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Some Discworld wizards designs
#discworld#wizards#terry pratchett#rincewind#ponder stibbons#mustrum ridcully#unseen university#satorart#character design
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my favorite character type is guy who just fucking hates their job
#the magnus archives#tma#jonathan sims#murderbot#the Murderbot diaries#provenance#ambassador tibanvori#discworld#Sam vimes#moist von lipwig#ponder stibbons#doug eiffel#wolf 359
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"The problem with Mister Nutt is that people want to kill him."
"What people?"
Ridcully stared into Ponder's eyes. His lips moved. He squinted up and down like a man engaged in complex calculation. He shrugged.
"Probably everybody," he said.
Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
#nutt#mustrum ridcully#ponder stibbons#unseen academicals#discworld#terry pratchett#unseen university#the problem#politics#people#complications#need to know#motivation#prejudice#secrets#complex calculation#probably everybody
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To Ponder's relief, light dawned on Ridcully's huge face. "Oh, you mean he was like Professor Hayden. We used to have a name for him..." Ponder braced himself. "Snakes. Very keen on them, you know. Could talk for hours about snakes with a side order of lizards. Very keen." "I'm glad you feel like that, Archchancellor, because I know that a number of the students–" "And then there was old Postule, who was in the rowing team. Coxed us through two wonderful years." Ponder's expression did not change, but for a few moment his face went pink and shiny. "A lof of that sort of thing about, apparently," said Ridcully. "People make such a fuss. Anyway, in my opinion there's not enough love in the world. Besides, if you didn't like the company of men you wouldn't come here in the first place, I say!"
Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
Ridcully being an ally. I suppose that makes the Unseen University an LGBT+ positive institution?
#Discworld#Terry Pratchett#GNU Terry Pratchett#Unseen Academicals#Unseen University#Mustrum Ridcully#Ponder Stibbons#lgbt#lgbtiqa+
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assorted disc doods...
#not a particular theme for these guys#discworld#rincewind#susan sto helit#ponder stibbons#the only ones left to post are my monstrous regiment i think... but those are unfinished#my art#traditional
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autism is a spectrum and the spectrum in question is between twoflower ponder and rincewind
small diagram of what im saying
#discworld#rincewind#ponder stibbons#twoflower#silly little thoughts#the “cant see danger” the “too much danger” and the “lets study the danger”#headcanons#ponders specialinterest is programming rincewinds is rocks twoflowers is furnishing his house fully with various souvenir adjacent objects#discworld character neurotypical? physically impossible
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Ponder Stibbons learning from the best
#discworld#the last hero#ponder stibbons#havelock vetinari#the dean of unseen University#the dean#how to manage wizards#ponder Stibbons is one of my favourite minor recurring characters#and the wizard gang is way more funny after I learned how universities are organised#need to reread the books with my new knowledge in mind
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Magnus Archives/Discworld crossover (a fic I will never write but always crave)
- Jon and Martin end up somewhere else. That somewhere else is ankh Morpork.
- there’s some hijinks and shenanigans and the fears get banished to the dungeon dimensions.
- I feel like Jon and Ponder Stibbons will be friends.
- Jon becomes a wizard, since knowing things and not doing magic is half of what it takes to be a wizard anyway. I feel like he would probably end up working in the library, and helping keep students away from the dangerous books.
- eventually I think he would end up a professor in his own right, maybe a professor of Catastrophic Literature, that feels fitting. He would have his own department, but in the way Wizards do, so he mostly hangs out with the librarian and the grad students in the library or high energy magic building. I feel like the way wizards approach academia would be good for Jon.
- also at unseen university Jon could openly talk about his experiences without judgement. Maybe commiserate with Rincewind.
- meanwhile Martin- I think if they were in the country Martin would become a witch, but in the city, I think he would end up working for the sunshine sanctuary for sick dragons and end up becoming friends with Sybil.
- he would absolutely end up bringing a dragon home, and Jon would be utterly charmed by it. Even if it does leave acid stains on his robes. It’s like the more pathetic version of a cat.
- Martin had kind of been hoping Jon would be the voice of reason about the dragons- but before he knows it they have three and they couldn’t be happier. (Though they could probably be a bit less singed.)
- I know Martin has his thing about burning and fire, but also I feel like the dragons are therapeutic for him.
I may add more thoughts later- I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts tho!!!
#discworld#tma#somewhere else#jon sims#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#jonmartin#unseen university#lady sybil#sybil ramkin#anhk morpork#the librarian#ponder stibbons#rincewind#wizards
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"Ponder Stibbons had once got one hundred percent in a prescience exam by getting there the previous day." - Unseen Academicals, Discworld
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had an epiphany
(you can make your own! I posted some .pngs of the charaters on my art blog @scareclouddraws!)
(left to right, top to bottom)
Moist von Lipwig
Mustrum Ridcully
Havelock Vetinari
Ponder Stibbons
Carrot Ironfoundersson
Rincewind
Samuel Vimes
Death
#I would do the same for women but they all go to girlboss + I want to see her prosper#discworld#gnu terry pratchett#terry pratchett#moist von lipwig#mustrum ridcully#havelock vetinari#ponder stibbons#carrot ironfoundersson#rincewind#samuel vimes#sam vimes#death discworld
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Ponder Stibbon and Rincewind’s entire friendship is built on commiserating over the abuse they endure from the faculty because misery apparently makes for good company
#discworld#rincewind#ponder stibbons#gnu terry pratchett#they may have barely interacted with each other in canon#but that still doesn’t stop me from headcanoning them as friends#mp
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The problem with Unseen University is that there’s no one to stop the chaos when it gets out of hand. The best we have is Ponder Stibbons, and we all know that under the right circumstances, he too will join in with all the vigor of a Boy Scout left alone with baking soda and vinegar.
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rincewind: it’s nice to finally be back at unseen university
ponder: I want you
rincewind: what
#also Twoflower coded#rincewind#ponder stibbons#discworld#terry pratchett#wizard#rincewind x ponder#ponderwind
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He waited patiently until the uproar had died away. It was amazing, he thought, how people would argue against figures on no better basis than 'they must be wrong'.
Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
#ponder stibbons#unseen academicals#discworld#terry pratchett#figures#facts#statistics#argument#evidence#objections#feelings#reality#they must be wrong#amazing
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This is so dumb
Inspired by the breaking bad meme and @sybilvimes
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Overworked Blorbo Battle Round 3 Poll: 6
#tournament polls#discworld#discworld books#encanto#encanto movie#disney encanto#ponder stibbons#ponder stibbons discworld#luisa madrigal#luisa encanto#encanto luisa#round 3#round 3 wave 1#tournament poll
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