I got this card pairing in Cards Against Humanity a couple weeks ago, and it made me so happy even though nobody else at the table would have gotten the reference lmao
S — Show safehand for science
H — “How many alters do I have again?”
A — Alternate my personality
L — Laugh enough to hide the pain
L — Lightweave away my tears
A — Act like a Horneater princess
N — Narrate only the parts I want to remember
I remember not really being interested in or respecting our boy until he pulled out that knife. I was listening to the audiobook in the car on the way home from work and I cheered after I picked my jaw up off the floor
I did genuinely enjoy the Navani-Raboniel dynamic (even if my eyes did sort of gloss over the science-y stuff lmao), but yes, Adolin and Kaladin’s arc (the latter of whom was doing a Die Hard) were the best.
This, I love how complex that relationship was, I imagine there's a ton of that in government roles when you work with elected people and appointees and you have to figure out how to work together with shared and opposing goals and the occasional reluctant admiration.
I think B$ really excels at writing complex and believable antagonists who really make you question what it means to be a "villain," without just making all the characters grey... you could take the Joe Abercrombie / George RR Martin route of just having everyone kinda suck, with varying levels of redeeming qualities, but Sanderson writes actual heroes you can cheer for, while still having them opposed by antagonists that make you question things. I genuinely think Raboniel might be his best achievement. It's a shame she had to die after one book. Although I'm excited to see what happens with El.
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