#IT STILL WOK

[starzgaze]

i got 47. 47/50. in... my codin...g wh. WHERE DID I GO WRONG

[ozzyfromthecafeteria]

wok wednesday

id: a wok overlaid with the text, “WOK WEDNESDAY”

[toxictrannyfreak]

Alright, part 2 of The Way of Kings has excepts from a letter for its epigraph section, so l'm just going to collect all those fragments here and see if I can figure out what they're about. Fair warning, I don't know a ton about wider Cosmere stuff, so l'll probably fail.

Chapters 12-28 epigraphs:

*Minor Wind and Truth spoilers below!*

Old friend, I hope this missive finds you well.

Though, as you are now essentially immortal, I would guess that wellness on your part is something of a given.

I realize that you are probably still angry. That is pleasant to know. Much as your perpetual health, I have come to rely on you dissatisfaction with me. It is one of the cosmere's great constants, I should think.

Let me first assure you that the element is quite safe. I have found a good home for it. I protect its safety like I protect my own skin, you might say.

You do not agree with my quest. I understand that, so much as it is possible to understand someone with whom I disagree so completely.

Might I be quite frank? Before, you asked why I was so concerned. It is for the following reason:

Ati was once a kind and generous man, and you saw what became of him. Rayse, on the other hand, was among the most loathsome, crafty, and dangerous individuals I had ever met.

He holds the most frightening and terrible of all of the Shards. Ponder on that for a time, you old reptile, and tell me if your insistence on nonintervention holds firm. Because I assure you, Rayse will not be similarly inhibited.

One need only look at the aftermath of his brief visit to Sel to see proof of what I say.

In case you have turned a blind eye to that disaster, know that Aona and Skai are both dead, and that which they held has been Splintered. Presumably to prevent anyone from rising up to challenge Rayse.

You have accused me of arrogance in my quest. You have accused me of perpetuating my grudge against Rayse and Bavadin. Both accusations are true.

Neither point makes the things I have written to you here untrue.

I am being chased. Your friends of the Seventeenth Shard, I suspect. I believe they’re still lost, following a false trail I left for them. They’ll be happier that way. I doubt they have any inkling what to do with me should they actually catch me.

If anything I have said makes a glimmer of sense to you, I trust that you’ll call them off. Or maybe you could astound me and ask them to do something productive for once.

For I have never been dedicated to a more important purpose, and the very pillars of the sky will shake with the results of our war here. I ask again. Support me. Do not stand aside and let disaster consume more lives. I’ve never begged you for something before, old friend.

I do so now.

Obviously, no convenient section telling us who this is from. It seems to be from Wit/Hoid, and I think "the element" could be Wit's Dawnshard, which he carries inside him, alongside his skin (he "protects [the element] like [he] protects [his own skin]).

As for the intended recipient, I have no idea. Assuming “the element” is what I think it is, they were somehow involved in Wit taking his Dawnshard up again before coming to Roshar. They’re also not an original Shard, as Wits says they are “now essentially immortal” (emphasis added), implying that they haven’t been immortal for long. This rules out Edgli, who was really the only one I could think of. Wonderful.

As stated above, this is probably completely off.

[charmcoin]

made dinner despite really really not wanting to #depressioncured and it is very yummy. thank you dinner

[enbyfication]

recently i have realised that. cooking is so good 10/10 actually 1 of my main sources of (non-social) joy. if u do not cook try and cook just a little somethin somethin. it can be so so easy i promise it can be a little rice with sum broccoli. it can be whatever u want. it is so fun

[raindropren]

I fell asleep on Pearl's stream and I woke up,,, still on pearl's stream that's rare LOL

[shingekinomyfeelings]

I spent a couple of hours preparing dinner with a new recipe I wanted to try out. My mother looked at it, made a face and said 'there's nothing there I want to eat' and left.

[kingjasnah]

fuck why do I want to reread way of kings rn im busy

[thrassisfras]

I just keep reading and rereading this scene. I am holding it tenderly against my chest.

[pluage-docters-go-brrrrrr]

I remembered the wok left post.

Translation:

Post: they want you to fry rice

Who

The wok left

How am I going to fry rice if the wok left

Skill issue

Me: that's why I can't fry rice.

Ratchet: you could've just said "no and I would've understood.

Me: oh, sorry.

[onceuponaladye]

I want to write but responsibilities

[esleep]

i made korean tacos for dinner (no recipe just vibes + what i had in the fridge) and they were unbelievably delicious. my god.

[mechieonu]

in my kfp 2 feelings again & do you think when po got back from gongmen he realized that he'd subconsciously carved/placed/embedded the red sun into everyday stuff

[jbluphin]

First weekend at home in 6 weeks. Yesterday was errands and dealing with upcoming-event planning (then staying up late to play eldritch horror). Today was the planned 'fun' day: the plan was to have lunch out, movie, then come home and season our new wok, make some deep fried chicken wings in said wok, then finish our game!

What actually happened was: lunch out, movie, come home and take a 3-hour nap, realize it's too late for cooking and warm up some leftovers instead. Gonna eat, prep for work tomorrow, and head to bed again early.

TIRED!

[simptasia]

i do not fuck with into darkness’ “let’s remake wrath of khan but backwards and racist!” but i will say, that death scene is fucking stellar. right up until they have spock scream KHAAAAN, that’s super fucking cringe

so it’s a mixed bag