#discworld dean

[mendedrum]

There is no way The Dean hasn't tried to assasinate Munstrum Ridcully lmao. Like i can feel it in my bones. The Dean prolly just never succeeded.

[evilcatv]

woah ridcully... no wonder he divorced your ass....

[mendedrum]

"Oh my gods," moaned the Dean, rolling over. "He's doing pressups."

"I certainly wouldn't want anyone to think I'm advocating a return to the bad old days," said the Chair of Indefinite Studies trying to dislodge some sand from his ear. "But once upon a time, w-w… we used to kill wizards like him."

"Yes but we also used to kill wizards like us, Chair," said the Dean.

"Remember what we'd say in those days," said the Senior Wrangler. "Never trust a wizard over sixty-five. Whatever happened?"

"We got past the age of sixty-five, Senior Wrangler."

"Ah yes and it turned out that we were trustworthy after all."

"Good thing we found out in time, eh?"

.......

this is my favorite part of Last Continent so far lmao. The wizard faculty finally addressing how much they would have wanted to kill Ridcully (and each other) in the past.

It's also a great parallel to Ponder Stibbons' earlier frustrated musings about how it's hard to be the young one among the faculty of old wizards.

[mendedrum]

the more munstum ridcully was developed throughout the books the more his magic and philosophy resembles esmeralda weatherwax as well.

They both have a practical slow inflexible approach on so many things lol.

..and the dean may probably get along well with gytha ogg

kinda want stibbons interacting with magrat too. i hope there'd be a tidbit about stibbon's stay in lancre.