#Lessie

[chesue00]

that one trend💪🏻

Light work for him, bro basically carries her instinctively throughout the whole shenanigans in re2

[nevertheless-moving]

Au where instead of lessie going off the rails and getting corrupted by trell she instead goes off the rails and decides to just tell wax everything

Climbs in his window after her funeral "Hey wax- stop screaming its just me- your eulogy sucked, rusting Wayne's was better."

[hoidmadeittoearth]

just finished shadows of self.

and.

(tw spoilers for shadows of self and also it says who thaidakar is sort of)

what the FUCK BRANDON FUCKING SANDERSON WHEN I CATCH YOU

IT WAS LESSIE IT WAS LESSIE THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME LESSIE IS A KANDRA LESSIE IS BLEEDER AND WAX FUCKING KILLED HER SHE SHE WAS A KANDRA SHE WAS LESSIE IT WAS FUCKING LESSIE LESSIE WHAT THE FUCK BRANDON FUCKING SANDERSON I AM CRYING RIGHT NOW AND I AM GOING TO BLAME YOU FOR ALL MY FUTURE SFFERING BECAUSE THIS. YOU CAN NOT DO THIS TO AN INNOCENT READER WHO JUST WANTED AN ENJOYABLE READ AND TO NOT HAVE THEIR FUCKING HEAR WRENCHED OUT BECAUSE WAX KILLED LESSIE BUT FOR REAL THIS TIME

AND HARMONY KNEW THE WHOLE TIME THAT IS WAS LESSIE BUT HE DIDNT FUCKING TELL WAX BECAUSE OH WHY WOULD HE HES <ugh> SAZED WHEN I CATCH YOU

BRANDON WHEN I CATCH YOU

I THOUGHT LESSIE WOULD BE THE CENN OF MISTBORN CAUSE SHE DIED IN THE FIRST CHAPTER (stormlight reference) BUT NO FWIBWGI[UWHRGIEURGJOWRGWGRHHRGGRUHRUGREUGRERGEHUIRGUEHIGRHIURGEUHGRHUIREGIUHRGHUIRGHIURGHUIE

THIS IS THE MOST. THE MOST EVIL THING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO US BRANDON. NOT EVEN THE FUCING NIGHT OF SORROWS AMOUNTS TO WHAT YOU DID TO US AT THE END OF FUCKING SHADOWS OF SELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh HARMONY

oh fucking HARMONY

SPEAKING of harmony that lying bitch~

I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO STRANGLE BRANDON CAUSE WHAT? SAZED THE FUCK?????

also is the "other god" meLaan mentions in the last few pages possibly thaidakar? (ive already read wind and truth and secret history so ik the spoiler sort of)

OH CAUSE TRELL IS KELL

Wait yall the back of bands of mourning says there's always another secret...

[marvelousmagicalaura]

Thoughts on Mistborn: Shadows of Self

Shadows of Self is incredibly great, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking!

I'm hurt and confused. And I'm not sure how to feel, and I love it for that. Shadows of Self is completely different than its preceding book. It is different from even the Mistborn trilogy. There are themes of the stagnation of political systems, religious tension, the ethics and morals of what line God should, could, might have on interfering with the lives of his creations. After finishing off the book, I genuinely had no idea what to think about Harmony, Trell's puppeteering, Bleeder's campaign, or the state of Elendel.

Something that annoyed me about Era 2's books off the bat was the noble system. There's no state sponsored murder or rape, and the nobles are more like businessmen. But it still felt like nothing changed over the last 340 years. I kept thinking... wow, this is what Kelsier died for?! This is what Vin and Elend fought to protect?! I started off hating everyone - Harmony, the Senate, constables, Wax, even Spook - for not erasing the noble system. But while reading the book I kept thinking about Sazed's limitations due to wielding the Shard of Harmony, his stance on free will, his subtle maneuvering of Wax and Marasi... and kept thinking about real life. I came to the realization that being in the role of God comes with a lot of nuance on guiding mortals. I connected the stagnation of Elendel back to the history of the US... how even though centuries has passed, many abhorrent systems are masked by seemingly more human systems. Governments are still being controlled by nobles and aristocrats, just in a different flavor. Policing has so many issues it could take 1000 years to solve.

