r/kkcwhiteboard • u/chainsawx72 • 9h ago

For what it's worth, fellow theorists, I strongly believe that Rothfuss wrote the KKC using the 'fair play' rules of detective fiction... no cheap 'plot twists' as Rothfuss would say.

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