#the patrician

[ansatsu-sha]

The Guild of Fire Fighters had been outlawed by the Patrician the previous year after many complaints. The point was that, if you bought a contract from the Guild, your house would be protected against fire.

Unfortunately, the general Ankh-Morpork ethos quickly came to the fore and fire fighters would tend to go to prospective clients' houses in groups, making loud comments like 'Very inflammable looking place, this' and 'Probably go up like a firework with just one carelessly-dropped match, know what I mean?'

Terry Pratchett / Guards! Guards!

#terry pratchett #guards! guards! #the patrician #lord vetinari #ankh-morpork #discworld #currently rereading

[arisaontheinternet]

The Patrician smiled again and steepled his fingers. "In short, Drumknott, a certain amount of harmless banditry amongst the lower classes is to be smiled upon if not actively encouraged for the health of the city, but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed? -Terry Pratchett (Snuff)

#terry pratchett #discworld #quotes #book quotes #discworld quotes #the patrician #havelock vetinari #lord vetinari #rufus drumknott

[sainamoonshine]

So I’m reading through the Watch Discworld books for the first time and I’ve only just started Night Watch.

Some misc. thoughts that occurred to me so far, in no particular order:

- Vimes being all shocked pikachu face about Vetinari employing spies in The Fifth Elephant is a lot less funny when you know about the unmentionables. That is his primary formative experience about spies. No wonder he doesn’t like them.

- We talk a lot about how the character of Vetinari wasn’t entirely settled yet in Guards! Guards!, especially the scene where he’s like « they’re laughing at me! I can tell! » which is a bit frazzled behaviour for this particular guy. But on the other hand, imagine being the only person who actually cares about the city and is trying to keep it together and functional. He must have been under a lot of stress until he realized he had Samuel « shut the fuck up sir I’m trying to arrest someone » Vimes and Carrot « do you know the origin of the word watchman? » Ironfundersson on his side, or at least sharing a similar goal.

- Speaking of Vetinari, I can’t help but wonder if he put Colon and Nobby in charge of traffic because he knew they’d fuck it up a little bit. Vimes, and by extension the watch, were now known to be extremely competent to the point where the Klatchian prince knew how to manipulate Vimes as part of his conspiracy plans. But if the very public facing and very memorable task of traffic control was taken over by a bunch of incompetents, then maybe people would think less of the watch, or at least their true capability would be obfuscated for a bit longer. It always pay for people to underestimate you…

#discworld #the watch discworld #sam vimes #samuel vimes #havelock vetinari #lord vetinari #his grace the duke of ank sir samuel vimes #the patrician #night watch #guards guards #the fifth elephant #jingo

[dimity-lawn]

"Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn't in the job." - Lord Vetinari, Guards!Guards!

Okay, but what about just for fun? Where's your sense of whimsy? Your fun way to get to your secret auxiliary wardrobe with winter jackets, autumn vibes, summer linens, and the breeches you've been looking for?

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #thought(s) from yours truly #guards! guards! #vetinari #lord vetinari #havelock vetinari #the patrician #our flag means death #ofmd #stede ofmd #stede #stede bonnet #auxiliary wardrobe #the revenge

[markus-stadlober]

Poster for a Terry Pratchett play

#Terry Pratchett #going postal #Discworld #ankh morpork #moist von lipwig #the patrician #post office

[discworldquotes]

Vimes and Vetinari exchanged looks. Sometimes Carrot sounded like a civics essay written by a stunned choirboy.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

#Discworld #Terry Pratchett #The Fifth Elephant #Carrot Ironfoundersson #Captain Carrot #Commander Vimes #Samuel Vimes #Havelock Vetinari #Vetinari #The Patrician

[sphyrne]

the patrician

#discworld #lord vetinari #havelock vetinari #the patrician #my art #painting

[littledeadling]

Hey quick question what’s up with these two tho

#discworld #sam vimes #lord vetinari #night watch #fanart #doodles #terry pratchett #my art #artists on tumblr #the patrician #500

[mendedrum]

Panic took over the thief's features. Randomized guilt flooded his mind. It wasn't the case of what had he done. It was a question of what the Patrician had found out about.

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

......

Love this line and how it sums up Lord Vetenari XD

#discworld #lord vetenari #the patrician #guards! guards! #discworld guards! guards! #discworld: guards! guards! #heli and discworld

[czerwonykasztelanic]

Sir Pratchett has this damn fuckin' incredible ability of making almost every character seem likable in one way or another, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but that includes the Patrician himself.

