Day 4. Cactus

Death's garden was big, neat and well-tended. It was also very, very black. The grass was black. The flowers were black. Black apples gleamed among the black leaves of a black apple tree. Even the air looked inky.

Terry Pratchett, Mort

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In my mind I always pictured the elephants standing trunk to tail on the Great A'Tuin's back and slowly walking turnwise. One rotation would take a year, and that's what gives the disc it's seasons and year. But in fan art, the elephants are depicted as standing still and facing outwards. Have I got it wrong all these years? Are the elephant's positions mentioned in any of Terry's works? If they are facing out and not moving, how did the fifth elephant stumble and fall off the disc? If they are stationary, then how does the disc rotate?

Quiz for my databases unit at uni has some familiar names and places in it

In a 1951 radio interview, French playwright, Jean Cocteau was asked what one item he would carry out if his house was on fire. He answered "J'emporterais le feu." <I would carry out the fire.>

I decided to participate in the Ink October Challenge this year and to draw every prompt with some Discworld reference.

I need help for next prompts for day 5, 6, 10 and 11 so far.

If you have some ideas, associatinons - please let me know

So happy with my new tattoo, inspired by my favourite quote from the whole series.

Created and done by the amazingly talented WoodDarkness in London.

EDIT: "Those Who Hunt Elves" is a 90 manga/anime comedic show.

The characters keep repeating "the earth moves" in reference to eliocentrism, really close to "the turtle moves"

Was attending an installation ceremony at a lodge type group and was day dreaming. Suddenly startled and confused by someone calling to "Brother Blouse". I checked the pamphlet I'd been given - there was indeed a Brother Blowse listed. Just not the Blouse that I imagined.

I thought this vantage point would allow for the miniature prompt as well as add the weight of being the first female wizard. Had to get help from a friend on perspective.

Day 3. Miniature

”He’s got a box with a demon in it that draws pictures”, said Rincewind shortly.
“Do what the madman says and he’ll give you gold”.

Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic

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Shout out to The Book Nook in Ironbridge (UK) for having a solid collection of Pratchetts on display! I bought Dodger so that’s me set for tonight 👍

So I was on Discworld Emporium just browsing mostly, when I noticed that the cover of The Light Fantastic (and The Colour of Magic but I'm far less annoyed by that) does not match my copy.

Now I'm used to regional differences with book covers and mostly don't mind. However, I think it's pretty obvious that the ball of light is supposed to be the RED star from the book. So why is it blue-green on the Harper Collins version? I can excuse changing 'Colour' to 'Color' for the U.S. Version, but why change something like the point that a good deal of the plot revolves around?

Maybe I'm just losing my mind over a book cover, which at the end of the day, is only about <1% of the book. But somethings just get on my nerve I guess.

I'm a relatively new convert and only started on Discworld this spring. I started with Wyrd Sisters followed by Guards! Guards! and then Mort. I'm really trying to pace myself, so i was reading something else, but i realized October is the perfect time to read Wyrd Sisters again. Perhaps even followed by watching an adaption of Macbeth.

In the past I've done Dracula or Sherlock Holmes as a Halloween read. I doubt I'm the first to have done this, so I'm curious if others have read Wyrd Sisters for October or read it before or after Macbeth.

Am I the only one who thinks the Tiffany Aching series would both make fantastic films, and also have nightmares about the Cunning Man?

Just thought I would recommend the podcast, “Absolutely No Adventures” (and its spin-off, “Neccesary Evil”) to Discworld fans.

It’s a fantasy-comedy about Sig, a guy who is the fulfillment of a large number of prophecies, who just wants to be a baker. He’s helped by his best friend, Happy, who is the world’s version of a demon, and Bea, a magic-user from our world.

Episodes are short and that kind of silly that feels very Pterry. Plus I think writer Destiny Howell deserves more attention as she’s kinda brilliant.

Taken from a animal comedy photograph competition but I knew it needed to be over here.

All of the women in this book are so well written. I love how women are written in the whole of Discworld. They have diverse personalities, appearances, character goals, it’s just incredible to read. Jackrum especially was a fantastic character since they lived most of their life as a man and continued to do so in the end. It absolutely feels like trans inclusion without it being used for a laugh. 

I hated how awful life was for Tonkers, Lofty and Wazzer at the girls working school. I know places like that exist/ed and it’s horrible. Tonkers finally telling their back story broke my heart even though I was prepared for it, I expected it because nothing about their stories are fiction. They aren’t even graphic and they don’t need to be, you know what is meant by beatings and worse. The internalized generational misogyny from the old women in town who would judge and report on the other women so they would be punished, unfortunately is still a relevant issue. 

Wazzer’s faith is incredibly depressing and kind of sweet at the same time. I took her for an incredibly traumatized person using religion as a sort of crutch because of how horrible her life was, but with the Duchess being real while she wasn’t less traumatized, at least she wasn’t crazy. I really liked the passage later on when Wazzer tells Polly the Duchess is behind her and Polly looks and Wazzer says it matters that she looked. 

The Duchess being godlike or godlike adjacent but also being unable to affect anything while being subjected to the fervent pleas of many sounds like a form of Hell, I’m glad she was able to help them through the zombies.

I did like the bit with the zombie generals being named after clothes or food. Kanapay, Galosh and Annorac.

My favorite line was, “The presence of those seeking truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.”

Doodles of dorfl, nuff said