#Jingo

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

He disguised himself as a POTATO instead of a CARROT

[p4nishers]

[akboro]

[reddy-reads]

Vimes and 71 hour Ahmed just really have.... something in jingo. The conversations he has with Ahmed where they're comparing their approaches to policing and Ahmed points out that vimes experience in the city is very different from his own.... the way they both struggle with the scope of what they can do vs what Ahmed calls being part of a big crime..... the way vimes's conversation with Ahmed changes him/reveals himself to himself, his dream that he can chase the big crimes and do something about the bigger more systemic crimes.... I don't think vimes really has a relationship like his one with Ahmed elsewhere in the series. Ahmed is his peer and an established officer on his own right. It's just interesting

[lizormianillustration]

reading terry prattchet is so crazy, cause you'll be reading about a character called something like plinko plonko and their zany exploits, and then he'll just drop a paragraph that goes so insanely hard like -

and then I just have to stare at the wall for a bit.

[bloedgetuige]

i couldnt fix him but i could collar him. who said that

[anonomouslyabanana]

Love havelock vetinari bc he’s introduced as a terrifying tyrant that will cut off your finger if you wave it at him and is inhumanly calm and collected but then you realize he’s actually just LARPing as a villain. He asks to be handcuffed so he can be arrested properly. He disapproves of his aunt’s cat because it’s not the kind you can pet sinisterly while waiting in the dark. He tries to do “tis but a scratch” about a fucking gunshot and collapses on the spot.

[melissentee]

'I was just wondering about the meaning of the word shouted at me as we were on our way down here. Would you be so kind?' 'Er... if I...' 'I believe it was... let me see now... oh yes ... towelhead.' The Prince's eyes stayed locked on Vime's face. Vimes was conscious of his own thoughts moving very fast, and they seemed to reach their own decision. We'll explain later, they said. You're too tired for explanations. Right now, with this man, it's oh so much better to be honest... 'It... refers to your headdress,' he said. 'Oh. It is some kind of obscure joke?' Of course he knows, thought Vimes. And he knows I know... 'No. It's an insult,' he said eventually. 'Ah? Well, we certainly cannot be held responsible for the ramblings of idiots, commander.' The Prince flashed a smile. 'I must commend you, incidentally.' 'I'm sorry?' 'For your breadth of knowledge. I must have asked a dozen people that question this morning and, do you know? Not one of them knew what it meant. And they all seemed to have a cough.'

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

[veni-vici-vetinari]

"Then if you persist in playing games I will say that before a knight is created he must spend a night's vigil watching his armor-"

"Practically every night of my life," said Vimes. "A man doesn't keep an eye on his armor round here, that man's got no armor in the morning."

"In prayer," said Rust sharply.

"That's me," said Vimes. "Not a night has gone by without me thinking, 'Ye gods, I hope I get through this alive.'"

"—and he must have proved himself on the field of combat. Against other trained men, Vimes. Not vermin and thugs."

Vimes started to undo the strap of his helmet.

"Well, this isn't the best of moments, my lord, but if someone'll hold your coat I can spare you five minutes..."

Vimes antagonising Rust at any given moment

This man’s never taking Vetinari’s role again

[blackboard-monitor]

quote of all time

[zakalwe-the-ninth]

I love this scene. Vimes is running late for an Important Thing, but still takes a few minutes to calmly pull someone up - a subordinate but also, importantly, his oldest friend - for being casually racist.

The man still has his own prejudices, but he’s trying.

[wellplayed-tp]

Re-reading Jingo for the umpteenth time, I've always known the whole "second bowman" concept was a reference to the JFK assassination but I've never put two and two together on some of the other references, the two main ones being that Snowy Slopes fired from the back storage rooms of the UU library, a storage room filled with textbooks, a reference to the Texas school book depository.

And the second reference actually made me groan. Angua and Carrot meet up with a Gnoll named stoolie, a regular informant of the watch. I believe this is the first time we actually meet a gnoll in the discworld series, seems like a random inclusion in the story. Then i realised.

In the UK police informants are commonly known as a "Grass"

So stoolie... is a "Grassy Gnoll"

God damnit STP, still taking me to school.

[catharsis-in-a-bottle]

jingo submarine subplot my beloved. what the fuck was that. vetinari juggling four melons and three knives perfectly and then saying that was his first time juggling. nobby gender moment. leonard casually doodling war machines. vetinari constantly insulting colon like a total bitch. them actually stopping the war. this is the most ridiculous thing i have ever read

[warriorsproject]

Jingo

[pargery]

He had the look of a lawnmower just after the grass has organized a workers' collective.

-- Jingo by Terry Pratchett

[reluctanttree]

vimes continues to be a mood