#fuck moash

[elongatedthomas]

In a world of Moashs, be an Adolin:

Be kind!

Maintain healthy platonic relationships!

Train hard in the field you're passionate about!

Dress to feel good about yourself!

If someone threatens your family, put a dagger through their eye socket and into their brain, then throw their corpse out a very high window!

[kandra-chameleon]

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[sailorastera]

I'm really excited for the moment when Moash finally gets to feel all the pain he's been giving away this whole time. That's gunna suck so much for him and be so great for me, personally.

[karlathewitch]

Moash fans: "Moash did nothing wrong/his actions are justified"

Me, unrolling a giant scroll: So, Moash's crimes are (spoiler alert):

WoR: Betraying Kaladin, and the whole Bridge Four

OB: Killing Elokhar in front of Kaladin while he tried to protect him, then doing the Bridge Four salute. Killing a Herald for no reason.

RoW: Killing Roshone in front of Kaladin, claiming he did it for Kal. With Odium's help he tormented Kal with nightmares to break him, and also verbaly tortured him. Killed several Radiants for no reason. Killed Teft's spren just to hurt Teft. Killed Teft, then threw his corpse in front of Kaladin. Had Kal's father taken as hostage, planning to kill him to drive Kal to suicide. Then he casualy went to kill Navani.

Also the Spren killing dagger was proly meant for Syl.

Soooo....

[aphroditesmoon]

part?

art in credits

[awesomepossumredux]

HOW IS RHYTHM OF WAR GOING YOU ASK ME? I’M INSANE NOW, THANKS FOR ASKING

[therealsoulking]

TOP 5 STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE CRACKSHIPS

Venli/Renarin

Think of the possibility! They're both outcasts! A Listener with a Radiant spren and a Human with a voidspren! She's looking to the future after the conflict, and he can see and project the future! Who cares that they haven't interacted?!

2. Moash/Syl

This would be deeply fucked up of Sanderson, not even romantically. Moash could clearly become a Knight Radiant in the future, Renarin could see it, and who's the only potential Windrunner as traumatized as Kaladin?

3. Malata/Ash

I BELIEVE IN DUSTBRINGER!ASH EVEN IF IT TAKES A DECADE FOR ME TO BE PROVEN RIGHT! THE HERALDS MOSTLY DON'T HAVE NAHEL BONDS YET, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAY A LIGHTWEAVER

4. Moash/Szeth

These lads haven't interacted once afaik, but they were both Kaladin's rivals during Words of Radiance, and that's enough for me

5. Szeth/Jasnah

what are we even doing anymore? They're both in their late 20s, and I think that's all they have in common?

I honestly don't know if there's fan work for any of these pairings, but let me know

[honuofhawaii]

Okay I’ve heard some people talking about Kaladin herald of second chances leading Moash down the path of redemption.

I don’t like it. While Stormlight Archives heavily emphasizes redemption there’s also a focus on mental health, and I don’t think it’s Kaladin’s job to be one of his abusers’ therapist and walk him down a redemption path. Kal deserves better than that and I think after WaT he’s realized that. He might try, but if that happens, I want him to fail, and realize that he doesn’t deserve to go through the pain of trying to save someone who betrayed him.

It’s not about whether Moash is any worse or better, more justified or less justified than any other character. I’m fine with him getting a redemption arc. But he tormented Kaladin, deliberately trying to drive him to suicide, and almost succeeded. That is not a person who is good for Kaladin’s mental health. If Moash gets a redemption arc it is one he will need to seek out, and even when he’s at the end of it, I don’t think Kal needs to forgive him. Or he could forgive him but have no desire for any kind of contact with him, but I don’t want to see them be friends.

[little-cute-pink-horrible-being]

If Moash dies in WaT I want to cry at his death. I want him to make a heroic sacrifice so Kaladin doesn't have to. I want him to die a hero's death, after everyone except Kaladin have given up on him.

Like, if his redemption/sacrifice is handled well it could be so much better than Kaladin or any other character killing him. Because imagine Sanderson making a character more and more hated throughout 4 books, making him truly despicable just to pull a redemption. This is the kind of insane shit he would do.

