#dalwit

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i think my main one is froid (frost/hoid) cause i think its hilarious. like their dynamic weve seen in letters is sooooo ex lovers being forced to cooperate. like they were definitely together pre-shattering. i also think that frost and hoid co-parenting starling is funny as hell.

hoid/ulaam (do they have a ship name???). idk i think theyre freaks and i love them.

kelsier/hoid (all of hoid ship names suck) arguably the funniest. they are absolutely hate fucking.

froidsnah (frost/hoid/jasnah evil polycule) this one is probably the most rarepair on here. just imagine: theyre all begrudgingly cooperating for the greater good and also hoids benefit.

isdalinarhot mentioned dalwit (dalinar/hoid) which is hilarious and i cant wait to come up with ideas for it.

elhowit (elhokar/hoid). okay bear with me: its funny as hell

obviously jaswit. that ones self explanitory i feel

also playonic lightsong and hoid. idk theyre silly together. like "obviously faking his age" hoid and lightsong who keeps him around just cause he tells good stories is so interesting to me. like theyre obviously longstanding friends? acquaintences? idk but its silly.

Anon you say this like a joke. Most of my ships involve extrapolating a bunch of stuff for a hypothetical relationship, but if I'm to go purely off of canon interactions, then very sincerely, dalwit is my favorite stormlight ship.

Ship It.

What made you ship it?

Way of Kings! Words of Radiance too. Dalinar and Wit have great on page chemistry. I always loved seeing them together, they were a highlight of those books for me.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

I like how Wit knocks Dalinar out of his patterns and baffles him. Dalinar doesn't like Wit, he doesn't want to like Wit at least, he doesn't like being teased or toyed with and he doesn't like seeing that at other people's expense either. Dalinar is trying so hard to connect to his fellow highprinces, and none of them will give him the time of day, but Wit of all people throws his lot in with him. For Dalinar, Wit lets his facade drop and talks to him as a peer. He sees a different side of Dalinar than everyone else, and he allows for Dalinar to see a different side of him. Wit becomes his confidant, they're not quite friends exactly, but the bond of trust and desperation that the two share is unlike what either of them has with anyone else. Their relationship is interesting and layered, and is always delightful to see on paper. And in wind and truth, even Sanderson himself acknowledged their palpable sexual tension.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I've soured on Hoid as a character considerably since the first couple books, and from a personal standpoint, I consider it a major mark against him that he was cheering on Dalinar while he was trying to unify everyone to more effectively commit a genocide. During the era in which I most enjoyed him and this relationship, I don't think either of them had good or worthy aims. As always I think we should do more to acknowledge that. (Probably still my favorite stormlight ship though.)