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"shall i tell you about angels, Mr Lipwig?"
[Angua] knew her boss. He thought war was simply another crime, like murder. He didn’t much like people with titles, and regarded being a duke as a job description rather than a lever to greatness. He had an odd sense of humour. And he had a sense for what she thought of as harbingers, those little straws in the wind that said there was a storm coming.
Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment
my take on Moonshine Cybin from NADDPOD !! I love her and PAWPAW
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One of my favorite things about Terry Pratchett's books is their unique relationship with used bookstores. Particularly because they are difficult to find, for three reasons. The first reason is that they aren't there. Books in used bookstores were once owned by other people, people who decided to let that book go in the hopes that it will find someone new who will love it. It's very difficult to let go of a Terry Pratchett book. The second reason is that, if they make it into a store, they never stay there very long. They're usually purchased less than a few days after their arrival.
The third reason is my favorite: if they made it to the bookstore, and remained unnoticed, it's because the spine is worn. It's been read and loved so much it's almost unrecognizable from the spine. I've never found a used Terry Pratchett book without a cracked spine, and I love it. Cracked spines, stained pages, worn covers, these are the physical signs of love that we leave on our favorite books, and every Terry Pratchett book I've found in a used bookstore has been loved, dearly.
Rincewind out here having the universal aromantic experience
I love them so much, I'm so happy
ourgh discworld is still so good
beach souvenirs
guys we have to reactivate the stellar firma fandom okay. i am going to check the tag on a daily basis now. we can do this we can make people listen to stellar firma again. the thing with the fish love triangle will actually encourage people trust me. guys are you listening to me. well stop. listen to stellar firma instead we have moisturizer and brooms.
Looking up Discworld quotes and it's always so fun because one quote will be like
"Homo Sapiens? You could keep it."
And the next one will be
"LORD, WE KNOW THERE IS NO GOOD ORDER EXCEPT THAT WHICH WE CREATE... THERE IS NO HOPE BUT US. THERE IS NO MERCY BUT US. THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST US. ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST, THEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT BLIND OBLIVION. AND EVEN OBLIVION MUST END ONE DAY. LORD, WILL YOU GRANT ME JUST A LITTLE TIME? FOR THE PROPER BALANCE OF THINGS. TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN. FOR THE SAKE OF PRISONERS AND THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS. LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"
And now I'm crying because of one man's overwhelming love for humanity and the fact that he wrote 44 books in which one of the overarching themes is just... take care of one another. Even the bad ones.
they have to make a way to let you listen to the adventure zone for the first time again
If only there was something that could erase memories.....
or TWO of them...
TL;DR: if you care about trans people, you should boycott harry potter and other rowling stuff. Also, you should read discworld because I need to see more fanart of it. K? Thanks. Luv u.
If you know trans and gnc people are real, have always existed and will always exist and deserve basic respect and rights as human beings and you are also looking for something to fill the harry-potter-shaped void in your heart (please for the love of god just boycott harry potter stuff its not hard) then might I happily reccommend you get into Discworld!? What the hell is discworld I hear you ask. Well, the world of Disc is a flat planet being carried through the stars on the backs of four elephants which in turn are all standing on the back of a massive turtle. But none of that is really important to most of the plots and honestly it doesn't even come up much. The discworld series is a sprawling tale that follows, not one 'chosen' boy, but dozens of characters from different backgrounds within the world, characters of all sorts of gender expressions and sexualities (though romance takes a backseat, adventure is driving and friendship's called permanent shotgun). You can follow specific groups of characters if you like, you can find lists online for the different thru-lines within discworld. But, you can truly just pick up any random book and start reading if you want. You won't be any more lost than if you started with the first book he published and went chronologically or the beginning of any one characters journey. One of the best things about discworld is getting to know it slowly and through the lens of vastly different but relatable people living all over it.
One of my favorite 'series' is The Watch, which centers on a middle-aged night watchman named Sam Vimes and his struggles with alcoholism, corruption in the force, corruption in politics, racism, multi-culturalism, colonization, class desparities, addiction, war and bigotry. It does NOT glorify cops, and we see Vimes grow as a man and a person of authority in his community and eventually the city and country at large. Also, he falls in love with a big middle-aged woman from a higher class who's been kind of shunned by her family for being 'unmarriable' and who keeps dragons as a hobby and they eventually have a child together and it's all very endearing to see Sam become this endlessly devoted husband and father. He's gruff, he's not perfect, but goddamn if he doesn't friggin love his wife and kid.
Another series centers on Tiffany Aching, a very clever young witch from a family of sheperds and her adventures with The Wee Free Men in the sheep-filled countryside. Tiffany's books cover topics like sexism, inclusive feminism, nature, pastoral life and disrupting the patriarchy.
