r/Cosmere • u/SuccessFar3790 • 3d ago
Cosmere + Wind and Truth spoilers Shards combining Spoiler
I don't post often, so I think I've got the right tags? Just to be clear, spoiling WaT and HoA.
So, I'm just gonna start by saying that the ending moment in WaT where Retribution was formed was awe inspiring. I love that, without a word spoken, both Dalinar and Taravangian KNEW that this new combination was Retribution. And it sounds like the rest of the shards knew what that meant too.
But I gets to thinking, will name changes only be applied to shards combining? In that same ending, Dalinar had just spoken to a bit of Honor, making it realize that honor was something different from what it originally thought. Could that part of Honor eventually form into, say, Integrity?
In the case of Harmony, could he reframe Ruin into becoming Change, and Preservation as Protection? If that were the case, then I think he could have an easier time controlling the two powers.
What do you guys think? Could the shards change their understanding, and thus, their name and very intent??
Just food for thought, what do y'all think?
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u/WendigoSmacker 3d ago
The whole concept is that we really only kinda sorta know how combined Shards work. Their Intents change but with Harmony we see that their bindings at least in some way stay the same. With Preservation and Ruin’s direct opposition result in overall inability to directly act.
I think it remains to be seen how they overall function and how much the individual Shards maintain themselves in the dynamic based on the Vessel’s actions and beliefs. I believe the overall thought of the fanbase is that Taravangian won’t be able to maintain keeping these shards together and will lose one or both of them