#stormlight 1

[crowreys-wormstache]

Art prompt:

The things haunting Shallan but the "angular not heads" are the Sims diamonds

[luckyspren]

The Man Who Owned the Winds.

[aemecericart]

Slightly moving away from stormlight, but staying in the same universe...

[dearherondale]

HAPPY KALADIN FELT GOOD DAY YALL

[g-hostboi]

something brandon sanderson does really well that I don't see people talk about much is making progressions feel natural.

like with kaladin and syl. that relationship progresses really fast, and it's quite odd. but, for reasons I don't fully understand, it feels gradual and natural. like you start to take syl's presence for granted.

the same can be said about sarene and raoden's relationship in elantris. there's never really a single moment you can point to and say "they're a couple now." at one point they're just openly affectionate and it feels right. even though in literal terms it was kind of a rushed relationship. like we only got a handful of scenes with them together, yet it still feels natural.

or vin and elend. like before, there's no real moment they become a couple. after book one, they just were and I didn't think twice. it just made sense.

or yumi and painter, shallan and her alters, siri and susebron, etc. etc.

idk if that makes any sense. this particular aspect of writing is kinda difficult to put into words. but there are a million examples of it and every one is executed so amazingly well.

[itsnotmika]

elend venture is the definition of “it’s okay to murder people but i draw the line at disrespecting my wife” and honestly good for him

[piano-hoarder]

Cosmere books as bad news headlines

• "Young woman of questionable parentage kills god after eating copious amounts of metal"

• "Apple voice assistant marries mute rainbow god after sister defeats army of undead alongside hobo and talking sword"

• "City of zombies saved by angry man in armor and friendly chef's niece"

• "Depressed people snort lightning, use it to fight lobsters the size of battleships." (idea credit to @Elisabeth_Wheatley on YouTube)

• "Cowboy makes deal with the new god"

• "Girl and mouse boyfriend undo curse on cabin boy"

• "Man cheats death by stabbing his own eye, forms intergalactic gang"

• "Young woman stacks rocks to destroy computer"

• "Dehydrated young man unites senators against himself"

• "Man with PTSD breaks All the Rules, upsets mentor while running from sunrise"

• "Man(??) avoids eternal punishment from several sources while roasting everyone in existence"

[andromeda-lv]

PSA, Kaladin and Adolin both have HUNDREDS of times bigger kill count than Shallan.

[rainbyanyothername]

Syl asking the Stormfather to let her feel like Kaladin does, and genuinely not understanding why that would be dangerous for her… I love my little Honorspren

[coffeeworldsasaki]

Another thing that makes kaladin so painfully relatable is how much his mental illness hides his personality, because between depressive episodes and trauma he's this sarcastic little shit that smiles a lot at his friends and then the depression gets to him and all that disappears

[crowreys-wormstache]

[sorchasolas]

(General Cosmere Spoilers + Sunlit Man!)

[luckyspren]

"I Forgive You"

[humanfox030]

"This story is about a flower...

A marewill, to be exact!

I am sure you are familiar with how this tale goes... and how it ends."

[gay-disabled-characters-showdown]

LGBTQ+ Disabled Characters Showdown Round 1, Wave 2, Poll 8

A character being totally canon LGBTQ+ and disabled was not required to be in this competition. Please check qualifications and propaganda before asking why a character is included.

Check out the other polls in this wave and prior here.

Shallan Davar-The Stormlight Archive

Qualifications:

She's bisexual (word-of-god and heavy implication in text) and has DID (clear in the text). Her thirst for both men and women is somewhat legendary, as is her fractured mental state.

Propaganda:

She's bi and has a nuanced representation of DID, along with other mental illness and severe trauma. She's also a rogue-slash-magical-knight with powers of light, illusion, and bad jokes under horrible pressure. She's cute, a great artist, and a great murderer too.

Anything Else?:

There might be other submissions of her (who knows); if they provide different image selections, please refrain from using one where her features look more white than East Asian, as some of the official art is whitewashed, and likewise lots of the fanart. Such is the burden of book fandoms. Anyway, thanks.

Mod Note: we tried to find good images, if anyone has better official art or fanart they would like to share let us know.

Hiccup Haddock-How To Train Your Dragon

Qualifications:

1. The man is missing a leg 2. He's bi in fanon (and in my heart) 3. Blorbo original flavor. Need I say more?

He has a prosthetic leg, and at least in my circles is quite often hcd as bi

Propaganda:

He's so cool. He builds his own prosthetics that interface with the prosthetics he built for his disabled dragon. First viking to ride a dragon. Chief that brought a new era of prosperity to Berk.

Probably one of the most popular physically disabled characters. And although I personally am not disabled, I have heard a bunch of disabled ppl say that they like him as rep. As he pretty much just exists with his disability. It is not ignored. He doesn't not always function the same as people with 2 regular legs. But it is not made into a tragedy. He just has a prosthetic leg after an accident which caused him to loose one. And nobody really makes a big deal out of it, which makes sense in the society they live in. Idk, here's a link to a video discussing the disability representation in httyd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvwRhb_ocPM

The qualifications and propaganda paragraphs correspond, @flammableengineering is the first submitter.

[itsnotmika]

"i love you," she whispered, tears warm on her cold cheeks. "elend, i love you. i love you..." love wouldn't be enough.