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I finished the Kaladin and Zahel animation and also made a sticker!

If you would like your very own 4x4 inch water prof vinyl "Wit Is An Asshole" sticker you can use the link to preorder one using the link. They’ll be shipped out mid to late June.

Audio Credit

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson 

Narrated by Micheal Kramer

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While I do have some issues with Stormlight (only some—I don't nearly find its blemishes as glaring as most; WaT is a solid 7/10 for me), the unifying philosophy of "Life before death" has irreversibly influenced how I view the worth of human life. My entire world view is built on the fundamental belief that people both as a whole and as individuals are better off alive than dead. That self-sacrifice and martyrdom isn't the most profound thing any given person can do. That death isn't some ultimate punishment but an act of convenience. That getting back up and trying again is better than giving up and rot where you fall. You, as a person, are worth far more alive and breathing, trying to do good than running yourself down, chasing some vague aspirations, be it notoriety, altruism, or penance. You don't owe anyone for your existence, superfluous deaths are a great tragedy, and even the most abhorrent acts aren't so far gone that you can't come back, and that the prospect it is only serves to keep people locked down that path than grace of walking back.

You, as a person, can do far and away more good alive than dead, be it to achieve some higher calling, justifying your place in the world, or absolving yourself of past transgressions. Only living people can do good.

It's easy to die for a cause. Living for one is where the weight is at.

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The funniest love triangle in fiction happened in The Well of Ascension, the second Mistborn book, where Zane was like "[insert evil laugh here] I'm gonna torture my half-brother by making his girlfriend fall in love with me and force her to choose between us". Meanwhile Vin is just living her life and dealing with plot stuff and never gives any indication of harboring the barest romantic or even platonic feeling towards Zane, and when he finally makes his offer she's like "what the fuck dude of course I'm not picking you". The third point of the non-existent triangle, Elend, remains blissfully unaware of any of these events (including that he has a half-brother) because he's too busy dealing with other plot stuff. Anyway, kudos to Zane for inventing clowns in Scadrial

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I'm almost done with Oathbringer and I feel very normal about it,,,

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The funniest love triangle in fiction happened in The Well of Ascension, the second Mistborn book, where Zane was like "[insert evil laugh here] I'm gonna torture my half-brother by making his girlfriend fall in love with me and force her to choose between us". Meanwhile Vin is just living her life and dealing with plot stuff and never gives any indication of harboring the barest romantic or even platonic feeling towards Zane, and when he finally makes his offer she's like "what the fuck dude of course I'm not picking you". The third point of the non-existent triangle, Elend, remains blissfully unaware of any of these events (including that he has a half-brother) because he's too busy dealing with other plot stuff. Anyway, kudos to Zane for inventing clowns in Scadrial

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ok im sorry but this part was so funny to me

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been too long since i drew these three silly geese

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Let’s say ace!Kaladin is under pressure to enter a political marriage. (Post Oathbringer era) He’s brainstorming with Bridge Four how to get out of it.

Sigzil starts teaching them about negotiation theory. He says something along the lines of, “Ask higher than you actually want so they can talk you down and feel like they won. But you don’t want to set your demands too high or they’ll just leave the table.”

Kaladin is like, “Isn’t leaving the table what we want them to do? I really don’t want to get married.”

Lopen comes to Sigzil later with an idea that’s just crazy enough to work. So at the next big Radiant Round Table(TM), Dalinar asks if Kaladin has put any more thought into a political alliance.

Before Kaladin can reply, Lopen speaks up, “See, we Windrunners have been talking. And our leader a valuable commodity. He can’t enter into a political alliance with just anybody. He’s handsome, sure, and he does the glowing thing. Women love the glowing thing. And he can fly. Women love flying best of all. Not to mention all of his other abilities. He’s a real catch.”

Kaladin is trying to shush Lopen by this point, but he’s just like, “You shush, gancho. I’ve got your back.”

Sigzil adds, “The head of an order sworn to protect those who cannot protect themselves should not be constantly distracted by the need to defend his own wife, so obviously, Kaladin should marry a fellow Radiant.”

Lopen chimes in, "Additionally, he is not interested in the best part of marriage - you know-" (here Lopen makes a crude hand gesture) and Kaladin is torn between wanting to fly out the nearest window or tackle Lopen. However, Rock, Teft and Skar have been informed of Lopen's intentions, so they all sit on him/lash him to the floor before he can do anything.

Lopen continues, "There was this one time we rescued a - Sigzil what is the diplomatic way to say a brothel full of very grateful whores?"

"We rescued a mixed-gender group of practitioners of the world's oldest profession who offered their wares for free as a token of their gratitude," Sigzil says mildly.

"Yes, that." Lopen continues, "Anyway, Kaladin is not interested at all. The rest of us had a hard-" (Sigzil pokes him) "I mean difficult time saying no, but Kaladin here did not."

"Finally," says Sigzil, "She must be intelligent and witty. Only the best for our fearless leader."

"So in summary, your demands are that he marries a fellow Radiant who is also asexual and has a certain level of mental accuity?" Jasnah asks.

Sigzil and Lopen agree. Lopen adds," It would also be good if she's pretty."

"And in return, could Kaladin agree not to interfere with his wife's work or expect her to bear him an heir?" Jasnah asks.

Quick conference with the bridgemen.

Sigzil replies, "He is amenable to those terms."

"Excellent," says Jasnah, "The wedding will be in two weeks. Next item of business-"

"Wait," says Dalinar,"Who is the bride, exactly?"

Jasnah says, "Me, of course. Now about the grain shortage-"

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"You didn't miss me, then?" "...The bonfire of your corpse does bring warmth to these halls."

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Jasnah was so determined to hide her Radiance from everyone that she never realized her brother was going through the same thing.

