#reasonably priced love

[notemily]

Hey since it's the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May, here's my favorite reading order for the Discworld books, the point of which is to read everything you need to read before you read Night Watch, which is the best one:

Guards! Guards! (Cop stories, film noir, and Tolkien jokes)

Men at Arms (The City Watch diversifies, there's a gun, clowns are creepy)

Feet of Clay (Discworld version of the ethics of enslaving robots)

Jingo (War, racism, xenophobia) (But like, it's funny. There's a Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al" joke.)

The Fifth Elephant (Dwarf politics, vampires & werewolves)

Small Gods (Religion and philosophy jokes) (This is also usually the one I recommend to people who just want ONE Discworld novel to start with)

Mort (Death takes an apprentice)

Reaper Man (Death takes a holiday, there are Consequences)

Soul Music (So many rock & roll jokes! Death's granddaughter shows up)

Hogfather (Christmas jokes, tooth fairy jokes, this is the one where the famous quote about the falling angel and the rising ape comes from)

Thief of Time (Someone breaks time)

Night Watch (...and there are Consequences)

(I basically stole this reading order from someone's website. Thank you, person with a website.)

At that point you will probably have a pretty good idea of whether or not you want to read all the other Discworld books. I highly recommend the Witches subseries, which have a reading order as well:

Equal Rites (Granny Weatherwax is sort of still cooking here, but she's recognizably herself)

Wyrd Sisters (Shakespeare jokes)

Witches Abroad (fairy tale jokes, also voodoo for some reason)

Lords and Ladies (this time it's the kind of fae you don't want to piss off)

Maskerade (Phantom of the Opera jokes)

Carpe Jugulum (Dracula/vampire jokes) (Damn, it's really too bad this was written like 7 years before Twilight came out, can you imagine)

Then there are a bunch of other books, some of which are (loosely) connected, and the Rincewind books, which IMO are the weakest link in the Discworld (although I do enjoy Interesting Times, because of the China jokes).

There were also like twelve other books published after Night Watch, and they're still great - Monstrous Regiment is probably my fave of those - but I do think Night Watch was the peak of the Discworld series. After so many relatively self-contained books and so much humor, I don't think anyone was quite expecting such a rich chapter of Vimes's story that also punches you right in the feels. It's so good, y'all.

As always, it's dangerous to go alone, so take the Annotated Pratchett File with you.

#i can't believe it's been 21 years since that book came out wtf #discworld #terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #night watch #the glorious 25th of may #reasonably priced love #and a hard boiled egg #my posts

[crow-in-snow]

Happy Glorious 25th of May everybody!

#gnu terry pratchett #discworld #glorious 25th of may #may 25th #night watch #truth justice freedoom #reasonably priced love #and a hard boiled egg #i don't post much discworld stuff #but i had to have a go at this

[hasturswig]

Happy Glorious 25th of May to all my Discworld friends.

#discworld #night watch #truth #justice #freedom #reasonably priced love #a hard boiled egg #gnu terry pratchett #the glorious 25th of may

[tarriecat]

"One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking."

- Night Watch, Terry Pratchett

#gnu terry pratchett #discworld #glorious twenty-fifth of may #truth #justice #reasonably priced love #a hard boiled egg #a thunderstorm brought down a lot of our lilac blooms ahead of schedule but I managed

[paltrymarshmallow]

Happy Glorious 25th of May to you all!

(Hair clip from IrynaFleur on Etsy who makes beautiful flower things!)

#glorious 25th of may #terry pratchett #night watch #discworld #truth #freedom #reasonably priced love #hard boiled egg #justice

[bittercape]

#truth #justice #freedom #reasonably priced love #and a hard boiled egg #the glorious 25th of may #gnu terry pratchett

[rosewind2007]

Happy Glorious 25th of May to those who celebrate (and I do also have my towel with me):

He handed Willikins the sprig of lilac. The butler took it without comment, inserted it into a little silver tube of water that would keep it fresh for hours, and fixed it onto one of the breastplate straps. “Time moves on, doesn’t it, Your Grace,” he said, dusting Vimes down with a small brush. Vimes took out his watch. “It certainly does. Look, I’ll drop in at the Yard on my way to the palace, sign what needs signing, and I’ll be back as soon as possible, all right?”

I saw it, a one off made by a local silversmith, and couldn’t resist

(Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a Hard- Boiled Egg!)

#glorious 25th may #lilac #wear the lilac #truth #(Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a Hard- Boiled Egg!) #justice #freedom #reasonably priced love #a hard boiled egg

[nodancer]

Wear the lilac if you were there.

