#Stormlight adaptation

[piano-hoarder]

I think it should be anime, but I'm curious to know what you all think.

[cosmereplay]

I'm all for an animated Stormlight adaptation, but if we had to have a live action adaptation I would jump for joy of it was done with all practical effects.

Built sets. Muppet spren. They don't even have to be muppets, they could be something brand new. There's another Jim Henson out there who could change the way we use puppets in media if they just got a platform.

Imagine fabric anticipationspren. Anxietyspren that were wrought iron x's embedded in plastic spheres that were weighted to wobble in place. Idk I think it would be amazing artistically.

Plus maybe a renaissance in working with unionized staff? A reappreciation for practical effects? Artists and craftspeople getting some fucking respect?

[thaumasilva]

my ideal stormlight archive adaptation is a 2D low animation quality 90s cartoon/anime series that's well-written with good voice actors and can pump out just like sixty-something episodes per season because they don't have any pressure for it to be Beautiful

[kaladinsspear]

So I just had a thought. Roshar has slightly less gravity and slightly higher oxygen than earth. We know that oxygen toxicity is a thing. What would constant exposure to slightly too much oxygen do to people? Could it make them perhaps a little bit....airsick? 😏

[andromeda-lv]

The best thing about being young is a higher probability of seeing an epic high budget Stormlight TV series. In this essay I will -

[emrystheedgedancer]

I feel like one of the only people who just straight up doesn’t want any film or tv adaptation of Stormlight made. Period. Not a movie, not a series. The only exception would be an animated series in the vein of Arcane, Trigun Stampede, Vox Machina, etc and even then I still am not super enthusiastic about that.

I just do not want it. I don’t trust any Hollywood person to get it right. And I’d just rather have the books without the disappointment. There is so much in Stormlight that would be nearly impossible to convey without all the internal thoughts being right up front. They’d make it into a flat story that only focuses on one aspect and I just don’t want it.

[thestormlightnetwork]

imagine getting cast as gavilar in a stormlight adaptation (animated, or live action i'll be happy with both).

He has two minutes of screentime. he turns out to be a douchebag by season four. he is dead by the first episode. yeah you'll be a perfect fit for him.

[marvelousmagicalaura]

I've been having a lot of discussions and thoughts about Ruin's future sight, Preservation's plans, and Harmony's knowledge.

Because of this, I have a good basis on how to write Ruin in my Mistborn AU. Sanderson has hinted that Ruin is the power of change and entropy, so I really want to lean in that direction. Rather than portraying him as the entity of death and destruction that Sanderson wrote him as, I want to write him as the God of Decay and Entropy. Everything we associate with canon Ruin would be parts of his desire/methods of ensuring that all things degrade and decay. Death and destruction are parts of his Intent, but they aren’t forefront in the Intent. The forefront of Ruin’s Intent consists of degradation, entropy, and chaos. To enhance this idea, I may write that AU Ruin pushes people to embrace uncertainty and change.

For example, we know that Ruin canonically pulled the strings behind Kelsier’s rebellion and the discovery of the Eleventh Metal. I would enhance this idea, so that Ruin is responsible for the rise and fall of pre-Rashek empires and kingdoms, war, the advancement of technology, and rebellions. In the Final Empire’s context he would be responsible for guiding its various rebellions, and for advancing technology in the less controlled Dominances.

Ruin weaves and executes multiple, branching schemes to ensure the subtle, slow downfall of Scadrial and its empires. He knows there are countless ways his Intent is present in the Universe, and will execute them through any avenue. I would significantly expand on his actions throughout history.

I desperately intend to expand upon Ruin’s precognitive abilities. It doesn’t feel right downplaying Ruin’s future sight when the only WoB we have about it came from 2012, way before Sanderson truly incorporated precognition into the Cosmere. Not only that but the Mistborn trilogy was written before he solidified Cosmere-wide mechanics. I think that once a Mistborn adaptation comes out, we will truly see his abilities in action.

AU Ruin’s future sight would still be inferior to Preservation. It feels slightly wrong LMAO, but it’s necessary for the ending. But it’s far better than Elend’s future vision and Odium’s future sight.

I haven’t read Stormlight yet, but I heard that Odium definitively has future sight. Going by the IRL definition of the word “odium,” I believe canon Ruin’s Intent of causing death and destruction requires a lot more foresight/planning than inducing hatred.

AU Ruin would also be so much more destructive when released. I want to give Ruin more influence over the world by creating more natural disasters - earthquakes with more impact, floods, earthquakes, blizzards, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes, scenes of Luthadel’s death etc…

Right now I plan to say that weakened Ruin w/ Preservation’s presence can manipulate phenomena that already exists in Scadrial's natural science. He can manipulate and create anything on the planet to his liking, but he can't _completely_ destroy its structure. He can't do feats like reduce the continents to nothingness, boil the oceans in their entirety, or burn the planet down until nothing remains.

