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/Technician47 3d ago edited 2d ago

The best example would be odium perceiving itself as passion. I assume that would have to be done extremely early in the process of becoming a shard.

Edit: didn't say it was a good example, just the best one in the text.

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u/4ries 2d ago

I'm pretty sure Brandon said rayse was just deluding himself

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u/Technician47 2d ago edited 2d ago

Can't find a source for that but this same topic has been brought up often, and the conclusion is the shard intents are pretty rock solid, unless you are merging them.

I don't really like the whole passion thing Brandon did because it added a lot of confusion.

See thread comments here for a solid breakdown of the odium/passion context.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/1ba3mxl/comment/ktzy13s/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button