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Threads of Truth and Fate - Chapter 3 - QuicksilverDreams - Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson [Archive of Our Own]

So I er...went a little wild...

I’m revising and adding to this story so it can serve as a Shalladin (Kaladin x Shallan) companion to ‘Wind and Truth’ for anyone who enjoyed their bond and perhaps felt recent books didn’t give this pairing the closure it deserved. It’s designed to mimic and slip into canon at various points, whilst also being its own mini Stormlight Archive: five parts (sort of), epigraphs, Wit Epilogue and Endnote with ketek. Here's the first of Kaladin's POVs complete with angst, soul-searching, Shalladin and a tiny bit of Szeth and Kal bonding.

Threads of Truth and Fate

Caught in the Spiritual Realm’s tides of possibility, Shallan once again has to face her past and come to terms with a Truth she’s been hiding from. But this time it’s not about her family, it’s about Kaladin and how she really feels about him…

Canon compliant up to Chapter 118 of Wind and Truth. Beware for a few major spoilers for Wind and Truth/Stormlight Book 5, in particular around Shallan’s history and plotline. Has mentions of Adolin and Sh@dolin to keep in line with canon at that point, but this is primarily a Shalladin story.

Threads of Truth and Fate - Chapter 1 - QuicksilverDreams - Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson [Archive of Our Own]

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nobody say a fucking word about tumblr we can’t remind these billionaires we exist

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SCREAMING SHALLAN AND KALADIN’S REAL INTRODUCTION!!!!!

😭 lmao the way they did not stop tearing into each other and both got under each other's skin, I fear I LOVE their dumb asses!!!

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Springy stoat

naturecoed

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Glen Coe, Black Rock Cottage. Photo - Gary Hook

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From a summit in the North Cascades

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Reasons The Hunger Games Works and None of the Knock-Offs Do:

I just reread The Hunger Games Trilogy, and I have some thoughts about why they work so well and so many others just don’t.

Katniss Is Lucky: At every turn Katniss gets lucky. This isn’t a “anyone could have done this but no one’s tried before” or “main characters is special in some way” story. If Katniss’s name had been called instead of Prim’s, she probably wouldn’t have won. If anyone other then Peeta had been called she wouldn’t have won. If Cinna had picked any other year to become a stylist she wouldn’t have won. If her father hadn’t been a hunter she wouldn’t have won. If Madge didn’t give her the pin (how Rue decided to trust her) she wouldn’t have won. I can’t really explain why this is so important to me, but it is. Katniss isn’t special or super powered. She’s lucky.

Katniss Is A Symbol and 13 Has an Army: Katniss is not a rebel leader. There isn’t a group of ragtag teenagers who follow her and take on a corrupt government all on their own. She’s a symbol to inspire the people in the districts to fight, but no one ever puts her in charge of an army. Why should they? She’s a 17 year old, traumatized, child. The only time we do see Katniss lead is at the end of Mockingjay, and then it’s a group of about ten people, most of who end up dead and the mission doesn’t succeed. More importantly, 13 beats the capital because they have a fully functioning, highly trained, military ready to go.

These Are CHILDREN: Yes, every young adult story focuses on a teenager, but so many of these stories seem to forge they’re talking about teenagers. They act as if they are twenty somethings, or in the society set up you are considered an adult at 16. The Hunger Games hammers you over the head with the fact that these are kids. Katniss goes to school. I do not know a single hunger games rip off where the main character goes to completely normal every day school.

The Death’s Aren’t Shock Value: Yes, Prim’s death is shocking. It’s heartbreaking. I knew it was coming and still cried. That’s not why it’s there though. The point is how far Coin is willing to go to make sure Katniss is on her side. Everyone else’s deaths also have a point. Finnick and the others on Katniss’s team show the sacrifice people are willing to make for the cause and for Katniss. Cinna to show Katniss what happens when she resists. Rue is the cruelty of the game. Madge, the cruelness of the capital.

The Goal Is Clear: Mazerunner comes to mind with this one. What was the actual goal after the first book? Hell if I know. In The Hunger Games series there’s no fancy plan or convoluted thing they need to do. The plan is simple. Hunger Games and Catching Fire: “Don’t die”. Mockingjay there’s a lot of background stuff happening, but for Katniss the goal is always one thing: kill Snow. Everything she does is a straightforward line to that goal for almost the entire book.

Gale and Peeta: Both Gale and Peeta are totally realistic and reasonable love interests for Katniss. Neither of them are always nice or always perfect, but it easy to see why Katniss struggles to balance the two of them. There is no clear choice between the two. More importantly, the choice is representative of a larger concept. Katniss herself makes the comparison, saying Gale is rage and Peeta is calm. It’s not just between two guys, it’s between two ways of life and what Katniss needs in her life.

She Picks Peeta: I can not stress enough how important this is. In any of the knock offs I guarantee you that she would have picked Gale. Or, more accurately what would have happened is they would have switched Gale and Peeta’s personalities. Peeta would have been the angry, tortured, mysterious guy, and Gale would have been the kind, artistic, best friend. In this case, she would have still picked Peeta, but the whole point would have been lost. For all intents and purposes it would have been picking Gale. But no. Katniss picks Peeta. She picks calm and peace rather then giving in to Gale’s anger.

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I swear we used to be able to think critically about random GoFundMe asks

It used to be understood that if someone using a throwaway blog suddenly starts messaging a bunch of accounts to beg for money, they were most likely a scammer.

Now suddenly there are fucking swarms of throwaway bots relentlessly shilling GoFundMe campaigns to anyone who even so much as breathes in the direction of a trending tag or post, yet the mere suggestion that any of these could be a scam will immediately get you yelled at by self-righteous strangers.

What changed?

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can’t believe tiktok is actually getting banned, twitter is infested with bots and brainworm-infested musk bots, facebook is king of QAnon, instagram caught the plague from facebook and is dying a slow death in real time… and as the dust settles… only Miss Tumblr is left standing… failing upwards once again

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film diary - ✰ 8/? howl's moving castle (2004) dir. hayao miyazaki

knowing you'd be there gave me the courage to show up. that woman terrifies me. i can't face her on my own. you saved me, sophie. i was in big trouble back there.

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Rosy-faced Lovebirds dancing their colorful wings ~ Arizona | by @azfinkels

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https://twitter.com/profannieoakley/status/1357768408671027202

 This thread is gold… make your own here: https://htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/

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Collection

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Golden-crowned Kinglet

Jacob McGinnis/Audubon Photography