But he can do everything the Lord Ruler accomplished during his Ascension. Weakened Ruin can move the continents or split them apart, move the planet, boil the oceans so they’re absurdly hot, and make the planet hotter or colder.

[yettofindaname]

Talking to my friends about Brandon Sanderson's books, a sentiment I had and they echoed is how much it reads like action anime - I've read other action scenes, but something about the action in mistborn feels so like, readable, it's weird. By that time I had only read Mistborn and Warbreaker, and so imagine my surprise when I started reading Way of Kings and the world has literal manga SFX as visible lights and colors as a physical thing the characters interact Anyway the first thing that came to mind

The menacingspren

[yennefer]

thinking about how sick an open rpg stormlight archive game would be 🤤

[cakeiscoolsblogthing]

I had a dream and now I headcanon that Dipper is magic and has the power of coincidences, which is why so many cartoon plot things happen to him (like finding Journal 3 and the "ultimate power" inscription from the video game episode)

[dearherondale]

U RE INTO SOMETHING

OSHA & QIMIR THE ACOLYTE 1x08

[purplishbluefrog]

I would sell my soul for a cosmere adaptation in the art style of Arcane

Like imagine it for a second. Stormlight? Breath? Shadesmar? Literally every form of investiture?!?!?

I know im far from the first one to say this but I just finished season 2 of Arcane and I can't stop thinking about this

[awesomepossumredux]

Terrified at the prospect of Stormlight Archive getting an animated adaptation & Wit becoming a tumblr sexyman, and by terrified I mean I’ve seen a vision of the future and this is a warning.

[rot-girl-winter]

THANK YOU!! I can't imagine him as Szeth, so just throw him in as some random Shin character from an interlude or something.

Also if we do get an adaptation it should be animated.

“aw henry cavill cant play kaladin but what about dalinar?” you know dalinar’s also asian right

“oh uh how about taln” …taln is Black

“how abou” if the next name out of your mouth isn’t szeth then i will hand you copies of stormlight archive with every character descriptor highlighted so you realize literally every non-shin character is a person of color

[bellametre]

Some Ultimate G/T Favourites

I've wanted to do this ever since I saw @gullivertravelstowonderland post the idea. I added a category or two because there's some media I just had to include, but here we go:

Favourite Tiny: Spiller

This shy, wild, golden-hearted dreamboat catalyzed everything for me. I became utterly smitten at the age of nine and went on to watch him in every Borrowers adaptation ever—an obsession that’s still going strong.

Favourite Giant: Optimus Prime

I was so jealous of Shia LaBeouf back in 2007. I don’t even have the toys, but I’ve consumed nearly every comic, show, and movie Optimus Fine appears in. When June Darby in Transformers: Prime says, “And I wore heels and everything”? Same, girl.

Favourite G/T Movie: Ultraman: Rising

If you haven’t seen this movie yet, why are you still here? Go watch it. It’s about a snarky, size-changing superhero who has to look after a baby kaiju. If you need more convincing, just look up a picture of Kenji Sato.

Favourite G/T Show: George Shrinks

Fellow Canadians know this was the show back in the day. Banging intro, unique plot, confident little genius of a protagonist—seriously, this kid made me covet being four inches tall like nobody else. And no, his Zoopercar was not cheating.

Favourite G/T Book: Valiant

Sarah McGuire delivers here: a host of giants, a kick-butt heroine, a villain with a superiority complex, and an attractive lord who gets injured so badly that one of the giants has to “cradle him like an infant” to carry him to safety. Good stuff.

Favourite G/T Manga: Godaigo Daigo

For yet another story about giant heroes protecting cities from monsters, this was a pleasant surprise. Kounosuke showcases all kinds of G/T relationships—coworkers, friends, parents, and romance—and every arc absolutely slaps.

Favourite G/T Webcomic: Piper

The fact that Dr5spectre has been on hiatus for almost two years now is one of the greatest tragedies of our time. But I beg you—check out this comic, especially the AUs. The Goblin of Dornenholtz is so soul-filling it hurts.

Favourite G/T Song: Touchy Feely Fool

It definitely has to be AJR. Not only did I grin like a maniac when I watched the music video, but I like to think the lyrics are about a tiny person who wishes they didn’t have feelings for a giant anymore but simply can’t help themselves.

Favourite G/T Magical World: Roshar *Art by Rocío Sogas

This is probably one that isn’t very well known in the community, but Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive is full of great G/T moments, particularly between the main character Kaladin and his companion Syl, a shapeshifting spren.

Character I Would Like to Shrink/Grow: Loki (MCU) *Art by keiidakamya

Guys, we were robbed. He’s literally part Frost Giant! Yes, we got a taste of it in What If…?, but imagine how the movies could have gone if this had been a form he took when he gained or lost control of himself. Robbed, I tell you.

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Ahh this was so much fun! I hope some of you feel inspired to try this; I think it would be a great way to find more quality (or not-so-quality) G/T content. There’s so little of it out there, after all.