#the Discworld

[thoughtfulfoxllama]

I was skeptical myself, but they're actually pretty good (particularly with Mustard, and Funeral Potatoes)

Tis the Season

Specifically, it's Hogswatch Season. That magical time of year when I get my closest friends together, and have them watch the "Hogfather" miniseries with me. Also, something about the sun rising

Now, if you know me, you know I'm a theatre kid, through and through. In this case, it means I have a weakness for the aesthetic, and everything has to be as over-the-top as possible

In the Spirit of that, I have baked 2 Pork Pies, from "Nanny Ogg's Cookbook" (with a few changes, because I don't drink alcohol, and Ham Stock is surprisingly hard to find). I'll keep you updated about how it is at the party tomorrow. My current thoughts: "could look better (but it's my first pie ever, so...), but it smells pretty good"

[3gremlins]

wanted to do a more minimalist discworld inspired piece with the elephants and the discworld inside the turtle, so here it is :) using the text from small gods ("the turtle moves")

the font is orbitron and it's an open license font from the lovely people at the league of moveable type. normally i try to handletter my stuff, but i really wanted a sci-fi-ish blocky font for this.

for all that the discworld is one of my absolute favorite book series ever, i feel like i haven't really done much fan art from it at all (idk sometimes things are so big/important to you, it's hard to even do fanart for them somehow). i mostly just wanted a more simple/graphical design for a shirt for myself. might do a limited screen print run or stickers? but don't want to run afoul of the estate either so idk (it's available as wallpapers through my patreon)

here's a 15 sec timelapse if you're interested!

[i-am-worm]

Inktober 52 2024 - Week 27 - 'Free'

"Is It Frightening To Be Free?' 'You said it.' 'You Say To People "Throw Off Your Chains" And They Make New Chains For Themselves?' 'Seems to be a major human activity, yes.' - Terry Pratchett 'Feet of Clay'.

Have some discworld fan art.

[klinefelterrible]

I bet from the Vimes/Sybil/Vetinari trio:

Vimes has the roundest butt (but not the biggest)

Sybil has the biggest butt (but not as eager as her husband's)

Vetinari has the best ass-eating skills (he's practically a fanatical Vimes's ass-gobbler)

[klinefelterrible]

Behold!

Moustache Colon!

Goblin Nobby!

Rami Malek Vimes!

Whale Carrot!

Guards, Guards fanart very much inspired by @snippit-crickit !! ILIVE for their designs and I wanted to give mine a new coat of paint

[approximateknowledge]

ok so hear me out

[dreamingdormouse]

Okay so this is a big deal

To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.

But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.

This is a Discworld book being released WITH ACADEMIC COMMENTARY and AS A PENGUIN CLASSIC. That's a HUGE amount of recognition.

[jurijurijurious]

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

--Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

[akboro]

[sighed-the-snake]

The Paris Olympics insisting that athletes compete in the Seine is so absurd it feels like something Terry Pratchett would want to make fun of. Like can you imagine him writing a Discworld story about a mad Ankh-Moorpark city official deciding to put on some ancient extravagant game, creating havoc in the city by bringing in all these foreigners to compete, and insisting the Ankh river, which is so filthy it's basically solid, is perfectly fine to swim in, because that's what they did in ancient times so that's how they're going to do it now. I feel like it would be a Night's Watch story about the people hired to clean the river and all the friends and horrors they discover along the way.

Good luck to all the athletes swimming in the poop water.

[higgsbison]

happy glorious 25th of may

[callmebliss]

Intro to the 1989 reprint of The Color of Magic the first Discworld book by Terry Pratchett.

“At least ten.” Lmao

[klinefelterrible]

Last time I posted here it was Fifth Elephant but I managed to read Small Gods afterwards without taking a pic and now I chose Mort because why not and here’s my another re-reading Pterry’s books journal entry thanks for reading Turtle Bless You

[tabbbbyyyy]

Dude this page is a lifesaver Google is really bad for working out the order to read them in