Susan was sensible. It was, she knew, a major character flaw. It did not make you popular, or cheerful, and--this seemed to her to be the most unfair bit--it didn't even make you right.
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
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Hello! Today is another character from the Discworld - Susan and the death of rats, of course. Always glad to hear your opinion.
Привет! Сегодня еще один персолнаж из Плоского мира - Сьюзан и смерть крыс конечно же. Всегда рад услышать ваше мнение.
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What I love about Terry Pratchett's good characters is that they never fail you. Sam Vimes might push you towards the piss puddle for fun, or put a farting pillow under your chair, maybe tie your shoelaces while you're asleep - but he would never fuck your wife or piss into your shoes or make you miserable for no reason other than sheer "fun".
Granny Weatherwax would never say "no" to a crying for help or "please". She wouldn't betray her morals for money, some sort of respect gain or power.
So wouldn't Angua. Or Susan. Or Adora Belle. Or Carrot. Or Luggage.
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Reading soul music and night watch for the first time, back to back, was a mistake and I'm not ok rn
Everyone is doomed by the narrative the whole time and you know that the whole time but you still get caught up in the story and the characters are so driven and so you think maybe. maybe it will be different. maybe they can fix this
But throughout the books there are those moments when it hits you and them again that they aren't getting everyone out. that some things can't be changed
That most of them are going to die.
Both Sue and Vimes are taken out of time and are told they can't change things and you still hope that they'll be the exception. that they'll be allowed to fix something. and they do. in a way. but it's not enough and it doesn't last and almost everyone but them dies anyway and there's no one they can truly share their experiences and pain with and you're told the ending right from the start and it still hurts
It's something about both of them knowing deep down that there wasn't really anything they could do to stop the unstoppable forces of death and time but trying anyways regardless of the consequences because it's the right thing to do and they can't stop themselves from caring, even through all the anger
Anyways. Those were great books and I'm emotionally devastated.
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relatedly, someone recently said to me how sweet they found Petra's "I'm the will of the Empire"' line bc it shows how strong her friendship with El actually is and I bit my tongue bc CF fans really don't take kindly to you pointing out anything bad about the Empire, but holy misread batman. how was that your takeaway from that line!!!!!!!
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A while back I did a 'Ten Characters from Ten Fandoms Tag Game'. And focused solely on my favorite male characters. I always wanted to come back and do one for my female favourites... And so I did.
1. Olenna Tyrell - Game of Thrones (I love SO MANY of the GOTs ladies. But Olenna rules supreme).
2. Poison Ivy (Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley) Batman, DC Comics
3. Sister Carpenter (Mallory Glass) The Silt Verses (art by @navoika)
4. Susan Sto Helit / Granny Weatherwax - The Discworld, Terry Pratchett (I'm not picking a favourite between these two and you can't make me!)
5. Eileen the Crow - Bloodborne
6. Emma Frost - Xmen, Marvel Comics
7. Kreia - Star Wars, Knights of the Old Republic
8. Integra Hellsing - Hellsing Ultimate
9. Anathema Device ( Good Omens)
10. Vanessa Ives - Penny Dreadful
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Susan helping an intellectually disabled man finally have some agency and be treated like an adult while making sure he gets the support he needs 😭
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Miss Butts's mouth opened and shut. And Susan realized that the woman was actually quite short. She had a tall bearing and a tall voice and a tall manner, and was tall in every respect except height. Amazingly, she'd apparently been able to keep this a secret from people.
Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
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Doodle of my OC Amaya and @doodle-nerd 's OC Lennox who were both Team Skeleton this Splatoween 🧡☠️🪸
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