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This blog's dead now but we've got some other blogs, can find our main at @meadow-dot-7z, Summer's blog is @all-that-summer-had-to-say, and I (Lux) have a sideblog at @normalest-lux-ever

I might do some Cosmereposting on main or on my blog

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HIS favorite color if you pick blue just because it's his uniform and you don't have actual reasons I'm coming for you

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In fairness to Shallan & Co pretty much every main character in Stormlight kills at least someone, at least in their case it was all self-defense

Stormlight responses to "If you kill a murderer..."

Lirin: If you kill a murderer, the number of murderers in the world remains unchanged.

Nale: Incorrect. "Murder" refers to an unlawful killing, and I AM the Law. Therefore I am incapable of being a murderer.

Szeth: No, the surgeon is right. Killing stains the soul. Even killing a murderer. Even killing in defense of your own life. You are irrevocably broken by the act, so you might as well just keep killing, and killing, and killing, and killing...

Kaladin: I... I can't quite articulate why, but I don't think that's right. Any of you.

Dalinar: Why would I kill a murderer? A murderer is just a man who has yet to take the next step on his journey. *watching Taravangian ascend to evil godhood* Any minute now...

Adolin, a Chad and a King: Alright, fine. If I kill a murderer, the number of murderers remains unchanged. But you know what does drop precipitously? The number of future victims! If that makes me a murderer, then so be it.

Jasnah: A noble sentiment, but you misunderstand the problem. It is not a question of ethics, but of mathematics. I killed four murderers on my way here, thus dropping the total number of murderers by three.

Moash: Oh sure, it's cool and badass when she, a royal, does it. But when I kill a murderer who the law was never going to touch...

Shallan: *looks up from counting on her fingers* Jasnah, how do you account for the new alter you create to cope with the guilt? Wouldn't that still put you at an unchanged number of murderers?

Renarin: ... Why are all of your alters murderers?!

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📝Kelsier's response in the final entry is positively delightful. Kudos to you, this list was a fantastic read.

Cosmere Characters React to Famous Paradoxes

As requested by @variaandroise :)

And because it just makes sense, it will be Hoid torturing everyone by confronting them with paradoxes.

1. The Liar Paradox

Hoid: Consider the statement, "This statement is false." Steris: Okay... Steris: If it's true, then it must be false.. Steris: But if it's false, then it must be true! Steris: T-That's horrible! I hate it! Steris: ... Steris: Wax! Come in here; I want to tell you something! Hoid: Now THAT'S a marriage.

2. The "Least Interesting Man in the World" Paradox

Hoid: Imagine if you lined every person up from most interesting to least interesting. Elhokar (suspiciously): Where am I in the line? Hoid: Now imagine the person at the very end of the line: the least interesting person in the world. Elhokar: Is that supposed to be me?? Hoid: That person, merely on the basis of being the least interesting person in the world, must become interesting, right? Elhokar: Kind of a backhanded compliment. I'm a king, you know! Hoid: It's - It's not you. You're not in this story. Elhokar: I'm NOWHERE in a line of EVERY person? Elhokar: Wow. Elhokar: I thought you respected me more than that. Hoid: ...Why do I even try?

3. Crocodile Paradox

Hoid: Imagine a crocodile who has stolen this man's baby, BUT he promises to return the baby if the father can guess whether the crocodile will eat it or return it. Siri: Strangely nice, for a crocodile. Vivenna: It still stole a baby! Hoid: Let's say the dad says, "You'll give my baby back." Well, the crocodile could just say, "You're wrong!" and eat the baby. Hoid: But what if the dad says, "You'll eat my baby." What will the crocodile do? Siri: Yeah, that's probably what Dad would say. Vivenna: Let's be real. He probably offered the baby to the crocodile in the first place. Siri: My husband's actually nice though. Vivenna: Maybe the crocodile is nice. Dad didn't know it, though. Siri: True, true. Hoid: ...I feel like we're getting off topic here.

4. The Burali-Forti Paradox

Shallan: What is that noise?? Hoid: Oh, I told the cryptics about the Burali-Forti Paradox. Hoid: You know, that a set of ordinal numbers would be an ordinal number smaller than itself. Shallan: The hums are deafening! Shallan: Are they pleased or screaming? Pattern: Shallan! Shallan! It turns math is the best lie of all! Hoid: Pleased, I think.

5. The Liar Paradox (again)

Hoid: Consider the statement, "This statement is false." Yumi: Oooh, yeah. That doesn't work at all, does it? Hoid: Does it bother your brain? Yumi: Not really. Hoid: Really? It does for most people. Yumi: Consider my life. Hoid: ... Hoid: Okay. Fair.

6. The Crab & the Arrow

Hoid: If you fire an arrow at a tort--I mean, at a crab, the arrow has to get halfway to the target before it reaches it, right? Kaladin (suspiciously): Yes? Hoid: And then it has to reach the halfway point of the distance that remains, right? Kaladin (more suspiciously): Yes? Hoid: And then it has to reach the halfway point of the distance that remains again! And again! And again! Every time the distance halves, it has to reach the halfway point again! Hoid: So logically, the arrow will never reach the crab. Kaladin: Well, of course not. Hoid: Really? Kaladin: You've been talking so long that the crab has definitely scuttled away by now. Kaladin: Crabs aren't idiots, you know.

7. Penrose Stairs (link to picture)

Hoid: Look at these impossible stairs! Lightsong: Yes, yes. Artistic representation of the futility of life. We've all seen it. Llarimar: [Dutifully writing this down]

8. God paradox

Hoid: Can God create a boulder too heavy for him to lift? Harmony: Yeah. Harmony: It's actually easier than you might think to create a situation that you, a god, can't deal with. Harmony: Being a god is actually really hard! Hoid: ... Hoid: Maybe this would work better in a place where gods are omnipotent.

9. Sorites Paradox

Hoid: Imagine you have a heap of sand. Kenton: Super easy. I am crushing this. Hoid: Now imagine you take one grain of sand from the heap. Kenton: You're not even challenging me here. Hoid: It's still a heap of sand, right? Kenton: Yes, of course. Hoid: Well, imagine you keep taking single grains of sand away. Eventually--all the sand will be gone. No more heap. So at some moment, a single grain being removed changed it from a heap to not-a-heap. But when? Kenton: Never. As long as it BELIEVES it is a heap and WANTS it badly enough, it will always be a heap! Hoid: ...What about when all the sand is gone? Kenton: Who cares if there's no sand? I say, it is still a heap! Hoid: Is there someone else I can talk to?

10. Barber Paradox

Hoid: Imagine a barber who declares that he will shave only and all men who do not shave themselves. The question is: Does he shave himself? Kelsier: No. Hoid: Well, then he must be a man who doesn't shave himself, which means the barber must shave him! But once he does, then he's a man who shaves himself, so he can't! Hoid: Paradox! Kelsier [arms folded]: When does he become a man who doesn't shave himself? Hoid: What? Kelsier: Sure, once he shaves himself, then he's a man who shaves himself. But if he doesn't, he still might be a man who is going to shave himself at some point, but he hasn't. Kelsier: I don't see why he can't exist in that quantum state forever, neither shaving himself nor definitively becoming a man who doesn't, hence delaying the paradox. Forever. Hoid: ...You would say that. Kelsier: Bite me.

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Whenever I write spiritual realm there is like a 40% I did actually mean cognitive realm

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Rrrrrrrrrysn!!

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Kaladin, Shallan, and Adolin, in that order

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☀️Lux is a Lightweaver, and maybe you could collectively consider us one too, but I'm more of an Edgedancer! ^^

Ditch having Hogwarts houses in your bio, normalize having your Knights Radiant Order instead

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/pages/official-knights-radiant-order-quiz

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Reblogging this because I just realized how relevant it is post-WaT lol

That Shard/Vessel conflict huh

I have Thoughts and Analysis about Odium and specifically Rayse hopefully I remember to elaborate after work

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Allomancers be like

metallurgy wizard be like "I cast: lost wax!"

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My odes to Brando Sando so far 🫡

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Funnier as a Hemalurgist

just had a huge splinter in the ball of my FOOT from simply performing OFFICE WORK. removing it was (unfortunately) reverse acupuncture, and I'm evil now.

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Reading Bands of Mourning.... art happened.

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GIVE ME A CHARACTER;

and I’ll break their ass down:

How I feel about this character

All the people I ship romantically with this character

My non-romantic OTP for this character

My unpopular opinion about this character

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

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Okay that is literally SO CUTE

They're using each other's metaphors ☺️🥺🥰

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Jasnah today