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finished The Wee Free Men and HAD to draw something for it or I’d never forgive myself
#this one was fun I used my posca markers. alcohol markers#watercolors and colored pencils#I went CRAZYY AGG#also next book on the list? hogfather bb#artists on tumblr#traditional art#discworld#discworld fanart#the wee free men#tiffany aching#nac mac feegle#rob anybody#William the gonnagle
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Nothing's louder than the end of a song that's always been there.
Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
#tiffany aching#the wee free men#discworld#terry pratchett#the chalk#awareness#contrast#reality shifting#familiarity#fear#songs#the end#always been there
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One of my fav quotes from The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett
"All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!
I have a duty!"
This one is from the last few chapters of The Wee Free Men and it's so so so good. I need to re-read it
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I love Tiffany already. From this conversation, I think she might get along with a certain Duchess of Sto Helit.
#don't get me wrong they're very different people#tiffany wants to be a witch and susan just wants an ordinary life as a teacher#but she feels very amenable to Susan's teaching style#at least Susan wouldn't patronize her#discworld#honor reads discworld#the wee free men#tiffany aching
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"Them as can do has to do for them as can't. And someone has to speak up for them as has no voices."
Granny Aching, The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
#gnu terry pratchett#tiffany aching#the wee free men#standing up for what's right#protecting the weak
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vote yes if you have finished the entire book.
vote no if you have not finished the entire book.
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Today is cover reveal day!
This October, this wonderful tome will be released to the world.
Tiffnay Aching's Guide to being a Witch written by Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent with illustrations by Paul Kidby is the ultimate guide to (surprise surprise) being a witch!
When we have more information and pre-order links, we will share them with the world !
#discworld#terry pratchett#books#booksbooksbooks#rhianna pratchett#the wee free men#tiffany aching#gabrielle kent#paul kidby
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So I've been saying for years that the Discworld series (by Sir Terry Pratchett) and the Vorkosigan Saga (by Lois McMaster Bujold) share several of the same thematic bones
But I never go into specifics
So! For tonight! I will present one case among many.
The Wee Free Men and The Mountains of Mourning
It's about taking action because these people are yours and you have a duty. It's about speaking up for those with no voices of their own. It's about saying, sure, maybe your motivation is selfish, but the impact of your actions sure as hell is not going to be. It's about finding a center to which you can return, when the challenges you face nearly undermine your purpose.
It's about someone who died, and whose memory you refuse to betray.
#discworld#the vorkosigan saga#the mountains of mourning#terry pratchett#lois mcmaster bujold#the wee free men#(Disclaimer: it's been a few years since I read either of these stories ffff.)#anyway if you like the themes of one series and haven't read the other#go read the other :P#book recs
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I was re-reading some Discworld books, and it really struck me how different the endings of The Wee Free Men and Harry Potter were.
Harry Potter is all about how death is a nice thing, a good thing, that it's ok to lie down and die. And that is a good thing to know. But. But The Wee Free Men takes such a different approach.
Tiffany fights to live. It's a very selfish thing, and that's ok. That's the point. You have to want to live, so want. And the Discworld books don't make you fear death. Death is a major character. There is an entire book on why Death is important, is needed.
But when JK Rowling teaches children to die for other people, Terry Pratchet teaches kids how to live for themselves. And that's important.
#terry pratchet#gnu terry pratchett#tiffany aching#the wee free men#discworld#harry potter#jk rowling#fuck jkr#books#book analysis
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She opened her eyes and then, somewhere inside, opened her eyes again. She heard the grass growing, and the sound of worms below the turf. She could feel the thousands of little lives around her, smell all the scents on the breeze, and see all the shades of the night … She knew exactly where she was, and who she was, and what she was.
— Terry Pratchett, from The Wee Free Men (HarperCollins, 2006) (via Wait - What?)
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some doodles 🫶
#MOISTT I love him#and a colored Tiffany#I wanna make more fanart for that book but nothing’s coming to me and I’m mad#discworld#discworld fanart#going postal#the wee free men#the truth#moist von lipwig#tiffany aching#william de worde#also my gf 🫶🫶🫶#starry eyed
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"But can't you use a keeping-warm spell?" said Tiffany.
"I could. But a witch doesn't do that sort of thing. Once you use magic to keep yourself warm, then you'll start using it for other things."
"But isn't that what a witch is supposed to--" Tiffany began.
"Once you learn about magic, I mean really learn about magic, learn everything you can learn about magic, then you've got the most important lesson still to learn," said Miss Tick.
"What's that?"
"Not to use it. Witches don't use magic unless they really have to. It's hard work and difficult to control. We do other things."
Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
#tiffany aching#miss tick#the wee free men#discworld#terry pratchett#witches#magic#learning#education#self control#discipline#power#control#last resort#convenience#the most important lesson#we do other things
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I think you should be proud of not being worse than just deeply introverted and socially maladjusted.
from The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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‘You mean it just exists in my head?’ said Tiffany.
‘You’ve got lots of things in your head. That doesn’t mean they aren’t real. Best not to ask me too many questions.’
-- Terry Pratchett - The Wee Free Men
#Terry Pratchett#discworld quotes#GNU Terry Pratchett#quotes#The Wee Free Men#Tiffany Aching#Granny Weatherwax
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"Witches have animals they can talk to, called familiars. Like your toad there."
"I'm not familiar," said a voice from among the paper flowers. "I'm just slightly presumptuous."
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
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They went to sleep under the stars, which the maths teachers would count, the astronomy teachers would measure, and the literature teachers would name. The geography teachers got lost in the woods and fell into bear traps.
Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
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