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Legitimately this pandemic has obliterated any inkling of social skills I ever had, I’ve got 0 clue how to interact with people anymore

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if you passionately defended "ugly" or "scary" animals as a kid you're gay now

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Stephen posted a video to Instagram: Military band plays “hit the road Jack” https://instagr.am/p/CKPoXCUr4Qm/

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“Hit the road, Jack! And dontcha come back

no more, no more, no more, no more!

Hit the road, Jack! And dontcha come back no more…”

neil-gaiman

Hi Mr. Gaiman, I have a question that you may not like but I promise I am asking in good faith. For context, I have read just about all your work. The exception is your graphic novels, but that's just because when I bought the beautiful Sandman anthology I was too attached to the physical book to risk my greasy fingers all over it or risk damaging the binding by leaving it open. My question is, how am I supposed to enjoy Sir Terry Pratchett? I've read "The Colour of Magic" and I just started

cont) and I just started "Guards! Guards!" I'm a lover of fantasy, it's been my main source of comfort and pleasure all my life (older American nearing his 4th decade). But it seems from reading Pratchett that he doesn't actually like fantasy. It seems instead like he's parodying the elements he finds ridiculous, and it seems like he finds them all ridiculous. So I end up feeling like he's almost making fun of me (and other fantasy fans) for enjoying what he seems to find moronic.

What am I missing? How am I supposed to enjoy an author who seems to delight in making fun of the genre that saved and continues to save my life?

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Terry loved Fantasy.

He wrote some of the great Fantasy Novels. Night Watch is one of the best Fantasy Novels anyone has ever written. I'd add The Thief of Time and Monstrous Regiment to that list, other Pratchett readers will have different books to add.

Terry's first Discworld novels tended to make fun of the cliches of fantastic literature. That lasted for a few books. Very soon he was using the tools of fantastic literature and of humour to comment on the world and on people.

Don't take Terry's books as an attack on you or what you love. He's on your side. Just think of Terry as your fantasy loving friend who, when watching a Conan movie and hearing the narrator say "In time his mighty deeds could no longer be counted!" would add drily "Well, not by him, anyway."

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Anyways I’m 108% sure I’m a lesbian now

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December, 1990

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Item: the Rapper’s Handbook; if you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book’s contents and practicing its guidelines, you receive +2d6 on Skill Checks (Rap)

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Did you know that they had a man holding rob so they wouldn’t fall over cause neither did I

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this is my favorite comment on this post

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it’s the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century.

you can only reblog this today.

charlesoberonn

It’s the 22nd year of the 21st century, actually.

They dropped this on us as if we knew about the Diet Coke button

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I'm tired of googling nonsensical Donald Trump posts only to find out they're true.

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More favourite tropes:

“Unfortunately, [thing that would ordinarily be described in much stronger terms than ‘unfortunate’].”

“Fortunately, [thing that is in no way fortunate].”

“Unfortunately, [thing that would be fortunate in nearly any circumstance except the particular circumstance at hand].“

“Fortunately, [very minor benefit that absolutely does not offset the considerable drawbacks of whatever just happened].“

“Unfortunately, [the exact, word-for-word thing that somebody just expressed that they hope won’t happen].“

“Fortunately, [complete non sequitur].”

charlesoberonn

Maybe you could write a short fantasy adventure story where the main character is trying to dodge any and all romantic advances?

I imagine a hero who’s already engaged to an ordinary woman back in their village, and various love interest tropes like princesses, warrior women, and forest spirits keep trying to be his soulmate.