The series centered on 'ex' con-man, Moist vonLipwig (real name), starts with Going Postal wherin the main character is hung as a thief in the first chapter but goes on to be conscripted by the patrician of the city to resurrect the dead and rotting postal service (or else be hung more successfully next time he's caught in a grift). In following books Moist turns his con-man skills of smooth-talking, keen observation and ability to make connections to kick off the production of paper money and the steam-powered locamotive.
These books offer insightful and witty commentary on topics like labor rights, equality, entrepeneurship, corrupt governments, corrupt businesses, corrupt systems in general, industrialization, and morality in business (or lack thereof).
There's also several standalone books that exist outside of these multi-book storylines, but often include familiar characters and settings in the background. I just finished listening to Monstrous Regiment (the version I listened to was narrated by Katherine Parkinson (with footnotes read by Bill Nighy and Peter Serafinowicz) good, but not perfect. She does all the voices which is wonderful but sometimes carries the wrong voice thru a line during dialougues which can be a bit confusing, but in her defense it can sometimes take a couple read-thrus for me to understand who's saying what in a back-and-forth in some of Pratchetts books. Not often, but often enough that I'm not surprised Katherine had the same problem here and there) which is a great standalone book (Vimes and a couple other recurring characters play minor rolls, but mostly it's new people and settings). This book centers on Polly Perks who cuts off her hair, dresses as a boy, and joins the army hoping to track down her brother Paul (an autistic-coded young man with a special interest in birds) and bring him home (Polly's love, compassion and worry for her older brother are evident in the way she thinks and talks about him throughout). Polly as Oliver, joins a rag-tag group of new recruits and as they get to know each other better, Polly finds she's not the only one there with a secret that could get her killed (the country they fight for has a lot of strict and esoteric rules regarding gender roles). This book has themes like censorship, religious zealotry, blind nationalism, the horrors of war, the horrors of being born a woman, questioning gender identity, sexism, patriarchy, bigotry, abuse, trauma, cross-dressing. This book has real lesbians, at least one for sure transman, and the main character offers many critical observations on gender throughout the book. To be fair, it was written by a cis man over a decade ago so words like lesbian, trans, non-binary are not used, but for those of us who know, Polly's experiences and thought processes are relatable. And it's all written with so much heart and human empathy that it's honestly incredible. I have to assume that Terry was someone who listened to others well and endeavored to represent real people with real experiences within his fantastical world. It is a world of fantasy with a solid anchor in humanity (though that 'humanity' is often displayed by people like dwarves, trolls, werewolves, vampires, golems, etc.).
And if you really just can't get enough of young male wizards then Rincewind is your guy. He's not very good at magic, but that's okay because in discworld most of being a wizard is knowing that you absolutely shouldn't use magic if you can help it. The first book he's in is The Color of Magic, which is also the first published discworld book and the first one that I ever read. I had no idea what was going on for most of it, but it was a good time. Later I reread it and, having gotten more familiar with discworld, it was easier to follow. That may be a slight barrier to entry for the discworld series, kind of no matter where you start you're going to be at least a bit confused and it will probably take time to get your bearings, but once you get going you'll just want to keep exploring this weird, impossible world. Its silly and serious at the same time and very reflective of our own world in all the ways that really matter while being far enough removed from reality to offer a reprieve from it.
Having said all this I recognize that Discworld is really nothing like HP, its much more deep and multifaceted. Also, I think they are slightly more challenging to read, theyre just at a higher reading level, which I know is tough for some but a lot of them are available as audiobooks and it's good to challenge yourself to a book with some new vocab words sometimes! But anyway, I need more people to read some Discworld books because I personally need to see a lot more fanart of it. I need that. Ok. Thanks. Love you all. Take care of yourselves and each other.
[Video description–
Two videos uploaded to TikTok by Harper Watters @ theharperwatters, who is the first black queer soloist in the history of the Houston Ballet.
The start of the first video is captioned with a reply to a comment by someone with the handle ‘broadcast711’, that reads:
Post more for Black history month please [clasped hands emoji, red heart emoji, black heart emoji, green heart emoji]
The videos show Harper Watters executing some fluidly elegant ballet choreography in a studio. At various junctures he freezes momentarily as the camera cuts away to a photo (often vintage) of a male black dancer in exactly the same pose that Harper has adopted, heightening the drama of each pause. The choreography is studied, deliberate and respectful, and the videos read like a beautiful homage to talented dancers who have come before (and perhaps helped to pave the way) for Harper himself.
The dancers featured in the various cutaways are:
Benjamin Feliksdal
Sylvester Campbell
Kiyon Ross
Jermel Johnson
John Alleyne
Rubinald Pronk
Christopher Boatwright
Ronald Darden
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