#bridgerun

[recallthename]

rereading twok for the first time and having capital F Feelings about bridge four.

i know that’s nothing new for me but god. GOD.

[youaremysunshine-court]

wild to me that kaladin is my age i would not have the guts to do half of what he's doing

[thesitcomarchive]

Navani, for no particular reason, begins asking Dalinar to wear pieces of crustacean armour and act more feminine in the bedroom. Dalinar agrees on the condition she wears forest green and threaten to abandon him on a bridgerun every now and then. Adolin tries out this "therapy" thing Kaladin has been working on after walking in on the two of them together.

[jewishdainix]

i see you kaladin posting. im so interested to hear about what made you love kal <3

Of course! Yes!

So what made me love Kaladin?

I guess the first thing that made me love him is the introduction to his character in WOK. His description from Cenn's pov already made me like him - tall, long haired and uses a spear? SIGN ME UP (I love those combination of traits maily because of Dainix (another character I relate to, my URL's namesake) from the aurora webcomic - he was ALREADY breathtaking. This chapter brought up so many questions about him, specially wince it's not from his pov - despite it being HIS FIRST chapter.

The chapter after that, you get to see the aftermath of the fight, except its an entirely different situation with a whole different energy. The background noises changed from a battle to low-energy plate clanking and feeling of stailnes. We finally get Kaladin's pov, and he is tired and having a terrible time. Its still him but how he is is such a contrast to how he was described exactly the last page. This both brings out MORE questions - what happened? How did he get there? Where is everybody else? He says he is tired, that he has given up, that he doesn't see any reason to try anymore, but we've already seen him in his epicness, and his breathtaking Kaladiness, how can you NOT root for him? How can you not be fascinated in what has happened to him and how he picks himself back up again? I for sure was.

The second thing is the reliability. I don't have a diagnosis for anything but I know that I probably have depression. I find myself in moments where my emotions get as low as we see kaladin being in so many times. I get that tiredness. That feeling of everything being wrong and there's nothing I can do about it.

I have chronic pain. The scene of the first bridgerun almost me cry, because I felt that pain. I constantly feel like the world is pushing me and not giving me the ability to stop so I just keep running because I don't have any other option. I relate to Kaladin's character an insane amount.

But that wasn't the end of him. Most of his time with the bridgemen was spent trying to make them remember life, remember warmth, choose to live. Worst place possible and yet he managed to help, he managed to being warmth - a reminder that even in the toughest moments there can still be joy and love. His story is about CHOOSING to see that. About CHOOSING LIFE. Knowing that its not always easy, its most of the time hard, but the story that follows him through WOK and every book after that is a story of choosing to push through. Of choosing to see the warmth and letting yourself move on and choosing Life before Death. And that means more to me than almost anything else I have read in fiction.

When I say that Kaladin is the best character I have ever found in fiction, sure I talk about his Kaladiness. His dramatic and sarcastic nature, his badass lines and his aroaceness, but mostly I mean that the affect his character arc (and these books in general) had on me is something that nothing can match.

It just gives me hope and helps me find joy within the simple things and in the hardest times. He chose life and so can I.

[transatos]

genuinely and wildly upset kaladin gave up his boots. he got those off the first bridgeman in his first bridgerun :(

[nevertheless-moving]

it's great because after oathbringer, we know Dalinar is also a conspicuously unkillable asshole who would hear all this impossible shit and go hm. probably would have done the same if I was thirty years younger.

he did lots of stuff that should have killed him! sure he never healed from Shardblade damage or survived a fall into a chasm before but he suspects maybe he could have. he never checked.

hearing the description of bridgeruns like 'ha yeah same when I was in my 20s I used to get shot all the time. absolutely covered in arrows. How i got the name blackthorn actually, funny story. It's all about powering through. i definitely shouldn't say that to the bridgecrews.'

the man beats a chasmfiend in an armwrestling match in way of kings and everyone's just like 'oho! what do you know! The old man's still got it!'

Dalinar's baseline for humanly possible makes him literally the worst person alive to notice a radiant. Some of us are built different, I don't know what to say. Adolin tries to talk to his father about the extremely well supported rumors of Stormblessed being a freak and Dalinar goes "I'm sure you could survive a highstorm too if you applied yourself."

