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[gwydpolls]

Lucian's Library Winners 3

This poll is a run off between previous winners.

Feel free to suggest never written books you wish you could read for future rounds.

[ectoarchaeology]

this is sibyl, vetinari, and vimes (in that order!!!)

[poorlydescribedpterrybooks]

Going Postal

Local criminal convicted of becoming a productive member of society.

[elelandia]

“There was no actual rule, Downey had to admit. It was just that, over the years, the Guild had developed a certain ethos and members tended to be very neat about their work, even shutting doors behind them and generally tidying up as they went. Hurting the harmless was worse than a transgression against the moral fabric of society, it was a breach of good manners. It was worse even than that. It was bad taste. But there was no actual rule…”

The difference between Downey and Vetinari is all here: Downey will follow the rules in the name of the good taste, Vetinari because he’s paid for just one inhumation.

[thesunshinesanctuary]

The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents is on Hulu in the States right now. I watched it and, you guys, it’s so good. You can tell it was made by people with real love and affection for the source material and the author. There are delicious little nods to the Discworld at large and Terry.

The animation is lovely and squishy and Maurice is a glorious ginger chonk. It’s softened and streamlined a bit here and there but the adaptations all make sense ( and make for an improved movie ) and it’s not sickeningly twee despite being solidly kid friendly. There are some of the hints of horror from the book. The Clan have distinct designs and personalities. Voice acting is fantastic.

If they had put half this amount of love and attention to detail into adapting The Watch, I seriously would have exploded from sheer joy.

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Geralt stares at the chest, possibly the only unbroken piece of furniture at the Rosemary & Thyme. Last time he'd been here, the place had been a busy brothel. Now it is home to all kinds of vagrants and people looking for a place to sleep.  Geralt is looking for a place to stash his loot, and makes an unexpected friend.

Chest of Wonders

Fandom: Witcher (Video Games) Rating: G Words: 2183

Read it on AO3

Written for @witchermonstermayhem for the prompt Too Many Toes - I've been meaning to write Geralt & The Luggage for a while now, and that prompt finally made me :D

[twoflowersdeadwife]

Twoflower Checks Out Rincewind's Behind

I mean, what else would he be looking at with 'some interest' but what Rincewind just mentioned?

Also, 'bang'

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

Chapters: 2/44 Fandom: Discworld - Terry Pratchett Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Lord Downey/Havelock Vetinari, Downey/Others Additional Tags: let your dad die energy drink is a direct inspiration for my restarting this story, everything is a poison, it's the dose that matters, Family Issues, Period-Typical Homophobia, Classism, AM is an early modern city, and so the values/social norms reflect that, Not Beta Read, We Die Like Men, Downey POV Series: Part 4 of coveting desperate things Summary:

After no more a desolate thing Downey and Vetinari are muddling through. Unfortunate segues into the past which runs parallel to the present. Families are a sticky business, always. Oh, and there's been a death.

[I have rewritten Thus, Always because I wanted to finish the story but had left it too long to pick it back up and start where I left off, so I just redid the whole thing. There are differences between the OG Thus, Always and this one. This one still works within the broader AU timeline of Murder Flat stories etc.]

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Obligatory Excerpt: 

August 12, a Monday, the city had become restless. That stagnant, late summer humidity was climbing up walls like cats in heat. Everyone had long memorised the stench and sight of bloated, fly covered corpses of Snapcase’s latest former-enemies. Wasps would bury their young into the flesh of the dead, larva erupting from no longer bleeding wounds. Often, though not always, they wore a placard with the old phrase “per lo stato,” for the state. Or, as Vetinari would have it, for reasons of state. He always said it captured the essence better than the direct translation.

Is this not the nature of public death? Crows attacking eyes and tongues first as they prefer those soft, gentle parts of the face. June bugs, like wasps, making new growth out of old. Mushrooms can burst forth from undisturbed chest cavities if left too long. We begin to decompose as soon as the heart stops pumping blood. We rot from the inside out.

On August 13, Vetinari said, ‘The centre can’t hold, things must give.’

I replied, ‘I can do Sunday. I’ve a class to prep for in the morning, though. Restructuring how I cover human geography for the fifth years.’

‘Downey, you clearly are not appreciating the theatrics of the moment.’

‘I appreciate dramatic moments when they’re mine. But you’re not paying me to help with yours. Well, not at this precise moment. Is Sunday night workable?’

‘Yes, Sunday is fine.’

August 19, Monday morning, palace staff arrived and were informed that the rug in the Oblong Office needed to be removed. Don’t attempt to save it, it’s beyond saving. Burn it. Besides, the colour doesn’t go with the room.

[dndspellgifs]

I'm probably reading too much into it but I'd like to believe the old postman from Violet Evergarden is a nod to Going Postal and Terry Pratchett

[naya-apt]

Have some sketches while I’m trying to realize how to render.

[thatluckybear]

Still learning how to use this platform so if you wanna be gaming/Discworld/90s retro future aesthetic moots with me lmk.

Oh also: if I want to reply to a quotes reblog do I quote reblog it back? Very ouroboros.

[flameof]

Alright, thought crossed my mind:

Granny Weatherwax (Discworld) VS Beatrice (Umineko)

How would a match between these two play out?

Discuss

[summonthebats]

Feeling kinda call out by my own realisation about how I group my blorbo’s

The ‘Should Not Raise Children Ever’ group which includes Shen Jiu, Shen Yuan, Roxanna Agriche and the entire cast of the Star Wars prequals.

The ‘Would Rise Functional, Competent And Extremely Weird Children’ team with Aizawa Shouta, the entire Artimis Fowl cast, Senju Tobirara and everyone even semi-heroic from Discworld.

And then Keladry of Minedlan. Who is clearly far to reasonable, reliable, emotionally intelligent and just generally good and well adjusted to be here.

I love her, clearly.

[apollolewis]

If I ever get the courage to play dnd and dm, I have my dad’s old collection of dnd books. Are they from the 80s and 90s, yes, will I use them, also yes. The books are way too expensive and ones from my dad are free. I also have a discworld one. The benefits of having a nerdy dad.

[elelandia]

Vetinari and Sybil plotting against Vimes just to send him in some sort of vacation is the definition of love to me.

[runixa]

In the amazing Maurice and his escapes rodents" they talk about a plan to move to an island and make a rat civilization with no humans.

I've just realized that this may be. Reference/nod/inspired by "Mrs frisby and the rats of nymh". The rats in that book go to a valley to make there civilization, but it feels related.

I guess I'll need to continue this reread and see if there is more evidence of that.