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Marsh, Marsh Marsh

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Deeply upset that "Harmony's Balls" isn't a curse on Scadrial. Just imagine:

"He was lost as Harmony's Balls"

"You wanna keep acting up like that then you can go find Harmony's Balls!"

"you're as close to intelligent as Harmony is to his balls"

"That's about as useful as Harmony's Balls"

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North & South. Spook and Kelsier as the two sides of Scadrial.

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- I’m not the child you once knew.

- No. That child would see you and run.

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What I’m okay with in the Silmarillion:

Kinslaying

Beren and Luthien dying

Everything that happens to Hurin’s family

Glorfindel and Ecthelion dying

The Nírnaeth Arnoediad

What I’m not okay with in the Silmarillion

Sam Gamgee getting mentioned as “Frodo’s servant”

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Finished Warbreaker several weeks ago & now finally get a chance to do some fan art of it. I absolutely loved the book. Vasher is definitely one of my favorite characters from the Cosmere. Here’s a scene from Chapter 41. When all seems hopeless for Vivenna, Nightblood appears in the distance.

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And if you don't love me now you will never love me again

I can still hear you sayin' you would never break the chain

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Help I can’t stop

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I am the most late ever (sorry Andy <3) at posting this but here’s my final full illustration for sibzine vol 2!! Kelsier and Marsh from the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson! If you haven’t read them yet and like world building fantasy then get yourself in these books already. \o/ As well as contributing, I also co-curated vol 2 with the lovely @andythelemon, and just want to shout out a thank you again to Andy and all of the artists who made this book a reality. It’s just beautiful, I am still blown away that yes this is real and yes I was somehow involved?!?!  If anyone still wants a copy, you can buy PDF’S here: http://sibzine.storenvy.com/ And I have a few physical copies that I’ll sort and put on my etsy in the next few weeks (when I find the time in amongst animating *cries*)

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“you believe me like a god / i’ll destroy you like i am”

— i’m your man, Mitski

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“Real”

So this is how I kind of imagine that this happened. These two 🥺

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hi, so, I asked this question on TikTok and no one seems to know the answer but I have faith that a fellow Tumblr user will know it. How did Snow connect Peeta to the mutts???? In MJ Peeta starts whispering Katniss in time with the mutts and wakes up to warn Katniss that mutts are coming. Is that just instinctual? Is he part of a hive mind?? What was that about??

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there is so much more to be said here but peeta's biggest flaw is his strength and kill me if you want but if you really think about it he's an extremely closed of person. and much more than katniss! when do we see him actually opening up to people - the only time he gets taken care of is when he's physically not well and needs help literally. ,,most of my nightmares are about you so i'm okay once i realize you're there” is sure a sweet and romantic quote but i see so much sadness in it. he doesn't want to be a burden. he doesn't know how to be comforted because maybe no one was there to help him after a bad dream when he was a kid - completely unlike katniss's experience. and what about those dreams that aren't about katniss. she retells her nightmares to peeta and he locks them all inside of himself.

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Warbreaker as a Story About Growing Up

I recently (within the last several months) read Warbreaker for the second time, and it struck me that through each of the main storylines (Siri, Vivinna, and Lightsong) there is a prevailing theme of maturing and taking responsibility. This theme manifests itself in different ways according to the different characters, but it can be found in all three of the plot lines. Allow me to explain.

Let’s start with the most obvious, Siri. You can pull more than one theme from Siri’s story, but I want to focus on “putting away childish things.” When we first meet Siri, she takes pleasure in being “unimportant” and the lack of responsibility that comes with it.  While her siblings study and prepare for their duties, she spends her time exploring on her own and bringing colorful flowers to the children of her city (which is not encouraged by her religion). Mab the kitchen mistress calls her out for skipping her tutoring and “shirking responsibilities.” Because of this carefree attitude, when Siri is thrust into her role as the god king’s wife she is completely unprepared and forced to mature quickly. Throughout her time in the palace of Hallandren she learns responsibility and control. By gaining control over herself (example: controlling her hair while talking to the god king’s priest) she is also able to gain some control over her situation, which can be seen as she takes charge and uses her position in the palace as “vessel” to her advantage. By the end of the story she has matured quite a bit, which can most obviously seen in the control she gains over her hair color. Despite these changes she never loses her joy and wonder. Good thing, too, as Suesebron says it is one of the reasons he likes her. 

