#the seamstresses' guild
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solomonara · 1 year ago
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Mrs. Sandwich, a seamstress (Good Omens Season 2)
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The Seamstresses' Guild (Discworld)
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(Men at Arms)
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(Men at Arms)
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(The Fifth Elephant)
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Can you imagine being the gentlemen of the discreet gentlemen’s club who are trying so hard to flirt with this very odd man who couldn’t be more enthusiastic about dance lessons and always brings the best wine, and you get nowhere, absolutely nowhere with him to the point where you’re all wondering if he’s one of Those Men who are so absolutely dense to subtext that he believes this really is just a discreet gentlemen’s club for gentlemen to be discreet about nothing more than billiards and drinking*, and then one day the very odd man comes in with another very odd man in all black and sunglasses, who walks so much from the hips that he looks like he’s about to tip over and moves his arms like he isn’t fully certain what they’re supposed to be doing but he’s having a good time with them, and then all the discreet gentlemen look at each other with sudden realization, because ah. Yes. The very odd man is already taken. By this other very odd man. Alright everyone, let’s line up for the gavotte.
*to reference a different Terry Pratchett work, the gay club equivalent of the men who turn up to the Seamstresses Guild in hopes of getting their socks darned, and for whom that is absolutely not innuendo for anything
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twostepsfromtemerant · 7 months ago
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I’m still quite young, but a few years older and more knowledgeable than when I first started reading Discworld. I know more about the world, and public discussion about sex workers has changed in the US in the past 5 years.
And Mrs. Palm and the Seamstress Guild is still hands down the best and most respectful depiction of sex workers that I have ever come across.
Everybody in Ankh-Morpork knows them. When new arrivals come to the city they stay with Mrs. Palm. The closest they come to being the butt of a joke is Sandra th Actual Seamstress. They’re unionized! They have power and are respected!
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twasjane · 1 year ago
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So I was looking at my bookshelf and forgot I have the Ankh Morpork City Watch diary from 1999.
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It's unused from 1999. I bought it in 2002ish because I was and still am an avid collector of Discworld stuff. I've kept it in good condition! But on a whim I decided to read it because it has some incredibly cool companion stuff written by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs.
First off, the profile at the front looks like THIS
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You can enter the option "Gender (if known)".
This was released in *1999*.
Second of all, there's an entire section explaining to prospective recruits why the City Watch doesn't have a Vice squad.
Because not only is sex work legal, the Seamstress' Guild is a powerful political force in the city. They have collective bargaining, their own enforcers who protect guild staff and... well Sam Vimes himself is inclined to believe that if you piss off the Agony Aunts, to harm the women (and men but I'll get to that) of the Guild you probably did something worthy of a kicking.
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I dunno, kind of a refreshing view on sex work? That it's a legit way to earn a living and should be protected? 🤷🏼‍♀️
Finally, I also noticed this passage-
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Molly houses.
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One of these clubs is called The Blue Cat club and it's mentioned/alluded to in a couple of the books and its owner Mr Harris (no doubt, as the L Space wiki notes, named after Frank Harris) has a seat on the board of the Guild. Rosemary Palm, the head of the Guild, insisted.
We learn in Night Watch (released three years later) that this is because Havelock Vetinari and Rosie Palm go way back.
Like, this isn't terribly impressive now- but for the 90s this was about as good a representation as you were gonna get. Whilst most of this is part of the books themselves, it's nice to see it explicitly spelled out in the companion material.
I just appreciate that Terry Pratchett knew that these sides of society existed and didn't think of them as "wrong" or signs of societal decay. He saw them as normal parts of the human condition especially in urban settings. They might as well be regulated and legitimate and the workers protected by a pair of sadistic women with umbrellas.
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kuratamashi · 2 months ago
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Mavis Vermilion!
