#dalinar

Og dalinar ilustration by: shayndlart on IG

Og below

"'He’ll find one of his own eventually,' Dalinar said. 'He’s too ambitious for me to believe otherwise.’”

bro is really always in the clouds + read the book a hundred times + learned it almost all by heart + in the middle of the dialogue inserts quotes from it endlessly associating what is happening with the events in it + does not fuck in interpersonal relations che kavo + so smart but such a fool

#my spot

Also the part where the Fused are like 'we need to address the growing problem that is Kaladin Stormblessed' and on the other side of the conflict, Dalinar's just like 'Stormblessed? I have retired this man'

Dalinar is unironically the funniest uninvolved, oblivious bit in those situations. There is a tense, heated, carefully construed feud going on between the Windrunners and the Fused, perfected in its intricate balance of insult and respect to the point of art, and old Dalinar simply draws the red card and goes 'Fall back, Stormblessed! You're out.'

I really wanted to post this commission because I absolutely love how Dalinar turned out. Forget for a second that this is an OC x canon commission and just appreciate how well he was drawn.

Royal portrait of the Kholin family on the occasion of marriage. Neralaren Kholin and her husband Dalinar Kholin.

I mean the teeth-cleaning activity, not the dance, if the dance is still a thing. This question assumes that floss exists and that people know it is good for teeth hygiene and all of that. If all that were true...would Stormlight characters actually floss?

1. Dalinar

Dalinar used to use a knife to pick at stuff in his teeth when he was younger. Now that he's a more dignified old man, he has toothpicks. There may or may not be a slightly used one in his pockets at all time.

2. Adolin

When he was a child, Evi secretly gave Adolin cotton-candy-flavored floss to get him to use it. Adolin still uses that floss when he remembers to floss. Which is definitely every month or so.

3. Renarin

Renarin flosses when there is something in his teeth. Because the only thing worse than flossing is the aforementioned "having something in your teeth."

4. Jasnah

Jasnah flosses every night. She literally never skips.

5. Navani

Navani flosses regularly, especially before events, as having something in your teeth while hosting seems like an unforgiveable sin.

6. Shallan

Shallan didn't have a "you should be flossing" sort of childhood. She flosses when she is Radiant. She chews on a toothpick when she is Veil. She figures that is basically tooth-care.

7. Lopen

Lopen claims that he invented the world's only one-handed flossing technique. But now that he has two hands, it's too hard.

8. Skar

Skar flosses. He just seems like a responsible guy.

9. Rock

Rock flosses. He cares about being well-groomed (see: how happy he was when he could shave), AND he cares about eating. You need teeth for crunchy foods.

10. Lirin

Lirin flosses because it is the Wisdom of the Heralds to floss. He makes sure his kids have good flossing habits, too.

11. Kaladin

Kaladin didn't have floss in the army. Or as a slave. Or in the bridge crews. These days, he flosses every year or so. Maybe.

12. Lift

Lift does not floss. She says food in her teeth are snacks for later. And if food gets stuck, she can use her "slippery" powers to slide it right out and eat it. Wyndle HATES every part of this.

13. Wyndle

Wyndle does not have teeth. However, he does floss so as to be a good example to Lift.

It is not working.

14. Lezian

Why floss when you can simply abandon the body that has food stuck in its teeth?

15. Gavilar

Gavilar flosses after every meal to demonstrate how polished and civilized he is. He does it in front of his guests. At the table. While they watch.