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makanidotdot · 3 months

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That Cinematic Where Uther and Sylvanas Talked in Shadowlands Plus Everything that Led Up To It Except Now I Like It

Fuck ittt, reposting this cos it's the 2 year anniversary of this wall of text hyperfixation comic I ACTUALLY DID finish, but was only an imgur link bc tumblr didn't support enough images before. putting this shit directly on the good bad site where it belongs

uh ok imagine the blades of grass things in the jailer's hand here are actually like glowing threads of her soul. i could prob color just this part to make it more clear but my body goes limp like a marionette when i think about exerting that small amount of effort to make my comic more legible

this ^ is one page i would maybe color sometime, actually one of my fave things i've drawn tbqhhh

#im sure some of this made more sense when it was fresh lmao #some of this even i was like HUH.gif abt rereading it #warcraft #sylvanas #uther #repost #windrunners #nathanos #visit my tumblr for the epilogue a few posts back if u missed it #this version would still end with tyrande kicking sylvanas into the maw like leonidas

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onlycosmere · 2 months

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Questioner: In a battle versus a Feruchemist and a Windrunner, if the Feruchemist were lashed directly upward, would increasing his weight cancel that lashing out?

Brandon Sanderson: The way that lashings work are by rewriting your body's interaction with gravity. That's very weird. It's very, very weird. The way that Feruchemy works, it is kind of the same way. I play loose and free with this one (this is the one that drives everybody else mad). It is actually changing, so would it... what would it do?

So, part of me wants to say you would fall upward faster. But that's not how gravity works, so that wouldn't happen. But would it counteract the lashing? I think that the lashing would incorporate it, and nothing would change. That is my best guess, but your lashing, then, probably runs out faster. That's my off-the-cuff answer; I'd have to really look at the mechanics of that. But you can take that for now. I'll have to consult with the arcanists to make sure I'm not going crazy on that.

#mistborn #the well of ascension #the stormlight archive #words of radiance #cosmere #cfsbf #root #wob #brandon sanderson #windrunners #feruchemists #realmatics

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thatguyjim · 2 months

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Guys. Skybreakers and windrunners having basic lashings means something incredible that I just realized.

People can touch black holes. And maybe survive.

Idk if lashings change in strength to match the gravity, but assuming they do a windrunner or skybreaker could just do a half lashing away from a black hole and just go touch it and then come back. Like you could go into the event horizon and return. Because your body basically isn't experiencing gravity.

#cosmere #stormlight #stormlight archives #stormlight archive #windrunners #skybreakers

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project-stormblessed · 5 months

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Y’know, I *love* Stormlight Archive. I love every book, and each one has so many *epic* moments, so many truly emotionally gripping moments.

But there’s something so special about “I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

#Stormlight Archive #The Way of Kings #Kaladin Stormblessed #my boi #Windrunners #Stormlight Archive spoilers #The Way of Kings spoilers

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sorchasolas · 7 months

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Im doing this super stupid thing where i combine two(eventually maybe three?) knight radiant glyphs into one glyph

So, behold:

Truthdancer & Windbreaker

i can and WILL make more. Recommendations are encouraged.

#stormlight archive #cosmere #windrunners #skybreakers #edgedancers #truthwatchers #the stormlight archive

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wanderingchanneler · 10 months

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I think it’s interesting that the Skybreakers are the only order of Radiant that we know all five Ideals for. It seems like most, if not all of the other orders have to discover things as they go, but the Skybreakers have it mostly worked out, with *some* room for individual choice

The First Ideal for Skybreakers is the generic “Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination.” They call it the Ideal of Radiance

The Second Ideal is the Ideal of Justice. In Szeth’s words, it’s “I swear to seek justice, to let it guide me, until I find a more perfect Ideal.”

The Third Ideal is the Ideal of Law. This is the one Skybreakers have to follow until and unless they swear the Fifth Ideal. I’m not sure what happens if the thing a Skybreaker chooses as their Third Ideal fails before they swear the Fifth, but something Szeth says in RoW makes me think that they’d have to find something else to follow so their Nahel bond isn’t broken. Then again, Szeth’s interpretation might not be accurate, especially since he holds so strongly to rules/codes/Ideals he’s latched onto. Either way, the Skybreaker Third Ideal according to Szeth is “I swear to follow the will of Dalinar Kholin. This is my oath.” We see him grapple with that more in his RoW interlude

The Skybreaker Fourth Ideal is the Ideal of Crusade. This is where they pick a larger goal to attain, and they can only accomplish it if their spren is satisfied. For Szeth, the Fourth Ideal is “I will cleanse the Shin of their false leaders, so long as Dalinar Kholin agrees.”

Again, this is where Skybreakers are different than other Radiants we’ve seen so far. For example, Windrunners don’t know the gist of their Fourth Ideal until they’re forced against it, if Kaladin is a fairly accurate example. Skybreakers know the *idea* of what their Fourth Ideal will be, even if the *details* take form over time. I also think it’s super interesting that they can state what their Fourth Ideal will be in advance, even if it takes months, years, or even decades to accomplish whatever goal they set for themselves. In OB chapter 90, a Skybreaker Master says that they were at the Third Ideal for two decades before attaining the Fourth.

And the Fifth Ideal for the Skybreakers is the Ideal of Law. This is where the Skybreaker becomes law and Truth. Nale is the only example we have in modern times of a Skybreaker who has sworn that Ideal, and his situation is complicated, since he’s a Herald. Even in OB chapter 90, though, a Skybreaker master says that it’s been centuries since a member of their order reached the Fifth Ideal. I don’t know if Nale was the last, or if there have been a few since he reached the Fifth Ideal.

