#ponder stibbons

[sator-the-wanderer]

Some Discworld wizards designs

[pratchettquotes]

"I just wanted to make the point." "Good point, well made," said Ridcully, dismissing it instantly.

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

[longearedhare]

my favorite character type is guy who just fucking hates their job

[aeshnacyanea2000]

'I have to tell you that I'm not sure that they have enough time or power to get back on to the Disc now.' 'What do you mean, you're not sure?' said Lord Vetinari. 'er . . . I mean I am sure but, er, no one likes bad news all at once, sir.'

-- Terry Pratchett - The Last Hero

[thesustainedworldatransverse]

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?

[sphyrne]

assorted disc doods...

[stupidphototricks]

Ridcully 🏳️‍🌈

"A word to the wise, sir," said Ottomy with unwitting accuracy, "but you’d be wearing your guts for garters if you tried it with some of the types who play these days. They take it seriously.' "Mister Ottomy, I’m sure none of my blokes wear garters—" Ridcully stopped and listened to Ponder Stibbons’s whispered interjection and continued, "well, possibly one, two at most, and it would be a very dull world if we were all the same, that’s what I say." -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

"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 moments his face went pink and shiny. "A lot 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." -- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

[xylophone888]

autism is a spectrum and the spectrum in question is between twoflower ponder and rincewind

small diagram of what im saying

[youwontbelievethethingsiveread]

Ponder Stibbons learning from the best

[nireidi]

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!!!

[alispangles]

"Ponder Stibbons had once got one hundred percent in a prescience exam by getting there the previous day." - Unseen Academicals, Discworld

[scarecloud69]

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

[pratchettquotes]

"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

[mortispoxi]

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

[yeoldecryptid]

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.

[aeshnacyanea2000]

A wizard could do what he liked in his own study, and in the old days that had largely meant smoking anything he fancied and farting hugely without apologizing. These days it meant building out into a congruent set of dimensions. Even the Archchancellor was doing it, which made it hard for Ponder to protest: he had half a mile of trout stream in his bathroom, and claimed that messin’ about in his study was what kept a wizard out of mischief. And, as everyone knew, it did. It generally got him into trouble instead.

-- Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals