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More Tiny Adolin

Working on more art for Mend (Image id: Angry 6 year old Adolin, who has been creepily stalking Zahel to learn how to protect his mom and brother. He just found four older boys (including Tinalar) getting ready to drown a sack full of "runty" axehound pups.)

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Renarin and Kaladin and Awkwardness

Random Renarin having a crush on Kaladin drawing - I refuse to believe this is not canon. Right in the thick of WoR (Img ID: a blushing Renarin looking flustered while standing beside a serious looking Kaladin)

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“The temptation of Shallan in the Gardens: Lady Jasnah disapproves” inspired by Persian illuminated manuscripts from the 1400’s

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EVEN MORE Art for "To Mend Without Thread"

Even more Mend Art! This one is from a flashback in an upcoming chapter. Little Adolin learning to fight with a far too put together Zahel. I love his serious little frowny face!

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More Art for "To Mend Without Thread"!

More art for Mend. (Image ID: Line drawing. Kaladin fell asleep in his fighting clothes, looks a little deranged, and is yelling at Adolin for not taking his promise not to fight seriously while Shallan holds him back with her safehand and reminds him with a laugh that Adolin is pretty addled and not exactly in his right mind.)

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First time drawing them

They better end up like this in the book 5 istg 😤

Here's one more

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I wish we had gotten a scene between the climax of Oathbringer and Rhythm of War where Dalinar is learning how to read.

Imagine it, Dalinar is sitting down with Navani who is painstakingly teaching him women's script. His handwriting is atrocious and while he can get parts of the writing system down, syntax and grammar feel like insurmountable challenges.

Slowly over the course of weeks he notices that he has been unconsciously creating a Connection with Navani to borrow from her ability to write. Suddenly he feels like all his progress is unearned. So he starts again, making sure his study has no Stormlight he can draw on.

What felt impossible before is made harder tenfold but he takes comfort in the parable of Nohadons journey from Abamabar to Urithiru. As that man once did, so too did Dalinar put aside his titles and power to humble himself.

He would have himself take the journey, all of it, rather than reach a destination without taking a single step.

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Y’know, Moash might have a point. I mean, it worked out for Adolin

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I have a handful of aus that involve bridge four becoming either briefly or unshakably convinced that kaladin is actually a herald (either one who lost his memory, or secretly, as a test for the lighteyes (they're not doing well)). Actually there's probably at least one guy in canon in WOK who has this as his only half joking pet theory and a couple others who are willing to hear him out for laughs. When the Tower run second ideal happens he's just like I TOLD YOU GUYS I STORMING TOLD YOU.

Anyway Bridge Four Shenanigans such as:

swearing by different heralds names extra loudly to see if kaladin turns around at one

One guy around a corner burning glyph wards dedicated to specific heralds at timed intervals while you watch kaladin carefully to see when he twitches

Saying blatantly wrong things about heraldic legends to see if kaladin will correct you. this one actually works sometimes!!

Eventually teft (assuming its not a time travel scenario where teft is also pretty sure radiants shouldn't just know per-recreance things) or kaladin realizes what's going on and exasperatedly explains his Actual Whole Deal. The guys still keep the bit going, 95% because they've learned it really annoys Kaladin, 5% because he might still be a herald that's testing them only he has a new name (its a very multicultural group of men. What's one more name for Jezrian/Yaezir/Yaysi). And if he is a herald testing them then that's a dick move to pull on your own bridge crew so he deserves to be mocked for it.

Bridge Four being Assholes:

Very satisfying to angrily snap "Kaladin's hands!" to his face when he assigns you night watch for the second week in a row.

Or even just doing a normal herald swear and then immediately following it up with "SORRY CAPTAIN NO OFFENSE." The more panic you fake the better. He sighs so hard, it's great.

a genuinely aggrieved "CAPTAIN'S TITS" got such hard laughs after Lopen stubbed his toe that Moash almost threw up

but unfortunately. as we all know. if you do something ironically enough times. it eventually becomes an actual habit.

And now some of the other bridgecrews have picked up on it and the Captain might actually send the guys who trained them on a one way trip to the tranquiline halls. Skar tripped in front of Prince Adolin and cursed without thinking about it and now the Brightlord is asking. a LOT of questions. Couple of pissed off ardents might get involved. It's messy.

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You Honorspren sure are a contentious people

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New Chapter of A Bridge Too Far

Please mind the archive warnings!

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I am astonish

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Honor is dead. But I'll see what I can do.

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Shakadolin!

trying to figure out how to draw each of them with the features as described!

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Art for To Mend Without Thread

hey guys, working on trying to get back into drawing so I can make ok fan art for my giant fic, To Mend Without Thread. Here are two drawings from the first few chapters

(image ID: Adolin on his knees with a lance through his chest and Shallan, who is terrified, kneeling in front of him)

(Image ID: Kaladin looking distressed holding a mostly dead and scruffy Adolin right before they leave Shadesmar. Kal's expression is slightly goofy.)

Still working on art, but trying to improve!

Going to keep adding chapters!

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Amaram is a Literal Monster

This chapter was stressful to write. Unnervingly, most of the flashback stuff in this fic could easily fit into canon events.

Do not open if you find sexual assault triggering.

I wrote this based on my own experiences. This is an act of violence, not sexual. It is rapid, disorienting, and dissociation is very real.

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More Chapters on A Bridge Too Far!

Chapter 7 is up, planning to finish chapter 8 today. Emphatic warning for chapter 8, as it will involve sexual assault and abuse. I am serious about the archive warnings on this one.