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Terry Pratchett started his career as a crypto-monarchist and ended up the most consistently humane writer of his generation.  He never entirely lost his affection for benevolent dictatorship, and made a few classic colonial missteps along the way, but in the end you’d be hard pressed to find a more staunchly feminist, anti-racist, anti-classist, unsentimental and clear-sighted writer of Old White British Fantasy.  

The thing I love about Terry’s writing is that he loved - loved - civil society.  He loved the correct functioning of the social contract.  He loved technology, loved innovation, but also loved nature and the ways of living that work with and through it.   He loved Britain, but hated empire (see “Jingo”) - he was a ruralist who hated provincialism, a capitalist who hated wealth, an urbanist who reveled in stories of pollution, crime and decay.  He was above all a man who loved systems, of nature, of thought, of tradition and of culture.  He believed in the best of humanity and knew that we could be even better if we just thought a little more.

As a writer: how skillful, how prolific, how consistent.  The yearly event of a new Discworld book has been a part of my life for more than two decades, and in that barrage of material there have been so few disappointments, so many surprises… to come out with a book as fresh and inspired as “Monstrous Regiment” as the 31st novel in your big fantasy series?  Ludicrous.  He was just full of treasure.  What a thing to have had, what a thing to have lost.

In the end, he set a higher standard, as a writer and as a person.  He got better as he learned, and he kept learning, and there was no “too late” or “too hard” or “I can’t be bothered to do the research.”  He just did the work.  I think in his memory the best thing we can do is to roll up our sleeves and do the same.

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laios in ep 15

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happy april 30th!

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Sushio One Piece Movie 06 - Pencil Test and Design Book

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Vintage Phantom of the Opera movie poster featuring the cutest version of the Phantom ever.

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a very unserious idea that got out of hand ;_; i didnt mean to make it this long

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If you type "wait", does your phone automatically predict "and see" next? 😂

Let me find out.

Wait and See.

Yup.

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autumn || winter || spring || summer

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dungeon meshi but they try to solve problems the dnd way (marcille is shooting her shot)

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can’t believe they cut this scene from season 3 💔

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Good Omens 2 + Text Posts

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part two to marcille rolling to seduce dragon falin! (her nat 20'ing won the votes)

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My new YouTube video: A DM’s Guide to Ranged Combat is now live! Please go give it a watch!

If you’re a DM looking for a way to challenge your overspecced crossbow player, or just generally make mixed-range combat more interesting and enjoyable, it’s full of helpful tips and visualisations. Plus, supporting these long videos really helps keep my channel alive and funds more future content!

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What’s your favourite line from good omens?

The invisible and unbreakable one that joins Crowley and Aziraphale.

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🚂💛🧡❤🧡💛 it's a love train! send this to all the blogs you love! don’t forget to spread the love! 💛

Aaaaa sending you so much lovee😭🫂❤💛🧡❤🧡💛❤💜💜💙💚💙

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shipping win! they have different but equally terrible coping mechanisms

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Happy Halloween!