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what I really like about Pratchett’s work among all the other things, is that he basically opens all his books with exposure and “here is an immuable, very eternal law upon which the world is built” and then he spends the rest of the book trampling on that law
“it is impossible for a woman to be a wizard, so we’re going to follow this wizard girl’s journey”
“dragons are gone forever and dormant, here be no dragons. say hi to this one lady dragon tho”
“nobody can resist elves. that’s why Magrat is going to deck their queen in the face”
“everyone knows women can’t fight”
“everyone knows golems don’t have souls. they all have names and personalities and-”
“all dwarves are men. then they were introduced to gender”
“Death is eternal and unchanging. Let’s see what happens when he goes through all major human development stages in reverse starting with his retirement”
All in all “here’s this thing everyone knows is true, here’s why it’s bullshit, here’s how untrue it is, and here’s how nobody is going to learn a lesson from being shown that this law of nature is bullshit. We all know people never learn right. or do they”
And he mostly wrote those openings last of all. He’d write the book to find out what it was about and then wrote the openings when he was done with the first draft.
Posted on January 13, 2023 via with 32,730 notes
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So let me get this straight
1. Elon Musk buys Twitter
2. Elon Musk unbans Andrew Tate
3. Andrew Tate picks a fight with Greta Thunberg
4. Greta Thunberg ratios the shit out him
5. He gets mad and posts a video response
6. There’s a Romanian pizza box in the video which twigs Romanian police of his location
7. He is raided and arrested for human trafficking
That is some fabulous fuck-around-find-out shit and a great end to the year.
(via naniiebim)
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fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk
As a european i sometimes forget furefkied are actually real and not american folklore/cryptids. Like you’ve got friendly little bugs that glow in the dark….. b r uh
Magical
(via jediofbooksandsnacks)
Posted on December 21, 2022 via with 195,202 notes
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SUHO X Mew Suppasit ‘Turn Off The Alarm’ Behind The Scenes
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Posted on December 18, 2022 via ~ with 62 notes
nothin to see here
