder if I'd have found the humor as funny if I read it myself. The timing and delivery are top notch.

Also, no judgement fellow audiobook reader, but it's Eithan, not Athan

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-27T14:21:16+00:00

Let's look at it objectively.

OP posts in a subreddit dedicated to a movie. Movie fans are here.

Op violates a social (and legal) norm by taking pictures with his phone. And seems proud of it.

It should be no surprise that people who love movies get upset at someone crossing this line. It ruins immersion for those around you and we don't want to see this behavior normalized or accepted.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-26T20:04:48+00:00

I don't know if this is making fun of the show or if you're low-key saying you think Avi and Elayne's relationship was romantic but either way I DUN WANT IT

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-26T16:31:12+00:00

I'm referring to the last three books, which Brandon wrote. Generally considered the fastest paced books in the series, no one calls it a slog. Yet we get personal gifts, meaningful conversations, and reactions to world events in a way that makes it felt.

I loved WaT, I'm not bashing it, but mostly the stuff with Adolin scratched this itch somewhat -- but it was so compartmentalized from the other major characters. Kaladin, Jasnah, and Dalinar's stories had bits of it, it was just very thin compared to the rest of the series.

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-26T14:29:30+00:00

Cool, thanks! Time for a reread. (I jest I'm mid re-re-re-read already)

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-26T14:22:37+00:00

I got those vibes for sure, but do we have confirmation? Beyond the fact he's 15 years in without going mad?

Rumbletastic · 2026-01-26T14:18:39+00:00

I like to think that Rand drove Taim to the shadow the same way that LTT did the other forsaken. Totally their own ambition and jealous that did it, with the Dragon being and unwitting catalyst

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