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Words of Radiance • 2014
I am a stick.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The humour comes from meeting an entirely literal identity with an elaborate argument. Shallan’s powerful ideas cannot make this small part of the world cooperate on demand.
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After the shipwreck in Words of Radiance, Shallan tries to persuade a stick to become fire by Soulcasting it. In chapter 11, its insistence that it is a stick defeats her urgent need for warmth. Sanderson later extended the joke in an April Fools deleted interlude; this page credits the novel scene.
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- Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck. — reference 1Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck.; selected line and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck. — reference 2Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck.; selected line and sceneReference checked
- Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck. — reference 3Chapter 11, “An Illusion of Perception”: Shallan attempts to Soulcast a stick into fire after the shipwreck.; selected line and sceneReference checked
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