Szeth hasn’t sworn the Fifth Ideal as a Skybreaker. I theorize that he will swear it at some point, partially because it fits so well with a previous headcanon of mine. I also think it’d be super meaningful/impactful for Szeth to swear an Ideal that allows him to make his own decisions/enforce his own will. In OB chapter 106, Nale tells Szeth that he’s the first in a new order of Skybreakers. There has to be some kind of significance to that, but we don’t have all the pieces yet. Nale didn’t prevent Szeth from joining Dalinar and the Coalition after the Battle of Thaylen Field, and I wonder if that was intentional.

If one Radiant swears the Fifth Ideal in KoWT, it *might* be Szeth. I do want him to reach that point eventually, but I also worry that it could feel rushed in KoWT, especially since he said the first Three Ideals so quickly (he said the first two Ideals on the same day, and the Third like a month later lol)

I think I got off track from my original point. This post definitely ended up being longer than I thought it would.

Tl,dr. Skybreakers are unique as far as I can tell/remember, and the fact that their Ideals are broadly laid out ahead of time makes for some interesting possibilities. And I also included Szethposting, because of course I did

#Stormlight Archive #Knights Radiant #Radiant Ideals #Skybreakers #Windrunners #Szeth-son-son-Vallano #Szethposting #Nale #Nale Herald #Nale Stormlight #Oathbringer spoilers #Rhythm of War spoilers #KoWT speculation #Fifth Ideal Radiants #speculation #headcanons

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halflingchill · 4 months

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After the battle of Thaylen, wind runners absolutely started taking bets on how many times Dalinar will work "the most important step is the next one" into war meetings

#stormlight archive #windrunners #dalinar

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faerieboyfixations · 3 months

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"Life breaks us... then we fill the cracks with something stronger."

Phendorana to Teft, in Oathbringer, by Brandon Sanderson

#oathbringer #teft #stormlight archive #knights radiant #brandon sanderson #windrunners

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butwhybother · 2 years

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In Mistborn era 1, Mistborn technically can hover in air by steelpushing against one coin, but it's very difficult and requires concentration. (Zane can do it, though.)

Coinshots and Mistborn hover in air by steelpushing against 3 points. (Wax can do with 2, with less stability.) [Edited]

In Stormlight Archive, any Windrunner or squire can hover in air by lashing half their weight upward. It barely requires thinking.

#Mistborn #mistborn era 2 #stormlight archive #windrunners #basic lashing #text #zane mistborn

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firstofficerrose · 1 year

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Anakin Skywalker would have been a fascinating (and ultimately, terrible) Windrunner.

Life before Death. Strength before Weakness. Journey before Destination.

Those words, I think, would have been easy for him to say. The First Ideal unites the Radiants, and I can see this kid starting out from Tatooine with a determination to live boldly (he's the only human ever to win a podrace, he's already living boldly). He's willing enough to help people. No idea where he's going, other than far from here. The First Ideal is easy.

I will protect those who cannot protect themselves.

An ideal common to most of the Jedi, I think. You have this power, this gift, this connection (this Investiture?) and you're part of something greater, something as old as civilization. Your teachers are showing you how to do great good and cautioning you against doing great harm (and you are capable of such great harm). You are learning your strength (strength before weakness), and you make this promise to use it to help people. Anakin has been hurt so badly, so young, and he wants help. He promises to help others, and he does (for now).

I will protect even those I hate, as long as it is right.

This is where Anakin stumbles, but until he breaks and turns dark, I think he could do it. Anakin feels intensely; his emotions are sometimes stronger than he is (I killed them all, Padmé!). He went through with the Tusken massacre, so he couldn't have said those words yet, else he would have broken right then. He may have managed it by the beginning of RotS; his sense of duty and obligation chafes at him, but he can live with it. For now.

I accept that there will be those I cannot protect.

And these are the words that Anakin could never say. He can't save everyone, and he wants to, so much. Anakin wants to be the hero that everyone believes he should be, the hero the galaxy needs. And he can never, never let Padmé come to harm. He cannot accept these words, and breaks rejecting them.

(Of course, he would have to become a Skybreaker in the end. As Vader, he becomes the law, seeking order over justice. But the child on Tatooine had so many paths before him... and they all lead to the skies.)

#anakin skywalker #knights radiant #cosmere #windrunners #rose rambles #i'm reading the rots novelization (dont ask how many books im readim simultaneously. i dont know the answer) and this thought just wouldn't #leave me alone #hopefully #i can be at peace now

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rangergeneralsylvanas · 9 months

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Momento

( memento ) for my muse to talk about an item they still carry with them from childhood, and its significance.

Sylvanas- Still has an arrowhead from her very first hunt after moving on from a child's bow.

Vereesa- Still has a dried flower in a book, it was given to her by lirath when she was ill.

Alleria- Has a sketch of her of a lynx she saw once and named him viridian.

#rangergeneralsylvanas #dash games #munday ask #windrunners

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history-of-the-echo · 1 year

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Windrunners

We who are held apart only by the illusion of gravity Know this path shall lead us inevitably to the end As the stars shine brightly in the heavens So we shine as bright on the sea The king is crowned at heavens end How far we fly so free The sun smiles And we follow gladly

#windrunners #2022 #poetry

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onlycosmere · 2 years

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