[thatfoxnamedfinley]

You Cannot Have My Pain aka Oathbringer thoughts

I am an empty shell

in both a good and a bad way

it's 5:28AM as I start to write this

MOASH

how DARE you

Dalinar I actually love you

Odium, u r actually a CREEP dude

spoilers will be under the cut *bows an emotionally drained bow*

*stares into the distance, watching the waves crash onto the shore*

Do you guys ever relate to a character that's nothing like you? Like, something happened in your life that CONNECTS you to a character? For me, that's Dalinar.

And I know what you're thinking

WHAT bitch?

a warlord tyrant turned peacemaker, eh? r u a criminal bitch?

No. But I did lose my mom to cancer in 2022. My internal landscape changed overnight. The things I deemed important changed. I was able to finally see my flaws, made bare by my immense regret (a normal feeling when grieving) and it look a LOT of therapy to forgive myself. I didn't like the person I was. I was selfish, was quick to judge and didn't desire human connection, and I was so mad at myself that it took my mom dying to spark that change.

Without making this a TED Talk, I deeply connected to Dalinar's grief that struck me in an unexpected way.

"Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing." Oh...? Oh. Oh. TEARS down my face.

LET US BEGIN.

So, we BEGIN the book with Dalinar seeing a figure in black Shardplate with nine shadows and red eyes

oh ok

Oh bro when Elhokar bowed down to Dalianr trying to abdicate and name Dalinar a Highking...& Dalinar and Navani are like

!! bro !! GET UP

OMG!!

WHEN HIS MEMORY CAME BACK OF EVI

I remember reading it and they were like "blah blah blah yeah, Evi" and I was like bro WAIT A FUCKING SECOND DUDE

oh oh oh

When Pattern asked if Adolin was an option for him to marry LMFAO ok Pattern we get it hahhhahhaha Pattern is so funny dude

Even in Shadesmar when he and Adolin were pretending to be illusions and he was happily waving a glass stick above his head, I'm like damn he's....a little touched tbh

Dalinar strolling around during a highstorm looking for a fucking knife was iconic as well as him spotting the assassin in literally 0.5 seconds and murking him and everyone in the room is like

Gavilar was like "um thanks"

Blackthorn Unleashed was an amazing chapter. He went into Bloodstance - a stance for someone who didn't care if he got hit and he was RAGING

But you know what I also noticed about this chapter? Gavilar like, casually put a hit out on Highprince Kalanor and juts points Dalinar wherever he wants. And I GET IT, right? Like, the Alethi are good at war. Everyone talks about it, it's what they're known for.

HOWEVER, the enabling of Dalinar's behavior is, at times, sickening. Even though I know this is a cultural thing and they all see it as a good thing. There were several times in this book where Sadeas or Gavilar said something to push Dalinar towards violence that I was like YO this is super fucked up.

Tangerine had a interesting quote too. He was telling a story about how if there were 3 people and one was a murderer, would you hang all of them, let them all go and risk someone killing again, or keep them all in prison despite some being innocent. And Tangerine said

"Eventually you will execute someone who does not deserve it. This is the burden society must carry in exchange for order." And I'm sitting here in the US of A like

holy fuck we're rich bitches <-- my audiobook bookmark when the Midnight Mother is chased away by Shallan's phalanges and we see all the uncut gems in the pillar thingy

JASNAH WELCOME BACK BITCH I was lit and it was so unexpected, she was such a badass in this book. At the end when she isn't even looking when she's killing The Fused and when she steps into politics and I'm like oh Jasnah will STEAMROLL these mother fuckers

OMG when Adolin was like I am NOT going to be king, dad and Shallan was like "hmm have you guys ever thought of..." and I rolled my eyes and was like "Renarin, duh. He'll have more prominence in the story this way and"

*Jasnah walks into the room with a crown on*

OF COURSE!! IM A FUCKING IDIOT!!! OF COURSE JASNAH SHOULD RULE. Omg I feel like she hates politics but she's the PERFECT one for the job! She can be the best diplomat but also fuck them up with words (or she could soulcast tf outta them)

