Szeth's Flashback Teaser | Stormlight 5 Live Reading | New York Comic Con 2022

[@JoelGaller]

Szeth-Son-Neturo, Child of Shinovar, wore red on the day he was to move a rock.

[@thekevmeister77]

Sword-nimi: "KILLLLLLLLLLLLLL"

[@dear_saturn]

The way he frets over the rock and the implications of moving it, he is truly a little Skybreaker, isn’t he? Also, the way he’s being asked to make the decision here reflects the skybreaker ideal of becoming the law itself

[@magnolia3970]

Why am I tearing up over this?? Szeth has always been a favorite of mine, so having to see directly the religious trauma and confusion is so sad

[@inbalfishler6972]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR WIND AND TRUTH RAHHHHH

[@Talon-yz6jl]

Agreed!!

[@xar9499]

My boy Szeth getting his time! So ready for this!

[@JosBroder]

As much as I love you Brandon, if you would bring in Michael Kramer to read one of these teasers, the crowd would go wild.

[@crt5866]

seeing how innocent Szeth was when he was young, and the passion he had for life really breaks my heart knowing what he ends up becoming...what ends up happening to him.

[@cmd_f5]

This was amazing. I am beyond stoked to hear Szeth's story in SL5.

[@king_dot]

Feels a lot like the start to Jerick’s story, crazy how Dragonsteel’s influence is still visible.

[@j.o.4574]

Highland the series. Like I couldn't love this guy even more

[@ttuck6768]

On WoR on my 5th re read I always find something else. It’s the best series of all time

[@zstrebler1234]

First! Highlander, neat. I am beyond excited for this book.

[@zenthepoet.]

Congrats, gancho!

[@Flamminggoat72]

This book is going to be so incredible.

[@NailBail]

Hey hey, people. Szeth here.

[@Humanrandom31084]

I can’t wait I will immediately buy it on December 6th

[@hereg3043]

Pre ordered

[@Humanrandom31084]

@@hereg3043 I should probably do that too

[@ninakrishnamurthy6674]

Am I the only one who finds the image of a family being terrified of a rock absolutely hilarious? Like, yes, religious trauma- and yes it makes sense in-world- but it's still funny. Just like how Radiants getting Stormlight from spheres conjures up the mental image of sniffing glass balls. I am not sorry.

[@datguyspence25]

I cant wait for rock to have a main character flashback

[@ninakrishnamurthy6674]

Wait, do you mean Lunamor or the rock that Szeth's mom moved? ;)

[@TheBryantVenture]

I try to picture the reason why the applause was so scattered at first. Had to wait for the people feverishly writing notes and hanging on each word

[@philipreid2542]

Molasses minutes and syrup seconds. Beautiful

[@infraredpen]

Is the date wrong or was this reading really from 2 years ago? I don't recall seeing this before.

[@benanapol5926]

no beard, definitely old; might have been transcribed as a WOB before now but this is probably the first time the recording has been made widely available

[@infraredpen]

@@benanapol5926 Ah yeah you're right. Just found an old WOB transcription for it.

[@elsecaller-jacob8346]

@@benanapol5926 Yeah i'm sure we've heard this reading before, nice to see it more widely available tho

[@nomadlotus6425]

Must be. His beard is missing

[@amolsonawane1476]

Stormfather without Beard.

[@zenthepoet.]

Szeeeeeeth

[@kiritokazuto2398]

Can someone explain why theyre calling it comic con 2022? There's no way this was filmed in 2022 im so confused.

[@Batterydennis]

Szeth is an allegory for Brandon. Shinovar is Utah.

[@haldalas]

…idk if this is serious or not, but I think you’re really reaching there lol. Though the landscape of Utah did inspire other parts of Roshar

[@richardbennettiii7182]

I dont think brandon feels that way. But maybe some of his characters do.

[@rileyd11]

I believe the title is off by 2 years.... unless we are watching the flashback?😊

[@Bohoke94]

Hi Brandon Sanderson, im having a problem with my fantasy novel titles. It seems like every title i come up with, is already taken. No matter what i think of, i hit a quick search, and there it is. What can i do to have an original, yet appealing, title?

[@rupinderjeetsinghhans]

Can you name your novel "potato juicer" pls, and also, it will be awesome if main character has a literal juicer as head, and he plays juggling with potatoes in his hand. It's original, belive.

[@Chris_Myers.]

Brandon is not going to be able to answer you here. I recommend asking that same question to a service such as Bing AI or ChatGPT. You will get good answers there and you can ask follow-up questions to them.

[@blop672]

I feel like this video title is a bit of a spoiler for people who would want to wait to find out whos book its going to be.

[@SpencerTwiddy]

What did he mean about the title being symmetrical with Book 1?

[@SpencerTwiddy]

Around 2:00

[@yf-n7710]

Book 1's name was The Way Of Kings, which abbreviates to TWOK. Sanderson was originally going to pick a name for book 5 which abbreviates to KOWT. In the same way, he made WOR (words of radiance) symmetrical with ROW (rhythm of war). It was going to make the whole series symmetrical: TWOK WOR O ROW KOWT. He decided against this eventually, because he thought Wind and Truth flowed better than Knights Of Wind (and) Truth, and Knights of wind and truth had the extra "and" messing things up anyway.

[@SpencerTwiddy]

@@yf-n7710 got it! Thanks for a great explanation.

[@yf-n7710]

@@SpencerTwiddy Glad I could help!

[@igamergirl14]

Wait, hasn't this reading (or a reading of the same passage) already been uploaded? It's been a while but it sounds familiar for some reason...

