These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: The Stormlight Archive
Genius Bonus: The number 10 is used as a Numerological Motif throughout The Way Of Kings, and the concept of symmetry shows up repeatedly as having religious, cultural and magical significance. The book is 1001 pages long.
Jasnah's disturbingly casual attitude when she uses her abilities to kill four people even if they did probably deserve it.
Magnificent Bastard: High Prince Sadeas Especially when it comes to his betrayal of Dalinar. So bastardly, yet so magnificent!
Dalinar even lampshades Sadeas as a Magnificent Bastard prior to the actual betrayal, because he thinks Sadeas has betrayed him. It was really Sadeas making his first moves toward the true betrayal.
Dalinar: I've been outmaneuvered. Brilliantly.
Wangst: Kaladin is a walking tower of this who seems to hit the Despair Event Horizon every third page he's on. Even he calls himself out on it several times, and Syl doing it inspires him to finally start trusting in the future.
Though you can't really blame him given...well...everything. And am I the only one seeing shades of Seasonal Affective Disorder in Kaladin?
He recognized what was happening to him, this melancholy, this sense of despair. It had taken him often when he'd been younger, most frequently during the weeks of the Weeping, when the sky was hidden by clouds.
Nope you aren't the only one, it's been discussed on more then one forum.
The Woobie: Several characters have this at times, particularily Kaladin and Dalinar.
Informed Ability: Shallan is clearly very bright, but her borderline legendary wit sometimes comes up a little short. Mostly she just takes other people's language literally, which can be amusing but but isn't particularly impressive.
Definitely YMMV - not only is the speed of her comebacks the impressive thing for most people, but Jasnah definitely isn't impressed:
Jasnah: You often seem to say the first passably clever thing that enters your mind.
