moash

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“I’m always trying to figure out what to say about this god damn song. Part of me wants to say look, it’s about revenge, but as soon as I say that… no, that’s not quite it. Part of me wants to say it’s about the satisfaction of not needing revenge… and i say no, that’s some new age stuff. I think it’s a song about the moment in your quest for revenge when you learn to embrace the futility of it. The moment where you know the thing you want is ridiculous and pompous and a terrible thing to want anyway. The direction in which you’re headed is not the direction you want to go, yet you’re going to head that way a while longer cause that’s just the kind of person you are.”

— John Darnielle

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they teach you the golden rule, treat others how you want to be treated, but in a pinch you can apply the silver rule (be kinda selfish because you’ve earned it) or even the bronze rule (manipulate others purely for your benefit).

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moash and kaladin.

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kaladin would say he’s a liberal, but the truth is more complex. he has a lot of more leftist ideas from his own experiences that he hasn’t fully articulated because he doesn’t really think about that as politics, that’s just common sense. but when it comes to actual voting, he’s definitely a vote blue no matter who “we need a liberal person in control of the broken system” instead of considering the systems that are broken. moash is originally only slightly left of this “we don’t need a liberal in charge of the broken system, we need a leftist” but now he can’t vote because of his multiple felony assault convictions.

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moash and kaladin.

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when i like a character, it’s bc they’re good and interesting, and when i don’t, it’s bc they’re bad and boring. that’s all.

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if you see a post going around saying december 6th is quote unquote "officially socially reassigned sarqqin day" celebrating a new canonical trans man in wind and truth or whatever, do not fucking celebrate it. in the exact same scene adolin deduces someone who says that they are a man and wants to go by he/him and join the army is Totally A Cis Girl Faking It because they haven't legally transitioned and they don't "look" enough like a man (read: they're stringy and short instead of tall and buff). the book is using this new canonical trans man to canonize Transphobic In A Very Real-Life Way Adolin. if you celebrate this or spread any positive posts about this i will hardblock you on both main and side.

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not all character interpretations are valid some of you are sexist

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it is kind of funny that the early chapters of wat were like “watch out!! people are gonna DIE. this is serious!!!!!” and then only like one person did

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aiding & comforting the traitor moash ❤️

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i actually do understand that character better than the writers. this happens a lot actually

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Vin and elend’s relationship is a tapestry of most of my issues with Brandon’s romance writing

1- minimal interaction until they suddenly fall in love with each other

2- female character worries her being powerful is emasculating to her boyfriend

3- female character worries she’s not feminine enough (repeatedly??? It felt like vin had this realization practically every book)

4- female character’s closest relationship is with her male partner alongside other male friends and she has zero positive female relationships

5- Brandon’s aversion to anything remotely sexy means they have to just chastely hold hands for a while until they actually get married (bc all of his good guys have to end up married. See: Mormonism) and only then will he allow them to canonically have sex. And even then it’s a single sentence off-screen allusion that I think he probably vomited while typing

yea their relationship did nothing for me and was in fact a big detraction. it made me like both of them as individuals less

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everyone should read witch king by martha wells. the reason i just thought of it and i’m recommending it is actually spoilers, but the short of it is the politics are good.

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Mistborn is one of those series I like less and less as time goes on. I went into it hearing it had a female main character and went ‘oh sweet’ and then I read it and the entire rest of the main cast is male and every other female character is either dead or evil. Or both.

when i read final empire, the ending felt like the biggest letdown. having the whole revolution end with another nobleman becoming king. kelsier did NOT die for this. i would like to finish the series just for the whole picture. i liked some of the politics in the first half of well of ascension. but my understanding is after that, elend just makes himself emperor so like what’s the point.

also re: female characters, the thing that bothered me most in well of ascension was how much vin get like her being strong was emasculating to elend. girl, he doesn’t deserve you.

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if i understand correct, in mistborn era 1 they killed John Racist, CEO of Racism, and appointed a new CEO of Racism AND by the third book they were like “John Racist wasn’t even that bad. John Racist made some points.”