Ponder Stibbons

Ponder Stibbons from the Discworld novels. This is a sideblog to tanoherself.

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Starter Call.

[paradeiisos-deactivated20181031]

The wolf looked up, then around but sees nothing that the strange human could be referring too. He glanced back at him clearly confused and questioning even if he didn’t say as much. 

As to his form, he hadn’t even realized he was still in his human guise. Honestly it was becoming almost second nature. 

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“No that’s, ah...” Ponder scratched the back of his head, his words more to fill the silence. The attention of the stranger was perturbing-- he spoke to organize his thoughts. “Not hit, then. Backlash, from... well it must have been a transportation spell,” he said, glancing around. “A rather large one, I... oh dear. Oh dear oh dear.”

[schneewittchxn-archive-deactiva]

   ‘Ah nein! I tend to ramble when I’m anxious. Perhaps I should come back after you’ve had a chance to rest?’

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   “Ah no, no, there’s no need for that. I’m afraid you wouldn’t find a time that’s much better, I’m kept rather busy. If you would just, ah, say what it was again?”

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“I wish they would stop asking me to fix everything. It takes time away from my research.”

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@lucisinfer didn’t like for a starter but probably wanted one

“Well of course traditionally magic is a very haphazard affair, but I’ve been working on breaking down the components in an attempt to, as it were, distill the essence from the ritual. For example, a particular summoning spell calling for a goat sacrifice can just as easily be done with either four ounces of blood, or an egg. Eventually I hope to remove the necessity of these physical pieces.”

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@paradeiisos liked for a starter

“Oh nuts! What hit me?”

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@schneewittchxn liked for a starter

“No no, I was listening. I just haven’t had much sleep, I’m afraid.”

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Starter Call.

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Starter Call.

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“Hex is, for lack of a better term... sick.”

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Starter Call.

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Ponder Stibbons in The Last Hero

Art by Paul Kidby, character belongs to Terry Pratchett

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Ponder Stibbons from The Last Hero

Art by Paul Kidby, character by Terry Pratchett

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// It’s funny, because I’ve been reading Moving Pictures, and there’s a point where something happens and Ridcully shouts for the Bursar. And I read it thinking, if this had taken place around the timeline of Unseen Academicals, it’d be Ponder Ridcully shouted for.

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Headcanon: Ponder has a somewhat nervous disposition and way of acting, but despite this he has been growing steadily more sure of himself in his time as a faculty member. And now, as one of the most important people at the university, though he still might act somewhat nervous (especially in the presence of the senior faculty members) he is far more confidant than he appears. The fact that he had the guts to stand up to both Archchancellor Ridcully and the archchancellor of the Pseudopolis university shows this.

[hexamine]

Starter Call.

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Starter Call.