#vetinari had a whole motive rant in guards guards where he was all ''there are only evil people look at me i'm so cynical''

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Carrot and Vetinari had that “polis/policeman/politician” conversation in Men at Arms, and later on in Feet of Clay Vimes remarks that Carrot is one of the very few people who genuinely like Vetinari as a person. Plus, Carrot in his role as King Destined has some insight into metanarrative, so I don’t doubt that Carrot, in that moment, became perhaps the only person to plainly see Vetinari for what he is, beyond the icy evil mastermind act that Vetinari puts on. Man Of The City. Good gods. And he’s never told anyone this. So I like to believe that, as soon as Vetinari had said that, Carrot very purposefully strode back across the throne room and gave Vetinari a rib-crushing hug. Like, the kind that lifts you off your feet a little bit

#discworld #men at arms #havelock vetinari #captain carrot #i bet he gives the best hugs too #posts by me #they never talked about it again afterwards but the fact remains that they understood each other clearly from then on #vetinari had a whole motive rant in guards guards where he was all ''there are only evil people look at me i'm so cynical'' #''people need an evil tyrant to make sure everything is organized and that is me'' #but in men at arms he has one sentence and it shows us the truth of him #he's not the prince he's as we'll later learn the servant. he's a man of the city. he lives for the city. he adores the city #he's the kid with the lilac in his mouth. he loves and can't let on because he needs to be respected. and he is alone