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Last few weeks I've been thinking a lot about bridges in the Stormlight Archives. What they meant, what their role is and I just wanna ramble analyze again so here we go.
Bridges ARE forces of Unity and conduits of Honor. In the series I argue there is no tighter knit group, no greater camaraderie than Bridge 4. And speaking of, my mind is going to start there and with Kaladin in TWOK.
Kaladin, in his first perspective chapter, internally monologues "Honor is Dead". In the part 1 the place Kaladin and the bridgemen before him go to end their lives is called "The Honor Chasm", and when Kaladin goes right after the end of a highstorm, a fall to ones death into a large body of water invokes a lot of jumping off of bridges imagery to me.
The souls of the bridgemen, like Honor, are shattered. But we see Kaladin reforge them anew in the Chasms. It is there that they really begin to feel unity, to have shared purpose and goals. Honor is their shield, literally so with the bridge and their Side Carry. Together the broken men of Bridge 4 return from despair and helplessness to become something greater.
Their bridge, saving their lives, acting as their shield and bond then becomes the lone piece that connects Kaladin and Dalinar. In his visions the almighty tells Dalinar "Act with Honor and Honor will aid you." AND WOW THAT BRIDGE SURE DOES SAVE HIM.
Not to mention the fact that Dalinar is a living bridge between the realms, consistently "bridges the gap" between peoples and cultures in founding the coalition of Kings in Oathbringer. That bridges themselves so easily can be interpreted as THE Journey BETWEEN Destinations. But if you want one piece of lore that I think shows this as well. The shared sure of Bondsmiths and Windrunners is that of "Adhesion". Dubbed Honors truest surge, the one only of him. The surge that CONNECTS TOGETHER.
I swear I am struggling to properly convey how much this makes my brain tingle but so many elements of both how the Honor and Unity are represented in this book have such strong ties to the way bridges and those who tend to them are showcased. Please tell me I am not the only one seeing this or I will go insane. I feel like I need to make a dozen more posts about this for it to stop rotating in my skull
#cosmere#stormlight#kaladin stormblessed#kaladin#dalinar kholin#Dalinar#knights radiant#bridge four#analysis#rambalysis#I STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY HELP#oathbringer spoilers
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Alright fuck it I want to ramble analyze characters more. I've been stuck on who so I opened to a random page. Saw Marasi first and now I am going to see what things my brain will inform me about her as I write this post.
Spoils for Era 1 and 2 of Mistborn
I've seen Marasi compared to Vin, both in the text and in some posts online, but let's take another angle.
In Mistborn if I asked you which character
Is the socially inconvenient child to an upper class house
Has a half-sibling that gets romantically involved with the main protagonist
First bonds with our earring wearing protagonist at a high society function
Has an education that leads them to believe they can fix the whole world if you just let them do it
Oh my gosh it's Elend Venture in a wig!
But now that I think about it, there is a lot of similarities between Elend and Marasi beyond surface level plot.
Marasi and Elend of course share the traits mentioned above but also share a similar problem. Theory works in theory, practice doesn't always work in practice.
Both of these characters would achieve far greater success if they just didn't play by the rules they said everyone should agree to on the basis they know better.
However while Elend relents at the end of his era, becoming a mostly benevolent tyrant.
Marasi gives up her opportunity to circumnavigate her rules. She rejects the offer to join the Ghostbloods. An organization she could likely do far more with than any regular position within The Basins policing system would ever afford her.
Now in Wax's epilogue we find out she's running for Governor, which would give her greater ability to enact her reforms but she is still working within the system, which realistically will greatly limit her ability to solve problems. (Although I'm sure come Era 3 we'll find out she did plenty of good for the people of Scadriel.)
I mentioned previously that Wayne is toxic preservation while Wax is literally stated to be a force of ruin.
In this view I would see Marasi as Harmony. Unlike Sazed, who is Harmony due to his duplicitous (but not decietful) nature, Marasi is a true balance.
Rusts I feel like I said very little with too much in this post? OH FUCK HER ALLOMANCY!
Umm fuck, Marasi probably has symbolic traits tied to her Allomancy let's see.
You could argue that it plays into how slowly she feels like she grows, that everything can happen so fast around her and that if she was only given the right tools (allomantic grenades) her skills would become invaluable?? Idk I probably should make another post about her sometime. Feels like I didn't do her justice here haha
#cosmere#mistborn#mistborn era two#mistborn era 2 spoilers#nuzzy reads#mistborn era 1#elend venture#marasi colms#analysis#character analysis#rambling#rambalysis#fuck thats a good name#going to try and call this Rambalysis now
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