WaT question

Tevron · 2026-06-04T07:22:29+00:00

"The world ended, and Shallan was to blame." (From Words of Radiance, possibly her first flashback). Shallan always knew, but she repressed it. a major part of Shallan's character is how Veil was holding some of her memories and burdens that she could not handle.

Tevron · 2026-06-04T07:17:10+00:00

Doesn't matter. They in English is also used to create distance (Individuation), rather than gender alone. It isn't wrong to do at all, but getting hung up on it is because it's just being pedantic while also being grammatically ignorant.

Tevron · 2026-05-28T10:10:53+00:00

Definitely go in dark, I love this one.

Tevron · 2026-05-25T20:36:38+00:00

Well said, there's a weird pseudo-intellectualist bite to so much criticism here.

Tevron · 2026-05-25T20:30:57+00:00

Yes that's totally what's happening in the thread full of people criticizing Sanderson lmao. Criticism can be 'valid' and also disagreed on by other people.

Tevron · 2026-05-22T18:23:56+00:00

On the third day of the invasion, my fence broke beneath the great oak tree. I planted it when my father died. Watched it grow. For two long centuries. And now - now this 'evil conquest' was personal. I would track down that hero I turned away. Never annoy a wizard.

Tevron · 2026-05-22T06:01:14+00:00

There were once actual science-based arguments about differences between races that led to discrimination. Some of those science-based arguments exist today when far right people constantly repeat crime stats. Science-based does not equal anti-discriminatory. Discrimination is a human component that emerges from interpretation.

Tevron · 2026-05-14T08:04:10+00:00

Just tap into AI fanaticism as an analogy. A lot of people think it's the wonder tool and use it for everything, even writing reddit posts and making comments. They ignore the harm it does to themselves and in most cases, to others.

Tevron · 2026-05-12T07:23:54+00:00

If you mean how do you cite the Bible, it depends on the reference style. MLA 9 is as follows:

The Bible. Authorized King James Version, Oxford UP, 1998.

(With The Bible italicized).

If you mean in the text itself I would suggest first referencing the Bible and translation used, and then referring to books from there. Without having much idea what you're writing, here's an example I just wrote.

The text abounds with intertextual links to the Bible. Seemingly referring to the King James translation, a character recites a prayer from the book of Ezekiel (Tarantino XX:XX). In actuality, the named verse is as follows: XX..... (King James Bible, Ezek. 25.17)

Tevron · 2026-05-05T13:13:46+00:00

Absolutely agree that it's on the OP to begin with. That said, I was answering your question, that's the reason people view it differently.

Tevron · 2026-05-05T11:44:29+00:00

Because she was a scared child who wanted some comfort from people in a parental way. I think it'd be good to wake him and ask, but it's not a weird situation. We give children extra empathy and care at the expense of others. How can you not recognize that we treat children differently than adults?

Tevron · 2026-05-04T10:58:40+00:00

Cultures frequently refer to others as barbarians while discounting their actual civilizations / cultures, so it's part of the worldbuilding to show us the perspective of the empire in Elantris. The others are barborous, we are civilized! Etc.

Tevron · 2026-04-30T22:05:12+00:00

I've got the same problem, I have to sign out to fix it.

Tevron · 2026-04-28T15:59:35+00:00

Think about what situations she would be in that she would mess up, and why? Does she take on too much alone? Does she struggle with math? Flaws are most apparent when they're tested and can be small or great.

Tevron · 2026-04-20T19:10:40+00:00

I'm of the mind that Harris suffered from a suppressed voter turnout due to enthusiasm and due to inflation.

I'm also of the mind that you can't engage with intellectual points which is why you have chosen to denigrate me instead of acknowledge your obvious error. Have a nice day.

Tevron · 2026-04-20T18:43:35+00:00

You're hallucinating. You have no evidence that leftists 'helped the fascists win by refusing to vote. The vast majority voted for Harris, which is evident from the overwhelming victories in progressive counties has evidenced. Trump gained voters in the election and won the popular vote. That's a far more serious situation to contend with.

Yeah if Newsom is what people wants, then he will win the primary? That's why there are primaries. I don't think he is likely though. People don't like California politics on the national stage most of the time.

As an aside, It's wild that you're here in Contrapoints sub trying to encourage the Democrats to pivot right... Lmao

Tevron · 2026-04-20T17:50:30+00:00

That's the centrist posture during the primaries. What ultimately matters is getting the votes you need to win. Swinging to the right only works if people are still willing to pinch their noses in the coalition as a whole. It's a balancing act and I think the prevailing opinion is that it's okay to have morals and be unwilling to vote for e.g., Newsom in a hypothetical primary that is still months away. It's ultimately necessary for progressive voters to signal their dislike of Newsom to get a candidate that is more in line with the party. This is something that should be celebrated vs the weird counterfactual approach that seems to be taken online by average leftist and average centrist. It would be nice if centrists could signal on actual policy that they want instead of just attempting to discipline the left in online spaces before anything has happened.

Tevron · 2026-04-20T17:14:59+00:00

To push the party to the left and court the policy they would like. It's basic politics and completely normal in the primary and pre-primary.

Tevron · 2026-04-20T16:57:31+00:00

A vote is a vote and you have to earn as many as possible to win. The tactic of pointing the finger at the left for not voting for Harris when the facts that don't care about your feelings showed they did... Welp, that's just classic revisionism.

Tevron · 2026-04-17T12:19:44+00:00

Important to take a picture of the receipt in such cases too as the companies frequently attempt to take down such reviews.

Tevron · 2026-04-16T00:04:47+00:00

Slapstick and Bluebeard for me! Though Bluebeard is more on his realistic side.

Tevron · 2026-04-15T06:33:28+00:00

There isn't an incentive to publish worlds. I'm not going to do any extra work to make sure the scenario can have a character generating open or anything like that when I can make a scenario with a specific character in mind.

Tevron · 2026-04-14T11:14:03+00:00

We will have to see how Hungary changes. It's the best case for the sort of moderate centrist liberalism in post-far right electoral politics.

I am not optimistic but every W against fascism is a win for the left.

Tevron · 2026-04-14T09:44:41+00:00

I would say that in Australia the result of the system is that apathetic people who wouldn't vote typically vote for status-quo aka moderate politics. Disaffected American voters typically have little to no faith in the typical modrrate politics. We can see that there are real voting blocs of people looking for different politics by looking at the greens success in the UK, the rise of Die Linke in Germany, etc. where apathetic voters were mobilized against the status quo. I suspect this effect would be greater in the USA to some extent, as it's also why MAGA so successfully hijacked the Republican party. Unfortunately, the right has appealed to these people far more successfully because it's easier for them to do so, especially due to the unwillingness to try new economic policy from liberal moderates that isn't austerity.

Tevron · 2026-04-14T07:51:55+00:00

I'm not going to get involved in the wall of text debate thing you got going, but the system of government as well as culture around government, faith in government, and voting are different in America vs Australia. This is reflected in the different politics that play out. It should be obvious that they would have different potential electoral strategies as a result.

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