#monstrous regiment

[n3cropants]

A figure stepped out of the shadows as they reached the next floor. It was a young woman, in old-fashioned leather-and-mail armor, with a breastplate. She had long, very fair hair; for the first time in weeks, Polly felt a twinge of envy. “Thank you, Captain, I’ll take over from here,” she said and nodded to Polly. “Good evening, Corporal Perks…if you would follow me, please?” “She’s a woman! And a sergeant!” Maladict whispered as Angua led them down a wide corridor. “Yes, I know,” said Polly. “But she gave an order to that captain!” “Maybe she’s a political…” “And she’s obviously female!” “I’m not blind, Mal,” said Polly. “I’m not deaf, either,” said the woman, turning and smiling. “My name is Angua. If you will wait here, I’ll have some coffee sent in. There’s a bit of an argument going on in there at the moment.” (Monstrous Regiment, Terry Pratchett)

mal being less worldly/savvy than polly in this scene & getting totally awestruck by angua is so charming lmao

i think up to this point it's easy to forget that despite being a vampire, and being super duper cool most of the time caffeine withdrawal notwithstanding, mal is apparently still just as borogravian as the rest of the in 'n outs & doesn't actually know everything about everything. all that "your uncle maladict", "deshabille", sock-lessons stuff starts making mal seem so sophisticated and unflappable, then...

ha ha ha. unflappable lol🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

[catmint1]

The enemy isn't men, or women, it's bloody stupid people and no one has the right to be stupid.

—Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment [Discworld No.31]

[zakalwe-the-ninth]

I mean... if you're interested in hyperniche discworld ships... Maladict(a)/Angua

Ok, coming out strong with the definition of 'hyperniche', well done! So I know these two are at least in the same country at the same time briefly, but I don't remember if they have any canonical interaction at all...how much of a crackship are we talking...? 😂

[plutooonium]

seen nobody talking about how each of the cheesemongers take after jackrum in one particular way. pay attention and you'll see what i mean

[beedok]

Had sworn there was mention of nuns at the Girls' Working School in Monstrous Regiment.

[anastasia-kalinova]

I don't know why I hardly ever did something like this, I mean, a bunch of doodles on one sheet, I usually do like new sketch on a new file. Nevermind. I just wanted to do few sketches. I thought it will be a mix, but in fact most of them are characters of Discworld books series, only two of these drawings are not – my novel's main character, Lusien's portrait, and chibi doodles of original Chara and one from my AU.

I read Monstrous Regiment, like, at the beginning of the previous month. And of course I really loved this book, it is one of my favorites now. I'm not going to lie, my view of Maladict's design was kinda inspired by @potato-lord-but-not's, mostly his hairstyle. I even have a hadcanon that, I think, Maladict really could do something like that with his hair, but not before book's beginning, and, I don't quiet remember, I guess in the middle of it, when he began to loose control of himself because without coffee. Also, I was so mad at the final, because OF COURSE our beloved translators could not just translate the text as Sir Pratchett wrote it, noooo, the probably HAD to call Jackrum "she" and add that Maladict was in "full woman uniform". I know that it's not only Ukrainian version problem, but it just pisses me of.

Also I read Hogfather. And well, it was pretty interesting, I really loved Susan's storyline, especially how her attitude towards Death changed, like in Soul Music she was kinda upset that parents lied her, and couldn't understand why they didn't want her to know her grandpa, and in Hogfather she's already like "oh, okay, now I get it"

Sketch with lil Ysabell and Death was made lastly, but it's my favorite one from this list x3

I don't know what just happened to me, but recently I tried to add one of my characters smile lines, or how that thing called, I don't know, but now I can't help but draw them for others too. Like, I definitely have to draw something like smile lines, or dimples, or Cupid's arch, or else, because now I I can't accept the faces I draw without this, I just don't believe in them until I add something like this. Help me 😭

[hethinksclownsarefromspace]

Sargeant Jackrum: Another reason why Sir Terry Pratchett kicks ass

Buckle up lads this is a long one.

TLDR: Jackrum is a trans man, no question about it, and Pratchett manages to compress a lot of nuance into the conversation around Jackrum’s gender in a very few sentences.

TERFs DNI etc.

There is a certain reassurance, as a trans person, to look through history and find others just like yourself. However, despite the fact that transgender people always have and always will exist, looking for specific examples in the past is a complete quagmire, especially with trans men. The question is often posed ‘were they really trans or did they just want to live a better life in a world that is unfairly stacked against AFAB people?’ (for example the majority of history books consider Pharaoh Hatshepsut to be female).

For me, reading ‘Monstrous regiment’ came hot on the heels (coincidentally) of finishing another book ‘Before we were trans’ by Kit Heyam. It argues that our roles in society are so closely woven together with gender that it’s impossible to separate the two. It’s counterproductive to try and look at historical figures with modern attitudes towards gender.

So why bring this up? Well, Jackrum is a soldier. And because he is a soldier he is a man.

That does not make him any less trans. Let me explain.

When Jackrum joined the army he did not do it because of a burning desire to live as a man, he did it to be with the man he loved. If he could have fought by William’s side as a woman would he have, or would he have still felt more at home as a man? We’ll never know so it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that Jackrum has spent so long living as a man that he feels no connection to what he left behind. He’s quite happy to carry on like he’s been doing all this time.

Basically, gender is a complex and objective thing, and Terry Pratchett handles it with an incredible amount of skill and care.

[twisted-bee]

Today on fun little discworld facts: The war mentioned at the very start of night watch is the one being fought in monstrous regiment