Now for Vivenna. Vivienna is set up to be the complete opposite of Siri. She studies diligently, maintains complete control over her composure, and puts her duty above all else. Her father thinks of her as “composed, simple [modest], hard, and capable.” The perfect Idrian and the perfect daughter. Vivenna seems to think highly of herself as well, saying that if she had been sent to the god king she could have stopped the coming war. Vivenna’s character arc is about realizing that she doesn't know as much as she thought she did. Through the course the story she is completely humbled, and her worldview and understanding are challenged. In order for her to mature she must first realize just how immature she was in many ways. Vasher points this out when he comments on how “stupid” she was to be manipulated by Denth. But Vivenna does learn, and she does grow in maturity and wisdom to the point where she is able to free Vasher from Denth. When at the end of the story she chooses to go with Vasher it is with a new understanding of herself and the world. She knows that she can’t go back to what she was before. She has been changed too much. With her newfound maturity she chooses what path she will take, without having others plan her life for her. Interestingly, her maturity manifests itself in a way that could be considered immature as she learns to lighten up. Specifically I’m referring to when she called Vasher “wartlover the ugly” as they set off together (as out of place as this line may seem it does demonstrate her character development well). When she rejects the propriety expected of her as a princess, in a way she is rejecting the old, naive self that lived a sheltered life in the castle taught to hate the Hallandrens. She is more world-wise now and has grown into her own person.

Lastly, we have Lightsong. I thought about calling this post "Warbreaker as a coming of age story" but Lightsong never comes of age. He is a fully fledged god, after all. Still, his story begins in a similar place as Siri's. Lightsong treats his role in the government and religion of Hallandren flippantly, and says that the other gods do the same. The only duty he takes seriously is his reviewing of artwork, and even that he is tempted to brush off on occasion. His journey to maturity kicks off with his obsession of who he was in his previous life. Interestingly, "finding my identity" is a common theme in many coming of age stories. The other driver in Lightsong's story is, of course, Blushweaver. She encourages Lightsong to step up as a ruler and religious figure of Hallandren (although she does so to gain power in the court). Slowly, influenced by his troubling dreams and the memory of someone important to him, Lightsong begins to take more responsibility to the point where he takes sole control of a large portion of the lifeless army. Even so he continues to treat much of his new involvement like a game, as can be seen by his brash attack of the Phan Khal in the tunnels. The danger finally becomes real to him when Blushweaver is killed. In the end, though, Lightsong is able to accept his role as a god and give his life for Susebron, something he previously had said he would never do. 

If Siri, Vivinna, and Lightsong’s stories are about taking responsibility, then one possible interpretation of Denth’s story is giving it up. Denth’s motives are never really explained by the story, but Vasher accuses him of simply selling his sword to whoever will pay. Denth does have his own goals - killing Vasher being the main one. It is also possible that Denth wanted a war between Idris and Hallandren, but he never says as much and there are no reasons given as to why it would be advantageous for him. With the information we are given, Denth can be read as using his position as a mercenary as a way of having someone else to blame. He does not decide what his employers want him to do - he simply does it. (Honestly, upon further reflection this isn't an interpretation I'm 100% sold on, but it fits the theme of this post so I thought I'd mention it.)

Returning to Susebron, with all this growing up and maturing that happens throughout the book, I would have liked to see Suesbron mature a bit more as well. By the end of the story he still seems a bit too childlike to me. Ah well. That’s another topic for another time.

P.S. I was going to cite all the chapters I reference here, but I only have the pdf download from Brandon’s website which isn’t the best for looking things up. I guess you’ll just have to trust I’m not making this all up lol

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It's been a while since I read Mockingjay, but to me a lot about its ending felt odd in the same way. I guess the explanation is that Katniss is distracted by the death of her sister, planning and executing a political assassination, and her subsequent solitary confinement. Any mourning over Finnick must have happened off screen, like I assume Peeta must have mourned the death of his entire family off screen.

One thing about SC's writing style, she is not long winded and she doesn't over explain. I think her ability to say so much with so little is one of her strengths, but it kind of does feel like she left this thread hanging because she was wrapping up the book and wanted to stay focused. Maybe she thought spending too much time on Finnick's death would be a pacing problem? Idk, that might just be a misinterpretation on my part

The aftermath of Finnick’s death is really odd. He is barely mentioned after his death scene. I get that Katniss and her group are in the middle of a war zone and trying to complete their mission, and Katniss is numb to death at this point and also not a very emotional person, but even when we come face to face with characters who cared deeply about Finnick like Annie and Johanna, the story kind of avoids dealing with/confronting the emotional consequences of Finnick’s death. For example, during the Victors’ meeting Annie votes no to a new Hunger Games and says that Finnick would vote no to it if he were here. To which Johanna says ‘but he’s not here, because Snow’s mutts killed him’. And we never get to see Annie’s reaction to that. It’s a very odd writing choice, especially since we see Katniss’ grief over Prim’s death.    

What’s also strange is how most of the characters don’t appear to be affected by Finnick’s death at all. Annie isn’t grief-stricken, Plutarch is cheerful and smiling, the rest of the Victors are just carrying on.