Im Currently Halfway Through Men At Arms (im In My Hyperlexic Book/ Terry Pratchett Nerd Era) And I Just

im currently halfway through Men At Arms (im in my hyperlexic book/ Terry Pratchett nerd era) and i just wanna say how does this man keep writing so well all the damn time????? Like. Can he even write a bad book??? I don't think so

In case y'all didn't get this from the reposts, i read Feet of Clay. You know what that means

That's right, it's opinion and review time

Firstly, i would like to say i wish i didn't read this as the first Watchmen book, but it's whatever. Im currently reading Men in Arms, don't have Guards! Guards! available, but will eventually read that as well.

Back to the main topic. I absolutely love it. As always, Pterry ate and left no crumbs. I love every character, im loving Cheery's journey, as well as her and Angua together.

Since im new to the Watchmen, i was just surprised about all the titles, but also about Nobby being a noble. Turns out you can read it as a standalone and still think that. I really love Nobby casually jumping out the window to escape being king.

Some of my favourite moments were the one where Vimes spills the whiskey on the carpet and fakes being drunk. I also love him saying (im paraphrasing here) 'you made me spill perfectly good whisky. That's punishable by hanging' because honestly, iconic.

As I'm reading Men in Arms, im seeing that a repeating theme is revolution and the people(in charge) finding new kings when not needed.

Personally, i admire Vimes for not only his self-control, but also the ability and more importantly need to hold himself accountable. If i had to pick someone to look up to, it would be him. Well, a mix of him and Carrot.

I love Carrot because he's just this 6 foot dwarf that just takes things really literally and is an absolute sweetheart (but actually a badass inside).

I love Angua and her problem with self acceptance, to which i relate to in a certain level. How she handles herself when faced with prejudice, as well as how she holds Carrot accountable for his own prejudice (towards Cheery) is what makes her, well, her. It's what makes me love her, and aspire to be her to an extent (i would like to skip the self-esteem and acceptance part)

Also, Vetinari knowing what's happening all along but letting Vimes loose sleep and tear his hair out gave me mixed feelings - suprise, little bit of anger in Vimes' name, and others that I can't quite name.

All in all, 9/10 book, 10/10 humour as well as philosophy, and +2 for the iconic Vimes.

God I will never be over Cuddy and Detritus's friendship. I will never be over the clockwork thinking helmet. I will never be over Cuddy getting over centuries of prejudice long enough to learn how Detritus thinks and why he struggles so much and then go and create a solution for him.

just a heads up

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If they actually wanted to make Lucifer sympathetic in season 13 they should have used it on him grabbing Gabriel by the scruff of the neck when he tries to commit suicide by battle and pushed him through the portal to take his place fighting Michael. It didn’t have to be anything big, no grand moment, just a wordless “I’m sorry” passed between them after their fight the night before. I wordless “I still love you”.