I absolutely love this dress she wears in Fairy tail zero! I also can’t help but laugh at the fact that Zeref was just sitting somewhere in the woods sewing it during the time that he was teaching them all magic 🤣
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krowbby · 2 months ago
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the next discworld industrial revolution novel should’ve been about the invention of the diva cup. could be the same manufacturers as the sonky too. perhaps we could scale it back to tampons if needed. the angua menstruation time of the month / wolfy time of the month jokes write themselves
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gleefully-macabre · 1 year ago
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I finally finished Equal Rites (restarted really), and my Watsonian theory for why there weren’t any female wizards after Esk is as follows:
Some girl applicants decided that working as a maid and doing group- and self-study in the library during off-hours was preferable to interacting with wizards. All housework was done by enchanted household items until an unfortunate situation with the washroom and some minor flooding. Temporary enchantments are still used when they think they can get away with it.
A good portion of the student body is incognito. This is fairly easy to do, as wizards tend to be weedy and unathletic until reaching a certain age when they become fat and sedentary. Spells and potions for growing lush beards are traded among this group and improved upon every semester. Part of the Wizards’ Council might or might not be part of this group.
A few enterprising girls recognized the lack of a witch in Ankh-Morpork (at least one selling useful potions to the discrete customer) and jumped on filling the gap in the market. They’re officially part of the Seamstresses Guild, for legitimacy, because the client base has a lot of crossover, and to lock in a discount for fellow guild members.
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thisautistic · 1 year ago
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i almost screeeeeamed. love all the little pratchett and discworld easter eggs!
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nemo-me-impune · 5 months ago
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Former sex worker Vetinari truther
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liquidstar · 2 years ago
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new oc batch ready! 8 more of these guys lol. the whole deal with this set is they’re from the artisan guild- lunar flair! intentionally spelled like “flair” as in “style” or “a flare for ____” rather than “flare”
basically all the members of the guild are different kinds of artists with different niches (and varying degrees of diva-ness). it’s pretty easy to tell who does what based on the everything about them, but if you want more info their bios are still under the cut!
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Name: Jupiter
Name Origin: The planet of course
Pronouns: He/him
Age: 52
Guild rank: Guildmaster
Weapon: Lightning rods
Ethos (Power): Gigantomachy. He can make himself (even more) giant
Flaw power is based on: His overly protective nature, especially where the guild is concerned.
Notes: Literally the nicest guy ever until you provoke him though
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Name: Erinome (Erin)
Name Origin: A moon of jupiter, the exact meaning of it’s name is murky but it can refer to grace or purity
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 13
Guild rank: 2 star
Weapon: A Book.
Ethos (Power): Poetic Imagery. Illusions cast forth by his her poems that change the appearance of the physical environment
Flaw power is based on: Her escapist indulgence in fantasy
Notes: You know, like, the pen is mightier than the sword and all that.
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Name: Pictor
Name Origin: The constellation meaning “painter”
Pronouns: He/him
Age: 23
Guild rank: 3 star
Weapon: Giant paintbrush
Ethos (Power): Ardor. He can create three-dimensional things with his paintbrush. However they are not animate or alive.
Flaw power is based on: His conceited nature in regards to his own work.
Notes: Goes to museums to talk about how he could probably do it better anyway
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Name: Oberon
Name Origin: A moon of the planet Uranus, it gets it’s name from the king of the fairies in Renaissance literature. Notably in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pronouns: He/him
Age: 29
Guild rank: 5 star
Weapon: Rapier
Ethos (Power): Fantasia. An illusion of changing his own appearance.
Flaw power is based on: His theatrical nature, of course
Notes: Why is he ourple?
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Name: Syrma
Name Origin: A star in virgo, it’s name refers to the train of a garment (Typically worn by actors in tragedies)
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 25
Guild rank: 4 star
Weapon: Giant needle
Ethos (Power): Binding threads. She can create stitches on any solid objects and bind them to each other. Including people- The stitches are manifested energy and do not hurt.
Flaw power is based on: The dependency she often has on bonds- i.e. threads that bind people.
