#but you have to do it for adolin

[swagspren]

Okay I’ve been thinking about Adolin fashion and something that is so funny to me is that nobody (that I can remember (probably Shallan is at some point)) is like “wow, Adolins outfit looks so good.” They’re like “you look stupid” and he’s like “it’s fashionable.” I know he’s not exactly surrounded by fashion appreciators, but I think it is so much more awesome that he is dressing fashionably and receiving little to none of the positive feedback. Like he’s really doing it just for him and that’s how fashion should be <3

[emily-e-draws]

hi i love your art!! btw longswords should be held with the hands apart at least a few inches. in my longsword class we have the dominant hand under the crossguard and the nondominant hand touching the pommel. i really don't mean to be rude but with this knowledge i am now cursed to notice when somebody is holding a sword wrong 🥲

LOL no offense taken, thank you for the info!! that's genuinely good to know

[laraluu2]

Lol seeing a post about how people who like moash are all "moash did nothing wrong". As one of those moash enjoyers I think I can definitively say that anyone who is saying that is just fucking around and very much know his crimes. Counterpoint - Dalinar, Kaladin, Jasnah, Adolin, and Shallan have all done crimes that would warrant jailtime.

I've talked about this before but I really do think here on tumblr people can explore the paths less traveled in terms of character study. Sanderson has literally said he's not too much of a fan of moash but I think it's cool how you have people on here who show him a little more love. You take a character that has gone through the worst and has a literal evil god influencing him but I think he falls under the "would be entirely right if he didn't kill people" liberal leftist antagonist that gets pretty annoying to constantly see. When in the real world violence is a valid form of protest you have these constant depictions of people lashing out against their oppressors as a bad thing it's understandable to be a little annoyed with how moash is depicted.

Not to mention the tragic aspect is kind of cool too??? Not everyone is going to get redemption, some people make bad decisions and fuck up and won't make it out and it's cool to enjoy that aspect. I enjoy a nice tragic character foil - there's some real nice fanart too of him.

[stormscience]

A WaT Crempost Flashfic

(spoilers for preview chapters of WaT, up to 17 - and this is a comedy, I swear)

"Washed Up"

When Kaladin left Urithiru three days ago, he had feared that he would never return.

He had never dreamed he would come back so soon. And never for this...

Lopen shifted beside him, uncomfortable in his freshly laundered uniform.

All of Bridge Four were well dressed, newly shaved, hair trimmed.

A mark of respect.

A few wore splashes of color. While unusual for a funeral, it was, again, a mark of respect for the fallen.

He looked up at the front of the crowded, silent room. At the two coffins, side by side, as they were in life.

He couldn't wrap his head around the reality.

Adolin and Shallan, dead.

If he could see the bodies, perhaps it would feel real. At least the hollow place in his heart would not be filled with a small, irrational flicker of hope.

Instead of soulcasting the Highprince and his wife into stone, however, they were hidden in boxes. Set to be buried.

Just how horrific had their death been?

He looked around the crowd of mourners, a brief flicker of anger in his chest.

Very few were crying. Most had rigid, uncomfortable expressions that clearly masked their true feelings. A scattering of uncomfortable giggles punctuated the awkward silence.

Storms, he thought the pair well liked. They were some of the best people he knew!

He looked back at Lopen, who stared forward. He had stubbornly refused to make eye contact with him since his return.

He turned to his other side, to Lift. The little Reshi girl chewed her lower lip, eyes glued to the floor, breathing too fast.

His heart broke. This might be her first funeral, of course the poor kid was struggling.

He put a kind hand on her shoulder, and she shot to her feet, hands over her face. She ran from the room, sobbing in the strangest way he had ever heard - snorting, choked, almost tittering.

He looked around again, and saw how the others stubbornly ignored her exit, politely staring at the coffins.

The giggles became a bit louder.

Wit stood, and the others looked up at him. Kaladin had mixed feelings, seeing the jester set to speak at such a solemn occasion. But he was able to be quite sincere when the moment demanded it - and Kaladin needed one of his comforting, insightful stories at that moment.

"My Queen," Wit began, "Has asked me to speak on behalf of the Kholins."

The crowd settled, listening intently.

"In moments like this," he continued, "it is common to shower the deceased with praise. To wash their memories clean of all impropriety."

Kaladin nodded, though he noticed a certain rigidity in the expressions of those around him.

"But I prefer to remember them as they were - human. Perhaps a bit reckless, but fearless. Doing what few others dared."

Lopen clenched his jaw. Kaladin felt his eyes burn.

"Most of all, they loved. At all times and in all places."

A pained noise escaped Lopen.

"And so, we must remember: Though they have fallen, they fell as one. While they slipped away, they did so doing what they loved most."

Dalinar shot up. "FOR HONOR'S SAKE, WIT!" He bellowed.

Wit looked startled. He stared at Dalinar.

"I was asked to speak, Brightlord." He said delicately. "And I tried to craft the most heartfelt eulogy I could imagine."

"You used wordplay to make light-"

Wit raised a brow. "And why would I make light of such a tragedy?"

"Because they died fucking in the shower!"

[isdalinarhot]

Thinking about how according to wobs the whole decision to kill Ialai in row was just like “oh I didn’t want to have to worry about scheming bad guys on Roshar that are just naturally scummy when we could be focusing on characters who are Evil Because Of Odium so I just unceremoniously killed her off to make things easier haha! it’s not like anyone cares about her both in universe or out!” I Care. I Care, Brandon. I Personally Would Have Liked To See You Do Literally Anything Interesting With Her. What if I started biting everything and everyone.

[carriagelamp]

ADOLIN: qu'est-ce que vous voulez faire aujourd'hui? SHALLAN: n'importe quoi KALADIN: pourquoi ne lui tutoies-tu pas? elle est ta femme?? ADOLIN: elles* KALADIN: c'est ce que j'ai dit??

[musicofthe-ainur]

dalinar and sadeas friends to enemies to lovers back to enemies slow burn. do you see my vision

[windrunnered]

(love ur pfp btw)

kaladin makes me go insane and he needs to understand that hes in love with adolin and adolin needs to be in love with him too and it needs to be a real live triangle and i havent even read rhythm of war or finished oathbringer(though im very close)

thank you!!! blendy-pens is a great artist! 

never have i been more glad that i try to be rigorous with my tagging because boy do i reblog spoilers. hopefully you have row spoilers tagged so i don’t tell you all the secrets by accident, my friend!! i thought it was a forreal love triangle in my head from just sheer will and a speckle of headcanons. kaladin -> adolin -> shallan -> back to kaladin, you know?? my vision!!

i’ll always hold it to dear to my heart that after that wor duel that adolin and kaladin are basically boyfriends. “adolin gets gloryspren when he sees kaladin and kaladin gets joyspren seeing adolin” headcanon my beloved. i just slightly prefer kadolin to shakadolin because i know how to write shallan the least, i just love them sooo much. there’s so many feelings for them in oathbringer!!!!

i shan’t say anything about rhythm of war but they’re definitely boyfriends in rhythm of war too. in my heart they’re real

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[knightsgaydiant]

god, I know I’m getting old because I keep being like buT cAn’T you sEE it fROm DaliNAr’s/LiRin’s pOV??

[shouldprobablybereading]

Me: my least favorite trope for the last book in a series is when all the characters are split up in separate places

*both mistborn eras ended this way*

*stormlight 5 will at least start with all protagonists in different places and will possibly only take place over 10 days*

Me: well fuck….

[lostandbackagain]

why do y'all pronounce shallan Like That like everyone's pretty united on stressing the first syllable and saying a as ă in tsa characters' names so why is shallan different

[tanihanya]

adolin: did i murder sadeas?

adolin: yes.

adolin: did i enjoy it?

adolin: yes.

adolin: would i do it again?

adolin: yes.

adolin: but have you considered

adolin: sadeas was a weasel-faced cowardly little bitch

judge: so true bestie i officially declare you as innocent <3

(just saw the tags in your reblog of the "did your comfort character commit a crime" post btw in case you're wondering where this came from lol. hope you have a great day/evening/insert appropriate time of day ahaead of you ^^ )

LITERALLY how the trial would go

Especially as the only judges able to punish him are literally Dalinar and Elhokar at this point

I think (outside of Sadeas Highprincedom) Dalinar is literally the most upset out of everyone somehow

[nevertheless-moving]

adolin half teasing kaladin while out for drinks sometime in Urithiru: you know your feats on the shattered plains aren't quite as impressive now that I've seen more of your magic glowing powers thing.

Kalidan: hm

Adolin: knew there was something weird about you. Ha. I mean i was amazed at the time, but surviving the fall from that bridge sabotage isn't really anything now that I've seen-

Kalidan: actually I didn't have my powers for that part

Adolin: what

Shallan: it's true he didn't

Kalidan: Lost syl right after prison, I got maybe a chip of stormlight while falling , just enough to not die, no powers the rest of the time

Adolin: how

Kalidan: I already explained the whole - with elhokar and moash -

Adolin: no, i mean, the highstorm -

Kaladin: yeah that was shallan

Shallan: shardblade cubby cut out part way up the wall

Adolin: and the chasm fiend? It really was already dead -

Shallan: no very much alive, very much tried to kill us

Adolin: and you-

Shallan: no that was kaladin

Adolin: what

Kaladin: I mean you did distract it, and I wouldn't have been able to do anything without your pattern blade

Adolin: you killed a chasm fiend. Without special powers.

Kaladin: I mean shallan-

Shallan: he jumped right in its mouth!

Adolin: i - you killed a chasm fiend. Without any other fighters. By yourself. Without radiant powers. You're - you're sure? No special abilities?

Kaladin: it was a pretty painful time, yes I'm sure. Did some spear katas. Noticeable difference without the bond with syl.

Adolin: you fought the chasm fiend. handicapped.

Kaladin: I guess? I dont know if it's handicapped considering, you know, most people don't ever breathe stormlight.

Adolin: you killed a chasm fiend singlehandedly. Without shardplate. And without any powers.

Kaladin: you're repeating yourself

Shallan: ...it was pretty impressive

Kaladin: you saw how messed up my leg got!

Adolin:

Adolin: I hate you so much.

[starry-stormy-knight]

taken me ages but behold archive karecktors

adolin and maya beloved but also the most time consuming because i had to figure out how the hell i was going to do adolin's hair and not hate looking at it, and maya took me forever to figure out the colours lol. looked at so many references trying to figure out what dead vines should look like and what i would like it to look and i couldnt really find what i wanted lol. but what i went for was like really dried out and very very dead looking fibre. that wasnt too bad but trying to figure out her clothes that would look decent before and after she becomes a deadeye was hell for me an amateur colour theory understander lmao

i have drawn shallan before so she wasn't too difficult but i was truly torn about which version of pattern i wanted to show?? so i did a few of them hahah. i did a canon compliant version, alluding a bit to BE NOT AFRAID angel vibes. but im pretty passionate about ferrofluid-looking pattern as thats what i picture in my head (but i couldnt really find a good reference so i couldnt really do it well. it's also like, about the way it moves more than a still frame so extra challenge). and if you've seen my shallan art you know i. asdlkfjh. i originally pictured pattern as a QR code so i was compelled to continue it. @mistbjorn this one's for you because youre so right <3

syl i usually picture similar to kida in disney's atlantis when she merges with the crystal and you can see her scalp beneath her transparent hair, so thats the inspo for her. for the sylspear i designed it to look a bit like a caduceus as homage to kaladin's medical training and his dad, and like it's not that deep but i guess the swirly glowy bits are his duality and being torn between two worlds etc etc or you can just picture spren zipping about if you want lol like i definitely pictured syl was one but the other makes no sense

the kholins i dont have much to say since they were not part of my original plan hahaha but i couldn't help adding them too. i lowkey struggled to make them unique but also similar because family alksdjfhs i was sketching this around a time i did a lot of face studies so it was so whack and the colouring absolutely killed me so it is what it is asldkjaklsdjf

[cosmerelists]

Pros and Cons of Stormlight Characters in the Middle Seat Next to You on a Budget Airline.

As requested by anon. :)

1. Kaladin

Cons: His legs are so long. His hair is so luxurious. His shoulders are so broad. This large, beautiful man is not trying to be in your space, but the budget airline seat cannot contain him. Pros: You started what you thought was an idle conversation, but by the end of your flight, he had diagnosed your chronic pain and become your therapist??

