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cephalopod-celabrator · 12 days ago

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I think one of Pratchett's great skills in writing was being able to make silly things serious, in different ways. Like, there's a fairy godmother forcing everyone into fairystales, how fun! Except in the process, she has stopped seeing them as people. She's forcing people to live lives they don't want to because she decides that's how it has to be. Sometimes she goes so far as to violate her victim's minds and deform and puppet their bodies so they'll play their part right, and anyone who doesn't do their job gets mercilessly killed. And there's a zombie activist named Reg Shoe who buries himself every year out of solidarity for the dead, how funny! Except he is filled with a genuine passion for justice and improvement in the world, and that's why he literally refuses to die. And he buries himself on a holiday that happens to be the anniversery of his own death, and he does it next to the bodies of the friends and strangers he fought alongside, the ones who didn't get to come back, so he spends one day with them. There is still a lot of silliness in discworld, a lot that's wacky and funny, but a lot of it, when you think about it, is oddly beautiful or touching or disturbing or something else entirely.

#gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #discworld #reg shoe #night watch #the glorious 25th of may #witches abroad #lilith weatherwax #the turtle moves

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randomnessoffiction · 10 months ago

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Happy Terry Pratchett Day! 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘🫓🌎🌌🌌🌌

#the turtle moves #gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #sir terry pratchett #discworld

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scribefindegil · 6 months ago

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periodically I see posts going "Discworld is great but Terry Pratchett can't write romance--" Friend, that is a feature.

#he can write respect and friendship and that is exactly what i am looking for #saw a post today positing that Moist/Adora is his only real romance and was immediately like ah #perhaps this is why i do not particularly care for the Moist books.#the turtle moves

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dimity-lawn · 1 year ago

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#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #meme #discworld meme #created by yours truly #small gods #didactylos #philosopher #vorbis #omnia #the turtle moves

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oracle-of-moon · 10 months ago

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In celebration of the 76th anniversary of the one who gave the world so many wonderful stories and characters (but sadly is no longer among us), I'd like to share this process video of an art I did with love a few years ago, to show my appreciation for every moment of joy and reflection and laughs and cry he provided through the amazing Discworld! :D

GNU Terry Pratchett!

#terry pratchett #discworld #gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett day #illustration #discworld fanart #the turtle moves #death of discworld #death of rats #rincewind #granny weatherwax #nac mac feegle #greebo #mustrum ridcully #the luggage #samuel vimes #great atuin #errol

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thewritehag · 11 months ago

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A single Discworld book is a gateway drug, but books

#i listened to the Hogfather audiobook in December #i just finished listening to Going Postal and I've queued up Monstrous Regiment and The Truth #the turtle moves #as far as vices go this one is really nerdy and heavily laced with dopamine #gnu terry pratchett #gif warning

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carebearloveshp · 9 months ago

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Happy World Turtle Day! 🐢

“The turtle moves.”

#Discworld #world turtle day #terry pratchett #favorite books #favorite book series #turtles #turtles are my favorite animal #love this picture #the turtle moves

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marmalade-yesterday · 22 days ago

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#the turtle moves #terry pratchett

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scribefindegil · 1 year ago

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addendum to my ongoing "Reigen is a Discworld witch" agenda: Mogami is very specifically a Discworld witch who went bad

#listening to the Wintersmith album again and remembering how much the idea of 'going to the dark' in Discworld #is about loneliness #about trying to better the world and feeling like you're getting nothing back from it until that feeling eats you #about shutting yourself off from other people until all you have are the nasty little whispers in the back of your own head #it's a very specific kind of tragedy #anyway. niche post but i'm right #the turtle moves #mob talk

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dimity-lawn · 2 years ago

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#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #discworld meme #created by yours truly #small gods #vorbis #the turtle moves

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deadheaddaisy · 6 months ago

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HOLY SHIT this is EPIC!

This is part of my ongoing Discworld jacket embroidery project. Of course Great A'Tuin has to be on there. And of course it has to be the biggest one of them all.

I'm going to put the finished product in my masterpost, but I'm so proud of the thing that I have to put it in an extra post beforehand. Enjoy!

#Discworld #terry pratchett #Great A'Tuin #the turtle moves

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oracle-of-moon · 2 years ago

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"Professor Rincewind! Professor Rincewind! Some... I think it was a witch but the hat was the wrong color and it looked more like a wizard's hat except that she was a female and we've only ever had the one female that was a wizard and this was definitely not her but then again witches aren't always the same and I don't think there's actually a rule that says it has to be black and anyhow she had a dog but--"

"Calm down. (I can't believe I'm the one saying this.) What ever is the problem?"

"I... I think she stole your Luggage!"

"...Well, it's a nice thought, and a good try, but I'm really not looking to date anyone at this time."

This is a gift I made with love for a dear friend, who is a big fan of the Luggage, a maniac-homicidal item made from sapient pearwood from Discworld! :) 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘

And the text above is an excellent comment / fanfic I received from Kencolt706 on Reddit and I'm gonna use it! 😁✨

#discworld #The Turtle Moves #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #the luggage #unseen university #illustration #discworld illustration #discworld fanart #fantasy art #friendship #magic #adventure #speak his name

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thewritehag · 1 year ago

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Just goofing off making a tiny zine out of origami paper and the end measurements make me think of Discworld paperbacks (long and narrow), so I goofed off some more