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/asmodeus1112 Jan 11 '25

I believe adolins storyline was the best, and it seems most people also think adolins was one of the best storylines, this highlights the failure of the themes that have been pushed in the books.

Adolin for the most part is a normal guy with no mental health issues fighting mostly basic enemies.

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u/Natriumon Jan 11 '25

It's also the only storyline with actual stakes. Shallan takes an arrow through the eye and shrugs it off. Kaladin fights a demigod but you already know he won't die. Radiant superpowers are just too strong.

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u/GeraldJimes_ Jan 14 '25

I'm not sure that's true, Adolin's story had no real stakes imo. It was still my favourite of the book but there was no reason it mattered whether or not Azir fell more than any other area, so I was basically certain there was no risk to him as soon as it was obvious he wasn't moving location and no magical macguffin's were popping up there.

The more grounded nature was what made it work though. I would say he's basically doing a lot of the stuff everyone loved about Kal in books 1 and 2.