Jasnah got locked away as a child and labeled a lunatic. Come adulthood and everyone regarded her brother as insane and paranoid.

Do you think she ever thought about that? Has it ever haunted her? Was she so desperate to hold onto her identity as the poised and logical Kholin that she never actually noticed how badly her family was hurting? How much her father hated everyone around him? How miserable her mother was in her marriage and her flimsy sense of self-confidence? How utterly set up for failure her brother was?

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Brandon Sanderson's true calling is writing romance.

No no, I know he's supposedly bad at writing romance, but I ADORE how he writes women. 😂😭🔥 Oh my goodness I adore all his women. I adore how no two are the same. I adore how they feel like people. 🥰🥰

I love Shallan's horny desire and identity crisis. I adore how she's brave and also frightened of a lot of things, and it's not like her fear is mentioned in passing, Shallan is scared all the time. I love that her trauma is ADDRESSED! EXTENSIVELY! Cause in the name of making female characters bad ass, some stories give them trauma and then just never touch on it at all, or how this affects a lot of their decisions, leading to the absolute worst takes about those characters. 😭😭😭 I love Shallan's battle with her attraction to two different people and how that worsened her identity crisis as she tried to figure out who she was supposed to be and who she truly wanted to be. Of course, it's not a Shallan rant if I don't truly enjoy her art. 😌✨ And perhaps we only have Media Literate people in the Brandon Sanderson universe so there's no one mocking her passion like they do with Feyre.

I love Jasnah being a stiff possibly aroace stick-in-the-mud 💀. I love how she lectures as a teacher but also a mother with no interest in having actual children of her own. ❤️ I love how they don't just make her stiff but she's also got really strong platonic relationships that make her soft and anxious when she rests at night because she so terribly wants to use the intelligence she's been blessed with to protect the people she loves. 🥺 And Jasnah loves. And it is not romantic love. And her love is beautiful too.

I love Navani the huntress who bagged her man with the power of books of all things 😂 (reverse beauty and the beast). To be honest, I was unsure about Navani at first, but she's grown on me. She was really forward. 💀😌❤️ Also, I love how despite being a sort of secondary character, her trauma is not overlooked. She loves her children so dearly. 😔 I want Navani to stop losing things.

I love Lift, the lazy younger girl who cares more about satisfying her hunger even on a battlefield.😂 She could not care less about an assassin approaching her. She's the boss of everyone. She's about thirteen but she gives everyone orders. She tries to ignore the things that weigh heavy in her heart, after all, she's a child. A child with an awesome power. 😎 And a growing circle of friends.

I love Siri,🥹🥰 the strong-headed troublemaker who is reasonably scared of a lot of things but can't bring herself to follow rules that don't make sense.

I love Vivienna, who thought that she was very put together and politically savvy, lost in a world that frightens her, like a frog from the well viewing the deep blue sea. She so badly wants to do the right thing, but she's also lost and she wants to go home, and I relate to that so hard. 😭 Fortunately she's got a group of bandits who've sort of adopted her, so she's going to be okay. Though she might have to rewrite her black and white moral code. 😂

I love Jewel, the grumpy woman with no colours (who seems to still be clinging to the man she loved and lost 💔).

I love Blushweaver. 😂 Her shameless desire for power is hilarious, and I like how she's upfront about her desires for Lightsong, figuring manipulation would never work on him anyway. I like 'aggressive' women as they call it. A woman who will chase what she wants with zero humility. She's also very funny, intentionally. 😂❤️

I like Vin. I love that she's a girl who got taken from the streets but she loves balls and makeup and big beautiful dresses. 🥹❤️ No daydreaming about rags or suffering as if there's any joy to be had in poverty. 💀 I love that her power is a part of her and she shreds people as easily as paper. And she'll do it to protect the people she loves. I love that both the warrior in the dark and the lady in the ballroom are her, one and the same, and I love that Elend loves and accepts both parts of her. 😭 Vin has lost so many people that she has to hold on to Elend, holding tight with hands like daggers piercing his clothes but he holds her just the same and it burns! 😭😭

I love Evi. She was such a pathetic fragile creature, but I love Evi. I love how she would always ultimately be Dalinar's undoing. All she wanted to do was love and she spread love to everything she touched. And it was that love that broke Dalinar....so cleanly. (I wish there was more Evi fan art, she sounds so beautiful and wonderful and so dainty compared to Dalinar. I think of them as a Bull and a Dandelion. He would always lean close to gather her scent but one breath would blow her away to nothing and she'd be lost 💔😭)

I hate Illami or Illari or whatever they call her. That's the thing about excellent writing. Sometimes you got to write characters for people to hate. And oh I hate that woman. 😂 It's just a shame. Her intelligence would have meant so much to them.

I love Brandon Sanderson women. I love the ones I love. I love the ones I hate too. It's nice to have nasty women once in a while. Women should get to have nasty hobbies too. 😌✨

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It’s been 3 months since I finished WaT and I still feel SICK thinking about the way Adolin & Shallan’s situation ended up. Brandon. Brandon I have some questions.

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their best friendship is so important to me actually

edit: forgot the safe hand, as usual. forgive me, ill probably do it again next time

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"Some people take lives. Other people save lives. He wasn’t done yet." (Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings)

New fandom alert 😱

My daughter made me start to readlisten to the Stormlight Archive, and in order for me to cope, the bestest of daughters drew up a full reader of characters, maps, relationships, headings, and EVERYthing I needed.

She's already pointed out all the mistakes so you don't have to. 😅 Also, I'm only about eight hours in, so no spoilers please. (Though she's already taken care of that, too. 😊)

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The existence of the cosmere suggests the presence of a similar sinmere and also a tanmere