[@ammonnakai453]

The text was in one of the newsletters...dated Nov 15, 2022. I think it may have been posted somewhere else, too, as that email was still marked unread in my inbox but I definitely remember reading the text somewhere.

[@igamergirl14]

@@ammonnakai453 Ok, that is probably what I was thinking of. Slightly odd how long it took to get a recording of it out but w/e. Thanks for pointing it out

[@logankelly4794]

I’m like the umpteenth person to see this!! 🎉

[@zenthepoet.]

😅

[@Grynworzalofficial]

I tried Audible Got to Rythm of War Had to go back and read the text versions that narrators voice is like valium

[@strangekitchenappliances2314]

Did you listen on base speed? I use anywhere from 1.2 to 1.65x speed when I listen because the narrations tend to be so slow that 1.5x almost sounds like regular conversation speed lol.

[@Grynworzalofficial]

@@strangekitchenappliances2314 for the soft science and magic the 1.5 is good for me But speeding up RC Bray feels like a literary crime 😁 Thanks for the knowledge 🖖

[@strangekitchenappliances2314]

@@Grynworzalofficial I wish I would get myself to read physical copies more often. Audiobooks work so we’ll because I can listen at work. Between work and other hobbies I feel like it’d take me months to finish 1 stormlight book 😭.

[@finchharper4647]

This was 2022, yet you posted it May 2024. You are confusing the Dragonsteel timeline. Bearded Brandon Vs Beardless Brandon. I'm so confused.

[@vvraithz]

2022?

[@jeremybarnes132]

I'm about 90% sure I have heard this before.

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

It's been on 17th shard for a while now so you may have read it there

[@zenthepoet.]

Adoooonalsium

[@Humanrandom31084]

Adonalsium will remember our plight eventually

[@SomethingCatchy2_]

​@@Humanrandom31084 Hmmm... Adonalsium... AdonalsiUM wait a minute! Atium, Lerasium, Ado was a pile of metal! and they used the dawnshards to mine the stuff, then the 16 eat it like lerasium and gained shard powers!

[@Humanrandom31084]

@@SomethingCatchy2_ are you sure?

[@SomethingCatchy2_]

@@Humanrandom31084 no. it was just something i thought of. I doubt its true.

[@Dobby-gh4ox]

This actually makes sense. Adonai means god, so probably adonalsium is the metal/material representation of Adonai

[@adamcrosby594]

Let's GOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@radecstark3191]

I'm probably of the few who like szeth and moash and not full of goody 2 shoes hatred of grey characters

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

I feel like almost every character in every one of sanderson's books is morally grey

[@yf-n7710]

I love Szeth. It's only Moash I despise. And not because he's morally grey; I love morally grey characters. I despise him specifically because [spoilers for Rhythm of War below] he told Kaladin, who he knew for a fact struggled with suicidal tendencies, to go kill himself. Having seen friends who struggle the way Kaladin does, I have a deep loathing for anyone who knowingly and intentionally sends someone into a depression spiral with the aim of getting them to commit suicide. The most evil possible way to kill someone is to manipulate them into a mental state where they do it themselves. And Moash did that. He tried very hard to do that. He would have *succeeded* in doing that if there hadn't been the divine intervention of the Stormfather. And the person he tried to do it to was supposed to be his friend. Only someone with no morals left whatsoever could possibly do what Moash did to Kaladin in Rhythm of War. That's not morally grey anymore. I couldn't care less about the rest of the stuff he's done. Murdering Elhokar? Yes, I was just starting to like the guy. Yes, it was sad. But I felt more disappointment towards Moash than hatred. More of a "come on, buddy, you could do so much better with yourself than revenge." Killing Jezerezeh? Again, disappointed. I still held out hope for him. But what he did to Kaladin? That was something I couldn't forgive. Because of his actions towards Kaladin, I would need a really powerful redemption arc before I even begin to forgive Moash. And because Moash serves as a narrative foil for Dalinar right now, I don't think he's getting that arc.

[@yf-n7710]

@@TheAmyrlinSeat There are exceptions. In Elantris, they definitely aren't morally grey. Sarene and Raoden are too good for that. But in most of his books, yeah, I agree. Morally grey characters everywhere you look, though the degree to which they are morally grey still varies of course.

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

@yf-n7710 Yeah, I guess I just don't get why the original comment says people don't like morally grey characters? Like Dalinar is a beloved character, and he's textbook morally grey, literally being a dictator. Also, I don't think people hate moash's actual character. It's the stuff he does that we hate him for, but his chapters are some of my favorites. Also, I've literally never met anyone who hates Seth, especially after WoR

[@ninakrishnamurthy6674]

⁠​⁠@@yf-n7710 I mean, Raoden allowed a group of people to join his community even after they killed a little girl, so I wouldn’t say he’s entirely without moral grayness.

[@GBCxPrime]

Nice

[@lieutenantshibby]

00:43 this guy was late to a big lemon party

[@SilverWolf340]

Kind ond Wuth

[@hinumayyyy]

😭😭😭😭

[@bintube5269]

why

[@SubFlow22]

Rewrite Rhythms of Bore, Make Stormlight Great Again!

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

Dude, you're insufferable. This is hilarious

[@Adolin.Kholin.]

What is the problem with the book???

[@SomethingCatchy2_]

Rhythms of war is my favorite stormlight book. Im sorry if you thought it wasn't good.

[@radecstark3191]

​@Adolin.Kholin. crybaby say it's too long and I say it's not long enough a huge world needs long books especially if we're waiting 1 or 2 years for another

[@spiderlegs157]

Rewrite a 1,232 page book ... That sold over 18 million copies worldwide .... When Adonalsium was pouring your brains, someone must have jostled his elbow.