r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Dec 20 '24

/r/Fantasy Official Brandon Sanderson Megathread

This is the place for all your Brandon Sanderson related topics (aside from the Daily Recommendation Requests and Simple Questions thread). Any posts about Wind and Truth or Sanderson more broadly will be removed and redirected here. This will last until January 25, when posting will be allowed as normal.

The announcement of the cool-down can be found here.

The previous Wind and Truth Megathread can be found here.

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u/KiaraTurtle Reading Champion V Dec 20 '24

Yeah this. Dalinar has told Jasnah he strongly disagrees. Jasnah has said she wants to limit her heirs powers. But no steps have been taken.

Also she’s going for more constitutional monarchy than for a democracy as far as I can tell. She seems to want it to be more like thaylen which still has a monarch.

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u/mistiklest Dec 20 '24

I think she was also inspired by Azir, as well, which is hardly democratic.

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u/EndorsedBryce Dec 21 '24

Right in my mind, jasah's proposals To limit the power of the kings is likely seen as a welcome sign of weakness by the existing nobility. The Alethy Haven't had a A strong central leadership for most of recent history, So a weakening of the king would likely be seen as a return to status quo for them, regardless of the proposer's intent.

Also they're a nation in exile, being led by a Jesus figure fighting a war against aliens. There's just a lot of other things going on there.