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[Starver]

I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure...

[Yoink]

I'm a Lightweaver, apparently? Eighty percent. The lowest one was Bondsmith, with twenty-three.   
Don't really know what that means, don't think I've ever even heard of the author before, and I certainly haven't read any relevant books.   

[Loud Whispers]

Sheeeeeiiiit, let's be Elsecaller gang

Thoughtful, careful, and cautious, the Elsecallers are generally regarded as the wisest of the Radiants. They seek self-improvement and personal betterment in their lives but aren't limited to one specific theme or set of ideals. This makes them one of the most open and welcoming of orders, though they do tend to attract those who are less flamboyant. They have their share of scholars, and often a large number of theologians, but also attract those who are interested in leadership. They are good at encouraging others, but some are known to put their sights upon the things they want and then seize them. In the Knights Radiant, they tend to be among the best tacticians, and are logistical geniuses, aided in part by their abilities to create food and water for armies, but also their ability to move in and out of Shadesmar.

-self improvement across a balanced field of life
-open minded, not terribly flamboyant, attracted to scholarly or religious pursuits
-good at encouraging others
-occasionally seizes their own ambitions
-best tacticians
-logistical geniuses
-other knights like them because they are literally the Knightly order of making tea and dinner

I've got to say it's a good match for me. Except tactical genius, I don't know about that, vidya hardly translates to rl.

[ChairmanPoo]

Sheeeeeiiiit, let's be Elsecaller gang

Thoughtful, careful, and cautious, the Elsecallers are generally regarded as the wisest of the Radiants. They seek self-improvement and personal betterment in their lives but aren't limited to one specific theme or set of ideals. This makes them one of the most open and welcoming of orders, though they do tend to attract those who are less flamboyant. They have their share of scholars, and often a large number of theologians, but also attract those who are interested in leadership. They are good at encouraging others, but some are known to put their sights upon the things they want and then seize them. In the Knights Radiant, they tend to be among the best tacticians, and are logistical geniuses, aided in part by their abilities to create food and water for armies, but also their ability to move in and out of Shadesmar.

-self improvement across a balanced field of life
-open minded, not terribly flamboyant, attracted to scholarly or religious pursuits
-good at encouraging others
-occasionally seizes their own ambitions
-best tacticians
-logistical geniuses
-other knights like them because they are literally the Knightly order of making tea and dinner

I've got to say it's a good match for me. Except tactical genius, I don't know about that, vidya hardly translates to rl.

Cmon, an elsecaller? You belong with us, the order of Shitposters

[Loud Whispers]

Cmon, an elsecaller? You belong with us, the order of Shitposters

That's the secret order of the wielders of the shitposts

[Vector]

I read the first book in the Mistborn series. I don't really like fiction that is fundamentally about "systems." That's what car repair manuals are for.

[ChairmanPoo]

I read the first book in the Mistborn series. I don't really like fiction that is fundamentally about "systems." That's what car repair manuals are for.

I thought you were going to complain about the obvious mormon undertones :p


Though TBH as far as author's religion influencing writing, Brandon Sanderson is not the worst culprit by any measure. Not when you have people like Dean Kootz who actively PREACHES at you.

[scriver]

to be fair, he is self-admittedly a bit of koot

[scriver]

I read the first book in the Mistborn series. I don't really like fiction that is fundamentally about "systems." That's what car repair manuals are for.

But how can you know what school clique you belong to if you don't let the Sorting Hat tell you how you're Divergent from the other kids

[ChairmanPoo]

I read the first book in the Mistborn series. I don't really like fiction that is fundamentally about "systems." That's what car repair manuals are for.

But how can you know what school clique you belong to if you don't let the Sorting Hat tell you how you're Divergent from the other kids

You fight rhem and then befriend them

Btw: Brent Weeks didnt use to be preachy but ended up the lightbringer trilogy in a very religious point too... tbh there are people far preachier than Sanderson. I found the ending of tje wheel of time a bit dull, but tbh the series had been a bit dull for a while and maybe it was a bit too much to expect him to finish it in some other way. Maybe Robert Jordan wanted that ending all along. But it was kind of lame. Villain decay, loose plot points, you know.

[scriver]

I never finished the Time of Wheel series (not even back when it was still being written by Jordan Roberts). I think it didn't ever get bad so to speak. It just went on longer than it was good. And somewhere along the way (some time after that other empire had invaded or something) I just didn't pick up the next book in the series.

Looking back at it, the thing I'm the most interested in finding out is whether that thread about the world being our world but like several turnings of the wheel later ever actually was done anything thing with?

[ChairmanPoo]

Nope. No more than earlier on.

They didnt do a lot with many things

[Sindain]

I really liked the entirety of the Wheel of Time but that was something that was a bit iffy about the series. It felt like the first 2-3 books were written before the rest of it was really planned. They kinda just dropped half the themes and plot threads from those books.

I've also read and liked a lot of Brandon Sanderson's stuff, but he feels like the kind of author that just kinda rewrites the same story over and over. Thou I haven't read any of his non-Cosmere books so maybe those are a bit differant.

Anyway, I'm 82% Truthwatcher apparently, with Edgedancer being a distant 2nd at 56%.