#Lady Margolotta

[mortispoxi]

Pratchett trying to shoehorn in a romantic partner for Drumknott at the end of Unseen Academicals is honest very funny in retrospect because the lad shows up two more times before the series concludes and is still romantically unattached which implies that despite Vetinari and Margolotta’s best efforts to play matchmaker something must’ve gone so wildly wrong that it made the two of them not want to engage with each other any further.

So because of this oversight, my headcanon is that when Drumknott and Miss Healstether had their little rendezvous they argued over who had the better filing method which ended in Vetinari and Margolotta having to physically separate and restrain them to keep them from killing each other. It’s the first and only time Vetinari ever had to reprimand Drumknott in his entire career all because he bit Margolotta’s librarian during the altercation. However, deep down he was more than a bit amused watching two mild mannered individuals throw hands over a ring binder so it was more of a halfhearted, “don’t do it again,” kind of scolding.

[theygotlost]

THE BLACK RIBBONERS!! 🎗🧛🏻

[higgsbison]

Hahaa what if I told you I went sicko mode after realizing Dracula Daily is happening again and started writing the very obvious Discworld paralel in roughly the same style.

[spamuelsonofspamothy]

Reread Unseen Academicals recently and I've been thinking about that scene towards the end between Nutt and Ladyship and Vetinari. More after the break because there are spoilers.

So, Nutt's an orc. Everyone knows that orcs are savage beasts that tear people's heads off, and Margolotta is desperately trying to make sure he comes up "civilized". Thematically, there's links to the Uberwald League of Temperance, which was at least partially her project, since Margolotta's taking a non-human race famous among humans for being evil, dangerous, and generally bad news and trying to reform it. Her instruction for Nutt to "teach [the remaining wild orcs] civilized behavior" follows naturally from her attempts to do the same with vampires.

And then Nutt fires back with, "And who would you send to teach the humans?"

He earns a "brief outburst of laughter" from Vetinari, which is usually reserved for Vimes. There's no mention of Margolotta's direct reaction, but for the last few lines she's been described as "taken aback" and "[saying something] coldly", so she can't be too amused by this comment. But why is she so unimpressed with Nutt's asides about humans?

It's because, for all she tried, his situation isn't actually like the Black Ribboner vampires. In that case, Margolotta more or less succeeded in making her the vampires into reasonable facsimiles of humans, although with a few weird habits. In the quest for acceptance, Margolotta believed it necessary to emulate humans, to redirect entirely the thirst for blood and control into other passions. But Nutt? He's been raised to be a human orc, to be part of the civilized world, and how does he find true acceptance and happiness?

By accepting himself not as human, but as an orc.

Nutt's comment about "teach[ing] the humans" isn't just a funny aside about human nature. Deliberate or not, it's a slap in the face to everything Margolotta's worked for since at least The Fifth Elephant. For her, humanity is a goal to aspire to; for Nutt, who's lived among the people of Ankh-Morpork and seen their moods, their mobs, their stupidity and even their kindness, humanity is an amusement.

Thank you for taking the time to read my rambling thoughts, and good night.

[skyofdarkmatter42]

The most important Vimes-Angua parallel

[storekn1fe]

some discworld girlies because i finished the fifth elephant a few days ago! [id in alt]

[aeshnacyanea2000]

‘I would like you to teach them civilized behaviour,’ said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. ‘Yes, of course, I think that would be quite possible,’ he said. ‘And who would you send to teach the humans?’

-- Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals

[autisticfiend]

I love that Margolotta canonically looks like a middle aged lady who loves pink and would probably share memes with Minions.

[pratchettquotes]

"Your secretary seems to be getting on very well with my librarian," said Lady Margolotta.

"Yes," observed Vetinari. "Apparently they are comparing ring binders. He has invented a new one."

"Well, for the proper working of the world," said Lady Margolotta, "it is essential that ring binders are important to at least one person."

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

[lileiv]

Lady Margolotta, and Mightily Oats

Drawn for the party to meet as npcs in my disc dnd campaign, but thought I'd post them separately

[discworldquotes]

‘Ith [Vimes] a diplomat, mithtreth?’ Lady Margolotta lay back. ‘No, Igor. He’s the reason for diplomats. Close the lid, vill you?’

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

[theygotlost]

margolotta posted this on fantasy facebook 100% unironically

[higgsbison]

Dracula revival clashing with my Discworld brainrot is really making me revisit the sadly off-screen adventure where a recent graduate on a truly horrible ivy league frat boy eurotrip comprised entirely of assasins and an ancient evil entity help each other become the girlboss of their dreams and then stay lifelong penpals

[jehanthepoet]

Lady Margolotta: I've given Nutt worth

Glenda: you've fucked up a perfectly good orc is what you've done. Look at him, he's got anxiety

[dimity-lawn]

[alda-rana]

Discworld Inktober 3, 4 and 5:

Lady Margolotta for "Bat"

Verity Pushpram, Nobby's seafood-selling girlfriend for "Scallop"

and Moist Saving The Cat from the post office fire for "Flame"