#The way I picture him in my head is a little different than the canonical description I THINK. But whatever #my art #discworld #terry pratchett #lord vetinari #the patrician

[spidermilkshake]

Discworld Sketches--Lord Vetinari and darling Wuffles

Lovely tyrant fella. I love that book series. Haven't quite finished it up, but I'm over the 20-book mark now and have even reread a few just for enjoyment!

(This is why ya gotta patronize your public libraries... you just get to have books for several weeks to read at no cost at all! Well, aside from occasional ADHD tax if you forget a due date, but it's usually much cheaper than simply buying even a used book).

Bonus Wuffles, the darling elderly stinky terrier friend. XD Because we all love our little furry buddies no matter how stank and arthritic they are.

#Discworld #fanart #sketches #pencil sketches #Lord Vetinari #Vetinari #Wuffles #the Patrician #doggo #support your local libraries #because if they're half-decent as a library they've got at least half Sir Terry's catalog available

[ansatsu-sha]

You need a special kind of mind to rule a city like Ankh-Morpork, and Lord Vetinari had it. While other lords dined on larks stuffed with peacocks' tongues, Lord Vetinari considered that a glass of boiled water and half a slice of dry bread was an elegant sufficiency.

The Patrician apparently spent his evenings studying reports and, on special occasions, if he could stand the excitement, playing chess. He wore black a lot. It wasn't a particularly impressive black, such as the best assassins wore, but the sober, slightly shabby black of a man who doesn't want to waste time in the mornings wondering what to wear.

But he was popular, in a way. Under his hand, for the first time in a thousand years, Ankh-Morpork operated. It might not be fair or just or particularly democratic, but it worked.

Terry Pratchett / Guards! Guards!

#terry pratchett #guards! guards! #discworld #lord vetinari #havelock vetinari #the patrician #ankh-morpork #currently rereading

[skitterstan]

#discworld #the patrician #ankh morpork #samuel vimes

[uchcrivens]

Am I now on an attempting to draw havelock vetinari spree? Perhaps. Who can blame me I love the man

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #havelock vetinari #the patrician #ah vimes

[dimity-lawn]

In Mort (at least I believe that it was Mort), Vetinari had a pet swamp dragon. That dragon must have been from Sybil. Some of the questions I have about this are as follows:

Was Vetinari actually interested in having a pet dragon?

Vetinari isn't one to get a dragon just because of a fad, so was it used as a living document shredder/incinerator, used as a guard dragon (which would be amusing, considering Guards! Gaurds!) or was it just a pet?

Did Sybil just give it to him? I'd like to think that she'd be more responsible than just springing a dragon on him, but then I think of Errol.

Was the dragon one that was abandoned or part of a soft cull that Sybil didn't really want but didn't have the heart to get rid of, and Vetinari was only able to stand so much of her talking about it before adopting (accepting) the dragon himself?

Did a dragon just really like Vetinari and Sybil just decided then and there that the dragon was his, leaving Vetinari to figure out how to keep it away from paperwork and how to keep his black clothes ash-free?

Was it a special variety or was it just as much of a (lovable) wreck as Errol or possibly Wuffles?

What was the dragon's name?

edit: It was Mort. Through the 1/2 hour that the dance progressed around the palace, it picked up "two trolls, the cook, the Patrician's head torturer, three waiters, a burglar who happened to be passing and a small pet swamp dragon" (pg 175 in the 2019 Corgi edition) and later (pg 177 of the 2019 Corgi edition) it appears again: "Behind Death the Patrician's small pet swamp dragon held on grimly to the bony hips and thought, guards or no guards, next time we pass an open window I'm going to run like buggery".

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #meme #discworld meme #created by yours truly #swamp dragon #vetinari #havelock vetinari #lord vetinari #sybil #sybil vimes #sybil ramkin #wuffles #errol #the patrician #mort #swampie #sybil's swampies

[wpmorse]

“I want to be clear about this,” he said coldly. “Are we to believe that you were asking for a petty wage increase and a domestic utensil?”

Guards! Guards! Page 391

The rank is honored by the city for defeating the dragon. (Actually, it just left but nobody is asking too many questions.) When asked what they want for a reward all they ask for is a small raise, a new dartboard... and a kettle.

Even the Patrician is surprised.

I like populating and stage dressing these scenes. The consists mostly of guild representatives. I put Mr. Boggis in even though I'm pretty sure he was not the head thief who talked with Vetinari at the beginning of the book.

Above the crowd is Guild livery which I took from the Compleat Ankh Morpork. Though I think the only one that is recognizable is the Fools guild.

#discworld #guards! guards! #the patrician #havelock vetinari #ankh morpork #guilds #fred colon #nobby nobbs #carrot ironfoundersson #illustration #pen and ink