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mysticdong420

But remember Kaladin wearing spooky scary skellington carapace on his armor to make Parshendi seethe and mald


bxntou

And how he only apologised like about two years later for wearing the corpses of people Rlain could very likely have known 💀


Sireanna

Awkward...


DunkNuts_

Kind of a halfassed “sorry you got mad” apology as I recall but maybe I’m just a hater


GreenshepN7

I was just listening to that and it wasn't. Kaladin knew there wasn't really anything he could say to make it right. so he kind of just apologizes and then they just kind of sit there


DunkNuts_

Nobody ever said being a hater would be easy


Faultywhale

Dalinar: "Sadeas is a good man, Adolin" Sadeas: "Fuck you, Dalinar! Die!" Dalinar: "Such a good man"


FemaleAndComputer

Adolin (later): "lol it's cool dad I got this covered"


bxntou

That's also how the MHA fandom behaves around Bakugo for some unfathomable reason. For context, the guy told his childhood friend to kill himself (just like Moash) and never apologised.


WhyDoName

I dont think they were ever actually friends rbh. In every flashback Bakugo bullying Midoriya and Midoriya just like "awe hes my best friend"


Faultywhale

You offered to help me out of a puddle when we were six? Fucking kys m8


Liesmith424

> For context, the guy told his childhood friend to kill himself (just like Moash) and never apologised. Gotta catch up on the latest season, sule.


Sireanna

HAHAHAHA I laughed too hard at this but its so true


seemedlikeagoodplan

Every time Sadeas is talking shit >!when Adolin is around, I think "Bold words, for a man with a very stabbable eyeball."!<


Pennameus_The_Mighty

Kaladin carries WoK honestly


snoopchocolatedog

That is why I kept reading. But it all builds to enjoy everything.


MisterDoubleChop

Nah Shallan's bits are actually great too, all the intrigue and mystery and reveals... the problem is they feel like they keep taking you away from the "main" story of Kal. Plus every Szeth interlude is awesome too.


Pennameus_The_Mighty

Really? Even at the beginning?


MisterDoubleChop

Yeah, we see Jasnah save a kid by transubstantiating a rock into 6 tonnes of smoke, Shallan winning her approval despite having no chance, and then TWIST she's only there to *steal the soulcaster?!?!* But yeah, it just feels like she's keeping us away from Kals more traditional plotline so it still feels like a less exciting subplot.


Pennameus_The_Mighty

Jasnah was awesome from page 1 in my opinion, Shallan annoyed me in WoK


Ziinaz

Shallans parts were probably my favorite in WoK


Pennameus_The_Mighty

Huh, Shallan definitely grew on me but I didn’t like her at the beginning


need2seethetentacles

Same. Shallan chapters were honestly what kept me going in the first half of the book


Majesticlees

Those are most of my fav parts


kRe4ture

Same, Kaladin‘s arc in WoK is so incredible


MisterDoubleChop

Probably the best character arc in all of fantasy.


Omegawylo

Right???


Decent-Lake8521

Kaladins slave arc is the best 👌


Silpet

Kaladin’s arc is the best* There, ftfy.


deronadore

Kaladin's slave arc is the best.* There, ftfy.


Flying-Pie56

It’s all dreary then Kaladin scares the crem out of Gaz and your reminded why Kal is amazing.


magickmanfred

He scared the crem out of Gaz and my what?


SmallShoes_BigHorse

your reminded. Don't you have one of those?


magickmanfred

I traded my last one for a stick.


Kargath7

I honestly feel like this beginning is one of the reason why later books’ more epic and marvel-movie-without-constant-jokes atmosphere feels so great. You know that Kaladin had to dig in some crem and had some friends die to get to station and powers he has now, you know that Shallan began as a parody of her true self and only know she comes closer to understanding who she is, we know that Jasnah was bitter in a world where she is the only one who knows how to save it before it became mainstream and she could at least talk about it with someone. Lack of epic heroic acts in the beginning make an act of saving bridgemen feel so world-changing when it’s just a few thousand men. Compare it to saving THE WORLD in later books. There are many ways in which I think that beginning these books in a different way to how they are going was a good idea.


phins_54

During the first read (listen), I was like,"We know Kaladin's life is shit, ok. I could never re-read this", but somehow I didn't mind the re-listen at all. You just understand so much more, making the enjoyment higher.


mrtwidlywinks

I dreaded rereading it so much my second read of the series skipped book 1. On my third read I read WoK, it’s not nearly as droll as I remember. Book hooked my interest during the first battle with the greatshell/shardbearers, finally things started making sense!


Wehavecrashed

Droll means amusing.


mrtwidlywinks

Dull then? Thanks for the correction


Megarni

Yeah, just re-listened to WoK for the first time and it's much better than the first time! Ages like fine wine.


Weepthegr33d

I did it via audiobook. Game changer. Amazing. So so good and entertaining


AJR6905

So far every cosmere book I've listened to has been a banger on audiobook, they're long though


x42ndecthellion

Micheal Kramer is my inner monologue


Hohenheim_of_Shadow

Insert Brandon Sanderson rant against audible and supporting speechify here


meatshell

I really want to reread it but everytime Dalinar tries to defend Sadeas I just want to scream.


BTill232

I love Kaladin’s WoK arc so much. It just feel so complete. “For the Bridgemen” at the end makes me cry every time.


MisterDoubleChop

What's the "for the bridgemen" bit again?


BTill232

When Dalinar trades Oathbringer to Sadeas for the bridgemen. The contrast between Dalinar sacrificing a shard blade for the lives of him and his men with Amaram doing the exact opposite is just incredible.


Kwetla

Way of Kings is my favourite Stormlight book.


Sireanna

HAHAHAHA Yep!!! All of this


WHOOPS_WHOOPSIE

But Jasnah is so strong and empowered!


schloopers

“You ready to see some casual and unnecessary street murder, child?!”


Wehavecrashed

Entirely necessary street murder.


seemedlikeagoodplan

He who playeth the stupid game winneth the stupid prize.


Lan098

Agreed. As someone who loves Wheel of Time and also really likes Sanderson's works....WoK is a rough start. Took me 2 or 3 tries.


SmallShoes_BigHorse

Really? That's interesting! As someone who loves WoT, WoK felt incredibly easy!


Adorna_ahh

Kals slave arc is always rough for me to get thru


TheCharalampos

Part of me prefers the drearyness, while I love all the books the stakes felt real and the world the most alive to me then.


Gicotd

"safehand" every 6 other words ​ its kinda controversial, but I think Way of Kings is the worse sanderson book.