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I don't think he is super great at dialog, either, but I like how his cursing is world-specific rather than just reusing what we think of as cursing in our world. He has quite a bit of it in Stormlight Archives (see: https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/7204-swearing-in-rosha...) but it doesn't "offend" us here in our world because it is specific to their world.

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That's kind of a high fantasy trope. "Blood and ashes!" from Wheel of Time comes to mind. It's like how they like to use different measures of time and distance. "It took him a fortnight to travel all those leagues." Helps take you out of the real world.

> "Blood and ashes!" from Wheel of Time comes to mind

Probably fair to note that Sanderson wrote a bunch of those books to finish up the series after the author died and at his estates request?

Blood and ashes was a Robert Jordan thing, blasted Sanderson had nothing to do with it.

I meant it more in the way that he did it first and Sanderson ended up finishing his magnum opus? Basically two birds in a tree.

It's the ultimate giveaway in the cosmere when someone curses with a different word than used locally, is the sure sign they are far more powerful than they seem.

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