#corporal nobbs

[shirmart]

Request + guards from "Men at Arms!" (Corporal Nobby wins over Carrot and Colon, btw)

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[discworldquotes]

'You got no soul, Fred,' said Nobby. 'I wouldn't've minded being a knight in shining armour. That's what a king does if you're useful. He makes you a knight.' 'A night watchman in crappy armour is about your métier,' said Colon, who looked around proudly to see if anyone had noticed the slanty thing over the e.

Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

[rookamell]

Colon and Nobby outside of the Watch books are just them

[pocchi-poket]

I don't know if someone arleady did this and I don't even know if there is an actual fandom for Terry Pratchett's books on this site, but I am reading Guards! Guards! and when I got to the scene where Nobby and Colon wear their civilian clothes this was the first thing I thought:

[seaweed-is-cool]

HELLO DISCWORLD!!

My theatre group is putting on a production of Guards! Guards! in February in Sheffield, UK. It would be wonderful to meet the wider Discworld community that is hiding in the crevices

[blockmechanics]

Men who watch things at night

Been needing to experiment on a style for Discworld characters and I think I'm on the right track with this.

[godzilla-reads]

I love the interactions between Sybil and Nobby and this characterization makes me crack up.

—Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Underlined ⬇️

[For some reason Lady Sybil, keen of eye in every other respect, persisted in thinking of Corporal Nobbs as a cheeky, lovable rascal. It had always puzzled Sam Vimes. It must be the attraction of opposites. The Ramkins were more highly bred than a hilltop bakery, whereas Corporal Nobbs has been disqualified from the human race for shoving.]

[itsmultifandommadness]

Nobby is gnc as fuck and you can write that on my goddamn grave