2. Shallan

Pros: Well, she's more of a regular-sized human and she's friendly but quiet. She seems to just want to sketch the whole flight, so no complaints! Cons: Why does she keep staring directly at a space across the plane and sketching the creepiest symbol-headed creatures you've ever seen with her eyes vaguely glazed over like she doesn't even know she's doing it holy shit is this a Twilight Zone situation where there are invisible gremlin monsters on this plane that only she can see and is it your imagination or do you hear humming from somewhere

3. Adolin

Cons: Listen, this is a budget airline, and this guy seems to think it's a fancy spa?? He's got the slippers, the posh eye mask, the luxurious travel pillow, some really nice face creams, and he seems to be video chatting with a girl even though the internet on the plane doesn't even work. Frankly, you're jealous and grouchy about it. Pros: Okay, he actually seems really sweet and he gave you some of his way-too-nice-for-an-airplane snacks. You take it all back; this guy is awesome.

4. Szeth

Pros: He is so still. So quiet. Almost folded in on himself. Barely...breathing? Honestly, you keep forgetting the middle seat is occupied, and how rare is that! Cons: You just...you think you'd feel better if he just blinked. Just once. Please.

5. Lift

Cons: You had to sigh just a little when a little kid plopped down next to you. Also, she goes to the bathroom every five minutes, and comes back with food every time. You think she might be robbing people. Pros: She complimented your butt quite sincerely. You've always been kinda self-conscious about your butt! But apparently yours is the "second best she's ever seen." Feels nice.

6. Jasnah

Pros: Like, is it possible for someone to just be really good at flying? She came in, expertly stowed her luggage, sat down elegantly, did her seatbelt, used a wipe to clean up the tray table and surrounding area, and immediately starting reading some thick tome. Do you have a crush on her? You might have a crush on her. Cons: She glanced at the book you're reading, and you know she judged you for it.

7. Wit

Cons: Does this guy EVER stop talking? Pros: Okay, actually, you found him kind of annoying at first, but that story he told you about the temple and the duck might have healed years of trauma? Did you just realize that you don't have to forgive your mom and that's okay?

8. Renarin

Pros: He sat down and you were like, "Okay. Cute nerd. I dig it." Cons: You just wish he wouldn't scrawl foreboding-seeming numerals on the back of the airline chair in front of him. Is it counting down to...just before the plane lands? What does it mean???

9. Amarem

Cons: He came in and was IMMEDIATELY like, "I am taller than you and so I should have your seat." And then he just...waited? Like he thought you'd just comply??? Pros: He seems intent on pretending that never happened. Fine by you. That guy seems like an asshole.

10. Zahel

Pros: He falls asleep, like, immediately and doesn't stir for the entire flight. Cons: He's just kinda stinky.

11. Dalinar

Cons: He sits down and, unprompted, says something like, "In my youth I would always battle to occupy every armrest but now, after reading The Way of Planes, I have realized that it is the journey, not the armrests, that matter, so you can have them" and then you're like, "Dude, the person in the middle seat gets the armrests that's just common courtesy" and then he looks at you and you look at him and it's vaguely awkward the whole flight and nobody uses the armrests. Pros: Actually, after a while you do take the armrest and the tension goes down a lot.

12. Taravangian

Pros: He just kinda seems like a nice old man, you know? Kinda confused about stuff, but harmless enough. Cons: He falls asleep partway through and droops his head onto your shoulder and drools a bit and you know you sound ridiculous but it feels somehow calculated. Intentional. Evil.

13. Sebarial

Cons: The very second beverage service starts he's all, "Bring me a BOTTLE of wine" and you're like, "Oh no. It's one of those dudes who gets way too drunk on planes!" Pros: You know? This guy actually seems pretty jolly and chill. You catch yourself thinking, "I wish I could pretend he was my uncle." You're not sure where that came from.

14. Rock

Pros: He scoffs at the provided airline snacks and gets out this thermos and gives you the best damn soup you've ever had in your life. Cons: He's just a large, warm man. Very large. Very warm. Not his fault, of course, but now YOU are very warm.

15. Elhokar

Cons: Every time there is plane turbulence, he mutters something about how it's the assassins coming to finish the job. Poor dude must be really scared of flying. Pros: You feel a warm, parental feeling growing in you as you look at this sad, scared man. Maybe your mom was right. Maybe you WOULD be good with kids.

16. Eshonai

Pros: This lady is, just, SO excited to be traveling that it can't help but make YOU excited to travel. Like, you always thought plane travel sucked, especially budget airline travel, be she is so delighted by everything that you find yourself thinking, "You know, it IS pretty amazing that we're soaring through the sky right now traveling to a new land." Cons: Cons? No cons. You wish you could ALWAYS see flying through this woman's eyes.