OH! Evi suggesting the Nightwatcher first was a surprise

omg wait about Evi

she was amazing. she tried so hard despite not fully understanding everything (I do blame Dalinar because he made decisions, but I mostly blame Alethi culture, here. I cursed out loud multiple times at their NEED for conquest and war, growing frustrated at how narrow minded that can make them. as well as how cruel). she was scared of him, but she had this one moment when she told Dalinar after finding out that he had actually spared that child, that she saw BEAUTY in him. i was like oh bitch you are a baby angel

she tried so hard for Dalinar. even that scene when Adolin crawled down from the carriage and he saluted Dalinar...and Evi said Adolin asked her the best way to talk to him and when she told him he was a war general he decides to salute

that's just....that moment was so sweet despite Dalinar still not understanding how to be a father

LIFT SAYING THAT DALINAR HAS A DUMPTRUCK OF AN ASS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES

Lift out here like "HEY YO TIGHT BUTT WHATS GOING ON?"

holy fuck

Dalinar in canon having a nice ass is one of the funniest, most unexpected comedic jokes of this series

oh, Shallan was supposed to take notes but was drawing Kaladin instead ok girl

Teft being addicted to firemoss and Rock saving Kaladin with the Shardbow were both so amazing characters moments. teft having so much self hatred and selling his uniform which ended up coming back around when the person who attacked bridge 4 for the herald blade had his vets on PHEEWW and Rock saving the day I SCREAMEDDDDD!!! OMG ROCK!!!

"You're thinking of me," the Stormfather sent. "I can feel it."

BRO WHAT???????????? STAY IN THE STORM WHY YOU SAYING WEIRD SHIT

Jasnah vs Amaram was legendary. She REALLY said do you feel lucky today, punk

ODIUMMMMMMMMM

yo when Odium showed up literally the nicest dude wanting to braid Dalinar's hair I was like HELL NO this man is dangerous

then when he showed Dalinar his final form I GUESS he's like all hatred and passion and sex and bloodlust and im like oh HELL NO dude

"Emotion. It is what defines men - though ironically you are poor vessels for it. It fills you up and breaks you unless you find someone to share the burden with" oh ok cool odium, lol poor weak humans, fuck us then i guess

Kaza was maybe the most memorable one off character for me, the soulcaster woman who was dying and chose to kamikaze at the end because she wanted to choose how she went out

Lift and Dalinar eating fruit together in silence is, I fear, iconic

i cracked up at the myth wit told about the queen who switched places with Mishim (the moon) to fuck Nomon (the other moon) and that's why Natanatan people are blue

like wtf bitch

Adolin telling Kaladin he talks like a girl sometimes....oh? Adolin? OH?????? *smirks in Alethi*

The Rathalas scene was nuts. The thing was he tried too, Dalinar tried to offer some sort of mercy and they fucked his ass with a pole. Then he's like ok, dope *embraces Thrill in a sensual embrace* "None will be left to weep" got it cool cool cool

I do like the little hints left, like he sees red (which we see later is the Unmade) and all the times he's briefly seen red and flashes of red we know was the Nergaoul, who was thought to be the origin of the Alethi "Thrill" which I found fascinating

OOOOOOH MY GOD

MOASH

MOASH!!!

FUCKING MOASH

HOW DARE YOU!!!

after he was EMOTIONLESS when he KILLED Elhokar then SALUTED KALADIN WITH THE BRIDGE FOUR SALUTE RIGHT AFTER IT

Literally fuck Moash (his arc is fine and it's interesting because we get more lore but I dont like him)

THEN HE SHANKS JEZRIAN like MOASH wtf are you DOING bro?!?!?!?!!!!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?

I liked how cautious Queen Fen was but then remained an ally when shit hit the fan (I liked how cautious everyone was tbh because they're all just so scared of ThE BLAcKtHoRn and youre like bro come ON but then you're like oh yeah ok i get it)

I LOVED Dalinar's flashbacks. With the Nightwatcher (then Cultivation after Dalinar asked for forgiveness and NW was like ??? and Cultivation was like "I got it from here bitch"), and when he breaks down and holds Renarin ("They talk about you, but they're wrong. You just need to rest, after all the fighting you did. I know. And I miss her too." RENARIN PLEASE!!! THE TEARS I HADDD!!!!!), when Adolin lights up after Dalinar tells him he's proud of him, how he thinks of himself as an animal, that he deserves to be hated. It's all just so MUCH.

