#THUD

[booksbabybooks]

The thing about Terry Pratchett is the stories are so good and the jokes are so funny and the incisive quotes are so memorable and humane that sometimes it's easy to forget that the man could just... put together a sentence like no one else.

I remember the first time I read Thud the phrase "hell went for a stroll with its sleeves rolled up" took me out at the knees. It's just... Perfect. It captures exactly what it needs to capture, conjures what it needs to conjure. Does it concisely and eloquently. It's just... Perfect.

And every time I reread it, it takes me out again.

Man, Pratchett could write.

[alyona11]

Reading book to young Sam vs READING BOOK TO YOUNG SAM 💀

[mendedrum]

Beating people up in little rooms, he knew were that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say "we are the good guys," and do bad guy things.

Terry Pratchett, Thud (via Samuel Vimes)

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Terry Pratchett's social commentary is impeccable as always. I love these lines. They're so simple yet so raw.

[twasjane]

Angua saving her boss/dad Vimes. Like. Gets me every time.

Saving him from dying and from himself?

And that one time he rushed in to pick her up and comfort her after kicking her brother's arse and being so proud she used the same Ankh Morpork street fighting he taught her???

They should prescribe that as an anti-depressant.

[nocternalrandomness]

"Desert Fox"

Assigned to the 466th TFS at Hill AFB, F-105D s/n 62-4299, nicknamed "desert Fox" was the only Thud to wear a desert camouflage scheme.

[dronescapesvideos]

Two Supersonic YF-105 Thunderchief Fighter-Bombers. A YF-105A Refuels A YF-105B, 1955.

➤➤ F-105 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AwbExUPrJoU

[vivid-and-void]

Refined an older work with colorpencils.

[stargazingdustbunny]

Pov: you're a deep downer about to get wrecked

[donloco]

"In the darkness of the inner city, above the rustle of the never-ending rain, it heard the sound of boots approaching. A shape appeared in the mist. It drew nearer. Water cascaded off a metal helmet and an oiled leather cloak as the figure stopped and, entirely unconcerned, cupped its had in front of its face and lit a cigar. Then the match was dropped on the cobbles, where it hissed out, and the figure said: “What are you?” The entity stirred, like an old fish in a deep pool. It was too tired to flee. “I am the Summoning Dark.” It was not, in fact, a sound, but had it been, it would have been a hiss. “Who are you?” “I am the Watchman.” “They would have killed his family!” The darkness lunged, and met resistance. “Think of the deaths they have caused! Who are you to stop me?” “He created me. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen? Me. I watch him. Always. You will not force him to murder for you.” “What kind of human creates his own policeman?” “One who fears the dark.” “And so he should,” said the entity, with satisfaction. “Indeed. But I think you misunderstand. I am not here to keep the darkness out. I am here to keep it in.” There was a clink of metal as the shadowy watchman lifted a dark lantern and opened its little door. Orange light cut through the blackness. “Call me… the Guarding Dark. Imagine how strong I must be.” The Summoning Dark backed desperately into the alley, but the light followed it, burning it. “And now,” said the watchman, “get out of town.” ― Terry Pratchett, Thud!

[evilhorse]

It’s not what I signed up for!

(Danny Ketch Ghost Rider #1)

[quotes-from-the-bookery]

Tak does not require we think of him, only that we think.

[sparkly-angell]

Can't believe is canon that Vimes has two doms-

[bohemiansweede]

OMG

I totally forgot what I was doing

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[flaggermousseart]

Kinktober 2023 ~ 12: Costumes

I will post the safe for work pictures here on tumblr. These, and the not so safe ones, can be found here on AO3.

[nocternalrandomness]

F-105D - Hill AFB - December 5, 1981

[shirozen]

Noise of a shattered heart