Even after finishing the book, I still think the noble system should've been completely erased. But now I'm thinking if that would've fundamentally changed things. The US doesn't have monarchs, nobles, slave plantations, or aristocrats. But corporations, billionaires, politicians, and the upper class get away with a lot, they find ways to obtain power and avoid accountability. Would Harmony be right if he gave the divine mandate of "I DECREE NO NOBLES FOR ALL OF TIME!" At that point is free will a choice?

I started off blaming Harmony for not making a democratic world with no nobles. Ended off having… weird feelings about him. Like... MeLann brings up a great point about the kandra impersonating witnesses to testify against people. If Harmony allowed that, that could be a dangerous precedent.

But then there's Bleeder. Bleeder is easily my favorite antagonist in the series. She's incredibly competent, her body horror is gruesome horrific, and her climax is depressingly tragic. May she rest in the Beyond. Poor Wax. This is the thing that has me feeling weird about Harmony. This hurts cuz of Sazed. Fuck Sazed. Fuck Sazed. I knew Harmony would’ve become a Chessmaster, but not like this. Sazed isn’t supposed to manipulate people. Sazed isn’t supposed to cause trauma to people 😭😢💔💔

But Sazed is, unfortunately, the Hero of Ages. Harmony seems to be foreseeing a great disaster caused by Trell. I’m pretty sure he’s trying to thread towards a future possibility that will save Scadrial from this disaster. He must think about the future of the entire world. It hurts that he moved Wax this way, but would there really have been any difference if he left Wax completely alone? The Set - puppets of a Shard of Adonalsium - would've subtly caused turmoil on Elendel. What if he told Wax he was hunting Lessie? TenSoon said it himself. Harmony saw the future, saw that Wax wouldn't go through with it. Bleeder - another puppet of a Shard - would've succeeded in her goals. Sure he could've maneuvered someone else, but it opens a new can of worms!

I love the hints of Trell being a far scarier antagonist than it appears. I love the advancements and possibilities of Hemalurgy Trell is responsible for. Shadows of Self does a far better job than The Hero of Ages presenting gray morality in the motives and plans of gods. It also does a far better job at presenting a smart and clever antagonistic deity. I think with the conflict between Ruin and Preservation, Sanderson wrote many things that made Ruin appear too much like "the bad guy." He can say Preservation has a dark side, but we never saw it. The one reprehensible thing Preservation could've been completely responsible for - the Deepness killing people - ended up being the result of his frayed mind. He could've been solely responsible for the Deepness covering the Sun and killing plants, but that ended up being caused by Ruin. Ruin spoke with too much malice and joy of killing all life and destroying everything. Apart from his attributes being fundamental aspects of life and the Universe, there was no possible way I could've seen his stance as having any sort of value. Sanderson also wrote too many things that made Ruin's planning so far behind Preservation's. Preservation felt like a Xanatosian genius even on his deathbed. Ruin was a petulant child. Ruin wasn't kind, or patient, or particularly clever, or have long-spanning schemes when Sanderson presented him in the spotlight. Don't even get me started on his futuresight lmao. And tbh I don’t get why Sanderson wrote a being of death and destruction as the opposite of stasis and stability. Is he trying to say in life and creation, everything either stays the same or everything dies?

I know that wasn’t his intent, but it came across that way. It’s haphazard in retrospect, and I don’t understand why that was the direction after the beauty of Kelsier’s rebellion. I still love the concept of Ruin and Preservation’s conflict, but I think it could’ve been much more developed. More nuanced. Ruin could’ve been far more of a Chessmaster or represented a different concept.

With Harmony and Trell... I'm not as certain who's the good or bad guy. And so far, Trell's schemes are genuinely complex, layered, and terrifying. Even the Set are scary.

Marasi grew a lot, as expected. Wayne didn't grow but he was still so much fun. Love the new dynamic of Wayne and MeLaan, who's also pretty great. ARADEL IS A MAN!!!

There wasn't much of Steris this book. But she vastly improved in such a short time! Feels like she hides a lot but is actually a warm person. Look at the ending 🥺

Well done, Sanderson. I give Shadows of Self ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.

[ghost-cwunch]

HRNGNHH CHICAGO BRAINROTTTTTT

OC AHEAD ITS LESSIE BTW!

Goes by Lawrence by day and Lessie by night!!! (..yes its the same person)

[thestormlightnetwork]

i finished shadows of self

BRANDON SANDERSON I DEMAND AN APOLOGY VIDEO. WITH TEARS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WAX KILLED HIS WIFE TWICE??????

[pepetheking]

[kolkaslove]

Lestat face (⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠³⁠˘⁠)⁠♥

[chesue00]

She's down bad for him😔

Posting this lessie meme art as a treat from mah bday lol

[beesmuth]

Made a sort of ref for Bastian and Lessie, OCs I've always loved but haven't gotten to do much with!

Bastian is a sailor/pirate, and Lessie is his adopted daughter. She is going through that preteen/teen stage... Bastian is doing his best(?)

[lirarey]

A minute of coincidences, or the 'I love our dubbing' section.

Elizaveta Chaban (then Zakharyeva) voiced Jane in the first and third parts. She is also the voice of Debby Ryan (The Suite Life on Deck, Radio Rebel, Jessie). Who does Jane love? Carlos. Who played Carlos? Cameron. Cameron also played Luke, who is in love with Jessie...

[antikittysocial]

oh yeag

L3SS13

NOT THE ERROR CODE HDHAJFJWTUFSU

[leslongxia]

Part 2 of Narinder and Lamb first face to face ! Took me quite a while as it spiraled out of what I initially planned to do, but I am very proud with what I've done so far. Still lot of stuff to improve, but that will be for next update ! (should I add one last scene with Narinder waking up~ ?) Thank you to @bamsara for TROD art and writing, of course, and @beautysnake art as well, that really inspired me to go and make that animation ! Once again, i hope it will fill your brainrot with sweet happy thoughts for today ! Let me know in comments what else I could animate~! FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE THE FULL THING, ITS JUST BELOW HERE !

"Hi Narinder" or "Beyond the Veil" ? Also Aym and Baal POV Reaction

[drlessy]

If ur cool with it, lu triple threat(legend, wild, hyrule)?

i'm more than cool with it i would love more fanfic recommendations for them :]

[ghost-cwunch]

Blood warning! Read more for colored image

Lessie has a new fit again :P

This is Lessie and my friends DnD character, Moksie! They're not even from the same universe but uhhh weon talk abt that....

...im the god of my own characters i do what i want dANCE PUPPET DANCE!!!

[nevertheless-moving]

after coming back from the dead she breaks up with him and then goes with him to Elendel as his horse. it's a WHOLE thing. the conversation during the trip from the wastes alone is so much to unpack, like his wife is a messenger from god who was lying to him the entire time they knew each other, before that she was the LORD RULER'S personal spy and assassin so the whole distinct personhood concept is extra new for her but she's tentatively inclined to give it a try thanks in large part to Wax, and also now she is a Horse. he keeps trying to say he doesn't want to get remarried while his wife is technically alive and she's just like, "See? This is why I'm a horse, Wax. You need to move on with your life." "But I love —" "Waxillum, the person you loved doesn't exist, and you can't be married to a horse." "You could stop being a horse!" horse lessie dies in the shoot out and wax has an unhinged reaction and people are like 'i feel bad for the guy but i'm kind of glad he can't bring his horse to balls any more, that was incredibly weird.'

His butler opens the door the next day.

"Sir? There appears to be a... lion. At the front door."

"Well let her in, Tillaume, don't be rude!"

Au where instead of lessie going off the rails and getting corrupted by trell she instead goes off the rails and decides to just tell wax everything

Climbs in his window after her funeral "Hey wax- stop screaming its just me- your eulogy sucked, rusting Wayne's was better."