Bluefancypants - Blue In A Suit

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Witches are next

“Men at Arms is a direct attack on the idea of monarchy and aristocracy that so much “high fantasy” is based on; Jingo is a fantasy war story that denies the reader the “fun” of seeing a war break out and ends up attacking the concept of war; the character of Rincewind is a subversion of the whole idea of heroism. Monstrous Regiment is a meditation on feminism, Cherry Littlebottom and other female dwarfs a commentary on gender identity and trans people, Thud! a statement against ethnic hatred. But all this deconstruction and subversion didn’t come across as having to eat your vegetables, the way literary fiction often does. And it didn’t come across as a bitter, guilty pleasure either, the way people geek out about the horrifying viciousness of “low fantasy” worlds like A Song of Ice and Fire’s Westeros. Pratchett somehow made his progressive, subversive work as tasty a snack as any of the high fantasy he was subverting. Much of that candy coating was humor–the ability to laugh, as he once argued, being our brain’s way of extracting pleasure from the otherwise painful process of recognizing uncomfortable truths.”

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Arthur Chu breaks down the importance of Discworld in his farewell tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett, A Guide to Escape from Escapism (via landunderwave)

Part of why it worked was because Pratchett didn’t sneer at heroism or idealism, he showed how good intentions go bad and over the course of centuries things fossilise and need to be replaced, and most importantly, he showed the heroism of the small.  Yes, he showed the other side of the coin, the darker side of the heroic and epic, but he didn’t use that as an excuse to go Martin’s way of “this is what it’s really like: murder, rape and treachery under all the fine words”.

People like Vimes who stuck to duty even in his worst hours, when he was sunk in self-loathing and alcoholism, a dangerous man who sabotaged himself half-intentionally, because it was in his bones and because (as we got to know in “Night Watch”) he also had his own ideals and idealism that he doggedly held on to, even when half-ashamed of that.

He permits honour to exist in his world, even if it’s not kings and knights in shining armour.

It may be low fantasy, but it’s never vile.  Even when he’s showing us what real evil looks like.

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Sexiest Old Man Tournament: Quarter Finals!

Who is hotter?

helloe mutual

If the entire earth were stir-fried, what do you think it would taste like?

Hullo Mutual ! =D

That is quite an interesting question!

My first thought would be to say vaguely crunchy because of rocks n' stuff, but that's not at all true!

After giving it more musing and research I think it would be more metallic/ silicone ( silicate??siliconic?? That's not a word but oh well) This is because the inner and outer crust are mostly composed of Iron and nickel with a few heavier elements thrown in.

The mantle and the Crust on the other hand are mostly composed of silicate rocks which contain some Iron and other metals.

It is interesting to note how little of earth's actual mass is part of the Hydrosphere ( water) or is of anthropocene origins.

I would have to guess that earth biosphere and human shenaniganery would probably add vague overtones of blood, concrete and chemicals.

So yeah, tada! This might not have really answered your question but I tried; btw thank you for getting me to research the earth's layers again. It's been a while, even if I haven't done the most in depth research on the topic it was still quite fun :)

Also please feel free to correct me in the notes as I am but a humble idiot and in NO way an expert

Anyways the only remaining question is what the texture would be like ;)

no idea about the context for this scene cuz I haven't watched s2 yet but I imagine this is exactly what happened :)

based on this Columbo gem:

Take these, spread them around

Reblog, copy paste, post on your own. Make your own! Let's see if we can get it trending?

Make some art, fics, edits, poetry and tag it with #save good omens 3 (or any variation) and #fire ne*l ga*man (if you want)

Apparently the Internet is a small place

Hot damn

Bartender: thanks for stopping that bar fight, spiderman. Can I get you a drink? It’s on the house

Peter: thank you, but I can’t

Bartender: why not

Peter:

Bartender:

Peter, trying not to give his age away: I’m pregnant

What if Crowley could change his species of snake at will? 🐍

In Aziraphale's defense, Crowley wasn't a rattlesnake when he put him in the box. Crowley could obviously get out whenever he likes, but it’s actually kind of fun.

Stop everything you're doing and look at the Arabian sand boa. You're welcome.

Snakes in order of appearance: Red-bellied black snake, blunthead tree snake, eastern hognose snake, Arabian sand boa, African egg-eating snake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake.

Also -

You ever make something and go, "This is it, my finest work. My magnum opus. I've peaked as an artist."?

This is that moment for me.