#i wish Brandon Sanderson wasn’t a Zionist

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it’s 2 am and I just wish there was a scene in the way of kings series (idk which book specifically I read them last year) where kaladin and lirin sat down and kaladin was like:

“look, you weren’t a bad father but you weren’t a great one either. i wasn’t tough enough for you when i was child and now im too rough around the edges for you as an adult. i wish things didn’t turn out like this. maybe i would have become a surgeon if i had a choice, but it’s too late for that and im too far into this. maybe things would be better if i never went to war, or tien took my place as your apprentice. you know i shaved for the first time while i was in the army? i had my first sip of alcohol? i gambled for the first time? do you even care about any of that? you’re so caught up in not being able to recognise me that you’re forgetting that i had to grow up at some point, even if it doesn’t agree with your ideals. im sorry im your son. im sorry you had to grieve for tien, but i am here and i worked so hard to be alive. im not sorry for that.”