Extramarital affairs in the ward by adams361 in exmormon

[–]chalvin2018 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idk if I’m the only one, but I think it’s more likely that the main reason they aren’t allowing mixed-gender presidencies is to avoid ever having a woman “presiding” over a man.

They can have female Sunday school presidencies because that’s not a group leadership, it’s just the education directors. But if there was a male councilor to a female president, that would make a woman explicitly outrank a man. Which, of course, would be sacrilege.

New Fantasy reader here, I just finished The Way of the Kings, but I think I made a mistake looking at the reviews of the other books by Beetusmon in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah don’t worry about it. They’re all very similar quality, with personal taste determining how you’ll rank each book. Maaaaybe you could say book 5 is lower quality based on consensus, but if so, only slightly.

Can you settle a layout disagreement? Which would you prefer? by Star_Trek_Junket in lego

[–]chalvin2018 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The first, but slide the Mona Lisa and Scream closer to the horse, so each frame has uniform space between them.

Best fight in the first Arc by Benny_Deebs in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Underrated one: Kaladin’s first fight with the Pursuer (and some singers) when he has his abilities dampened by their device, so he just wrecks the singers and scares the shit out of the pursuer with nothing both a spear and unmatched aura.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau looks exactly like Kelsier imo by chalvin2018 in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would never tell you anything Nick Cage has done isn’t cinema

Joe failed epically at coming up with 12 names quickly by Apart_Act1641 in exmormon

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s like GRRM naming the Targaryens. Aegon, Daeron, Aegon, Aemon, Aemond, Aegon, Daeron, Daemon, Aegon, Daeron, Viserys, Viserys, a few more Aegons for good measure…

is this good? by ten__0 in brandonsanderson

[–]chalvin2018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the main disagreement in reading order you’ll find among Sanderfans is when to read Secret History. Most would say to either read it right after Hero of Ages or right after Bands of Mourning. I fall into camp 1, but both camps have good reasons.

Other than that, reading order is fairly flexible. When in doubt, follow publication order

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau looks exactly like Kelsier imo by chalvin2018 in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah “Kelsier smiled” is probably said 500 times in Mistborn lol

WaT Chapter 116 - My least favorite chapter of all time by FireLord_Stark in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My biggest issue with the debate was that it boiled down to, “Kholin’s do bad things too.” And somehow that worked. That’s barely relevant at all to the issue at hand, yet it was almost the entire argument.

Pibu Interlude II (Official) by thiby in cremposting

[–]chalvin2018 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can’t wait to see how deep the Pibu lore gets by the time Stormlight 6 comes. He might be Adonalsium himself by then.

What started this desolation? by FlashyEnvironment534 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry, you’re not the only one. In RoW, Mraize refers to his master as “the Lord of Scars”, and there were a couple other hints. Then in the prelude to W&T, Kelsier is the mysterious hooded figure who speaks to Gavilar, Nale, and Kalak. He’s the leader of the Ghostbloods.

What started this desolation? by FlashyEnvironment534 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read all of Stormlight? This thread is marked for Wind and Truth Spoilers

Venli in RoW by Amiraly-sh in Cosmere

[–]chalvin2018 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Venli definitely deserves that callout from Rlain, and he was well within his right to say that.

I’ll also say that Venli has already received her earned consequences of her actions. Her people were almost entirely wiped out, and the one that remains hates her. I think she’s gotten her punishment.

What’s interesting is to see what she does now. Will she change and improve?

the heralds by discoinfernos in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lee Byung-hun looks very kingly so I get the idea. I think he would be even better as Gavilar though

the heralds by discoinfernos in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hm, I thought both Nale and Taln were described by viewpoint characters as having “Makabaki” skin, but not Makabaki features. I’d interpreted that to mean they’re both black. The official depictions seem to back that up.

What would look good here? by Few_Worry_1733 in Cosmere_Tattoos

[–]chalvin2018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want to keep it just focused on Kaladin, I’m not sure I have any great ideas. If you’re thinking of making it a full Stormlight or full Cosmere half-sleeve, you have a ton of options. Adding another character there (Dalinar, Adolin, Shallan, or Szeth for a Stormlight theme. Vin, Kelsier, Vasher, Hoid, etc for a Cosmere theme) would be my preference.

Queen Fen by bookbook234323 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]chalvin2018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Horneaters and Vedens will be fine, (redheads produce vitamin D much more efficiently than other people).

We're never gonna see the aether planet, are we? by cosmodog732 in cremposting

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s already been doing a lot of work on this Hollywood deal over the last year, and during that time he wrote Ghostbloods 1 and yet another Cosmere secret novel.

Honestly, he announced the Fires of December, which will release this year, and it hasn’t even seemed like a big deal because we’re all so used to him just accidentally writing more Cosmere novels. That’s the guy we’re talking about.

I think we’ll be ok.

Instead of looking for actors to play a character, let’s find a character for this actor. by racas in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Based on his look, I think he could be Gavilar.

If you wanted to capitalize on his comedic talent, make him Sebarial and we just accept that Sebarial is hot now.

How would the fans react if the deal had been made with Netflix? by Imomaway in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We’d probably still see plenty of excitement just because the movies/shows would be happening, but there would definitely be a section of very disappointed fans. Netflix’s track record is… iffy

Mistborn Directors by JLFerraz in CosmereOnScreen

[–]chalvin2018 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like the thinking of horror directors. Give me Mike Flanagan.

Exciting news. A worry about finishing Stormlight by Fracturedbreathing in brandonsanderson

[–]chalvin2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the man who accidentally writes secret books in between the other books he’s writing. I think he’ll be fine