#mister nutt

[stupidphototricks]

Unexpectedly charmed by this rare instance of Vetinari being caught off guard, in a discussion about orcs.

"I would like you to teach them civilized behaviour," said Ladyship coldly. [Nutt] appeared to consider this. "Yes, of course, I think that would be quite possible," he said. "And who would you send to teach the humans?" There was a brief outburst of laughter from Vetinari, who immediately cupped his hand over his mouth. "Oh, I do beg your pardon," he said.

-- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

[absolxguardian]

So I was thinking more about Unseen Academicals and Brother Oats and what he’s really doing out in Uberwald. He took what Granny Weatherwax said about the root of sin is treating people like things, and after writing a piece about how witches are cool and represent the ideals of Brutha, went “hey what’s a sapient race that was created as and treated as things- oh orcs” and then went off to help them. And other than his symbolic rebirth, Nutt isn’t even that Omnian, so I don’t think Oats is going around converting the orcs. He abandoned all of the debate of reformed Omnism and is truly living up to Brutha’s ideals. Because the old Omnians were also manipulated into fighting wars themselves.

[doodled93]

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

[stupidphototricks]

Mister Nutt, defying expectations.

"You two have a history, I think," said Nutt. "You are a sharp one, aren’t you? Quiet and sharp. Like a knife. Yeah, I suppose it was a history. I wanted it to be more of a geography, but she kept slappin’ my hand." Trev paused to search for any flicker in Nutt’s face. "That was a joke," he added, without much hope. "Thank you for telling me, Mister Trev. I will decipher it later." -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

"No," said Nutt. "I read the works of the masters in the library all by myself. But she did tell me that people, too, were a kind of living book, and I would have to learn to read them." -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

Watching Nutt look up was like watching the sun rise, but a hesitant sun afraid that any moment the gods might slap it back down into the night, and hungry for reassurance that this would not be so. -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

"Excuse me, I have a question, if you would be so good?" Looks like a bag of second-hand clothes, talks like a retired theologian, Ponder thought. "Ask away, Mister Nutt." -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

[benevolenterrancy]

“They are so very pink, Mister Trev. We must be bursting with machismo!” “I don’t know what you person’ly are bursting with, Gobbo”

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I’m rereading Unseen Academicals and jesus fucking christ I’d forgotten what a friggin cutie Mister Nutt is. So here a sketch of him all ready for his first trip to a foot-the-ball match in Trev’s ridiculous team regalia 

[theshepherdscrown]

Unseen Academicals summary:

Football

Romeo and Juilet

Orcs 

Wizards 

Modelling (with dwarfs)

[3parts]

He’d been barely able to read when he’d arrived, but the goblin boy had set out to improve his reading as a boxer trains for a fight. And he was fighting something, but she wasn't sure in her own mind what it was and, of course, Ladyship never explained. He would sit all night under the lamp, book of the moment in front of him, dictionary and thesaurus on either side, wringing the meaning out of every word, punching ceaselessly at his own ignorance.

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals