"Smeems says he keeps himself to himself. He says he thinks the boy is cunning."

"Oh, good," said Vetinari, still seeming to find something totally engrossing in the layout of playing pieces.

"Good?"

"We need cunning people in Ankh-Morpork. We have a Street of Cunning Artificers, do we not?"

"Well, yes, but--"

"Ah, then it is context that has power," said Vetinari, turning around with a look of unmasked delight. "Did I say that I am a politician? Cunning: artful, sly, deceptive, shrewd, astute, cute, on the ball, and, indeed, arch. A word for any praise and every prejudice. Cunning...is a cunning word."

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

‘Things are never all they seem, Mister Trev,’ said Nutt, without looking up from his feverish activity, ‘and the acoustics in these cellars are very good. Your father loved you, did he not?’

‘Wot?’ Trev’s face reddened.

‘He loved you, took you to the football, shared a pie with you, taught you to cheer for the Dimmers? Did he hold you on his shoulders so that you could see more of the game?’

‘Stop talkin’ about my dad like that!’

Glenda took Trev’s arm. ‘It’s okay, Trev, it’s all right, it’s not a nasty question, really it isn’t!’

‘But you hate him, because he became a mortal man, dying on the cobbles,’ said Nutt, picking up another undribbled candle.

‘That is nasty,’ said Glenda. Nutt ignored her.

‘He let you down, Mister Trev. He wasn’t the small boy’s god. It turned out that he was only a man. But he was not only a man. Everyone who has ever watched a game in this city has heard of Dave Likely. If he was a fool, then any man who has ever climbed a mountain or swum a torrent is a fool. If he was a fool then so was the man who first tried to tame fire. If he was a fool then so was the man who tried the first oyster, he was a fool, too–although I’m bound to remark that, given the division of labour in early hunter-gatherer cultures, he was probably a woman as well. Perhaps only a fool gets out of bed. But, after death, some fools shine like stars, and your father is such a one. After death, people forget the foolishness, but they do remember the shine. You could not have done anything. You could not have stopped him. If you could have stopped him he would not have been Dave Likely, a name that means football to thousands of people.’ Nutt very carefully put down a beautifully dribbled candle and continued. ‘Think about this, Mister Trev. Don’t be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.’

-Nutt (Unseen Academicals)

Texas Goodwill, of course

‘She’s got brothers with fists the size of a bull’s arse!’ ‘I have read, Mister Trev, that love laughs at locksmiths.’ ‘Really? And what does it do when it’s been smacked in the face by a bull’s arse?’ ‘The poets are not forthcoming in that respect, Mister Trev.’

-- Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals

"Black Snake" marble and limestone by William E. Nutt, 2002.

Porkchop 'n Flatscreen - Blade+Mouse+Nutt

He visto esta serie de animación y es bueno como también gracioso XD y quise hacer un dibujo de este grupo, en especial de este trio

Regalo para: @emezie

First of all Unseen Academicals would probably be my favourite Discworld novel - if it wasn't for all the books about the watch. XD And Nutt would also be on the list of autistic power moves. I have never seen a more relatable character than him.

You're so right, Nutt is incredibly relatable. Especially when he's trying to navigate life in Ankh-Morpork and it's overwhelming and messy and confusing and the advice Ladyship gave him seemed straightforward at the time but in practice it's often conflicting and doesn't quite work in real situations and it's actually impossible to follow all the advice at once and there's so many rules and he's terrified he won't fit in but then he starts to make friends but then it starts to go wrong and—

Yeah

I’m literally nutting over this brown sugar boba popsicle

Concept: Glenda/Juliet/Trev/Nutt polycule

Opp and Nutt had like five minutes of screen time together in SCOY as Intouch and Daisy and to this day, they still like every single one of each others Instagram posts. Opp is even a T/K-Pop group now but they still follow each other and regularly like each others posts. I adore them. The ship is a tiny boat but damn it it’s still sailing! I know it’s prolly never gonna happen but I would watch the fuck out of a series with them as the leads.

There was a limit to how many candles he should make, Trev had told Nutt. It looked bad if he made too many, Trev explained. The pointy hats might decide that they didn't need all the people. That made sense to Nutt. What would No Face and Concrete and Weepy Mukko do? They would have nowhere else to go. They had to live in a simple world; they too easily got knocked down by life in this one.

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

u ready fo dis bigg ass nuhh??

ahm bouta blow right now 🧽🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

"Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through."

--"Unseen Academicals" by Terry Pratchett

I fell down another (the same) rabbit hole.

But, I think I might get the contrast between Ultima’s “Age of Reason” and Logos.

The author is going to describe the primacy of reason=logic in western philosophy leading to a subject/object division. Then go to the root of the word logic to show “reason” and it’s dichotomy is not necessary. Then move on to Nishida’s stuff.

Logos < lego < 1) To collect, gather or pick up. 2) to count, tell, say, or speak.

“Thus, logos is that which carries meaning and reflects reality. Most importantly, by collecting words in phrases and sentences, logos produces new meanings—a meaningful unity which enables us to discuss reality surrounding us.”

“…logos is clearly established as a mediation between reality, language, and thought (reason and truth).”

Thinking about what I’ve read on Nishida, the issue is the primacy of reason over emotions and sensation. Mind vs matter… where reality is all and the above and actually experienced before these divisions.

Uhh like faith isn’t reason but Clive used faith to defeat “God”… there’s an explanation for that; that’s not original to FF but characteristic of FF. I’ve just gotta find the words.

I think the fanbase is confused. Protags do not defeat a transcendent God. Transcendence does not exist.That awareness is what is supposed to be impressive.

- Tarmo Selter