#discworld guards

[threi]

Some feral guards with axes

[pourablecat]

2. Lady Sybil Ramkin, Captain (for now!) Samuel Vimes, Errol and one draconic terrorist

"She had opened her heart, and if you let her she could engulf you; the woman was a city." - Guards! Guards!

This part gives me warm fuzzies every time.

Although Sybil's wig didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to look, stacking a sundae of curls, braids, beads and ringlets together turned out to be funner than I thought. I also don't really care if Vimes is actually short or average height, as long as Sybil towers over him. Glittering siege machine indeed.

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"

Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.

............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.

[snippit-crickit]

something short and simple i did in blender, 'animated' introduction of Carrot,,,,,its tough learning that you belong to a different species i did some discworld experimental paintings too *throws them at you* !!!!!

[mrscakeishere]

Just started Guards! Guards! and I haven't stopped laughing. I particularly love the end of this sentence.

[secondhand-sonder]

The back of Discworld novels: wowee terry's whipped another wacky and wild adventure for us this time! there's so many silly shenanigans and witty wordplay in this book that you're sure to have a hilarious time!

Discword novels: a cynical alcoholic navigating and overcoming the pointlessness of his job, a transparent metaphor for racism and gun violence in the police system and in general, an intelligent young girl overcoming the ideas she's been taught by her culture and the media she consumes, just an entire novel made of commentary on war and gender, using talking animals as a way to explore what defines personhood and contrasting stories vs reality, an ex-convict coming to terms with the damage he's caused and fighting monopolies that are trying to do the same thing,

[asparklethatisblue]

One just has to love a woman who tells a massive murderous dragon to "Sit!".

Lady Sybil, I love you so

[bannedfrombookclub]

Community, Remedial Chaos Theory (2011)

[potato-lord-but-not]

had the sudden and unshakable urge to draw Sybil so uhhhh ummm

[ladyloveandjustice]

"The only Elucidated Brother to be away at the time was of the dragon was Brother Fingers. He'd been sent out for some pizzas. [...] When the guards rolled up just behind Eroll, Brother Fingers was standing with a stack of cardboard boxes in his hands and his mouth open. Where the dread portal should have been was a warm melted patch of assorted substances." (Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett)

Did Terry Pratchett predict the Community meme? Or was the Community meme simply inspired by Terry Pratchett? Either way, he deserves to be honored for doing it first.

[babtest]

I do think that William 'I only tell the truth' de Worde and Moist 'I only tell lies' von Lipwig are physically incapable of being im the same room. There is a forcefield.

[miroimirage]

Guards, Guards fanart very much inspired by @snippit-crickit !! ILIVE for their designs and I wanted to give mine a new coat of paint

[snippit-crickit]

recently i read Guards!Guards! by Pratchett and it brings me great joy to draw out the characters, i will now proceed to throw these at you

Colon!

Sybil,,, i love her, how can i not love a crazy dragon lady ((thats also a big lady))... I like the idea that her brows are tiny because they get burnt by dragons so often

Carrot i also love him

+Big woman Sybil with no wig

[inquissien]

Vimes and Carrot (and Errol) on the lookout

[pratchettquotes]

Colon didn't reply. I wish Captain Vimes were here, he thought. He wouldn't have known what to do either, but he's got a much better vocabulary to be baffled in.

Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

[leona-florianova]

Carrot on his way to the great city of Ankh-Morpork