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[mysharona1987]

Jimmy Carter saw 2025 and literally did this:

What was it Terry Pratchett said?

“Don’t think of it as death. It’s just getting away quickly before the heavy traffic starts.��

[bannedfrombookclub]

Community, Remedial Chaos Theory (2011)

[tricerabeth]

[ladyloveandjustice]

"The only Elucidated Brother to be away at the time was of the dragon was Brother Fingers. He'd been sent out for some pizzas. [...] When the guards rolled up just behind Eroll, Brother Fingers was standing with a stack of cardboard boxes in his hands and his mouth open. Where the dread portal should have been was a warm melted patch of assorted substances." (Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett)

Did Terry Pratchett predict the Community meme? Or was the Community meme simply inspired by Terry Pratchett? Either way, he deserves to be honored for doing it first.

[solomonara]

Mrs. Sandwich, a seamstress (Good Omens Season 2)

and

The Seamstresses' Guild (Discworld)

(Men at Arms)

(Men at Arms)

(The Fifth Elephant)

[dimity-lawn]

So I have some potentially big news, at least in my world: After over a year of desperately longing for something I thought impossible, I am now on the waiting list for a ticket to the Discworld Convention!!!!!*

This happened about this time yesterday, and I still haven’t fully absorbed this information. I have yet to think one complete coherent thought, because my thoughts keep being interrupted by new ones. Last night I was too excited to sleep, and, as you might expect, the lack of sleep isn’t helping matters. And while I’m thrilled by this, I’m also kind of in a state of “oh no, there’s so much to figure out and do and so little time!”, including several sewing projects, especially my scaled up to adult size reproduction of an 18th century pocket in the collections of the V&A, because if I’m going to Birmingham for the convention, I’ll have to go to the V&A.** I’m afraid of getting my hopes up, but 🤞.

Rattle your drawers for me!

*Yes, five exclamation points is a sure sign of an insane mind, but in my defense, reread the part before the five exclamation points. **This project has reached a surprising and ungodly extent of procrastination.

[yvesiiy]

Cleo De Nile, you so beguile 𓁈𓂀𓋹𓆣𓁀𓀾

𓆗𓃭𓆗☽𖤓༄ Even though you act so vile

[twasjane]

Look me in the eyes and tell me Con O'Neill wouldn't make an amazing Sam Vimes.

The VOICE alone 😭

[cosmicrhetoric]

like again monstrous regiment is fr that good like no one is overstating it but the problem is that every tiny little detail makes me turn into that chain chomp gif. from mario. the whole thing with jackrum being like "well im fat and they dont think fat men are dangerous. they think fat men ought to be funny and that is something i exploit in the name of violence daily" vs. polly's whole "a girl swinging a sword around is funny so you can take sword lessons from the old soldiers you know but you cant be too good in front of them. you are only safe when you are funny" and i RAAAAUGH

[along-the-meadow-path]

All the little angels rise up high...

[cyberphuck]

Do you know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken? Unsmashed version under the cut

[junoshusband]

you ever think about how wizard costumes are the fantasy equivalent of glitter gifs

[writergeekrhw]

There are obvious parallels between Past Tense and Terry Pratchett's Night Watch, (guy goes back in time inadvertently causing the death of a key historical figure and then has to assume the role of said figure to make sure history turns out the way it's meant to). Do you know whether Pratchett ever indicated that he'd drawn inspiration from DS9, or is it just a common sci fi trope that you guys and he both liked?

Common trope, I think. I love Night Watch fwiw. One of my favorite Discworld books.

[scarecloud69]

some popular headcanons I saw circulating here

(you can make your own! I posted .pngs of the charaters on my art blog @scareclouddraws!)

and mysterious queer Vetinari based on this post (he has complete control over my mind, help!!!!)

left to right, up to down:

Angua von Überwald - Lesbian

Granny Esme Weatherwax - Aroace

Rincewind - Gay

Samuel Vimes - Bi

Nobby Nobbs - Non-binary

Cheery Littlebottom - Trans

Havelock Vetinari - Aro, Ace, Aroace, Bi, Gay, Trans

[jotun-philosopher]

Discworld/Good Omens parallels ramble

Exactly what it says on the tin! These are some fun little Discworld/Good Omens parallels that my brain picked up on at various times (usually 3 a.m. or thereabouts... Thanks, mum, for the persistent insomnia...)

