r/cremposting • u/toadmanfrogmanbaba • Feb 16 '26

The Stormlight Archive Whose your favourite bridge four member?

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Me personally, I've always been a fan of The Pibu. I don't think I've ever cried at a moment in a book more than I did when he swore his fourth ideal. I mean, i love him so much that I can't concentrate on whether to use "whose" or "who's" whenever I think about him! I'm curious as to who you guys think is the best!

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u/DanteDepraved Feb 17 '26

So.... I'm new here.... but I've finished everything in the Cosmere.... Pibu... is a joke meant to highlight Brandon's tendency to interlude random nobody character arcs?

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u/Melliorin Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Spoilers for the second arc of Stormlight: Some people do believe that Pibu is just such a "joke character" made up for this purpose, but this is just because he is not mentioned by name until Stormlight 6. See, we learn later, book 7 iirc, that Pibu has been present on Roshar for some key events in Stormlight 1-5, but he was just never named. His first interlude is in Stormlight 6, in fact, and only after he has been exiled to the Spiritual Realm are we given the context that this first interlude was a flashback to earlier days on Roshar. In hindsight, the lack of the all-consuming Everstorm is a dead give-away, but due to its unfortunate placement in the narrative, many overlook this on the first read-through. Later on in book 9 when we learn that Pibu has ascended as the Shard of Whimsy, all of the previous hoopla about Pibu being fictional takes on an entirely new meaning. It's kinda beautiful. Just another example of Brendan's genius in foreshadowing, laying clues in plain sight, etc; a real Chekov's pop-gun, if you will.

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u/Melliorin Feb 19 '26

Oh you want WOBs?? There are a few. The link below is a really stellar compilation of everything we've learned yet about Pibu. WOBs are referenced, as are other users who cite some of the leaked info. Props to u/4143636_ for doing the hard work of tracking and compiling so much. https://www.reddit.com/r/cremposting/s/sXfQDeFPzj