"๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐. ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐จ, ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ โฆ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐๐."
This. This right here. This is why ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ makes me cry ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ I read it. This is why Sir Terry's books have always meant so much for me. Because Sam Vimes is far from the only character to, in a moment of ultimate choice, go 'what is RIGHT and GOOD is more important than anything else and I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't act on that belief'.
And because Pratchett ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ต.
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ. ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. The ideals. Yes, we should fight for them. (But let's all remember Death's words: they're just stories humans tell ourselves so we can be human. They only matter so long as we ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ in them. Grind the universe down to individual atoms and there won't be an atom of justice to be found. So ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ.)
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ. The practicals. The seamstresses of the world need to make a living too and 'free love' will put them out of business, so let's find a compromise.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐ฏ๐ผ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ด. Because when everything's gone to hell, when the world's gone absolutely Bursar and you don't know what shape tomorrow is going to come in, if it comes at all, when the people around you can't agree on what's important and what isn't... the small things matter.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go use my towel to wipe up my tears while I reread what may be the best Discworld book of all.
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'You don't know our mum, sarge.'
Vimes coughed. 'Mums are mums, lance-constable. They don't like to see men managing by themselves, in case that sort of thing catches on '
Besides, I know she's been up in Small Gods these past ten years. I'd rather put one hand flat on the table and give Swing the hammer than walk down Cockbill Street today.
'Well,' said Sam, 'she says she's going to make you some Distressed Pudding, sarge. She makes great Distressed Pudding, our mum.'
The best, thought Vimes, staring into the middle distance. Oh gods. The very best. No one has ever done it better.
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Tagged by @dorkilybeautiful.
Rules: Tag 9 people you want to know better or just because you feel like it.
Relationship Status: Engaged to @dontbearuiner
Favorite Color: Itโs always been black.
Lipstick or Chapstick: None.ย ย
Last Song I Listened To: Technically,ย https://soundcloud.com/julianvelard/hp-joelcraft
Last Movie I Watched: The Psych movie, if that counts.ย The Shape of Water if not.
Top 3 TV Shows: Hard to choose.ย I have very strong feelings about Leverage and Farscape.ย Having just rewatched it, Psychโs another one I have a lot of emotions about.ย Of course The Wire remains classic.ย I got bored with Game of Thrones.ย Agents of SHIELD really got its act together.ย DS9 was the best Star Trek.
Top 3 Characters: That really depends on media and time. All of these are off-the-cuff, in this moment, subject to change without notice, important-to-me but not necessarily best of all time. A scattering from various media: Sam Vimes, Spider-Man, Luke Skywalker.ย Iโm a Marvel zombie, so I have a lot of strong feelings about a lot of those characters, especially the fuckups just trying to do the right thing (Spidey, Cyclops, Daredevil, etc.).
Top 3 Bands: Again, not really โtopโ, just โimportantโ, Bad Religion, Warren Zevon, Skinny Lister
Books Iโm Reading: Iโm on a brief hiatus from actual books after tearing through a few in December and binging on some TV rewatches.ย Iโm thinking I might try the Ancillary Justiceย series next.ย Previously finished up What the Hell Did I Just Read?: A Novel of Cosmic Horror, the third book in the series that started with John Dies at the End.
Tagging @niwandajones, @airspaniel, @dontbearuiner, @lindsayribar, @crackerbitz, and pulling four random people whoโve recently liked/reblogged stuff off my blog that I donโt actually know (or am unaware that I know) and probably donโt follow me, for kicks, @femmedaltia, @fynnsstories, @iwillnamethisblogsoonerorlater, and @darker-than-darkstorm.ย ย
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