Mild-to-moderate spoilers for Wyrd Sisters, Lords And Ladies, Men At Arms and Carpe Jugulum below the cut.

In A Life With Footnotes, the official biography of Terry Pratchett, Rob Wilkins mentions that when he was in school, a young Pterry wrote for English class a story (sadly lost to the mists of time) about orcs attacking a vicarage in full Jane-Austen-spoof fashion. Now, given how the Whickber Street Shopkeepers' Ball turned out, it seems reasonable to assume one of two things: a) this story was not a factor under consideration when writing S2 and the parallel is an ineffably delightful coincidence (a bit unlikely) b) this story *was* an inspiring factor in the writing of S2, and the nod to Pterry happened to work really well with the plot (seems a bit more likely). Either way, the parallel is there and giving me all of the warm fuzzies <3

There's an idea in Discworld, forming a significant part of the moral backbone of the series, that's very succinctly summed up by Granny Weatherwax in Carpe Jugulum: "[S]in [...] is when you treat people like things. Including yourself." This is absolutely at the core of what's wrong with Heaven and Hell and God and Satan in Good Omens; the leadership and culture of both organisations/cults treat everyone -- angels, demons and humans alike -- as disposable things to be used and toyed with and discarded or destroyed if they start having the temerity to be imperfect or form opinions or thoughts of their own.

There're two characters in Discworld who parallel Aziraphale surprisingly strongly: Magrat Garlick (of the Lancre witches) and Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. -*Magrat is viewed as a bit of a soft, soppy 'wet hen' by the other witches, but she is still a witch, with all that that implies. She also has at least one scene in every book in which she appears where she does something extremely badass and witchy; for example, turning an ancient wooden door back into a tree, or (very pertinently to GO) delivering a literally iron-clad punch to the face of a villain who's mentally torturing her with her own insecurities. Likewise, Aziraphale seems to mostly be viewed as a bit dull and wimpy by the other angels we see (though Magrat still has the genuine respect of her witchy peers) but he is still an angel -- a Principality -- with all the powers, steadfast guardianship and bloody-minded stubbornness of that rank. The Metatrash might not be vulnerable to iron in the same way as Discworld elves, but you can bet that his attempt to break Aziraphale and bring him into line is going to backfire just as spectacularly! *For the parallel between Aziraphale and Captain (well, Corporal, at this point in the Discworld timeline) Carrot, the novel I have in mind is Men At Arms. At one point, Vimes is being held at crossbow-point by a villain, and has a bout of internal monologuing about how, if someone has you at their mercy, you'd better hope they're evil, because that way they'll take time to gloat and mock you so you'll have an opportunity to think of a way out; a good man will kill you with barely a word. Carrot does exactly that at the climax of the plot, putting his sword through the villain and the stone pillar behind said villain without saying a thing. Now, Aziraphale might not quite have Carrot's 'incorruptible pure pureness' tendencies, but he is -- for all his flaws -- a good person. If he knows that something needs to be done to prevent an evil outcome, he will DO it without hesitation. He knows how to use a sword, too, and if That Frickin' Elevator Smile Of Tranquil Fury is any indication, the Metatrash is in far deeper doodoo than he realises! Related to the above, The Smile also reminds me of the old adage, "beware the fury of a patient man." (Well, man-shaped being in this case...) Very appropriate for our careful, thoughtful angel -- it would not surprise me (much) if Metatron were to depart the plot of S3 with a flaming sword pinning him to one of Heaven's columns (probably won't happen, but I can dream, eh?)

Hope you enjoyed reading all that :D