#i don't (wholly) condemn kaladin beyond it being the first foot soldier he killed since oathbringer iirc.

[ultimateinferno]

Every so often I remember Lirin was a doctor while Dalinar was Blackthorn, and his entire worldview makes a shit ton of sense. I can go on and acknowledge that he was a subject of Sadeas but really... nah. That man absolutely witnessed first-hand the casualties of that war.

#lirin did nothing wrong #yes even after the scene during the siege of urithiru. kaladin did not need to kill that singer #teft wasn't in any immediate danger at that point when they were being gathered. kaladin was the person who escalated everything #i don't (wholly) condemn kaladin beyond it being the first foot soldier he killed since oathbringer iirc. #i don't need him to act perfectly logically he wasn't in a good headspace #but lirin wasn't entirely unreasonable either. #cosmere #cfsbf #stormlight #stormlight archive #the way of kings #words of radiance #oathbringer #rhythm of war #lirin stormblessed #dalinar kholin #it's also understandable why he's fucking weird throughout the rest of RoW #talking to someone close to you after a heated argument is fucking uncomfortable as shit #and sometimes it's really tempting to refuse to acknowledge it instead because what the fuck do you do when that shit happens? #if communication was easy we wouldn't need diplomats. #we also see first hand how much lirin is lying to himself when it comes to resistance #both in hearthstone and in urithiru he keeps sticking his hands into the conflict and covering up resistance #despite the fact that he claims he doesn't believe in it. he is naturally a defiant person he just decided to not be super obvious about it #i think a lot of people don't like them because their own relationship with their parents is frustrating #and project their issues onto kaladin when they see them collide #lirin and kaladin are the same person. #a friend of mine who projects super hard on kaladin told me that if he ever met his clone even if they were identical in personality #he'd hate him because he's super bullheaded and stubborn #but also deeply fervent in his beliefs. #anyways i'm probably running out of tags