#discworld fandom

[athymelyreply]

Honestly yall im getting pretty emotional. I never thought of myself as somebody who could write fic, and even if I did manage to write some I was sure it wouldn’t be good and people wouldn’t like it. I always stuck to visual art, because I knew I was at least ok at that, but writing was something I wished I could do but thought I would never be able to. The Discworld community on here made me think that maybe I could at least try writing something. Everyone is so kind and lovely and I felt like at least I wouldn’t be judged too much if my writing didn’t turn out great. And the ecosystem of passing around and playing with ideas just felt really inspiring and freeing. And so I tried it out.

This is the part where I get embarrassingly soppy, but just. You guys have been so kind and encouraging and complimentary and it’s already made me tear up once today. I’m so grateful, because this is something I always wanted but thought I couldn’t have, and yall have made me feel comfortable enough to try, and embraced me when I did and all I can say is thank you.

I know it might feel small and like you didn’t really do anything major from your point of view, but your encouragement, kindness, and general cultivation of this community mean a lot to me. ❤️

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Moist von Lipwig…

…be if they decided to become a pro-wrestler?

Yes on the microphone skills / Yes on the wrestling skills

Yes on the microphone skills / No on the wrestling skills

No on the microphone skills / Yes on the wrestling skills

No on the microphone skills / No on the wrestling skills

Voting ended onJun 2, 2025

Propaganda for the mic skills:

He’s a conman. He needs to know how to work crowds.

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[whichgreathousewouldtheybepartof]

which great house would moist von lipwig from discworld be part of?

If Moist Von Lipwig (Discworld) was in Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire, which Great House of Westeros would they be part of or at least the most affiliated with?

House Targaryen

House Stark

House Lannister

House Baratheon

House Greyjoy

House Tully

House Arryn

House Martell

House Tyrell

Voting ended onFeb 15

Ways to approach the poll if the character isn’t a royal:

If you think they’d be from a smaller house, go with the Great House that that smaller house is sworn to (ex: House Manderly —> vote Stark)

They don’t have to be a nobleperson, they can be someone working for the house or being ruled by them. Roles could be a sworn-sword, a septa, a butcher, a blacksmith, or even a lowly peasant.

You can consider the region itself. For example, if you feel the character would be from Dorne, pick House Martell.

You can consider the personality of the character. For example, if your character is all about honor, then consider either House Arryn or House Stark.

Last, but not least, be creative with it! For example, there was a comment I read that the character who was the subject of the poll would be pulling a Littlefinger, so they went with either Lannister or Tyrell as that would be that character’s target houses.

[space-morningstar]

one of the funniest things about discworld fandom is that when someone feels they went a little too hornys with a certain character, they'll say something like "We'll all end up in a scorpion pit".

[taleforquill]

Just started The Colour of Magic by the way. I know almost all Discworld fans agree that that is the worst place to start the series, but I did it anyway.

So far, I have two (2) questions:

1. Why is this the worst place to start? I'm genuinely enjoying it so far?

I have this vague feverdream like memory of my English teacher showing me his favourite movie. That movie was very similar to what I'm reading now. So:

2. Where can I watch The Colour of Magic movie? I am assuming my memory is not failing me, and it does actually exist.

[good-omens-fandombound]

DW: But are you surprised when this is the type of content I create? 

[holisticfansstuff]

Do you ever think about how Good Omens was thought "unfilmable" by Jon Hamm and then he went on to play an angel in it ? Because it wasn't just Jon Hamm, a lot of people thought that. With good reason. Attempts to turn comic fantasy into celluloid often seem to flop, I don't really know why ( Maybe it's because so much of the humour is in the narration rather than the dialogue or actual events ? ) I never imagined I'd see Good Omens made into a show and that too, an excellent show, within my lifetime. And then Gaiman did the undoable. He did it for his friend because that was the last thing asked of him by his friend and co-creator and he did it well. The show is a smashing success, people who've never read anything by either Pratchett or Gaiman are watching it and at least some of them will be reading the books. Which will lead them to read more Pratchett novels and so on. The Discworld fandom just got a whole lot bigger, people are coming in droves to share all the love and it all began with a friendship/collaboration between two fantastic writers.

[good-omens-fandombound]

GO: We did our tradition once Ocean stopped enjoying Halloween. Coraline invited the rest of her siblings and we gather for movie night in costumes. 

DW: Well, you guys went in costumes, I wore my jorts and t-shirt.

SM: You wear an stereotypical wizard hat and robes all year-around, you wearing more normal looking clothing, it’s a costume.  ~~~

Mun: I had work on Halloween, so I did that (and luckily closed early because we ran out of stuff to sell), went and grab some drinks with a friend (also from work), and cried the rest of the day because I had to watch Schindler’s List for my film analysis homework.