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have y'all ever noticed that in soul music it's implied that the watch is familiar with death? like the character capital-D Death to the point that they recognize susan as death in the street that's wild and i think about it a lot
“You’ll be Death, then?” said Vimes, after a while. AH, MISTER VIMES, ASTUTE AS EVER. GOT IT IN ONE, said Death, shutting the book on his finger to keep the place. “I’ve seen you before.” I HAVE WALKED WITH YOU MANY TIMES, MISTER VIMES. “And this is it, is it?” HAS IT NEVER STRUCK YOU THAT THE CONCEPT OF A WRITTEN NARRATIVE IS SOMEWHAT STRANGE? said Death. Vimes could tell when people were trying to avoid something they really didn’t want to say, and it was happening here. “Is it?” he insisted. “Is this it? This time I die?” COULD BE. “Could be? What sort of answer is that?” said Vimes. A VERY ACCURATE ONE. YOU SEE, YOU ARE HAVING A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, WHICH INESCAPABLY MEANS THAT I MUST HAVE A NEAR-VIMES EXPERIENCE. DON’T MIND ME. CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING. I HAVE A BOOK.
– Terry Pratchett, Thud!
I do want a retelling of Hogfather from Sam Vimes's perspective.
Most of the watch is out for the piss-up, and it's the weirdest Hogswatch he's ever seen. Half a dozen men in stupid teeth-themed uniforms have been found on roofs across Ankh-Morpork. Nobby Nobbs somehow has his raccoon paws on the Rolls-Royce of crossbows, and that's hardly worth mentioning because he and Visit are in the canteen sharing a hot cocoa with a tiny frostbitten match-girl*. Dorfl is outside, swinging a broom at empty air. He says that there's angels spying through the windows**.
*Nobby only says that it's a mission from His Lordship, and it's said in a low voice that speaks volumes to anyone from the Old Watch and passes clear over Visit's head.
**When he comes back in, the snow has fallen on his clay shoulders in such a way that it looks like he's covered in angel feathers. Sam Vimes notices this and then tries very hard to not notice it.
This is canon now.
Also, fun fact that pinup decal is on the GILF AT-TE in Rebels. You see if behind Wolffe in one scene.
Padme Pinup
This idea was based on the deleted joke where the Marauder had a Padme decal on its side. This is a “What if?” scenario if Omega saw the decal. XD
“His mind worked fast, flying in emergency supplies of common sense, as human minds do, to construct a huge anchor in sanity and prove that what happened hadn’t actually happened and, if it had happened, hadn’t happened much.”
-Terry Pratchett’s Thud!
“This is all rather fun,” said Sybil an hour later as the coaches headed out of the city. “Do you remember when we last went on holiday, Sam?”
“That wasn’t really a holiday,” said Vimes. Above them, Young Sam swung back and forth in a little hammock, cooing.
“Well, it was very interesting, all the same,” said Sybil.
“Yes, dear. Werewolves tried to eat me.”
-Terry Pratchett’s Thud!
I love Colon and Nobby's discussion of art in Thud!. Colon's assertion that the difference between artistic nude and smutty images is whether the picture also includes an urn or a plinth is silly on the surface, but suggests a real conversation about classism and what sort of art is valued in society and the double-standards therein.
Because it's true. Not just any artist's nude work will be valued. You have to urn it.
"I pride myself I used to give somewhat more than I got if we needed to discuss the vexed area of turf issues with the young men from Rope Street. Stevedore's hooks were their weapon of choice, as I recall." "And yours...?" said Vimes, agog. "A cap-brim sewn with sharpened pennies, sir." "Ye gods, man! You could put someone's eye out with something like that." "With care sir, yes," said Willikins, meticulously folding a towel.
Thud!; Terry Pratchett
Vimes had never got on with any game much more complex than darts. Chess in particular had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the kings lounged about doing nothing that always got to him; if only the pawns united, maybe talked the rooks round, the whole board could've been a republic in a dozen moves.
Thud!; Terry Pratchett
After the devourer fight, based on a joke drawing by @macksarts. Old wounds. This was probably my 4th thing made on Clip Studio. it needs reworking now.
My dnd party's adopted child, Kassadin (they/he). Special guests, Ghat and Quamar belong to @jaxximax and @macksarts
That is not my cow!
Terry Pratchett got me emotional about the reading of a fictional children's book. Again.
Anyway here's Edna
