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Mort illustrations by Omar Rayyan for The Folio Society

I like them a lot. They are beautiful and convey the atmosphere and tone of the book perfectly. Loose enough to leave room for the imagination, and still faithful to the text. I wish he illustrated more Discworld.

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I have made the mistake of reading fanfiction for the book I am reading before I finished the book and now I cannot tell whether the insane line I remember was a fanfic writer exploring an idea or dearest Sir Terry Pratchett reading humanity for filth again.

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...lately I've been thinking a lot about Susan Sto Helit. Specifically her introduction and farewell in the Discworld series.

About how her introduction in Soul Music is through the eyes of Miss Butts who goes on describing this recently orphaned girl as:

"something frankly unloveable about the child. Academically brilliant in the things she liked doing, of course. But that was just it. She was brilliant in the same way that a diamond is brilliant, all edges and chilliness." *

And then the very last we see of Susan within the Discworld series, is in Thief of Time, ending with... well no matter one's personal opinion of Susan and Lobsang Ludd... the Death series ends with love. ( I could go on a tangent about how each Death book is about some version of Love but thats for another time)

ANYWAY the last we read of Susan is:

"She put the chocolate in her mouth, and shut her eyes. A faint cardboard-y sound made her open them. The lids were lifting on the boxes of stars. They spilled out, and whirled up into the shadows of the cupboard, brilliant against the darkness, a galaxy in miniature. Susan watched them for a while, and then said: "Alright, you have my full attention, whoever you are." At least, that is what she meant to say. The peculiar stickiness of the nougat caused it to come out as: "au-rite ou av my full at-em-ntion." Damn. The stars spiraled around her head, and the cupboard's interior darkened into interstellar black. "If this is you Death of Rats," she began. "It's me," said Lobsang. Tick! Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment."

It ends with love!! Love for a girl who was described as "something frankly unlovable" we bid farewell to Susan in the series with a Perfect Moment!!

Does this mean anything? Do you see the glimpses of what I'm feeling and barely managing to articulate?!

*Please forgive me if the quotes aren't entirely accurate in terms of punctuation etc, I only have the audio form and transcribed it while listening.

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Diet culture is hilarious and rad actually

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being an archaeologist in tumblr is so funny because I see so many text posts and go. Imperialism pre-dates capitalism. Rebellion against empires pre-dates capitalism. Money pre-dates capitalism. Social inequality pre-dates capitalism. Misogyny pre-dates capitalism. Wealth inequality pre-dates capitalism. Unilateral rule by oppressive rulers pre-dates capitalism. People’s dependence on their job for their survival pre-dates capitalism. Capitalism as an economic system is about 200-250 years old max but these problems are much, much older, and capitalism supports, entrenches, or exacerbates many of these problems… doesn’t mean it invented them and doesn’t mean they will simply cease to be problems After Capitalism.

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niskaaaaaa~

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Just learned a friend's cousin named their baby (born today) Estrus.

Please, look up that word.

Friend is a biologist. She is begging her cousin to change it. Cousin refuses "because it sounds pretty." I feel so bad for that child.

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Happy Hogswatch, from Sir Terry❤️❤️

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Death's Door

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TERRY PRATCHETT YOU WRETCH YOUVE BEEN DEAD FOR ALMOST A DECADE AND I FIRST READ JOHNNY AND THE BOMB IN PROBABLY 1999

AND I JUST NOW IN 2024, A QUARTER OF A CENTURY LATER, REALISED WHY SHE'S CALLED MRS TACHYON

A tachyon is a hypothetical faster than light particle which would be able to time travel

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Are YOU gonna let THE GOVERNMENT tell YOU what YOUR GENDER is? That doesn't sound like Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness to me! PROTECT your individual FREEDOMS and call your senator: we want the GOVERNMENT to stay OUT OF OUR PANTS! GENDER FREEDOM NOW!

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Vultures on social media be like #RawMeat #YummyCarcass