#truth #freedom #justice #reasonably priced love #and a hardboiled egg #GNU Terry Pratchett

[ryllen]

do u know that even the size of the different size of vegetables at another country amazed me because from where i came from they are all smaller and scrawnier

#to remind u guys if u're thinking about something naughty stop right there; the different size of the food served is also surprising #twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #ace trappola #deuce spade #twst yuu #twst mc #fanart #do westerners go to asian country feels like they are served dwarf's portion #because as an asian; it always feel like we are served giant's portion; not exaggerating bcs we can never finish it #understandable because westerners can grow so tall so they must need more energy to burn #it's like if we order food; we asians always have to have a tupperware to take leftover home #but the price of the food in all the food places is so expensive it's reasonable the portion is big #i might ignite if paying so much we only get rabbit portion #anyhow i am just thinking of this because of the briar valley's big horse post #i do love to think everything is bigger in briar valley #the trees are all so lushfull and majestic like they all have lived a thousand years already #and the vegetables all just grow happily and absorb so much nutrient from the soil they are so big also #i was thinking of drawing e pel too but the space #while to people who born in this country feels things like these are normal #the thought of being able to be born in such a country where the produce all looking so big and healthy is such a blessing to me #it almost feels like they take it for granted; but it's just what they are born to #i have a nephew who is SUPER picky & waste food so much #i am crying everytime #yes y'all have a lot of food and good life here but h e l p #i'm sure the climate also makes vegetables bigger #i think i heard in winter plants stock more nutrients in their produce as stock for spring & summer #that's why winter veggies are better & sweeter and all #my country's vegetables are scrawny because the heat evaporates everything

[im-deans-pie]

I love how my camera goes from

This:

to this: (the next picture in my camera roll)

Edit: artist is @shkretart

#I love this so much #it's so funny to me for some reason #john price #john soap mactavish #captain john price #captain price #soap mactavish

[joqatana]

YMRCIGBS Ankh-Moorpork

And a hard boiled egg

#gnu terry pratchett #towel day #towelday #gnu douglas adams #i know where my towel is #young mens reformed cultists of the ichor god bel shamharoth #reasonably priced love #and a hard boiled egg #glorious 25 of May #treaclemine road

[elliottjpg]

⚔✊All the little angels, rise up, rise up...

This is a redraw of a very old piece, because Vimes deserves better than 2019-me's art skills.

That is not to say I look down on the original, I still love it, and it was one of my best drawings at the time. This redraw is a tribute to the Treacle Mine Road Revolution, to Pratchett's writing, to its impact on my life, to little-me, and to the passage of time.

Rise up!

#discworld #night watch #sam vimes #samuel vimes #commander vimes #the glorious 25th of may #lilac day #the glorious republic of treacle mine road #all the little angels #justice truth freedom reasonably priced love and a hard-boiled egg #ankh-morpork #ankh-morpork city watch #terry pratchett #GNU Terry Pratchett #glorious 25th of may

[mehh141]

WIP of Bear and Price together

Finally got my hands on this idea thanks to @deadbranch

#i still think of them as separated twins… #and will never stop probably #joes a bit bigger #he bulky #chonky even #mans called a Bear for a reason #Price is smaller but sluttier #they hate each other #but also love each other #complicated shit y knoooow #captain price #captain john price #call of duty modern warfare 2 #barry sloane #barry #john price #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #task force 141 #call of duty mw2 #john price x reader #captain price fanart #modern warfare #call of duty fanart #cod mw2 #my big bear #love him #six #joe graves #joe bear graves

[dovesandmagpies]

Lilacs for the glorious 25th of May,

#fanart #polymer clay #Lilacs #the glorious 25th of may #The 25th of may #Terry Pratchett #discworld #discworld fanart #Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love! And a hardboiled egg!

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price once told a story about an old woman coming up to him and saying, "Can I please have your autograph? I'm such a big fan of yours, Mr. Karloff!" Vincent Price, being the gentleman he is, and not wanting to embarrass her, autographed the photo as Boris Karloff, fifteen years after Boris passed away.

#vincent price #boris karloff #and this...is why i love him #actually there are many reasons... #this is one of many #story #horror #old horror movies #vintage #movie #actor #handsome #such an icon #bicon #bisexual god #i love him your honor

[grandapplewit]

AU where Shen Yuan, soon after Binghe falls into the Abyss, loses all his memories of Shen Qingqiu. He assumes that he transmigrated into some no name NPC, and enjoys his life as a rogue cultivator completely oblivious to the Heavenly Demon and multiple Peak Lord’s tearing the world apart trying to find him.

#in my head he became a rogue cultivator operating out of Jinlan City #he stumbled upon a sham cultivator scamming the people out of their money and promptly kicked him out and took over his shop #Liu Qingge and Luo Binghe walk into a cultivators shop #who do they find but the man they’ve relentlessly hunted down for years #and surprise!! #he doesn’t recognize them!! #hes wearing green but it’s in a different style #he’s selling bestiaries and cultivation guides and protective talismans #all hand made and well loved and just slightly different than Cang Qiong teaches #but they’re accurate and reasonably priced so they can’t really complain #he wears his hair differently #but his tea tastes the same #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #liu qingge #svsss #wit writes #bingliushen #bingqiu #liushen #mxtx svsss