Notes: She makes and models all her own clothes.
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Name: Parumleo 
Name Origin: A star in Pisces, it’s name means “small lion”
Pronouns: They/he
Age: 19
Guild rank: 3 star
Weapon: Microphone bardiche
Ethos (Power): Persuasion. If they can make you laugh you’ll temporarily have to follow his orders. Though it’s too weak to call full-blown mind control, and fairly easy to snap out of.
Flaw power is based on: His desire to be liked by others.
Notes: They’re like a lolcat. They can haz cheezburger.
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Name: Leda
Name Origin:  A moon of jupiter, the name means swan.
Pronouns: She/her
Age: 28
Guild rank: 4 star
Weapon: Duel ribbons
Ethos (Power): Poise. Complete and utter weightlessness.
Flaw power is based on: Her carefree and utterly absent-minded nature.
Notes: You guys know swan lake right? Well, there ya go.
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Name: Styx
Name Origin: A moon of pluto that gets it’s name from the river of the underworld. Yeah it’s also a rock band.
Pronouns: She/they
Age: 20
Guild rank: 3 star
Weapon: Axe-guitar.
Ethos (Power): Vibrato. Powerful soundwaves cast by her axe-guitar
Flaw power is based on: Her brash and blasé attitude
Notes: Calls everyone “baby” or “babe” because they’re a cool rockstar.
#finn's ocs#oc references#finn's art#YAY i finally get to post my funny little artist guys#i feel like its fairly obvious what each persons gimmick is but just for the sake of brevity (for anyone who doesnt wanna read the readmore)#in order#jupiter doesnt have a Specific art bc hes the guildmaster and you can think of him as more of a teacher of sorts#erin is a poet/writer. pictor is obvs a painter. oberon is a thespian. syrma is a seamstress#parumleo is a comedian. leda is a ballerina. and styx is a musician (or straight up rockstar)#since these characters are all like.. trinary characters they dont go all Too much deeper than their gimmicks#but thats why theyre fun to design bc its like. what if [thing] was a guy LOL#also i wanted to try some new stuff out w their designs (like syrmas dimples for example) so i hope they look okay? i hope so...#also leda and how shes literally the least clothed character ive ever made. shes going to catch a cold for sure yeah#parumleo i worry about bc i had a fairly similar color pallet for asterope (but no red) so i hope he still stands out. the lolcat....#oh also if erin and oberon's powers sound similar that's on purpose too. shes like his protege#i feel like out of all of them though pictor is like the prime example of guy who should be in an artist guild LOL#like the most archetypal. most ppl think of painters when they think of artists#but i wanted different types in there too.#painters writers actors even funnymen and rockstars. they all belong. theyre all weird about creating#anyway im glad i can finally post them now ^_^
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mywingsareonwheels · 1 year ago
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You know collectively we really aren't saying enough about Ms Cheng's obvious admiration of/attraction to Mrs Sandwich. :D
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foolishlyzephyrus-too · 1 year ago
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oh the pure joy i received from the seamstress scene in good omens s2. terry pratchett, you will always be famous
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dimity-lawn · 2 years ago
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chaoticpanmage · 2 years ago
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One thing I love in discworld is the humanization of sex workers. So many stories where they're reduced to only their job and ridiculed, but Pterry does such an refreshing job writing them to be human, compelling and powerful, to the point of being the leading faces of a public uprising
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2readiscworld · 4 months ago
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Discworld is always on unexpected women isn't it
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kuratamashi · 2 months ago
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Pt 2! Seamstress Zeref! 🧵🪡
I genuinely couldn’t get the idea of Zeref sitting and sewing Mavis’ dress! 🤣
It’s such a silly thing, not to mention it’s happened twice, like this isn’t some one off random thing he chose to do, this is a genuine hobby I’m guessing, if you don’t remember, during the Tartaros ark, he left Natsu an outfit too. This dork passes the time by sewing! 🤣
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