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BittyBlueEyes

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Total Fangirl blog. I'm a girl of many fandoms. Who knows what I'll be posting next?

At some point "fanfic can be as good as professional writing" became "fanfic should be as good as professional writing" and that's caused major damage to fandom spaces.

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We see a lot of examples of life before death and journey before destination, but I find the examples of strength before weakness a bit more subtle, or easier to gloss over. This one struck me today, from Dalinar's POV:

Renarin set his bowl beside his seat. It was easy to fall into the habit of underestimating Renarin. He always moved in this careful, deliberate way. It made him seem fragile. Don't forget, part of Dalinar thought. When you were broken on the floor, consumed by your past, this boy held you. Don't forget who was strong, when you--the Blackthorn--were weak.
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What is this?” Dalinar bellowed toward Sadeas, who sat only a short distance away. The lighteyes on the benchlike rows of seats between them hunched down or fled, leaving a direct line of sight between the highprinces. Sadeas and his wife turned about, lazily. “Why do you ask me?” Sadeas called back.

Wait I'm sorry I missed this the first dozen times I read this scene because that is the funniest shit. POV: you managed to get pretty good seats for the duel! Then Highprince Kholin starts shouting at Highprince Sadeas and you realize a) why these seats were empty and b) this might be the day that the Blackthorn finally snaps and just straight starts murdering people again. And you are in between him and the guy he very clearly wants to start with.

You duck down because you're right in the middle and you don't think you can run in time. There's several points during the duel where you want to get back up because the way the crowds reacting its clearly a really good match but every time you peek back at one of the highprinces they are VISIBLY losing their shit. Apparently Adolin Kholin somehow wins against FOUR shardbareres?? You start to get back up but then he challenges SADEAS to a duel and then someone next to him challenges AMARAM and the king is ARRESTING one of them and you figure you'll stay on the floor until everyone else leaves.

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