#dicworld

[pratchettquotes]

"I have defined your objectives," said Ridcully. "It is up to you to consider the options."

"In that case," said the Dean, "I move that we abandon ship."

"What for?" said the Chair of Indefinite Studies. "The sharks?"

"That is a secondary problem," said the Dean.

"That's right," said Ponder, "we can always vote to abandon shark."

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

[spiderdramaqueen]

You’re out of Time, Mr Bill Door. The new Death raised his cowl. There was no face there. There was not even a skull. Smoke curled formlessly between the robe and a golden crown. Bill Door raised himself on his elbows. A CROWN? His voice shook with rage. I NEVER WORE A CROWN! You never wanted to rule.

[updatebug]

Ah I don’t know how I feel about Vetinari being recast as a woman in the Watch. 

Like, normally I don’t particularly care, I had no issue with a female doctor or a female Bosley. I wouldn’t even be that fussed by any of the other characters being gender swapped, and they’ve done the same thing for Dr Cruces which seems interesting. I just feel like part of the Vetinari character is that, on the surface, he looks like your typical rich, white male character and that’s part of his power. He is aware of that and uses it. I mean his official title is the ‘Tyrant’ of Ank Morpork. Other rich, white, male characters come along expecting him to have the same prejudices only for him to turn around and completely obliterate them.  

Plus I’m a little worried about how it might affect his/her interactions with other characters. There are characters that are fundamentally sexist. Less so in the night watch, but definitely with the wizards who barely admit that women exist. It is something that Pratchett challenges within the narrative but it does exist. I dunno, I just don’t know if a female Vetinari, particularly one apparently combining the characteristics of “Dracula and Elvis”. 

[nantaratpam]

Me being obsessed with Discworld : is reading all the city watch, wizard and moist book - have read only 1 death book.

That one death book : be Hogfather, and the first English novel (first Terry’s book) I have ever finished - and the funniest, smartest, book with the best theme

Me : yeah I guess the jack Skelington one is my fav

[damn-vimes]

Ironic Discworld Characters

A wizard who can’t do magic/a protagonist who’s a coward

A witch who’s a protagonist

And of course,

An honorable cop

[pratchettquotes]

He wanted to say: how can you be so nice and yet so dumb? The best thing you can do with the peasants is leave them alone. Let them get on with it. When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can't, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere and leave the door open.

But this is Hunghung. You can't think like that in Hunghung. This is where people have learned to do what they're told. The Horde worked that one out.

The Empire's got something worse than whips all right. It's got obedience. Whips in the soul. They obey anyone who tells them what to do. Freedom just means being told what to do by someone different.

You'll all be killed.

I'm a coward. And even I know more about fights than you do. I've run away from some really good ones.

"Oh, let's just get out of here," he said.

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

[crocincrocsart]

Fanart and fanficks in which Sybil’s shorter than Vimes makes me incredibly uncomfortable

[k-cervantes]

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