#magrat garlick

[hagstoned]

Been thinking a lot today about how well TP wrote female characters. And how grateful I am for that.

I wish I’d been able to read Tiffany when I was a teenage girl myself, she has a multi dimensionality that I felt was lacking in many of the characters in YA books I read back then (particularly in fantasy).

And seeing Magrat come into her power with such confidence when she becomes a mother is an experience I have heard so many mothers relate to and yet is so absent from literature.

I wish I had time to devote to all the women and how incredible they are but I’m leaving it here (if anyone wants to share their thoughts with me please do, I would love to hear them!)

#terry pratchett day #Terry Pratchett #women of discworld #tiffany aching #magrat garlick #discworld #gnu terry pratchett

[sator-the-wanderer]

For the Discworld designs series, the witches of Lancre

#discworld #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #magrat garlick #agnes nitt #terry pratchett #satorart #character design

[chechula]

Discworld witches for dear Ari ♥ Female characters are one reason why I love Discworld so much♥ Thanks, mister Pratchett for them, for writing just regular girls and ladies doing weird fantasy stuff ♥

#discworld #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #magrat garlick

[crustaceousfaggot]

If there's one thing about Terry Pratchett, he sure knows how to write a romance between World's Lamest Dude and Woman With Autism

#moist von lipwig #adora belle dearheart #sam vimes #sybil ramkin #you know what. #magrat garlick #verence #Discworld #gnu terry pratchett

[theinkgirl]

my favorite thing about Magrat Garlick is that once per book she is allowed to go completely apeshit

#discworld #magrat garlick #discworld witches

[iseutz]

Teen Magrat, complete with excessive kajal and mystical jewelry, finally completes my "Young Witches of Lancre" series.

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[iconuk01]

40th Anniversary Discworld stamps, art by Paul Kidby

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[pratchettquotes]

It was a cottage of questioning witches, research witches. Eye of what newt? What species of ravined salt-sea shark? It's all very well a potion calling for Love-in-idleness, but which of the thirty-seven common plants called by that name in various parts of the continent was actually meant?

The reason that Granny Weatherwax was a better witch than Magrat was that she knew that in witchcraft it didn't matter a damn which one it was, or even if it was a piece of grass.

The reason Magrat was a better doctor than Granny was that she thought it did.

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

#granny weatherwax #esme weatherwax #magrat garlick #lords and ladies #discworld #terry pratchett #witches #Doctors #Magic #Medicine #Research #Questions #spell ingredients #Specialization #Eye of what newt #A better witch #A better doctor

[sphyrne]

wyrd sisters characters :)

#aka my witches doodles. to the person who request agnes. im sorry she didnt turn out well so i wont post <3 hence why this is Wyrd Sisters #my art #discworld #granny weatherwax #magrat garlick #nanny ogg #traditional art

[sannartsies]

pleasepleaseplease do a witches of lancre set too

Thanks for asking! :) I've been wanting to draw these three for a while.

Here's three witches heard a strange noise in the middle of the night.

#art #discworld #discworld fanart #wyrd sisters #dont worry i didn't forget Greebo #he's the one making the noises #nanny ogg #granny weatherwax #magrat garlick #ask #concept art

[mendedrum]

There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called witches and wizards, Magrat reflected, as she followed the other two back to the road.

It was probably some wonderful organisation on the part of Nature to protect itself. It saw to it that everyone with any magical talent was about as ready to cooperate as a she-bear with a toothache, so all that dangerous power was safely dissipated as random bickering and rivalry. There were differences in style, of course. Wizards assassinated each other in draughty corridors, witches just cut one another dead in the street. And they were all as self-centered as a spinning top. Even when they help other people, she thought, they're secretly doing it for themselves. Honestly, they're just like big children.

Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters (via Magrat Garlick)

............

this was just so funny to me. I like that Pratchett never fails to emphasize that these social classes of characters aren't inherently good nor bad. They have their flaws and different ways of dealing with each other and the world. It's very human and therefore very grounding and entertaining.

#discworld #terry pratchett #discworld wyrd sisters #magrat garlick #wyrd sisters #munstrum ridcully #esmeralda weatherwax #gytha ogg #heli and discworld

[dark-lord-tom-returns]

Let's talk about Magrat, youngest of the witches. Magrat wants to be a proper witch. She has the jewelry, she knows all the uses of herbs, she wants the mysticism and rituals of witch craft. She reads everything about witch craft. She has the talent for the craft and she has the drive to explore it. However, she still believes that magic is the solution and not the tool.

