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Unseen Academicals | Terry Pratchett

Happy Tuesday! ☺️😉

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Doppoetry

Snuff | Terry Pratchett

so-so

This also started off really fresh and different, but fell apart towards the middle, and the last 2 hours really dragged. There was still very good commentary about racism, exploitation, drug abuse, slavery, and prejudice. The “dehumanization“ of the goblins really rustled my feathers. The humor in this really struggled and was very low-brow, relying too heavily on 💩, especially because Pratchett is known for his humor. It's a very weak ending.--

Doppoetry -to the sub-series as a whole.

I was pleasantly surprised by how different Willikins was by the end of the sub-series; he became one of my favorite characters in fact. Seeing him develop from just a butler to a deadly and cunning individual, and seeing Vimes as an equal and not as just an employer, is delightful. 6d

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Doppoetry

Snuff | Terry Pratchett

Somehow the casual misogyny keeps popping up

julesG But keep in mind, just because the character is misogynistic doesn't necessarily mean that the author is too. 6d

Doppoetry @julesG it also doesnt mean that he isn't. 6d

julesG You're right. But I just had a very lengthy discussion with someone about whether the author of a book was racist, because one of the characters was racist. And yes, it doesn't mean that the author isn't, but it's also no proof that the author is. 6d

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Doppoetry @julesG It's okay to have your own opinions, I didn't imply TP was a misogynist at all, but we also can't keep excusing problematic things because it's “in character“ or putting our own opinions into dead authors' mouths. 6d

julesG I'm absolutely fine with calling it out. Guess that discussion about racism ruffled my feathers. 6d

Doppoetry @julesG There are clear themes of prejudice and racism in these books. I wouldn't say that TP seemed like he was racist, as much as he was criticizing the casual racism that citizens might have, consciously or otherwise.

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Doppoetry

Snuff | Terry Pratchett

There was this earlier scene where Lady Sybil and Vimes were over to this noblewoman's house, and Vimes started telling these young women that they should just get jobs and not rely on finding a rich man to marry. While I get the sentiment, I also fundamentally dislike it when ignorant men tell young women what to do.

Normally, Sybil corrects him when he's being like this, and yet she just sat there smiling. It doesn't sit well with me.

Doppoetry I wonder if TP even understood the whole reason that Austen poked fun at these types of arrangements.

Let's ignore the Discworld for a second and realize that: Women didn't have many rights; marrying rich was expected of them, and unless they wanted to be in poverty, they had to either marry above their station or aim for equal to their own station.

Discworld has a slightly more progressive view of women, but we more often see the lower class- 1w

Doppoetry -struggling and trying to stay above the poverty line. than we see any sort of upper-middle class.

We still get a lot of gender politics, and see how men have it better than women.

We also see it in all the times where 'Sybil signs off her property to her husband because it's traditional.' 1w

Doppoetry Tl:dr: Austen made her commentary for a reason, and it's not just a “haha woman write romance novel“ let's actually understand why her books work and her commentary is relevant even today. ESPECIALLY for women 1w

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Doppoetry

Snuff | Terry Pratchett

Just started this and I'm cakling so much at the P&P references

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Doppoetry

Where's My Cow?: Discworld | Sir. Terry Pratchett

pick

A quick read with beautiful illustrations

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Doppoetry

Thud! | Terry Pratchett

so-so

This book started off really strong and then gradually fell off. It started with the needless trope of woman 1 feeling insecure because woman 2 is prettier, crap that you see in older works. I was waiting for that trope to be subverted, but it was plain boring and unoriginal through and through. There were needles gendered remarks sprinkled throughout that I also didn't care for. Angua also became a mouthpiece for some xenophobic opinions--

Doppoetry -which was designated for the male characters. It wasn't exactly pleasant to read.

There was some good dwarven lore, and I was interested in that, but it didn't focus too deeply on it. The way Sybil goes from being written as a strong and independent woman to a damsel in distress in these bothers me a lot. She also suffers from the forced gender roles in these books. She is written far better in the first watch book than the following ones imo. 1w

Doppoetry There's a lot of inconsistency here, but the book also suffers from “show, don't tell.“ We're also told, countless times, how Vimes is incorruptible, but he's never really shown in scenarios where he could be and chooses not to. Yes, there are moments where he has inner turmoil between kicking ass and following the law, but it's not pushed to a certain extreme where he has to make a tough choice between “Corruption“ and “Duty“ 1w

Doppoetry -Any time it is hinted at happening, his squad shows up to prevent whatever mayhem is happening, or ambushes the bad guys, etc. He never (temporarily) stands on his own and makes a tough choice. It smells of plot armor. 1w

Doppoetry I was debating whether to mention the weird digs on the sex worker, but I think it's important to mention. I get Nobby is just a huge joke, but it was nice seeing him be nice to this sex worker and wanting a relationship with her, but then the female cast talks her out of it, and then Nobby also decides to end the relationship, and I have to wonder what the point of that was? Of course we have to also make her dumb as a sack of rocks because-- 1w

Doppoetry -- “smart“ women don't date stupid, ugly men or do sex work. 🙄 It's somehow okay to keep mentioning how men objectify her and comment on her body multiple times, and she's too stupid to say anything. Get real. 1w

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Doppoetry

Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett

so-so

I was curious about this one, and since it was a standalone, I wanted to read it this weekend. Aside from the fatphobia, this was a pretty fun book. It had very good commentary on wars and the military in general, and I found the plot twist to be pretty hilarious.

This one genuinely made me laugh at some of the scenarios and scenes.

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Robotswithpersonality

Unseen Academicals | Terry Pratchett

Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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Doppoetry

Monstrous Regiment | Terry Pratchett

I just started this book because I wanted a standalone.

The sudden fatphobia caught me offguard, especially by this very “woke“ author. I can't help but feel a bit hurt and greatly disappointed.

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