Kaladin continues to be the most conspicuous mfer can’t believe he was about to tell Dalinar he killed a chasmfiend like how were you gonna explain that one 😭

[mark-india]

ホテルからGolden Gate Bridgeの見えるところまで走って帰るつもりが、見上げてるとついつい渡りたくなって行っちゃいました。笑 これでBrooklyn Bridge、Rainbow Bridgeと合わせて世界3大吊り橋(※Mark調べ)ランを制覇。 I supposed to see Golden Gate Bridge but when I came to near by, I couldn’t stop myself to cross there… #goldengatebridge #goldengatepark #sanfrancisco #bridgerun #bridgerunners (at Golden Gate Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeMFd3SpuCB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[koravelliumavast]

Whatever cosmere adaptation gets made it should be a full length movie that goes in movie theaters and here’s why: because I want to go to the movie theaters with a group of people who haven’t read the books and listen to their gasps of shock at small things as I smugly sit there knowing what happens later on.

[charlottehomeinspection]

Kinda sad. We had planned to travel to Charleston today for the bridgerun tomorrow. We have done it a few times and I entered the T-shirt design twice (seen below). Hopefully they can have it in August. #bridgerun #cooperriverbridgerun https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hh3zUpgdX/?igshid=18dmdf8ygvfyt

[thedarkeyedcaptain]

well, sushi1056, looks like someone needs a bit of a wakeup call. we are at war (even if the other high princes haven't really gotten the memo yet 🙄):

soldiers are vital to fight. surgeons are vital to heal. farmers are vital to feed.

I can't afford to be a worldsinger right now. even if I hadn't left the flute behind (IT ISNT EVEN AS IF I DID IT ON PURPOSE I HAD OTHER PRIORITIES AT THE TIME AND I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THAT PARTICULAR BRIDGERUN WOULD BE OUR LAST).

even if i wouldn't have to invest time THAT I DON'T HAVE into learning songs and stories and how to even play in the first place.

it was.....it was a thought experiment. I suppose. about as realistic as me returning to hearthstone right now

also? still missing the honorific :/

the choice always seemed to be between surgeon and and soldier but. even if I'm only listening to it because I literally am physically unable to leave my cage.....

I don't know. I think I feel bad now, for having lost the flute. maybe I could've learned.

[pparkspix]

Beautiful early morning on Sydney Harbour Bridge for the Sydney Marathon, part of the larger Sydney Running Festival on September 15, 2019. #sydney #marathon #BridgeRun #funrun #afp #afpsports #nikon (at Sydney, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2axcQFhrOV/?igshid=zosk1snofbpl

[ja-nel]

Bear Creek #bridgerun. . #mfr #twilight #072019 (at Bear Creek Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0KseP2Bfej/?igshid=bsmamgiu377v

[sportssocietyforamericanhealth]

Volunteer @elise_becker25 hands water 💦 to a runner 🏃🏻‍♀️ at the water station on the #louisiana side of the bridge. Photo by Karen Bourdier at the Sabine Causeway 5K, Friday, August 18th, 2017. We are still riding our #runnershigh! #runningcommunity #fitstagram #sportssocietyforamericanhealth #SSAH #sabinecauseway5k #SC5K #running #bridgerun #instarunner #fitspo #fitfam #athletes #texas2louisiana #2states1race #running #runnersofinstagram #runnerslife #picoftheday #texas #funrun #5krun #race #gooutside #racevolunteer #payitforward #bienvenue #photography #sportsphotography #photographylovers (at Sabine Causeway Bridge 5k)

[shadeaux75]

My 12th Cooper River Bridge Run. . . . #cooperriverbridgerun #cooperriverbridgerun2019 #crbr #crbr2019 #bridgerun #getoverit #charlestonsc #mtpleasantsc (at Cooper River Bridge Run) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9sZ3YjhI7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jf6sn8u38dcc

[champagnebaggage]

So many animals on my run today, not including me 🐺/😉. #running #instarunners #fitness #maps #garmin #strava #cats #dogs #pigeon #dayoff #bridgerun #manhattan #brooklyn #lifestyle #🐺 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtJhdjSHVnV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gvzlbisd4ha2

[clmail-posts]

Williamsburg Bridge #bridgerun #brooklyn #underwilliamsburgbridge #nyrr #ig_nycity #ig_captures #igersnyc #bwphotography #streetphotography #cityscape #lookingup_architecture #lookup #manhattan #run #eastside #igersoftheday (at Williamsburg Bridge)