The PANIC ATTACK he was having when the Thrill like, chased him around and threatened to consume him...

It was so well done that the

YOU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN was so GOOD it was so EARNED. God, the CATHARSIS I felt in that moment was so satisfying. Because bitches i really thought Dalinar was going to become Odium's champion and out intrepid heroes were going to have to fight DALINAR in book 4

Odium: lol I've had my champion for a long ass time, bro. ive been preparing him and watching him forever

Dalinar: Amaram?

Odium: lmfao bro its you bro

Dalinar: ...bro

and I was like

Then Dalinar said JUST KIDDING BITCHES and the GLORY SPREN!!! BY THE THOUSANDS!!! AND HE SMASHED ALL THE REALMS TOGETHER!!! AND HE SAVED ADOLIN KALADIN AND SHALLAN!!!

YOU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN!!!!!

"I KILLED THOSE CHILDREN. I BURNED THE PEOPLE OF RATHALAS!"

oh my god I have GOOSEBUMPS AGAIN

truly one of the most cathartic reading experiences I've had. The investment of 3000+ pages was worth it for that moment, and I mean that sincerely. It was that good

(Side note when Adolin's sword spren with her clawed out eyes attacked that one Fused I was overcome with emotion. What was her name? Maya? I think? that was a great scene too)

yo. SZETH. Brandon Sanderson you brilliant bastard. You did it. You gave us Szeth. Yes. YES. He's chosen to swear and oath to DALINAR. My man DK just be picking up bitches left and right to do his bidding. Kaladin, Lift, Szeth, Rial, Kmakl.

Lift was amazing. Her parts were so much FUN and the atmosphere shift to her personality was so welcome and uplifting and funny when it happened.

Jasnah's moment with Renarin was beautiful. "You are my cousin. Family, Renarin! Hold my hand. Run with me." SO SO SO SO GOOD Jasnah you are a legend you are THE MOMENT

Venli's Timbre pulsing to Victory as he has the Voidspren of her gemheart at knifepoint lmao (Im so glad she's a Radiant now, can't wait to see if she is developed more)

I feel like I have more thoughts (there was so much lore in his book but I'm not sure I have the energy to dissect it rn) but it's 7:22am and I haven't slept so im sorry if this post was unstable

good night lovelies

*sits up violently* wtf is up with sja-anat bro

ok *passes out*

*sits up again with eye mask on* yo Tangerine is gunna be a fucking problem and wtf Renarin has a corrupted spren right??

*wakes up and crawls on top of table, swaying with exhaustion*

I LOVE DALINAR KHOLIN A LOT OK I HAVE STRUGGLED SINCE MY MOM DIED IN GRASPING THAT DESPITE YOUR PAST YOU CAN CHANGE AND ITS POSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTY OF LIFE MORE AFTER YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THE PAIN OF LOSING SOMEONE YOU LOVE BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER EXPERIENCE IT WITH YOU

AND THAT GRIEF ISN'T FATAL BUT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD BE BUT IF YOU CAN FIND A WAY TO PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN OF GUILT AND REGRET IT CAN ACTUALLY MORPH YOU INTO A BETTER PERSON IF YOU LET IT

[gendermesss]

VERY IMPORTANT STORMLIGHT POLL

[earth2cody]

"Moash had good reasons for his war crimes idk why people hate him" gurl have you not read book 4

[sailorastera]

"You don't need to salute me, Moash. You're light-eyed now, you outrank me by about a mile or two." "I'll never out rank you Kal," Moash said, faceplate of his helmet up. "You're my captain, forever." 😭😭😭

[taravangians-storming-balls]

Please be honest I need to know what the hell is going on.

[bookofavarice]

Rhythm of war spoilers under the break!!! Don't click if you don't want MAJOR spoiler!!!

NOOOOOO THEY TOOK MY TEFT FROM ME! WHYYYYYYYY :(((((( HE WAS MY FAVOURITE!!! HE WAS ON HIS SELF LOVE GAINING JOURNEY AND HE FINALLY WAS LOVING HIMSELF AND YOU TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME :((((

You cannot read these and tell me you don't love him too! They took him too early :((((( fuck this is so sad :( he is not coming back :(