In Witches Abroad, she's been struck by the idea (literally, inspiration is an actual particle) that she needs to find herself through the teachings of ancient monks (re:CMOT Dibbler scams) and self defense classes. As a witch of the Ramtops. The place Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have been terrifying and cowing into reverent terror for 60 odd years.

Magrat, recently promoted to fairy godmother in a scheme to get Granny and Nanny to leave home to take care of an evil godmother, gets a magic wand. She doesn't get a lot of instructions for the wand. In fact, the only thing she learns about it is that it tends to reset to pumpkins.

And that's it.

She doesn't try to learn more about the wand. Magrat decides that the best way to use the wand is to wave it and wish. She doesn't ask for help from the others, she's the new godmother after all.

At first glance, that doesn't fit with her character. She wants to know everything about the craft. She wants to be a "proper witch" that does "real magic". She thinks that Granny's philosophy of not using magic for most things is just an excuse to be mean and trick people, even if she does usually end up helping them by doing so.

Except it does fit perfectly. She looks for mysticism and wonder and magic in everything. She thinks that the knowledge of ancient monks on distant mountains (con men in the big city) know the secrets of the world because they are monks. The silver jewelry is magical because witches are supposed to wear them. The herbs cure sickness because that's what is supposed to happen.

Magrat focuses on the trappings of witch craft. She looks for things to make her more confident in her craft instead of trusting in her own abilities. So when she gets the wand she automatically believes that the wand is what makes her a fairy godmother.

It doesn't occur to her that the wand is a tool that she needs to learn how to use. To Magrat, a fairy godmother grants wishes so obviously the way to be a fairy godmother is to wave the wand and wish and the wand will sort it all out.

That's not to say that Magrat is a bad witch. When she lets herself be a witch in her own right, when she's not trying to act like a witch, she does some very impressive magic. Impressive enough even to Granny and Nanny. She's just young and new to being a witch and living in the shadows of two of the greatest witches of all time.

Granny has to constantly hold herself back from using magic because she knows she's powerful. Nanny is so talented that using magic is as mundane to her as walking through the door. That's a terrible environment for someone unsure of themselves and trying to get their bearings. It's understandable that she looks for things that help her center herself and boost her confidence.

I think these first set of witches books are a lot about watching Magrat grow into herself. She stumbles, she gets put down, but she is growing into the witch she is supposed to be.

Sometimes that means an older, crankier witch calls you a wet hen.

#discworld #magrat garlick #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg

[s-u-w-i]

Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax and Magrat Garlick 🕷️ Last of the requests (though I may still do some later) this one for Hanka ✨

#my art #Discworld #witches #Terry Pratchett #Illustration #nanny ogg #granny weatherwax #magrat garlick #ink

[shin-slayer]

Some outfits for Magrat throughout the different books in the series

#magrat garlick #wyrd sisters #witches abroad #lords and ladies #discworld #my art #don't know if it will work if i add this #but there are some spoilers for Lords and Ladies in the last one sooo #Lords and Ladies spoilers

[stellarmeals]

Discworld Inktober day 20 - Magrat Garlick

Magrat is the “Maiden” of the main trio of witches in Discworld. Shes frequently bullied for loving flowers and crystals, until eventually she gets pushed to the edge when her wedding gets raided by a bunch of evil fairies. Heres Magrat about to show them her sword.

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[annaholak]

“I still think we should just fly there..” 

“We are flying there, Esme.”

“I mean on broomsticks. Like proper witches.”

“You know very well it’s too far to fly on a broomstick. The airplane will be just as fine. Certainly more comfortable..” 

“You attach too much value to comfort, Gytha.” 

“Why are you being so difficult about this? You don’t even like broomsticks!”

“I’ll take a broomstick over a plane anytime! At least I’m the one flying it….”

“Oh… So that’s it, isn’t it? Esme Weatherwax, you have control issues, you know that, don’t you?”

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Inktober Prompt 7: Trip

#i'm with granny on this one #broomsticks sound much better than planes #wyrd sisters #witches #modern disc au #discworld fanart #gnu terry pratchett #magrat garlick #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #inktober 2022