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Trin Tragula posted:Do wolves ever look back? The wolf part of Angua responds to Carrot's pack leader qualities, something he never really *purposefully* taps into. And in Feet of Clay and to a lesser extent in Jingo, she's frustrated that he won't. Then in The Fifth Elephant, he does, and well...we see why that's not a toolset he likes to use. Honestly, I find Angua and Carrot's relationship fascinating, and while I wish Pratchett had expanded on it more, romantic relationships were never his focus and that was his prerogative. But there's a lot of really interesting tension there between the lines.
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Beachcomber posted:They're together and very happy.
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Beachcomber posted:They're together and mostly happy.
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Beachcomber posted:They're together and very happy.
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Beachcomber posted:They're together and very happy.
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Beachcomber posted:They're together and very happy.
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and she's not easily pleased.
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cptn_dr posted:Amazing Maurice trailer: Looks cheap and terribly afraid of being scary
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cptn_dr posted:Amazing Maurice trailer: I hate this animation style so much
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They're mostly happy, because life doesn't work like the storybooks and the curtain doesn't come down a smiling couple frozen in time. They will have bad days and arguments but on the whole, they'll be about as happy as two people ever are. That's how Pratchett would have written it, anyway.
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What I like about Pratchett is that he never write ~romance~. He wrote characters who just...fell in together because it made sense that they would.
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Re-reading Lords and Ladies and I'm somehow only now getting why Casanunda is called that.
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SixFigureSandwich posted:Re-reading Lords and Ladies and I'm somehow only now getting why Casanunda is called that. and now that makes two of us.
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SixFigureSandwich posted:Re-reading Lords and Ladies and I'm somehow only now getting why Casanunda is called that. And thus the ship of temptation steered, gently yet inexorably, to a good docking.
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Canuckistan posted:and now that makes two of us.
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I love Nanny in Lords and Ladies. She's a heckuva lot of fun.
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Are Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart canonically bi?
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Dog King posted:Are Moist von Lipwig and Adora Belle Dearheart canonically bi? What makes you say that?
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I think Sally the vampire is. Do we ever have an onscreen same-sex couple?
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Beachcomber posted:I think Sally the vampire is. Do we ever have an onscreen same-sex couple? wasn't there some dwarf king
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ChubbyChecker posted:wasn't there some dwarf king Iirc the Dwarf King is in a (mostly hidden) hetero relationship
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Beachcomber posted:I think Sally the vampire is. Do we ever have an onscreen same-sex couple? Lofty and Tonker.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:Lofty and Tonker. They're the ones that spring immediately to mind, yeah. Based off Carpe Jugulum I think most vampire's orientation can be listed as "yes". And that one wizard introduced in Unseen Academics is likewise just a "yes', since there's a line about him sleeping with another woman's husband or something similar. Nanny Ogg might have mentioned others as well but none come immediately to mind. thetoughestbean posted:Iirc the Dwarf King is in a (mostly hidden) hetero relationship The King is pregnant in Raising Steam and I think gives birth towards the end? I can't recall if the major issue most ultra-dox dwarves would have is due to it "outing" the King as female or them generally being more liberal. citybeatnik fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Jun 6, 2022 |
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citybeatnik posted:And that one wizard introduced in Unseen Academics I think you mean Professor Bengo Macarona, D.Thau (Bug), D.Maus (Chubb), Magistaludorum (QIS), Octavium (Hons), PHGK (Blit), DMSK, Mack, D.Thau (Bra), Visiting Professor in Chickens (Jahn the Conqueror University (Floor 2, Shrimp Packers building, Genua)), Primo Octo (Deux), Visiting Professor of Blit/Slood Exchanges (Al Khali), KCbfj, Reciprocating Professor of Blit Theory (Unki), D.Thau (Unki), Didimus Supremius (Unki), Emeritus Professor in Blit Substrate Determinations (Chubb), Chair of Blit and Music Studies (Quirm College for Young Ladies)
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It’s such a good bit.quote:‘Oh, that’s Professor Bengo Macarona, Archchancellor. From Genua, remember? He’s swapped with Professor Maidenhair for a year.’
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There's also that brief mention in Jingo of Mr Harris of the Blue Cat Club, who's on the committee of the Seamstresses' Guild.quote:His admission caused a lot of argument in the Guild, who knew competition when they saw it, but Mrs Palm overruled the opposition on the basis, she said, that unnatural acts were only natural. Trin Tragula fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jun 6, 2022 |
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Trin Tragula posted:There's also that brief mention in Jingo of Mr Harris of the Blue Cat Club, who's on the committee of the Seamstresses' Guild. OK, so I had to dive into the Blue Cat Club and see what joke I was missing. Apparently, it wasn't a joke but may have been a reference to the Blue Cat Club in Melbourne, Australia during the 1920s. A two-tiered 'gentlemen's club' with general membership for men to get away from women and socialize with other men, and a more private tier for those who really wanted to socialize with other men.
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So it's starting to look as though about half of the new audiobooks are just plain not going to be released in the USA for rights reasons, which is particularly annoying since the old ones have already been taken down.
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I started a Discworld read through a while back. I’m now starting “Eric” and it’s a real delight to see how the Boss of the demons try to run Pandemonium like a modern workplace. Of the books I’ve read so far I believe my favourite was probably “Guards! Guards!” A lot of capital G Great gags throughout.
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BigglesSWE posted:I started a Discworld read through a while back. I’m now starting “Eric” and it’s a real delight to see how the Boss of the demons try to run Pandemonium like a modern workplace. No way, I am doing a discworld re-read and am just starting Eric  
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Enfys posted:No way, I am doing a discworld re-read and am just starting Eric Hell yeah! Any book that includes the Librarian and/or The Luggage is instant gold so far.
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citybeatnik posted:They're the ones that spring immediately to mind, yeah. Based off Carpe Jugulum I think most vampire's orientation can be listed as "yes". And that one wizard introduced in Unseen Academics is likewise just a "yes', since there's a line about him sleeping with another woman's husband or something similar. Most of Pratchett's vampires seem to consider being a sex object a lifestyle thing, and are more attracted to drama than relationships. Although I still rather read Maledicta and Polly from Monstrous Regiment as a couple in the epilogue as well. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Jun 15, 2022 |
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So I picked up Witches Abroad in a fancy hardback format the other day while poking around a shop for something else and really like the edition, with a nice hardback cover, ribbon bookmark etc. I can see that a good few of the other books are available in this format looking up books like Small Gods or what have you, but does anyone know off hand if/when all Discworld books will be available in this format, since I wouldn't mind slowly collecting them all in a nice presentation like this. In addition to the new audiobooks that are being made (boy this is going to get expensive  ).
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tsob posted:So I picked up Witches Abroad in a fancy hardback format the other day while poking around a shop for something else and really like the edition, with a nice hardback cover, ribbon bookmark etc. They're all already available in that format and have been for a little while. E: https://www.discworldemporium.com/21-the-discworld-collector-s-library Complete set barring The Last Hero is £529. The Bromeliad is also available separately in the same format. Jedit fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Jun 15, 2022 |
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Jedit posted:Complete set barring The Last Hero is £529. 
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Jedit posted:They're all already available in that format and have been for a little while. Good Omens is in a similar cover though not quite the same. Still looks good on the shelf next to the rest of them
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