#veni vici vetinari

[pratchettquotes]

"I'm bought and sold, aren't I?" said Vimes, shaking his head. "Bought and sold."

"Not at all," said Vetinari.

"Yes, I am. We all are. Even Rust. And all those poor buggers who went off to get slaughtered. We're not part of the big picture, right? We're just bought and sold."

Vetinari was suddenly in front of Vimes, his chair hitting the floor behind his desk.

"Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!" He hesitated, and then shrugged. "And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent." The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn't very funny had nevertheless amused him. "Veni, vici...Vetinari."

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

#samuel vimes #sam vimes #havelock vetinari #lord rust #jingo #discworld #terry pratchett #war #politics #soldiers #military #negotiation #the big picture #losses #cost #victory #strategy #bought and sold #veni vici vetinari

[dariabilvizz]

I ordered an engraved ring. Veni, vici, Vetinari. Something that helps me overcome something really hard

#night watch #terry pratchett #discworld #havelock vetinari #vetvimes

[querulousmegapode]

The fact that veni, vici, Vetinari would be pronounced Weni, Wiki, Wetinari haunts me daily.

He’s just a pathetic wet cat, your honour.

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #vetinari #discworld memes ?? #idk shitposting ig #I just keep thinking about it and it makes me laugh so much #learning Latin really sheds a lot of light on how funny and clever latatian is

[valiantlyfuriousearthquake]

Aaaand I've just finished "Jingo!"

And my love for this sage doesn't stop growing. Here we see humanity at its stupidest: Patriotism!

They versus us! And it all ends up in the glorious climax that is that the whole war was completely POINTLESS!

I love how in this book Leonard of Quirm has a bit more of protagonism, and mostly his final scene. How crazy the outside world is, wanting or even expecting all inventions to become weapons.

It's such a delicious critique on not only racism, but how the higher people mostly work to save their own asses, but that's something that can be pointed out as well.

Here we don't see the same anger that plagued Samuel in other books, but we see a lost Sam, one who tries to make sense of the mindlessness that war makes into his peers. How that hurts him mentally and tries to make sense on how they got to this position in the first place.

The goosebumps I got reading the "displaced" agenda, how at one point they start to list out THOSE THINGS, and how things would have been different if only Sam didn't dart out in the chase.

And Vetinari juggling was something I did not expect.

One of my favourite books yet.

Veni, Vici... Vetinari.

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #terry pratchett #dw #jingo #samuel vimes #sam vimes #vetinari #guards guards

[spoofymcgee]

hot take: veni vici vetinari was hilarious actually.

te paragraph it comes from in jingo is:

"The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn't very funny had nevertheless amused him. "Veni, vici . . . Vetinari.""

because that's not the right order. the original saying is veni vidi vici: i came, i saw, i conquered.

vetinari's version is that he came, he conquered, and he did it in his own way. not with swords or wars or the kind of civilized sacrifice in the name of some hoity-toity idea of honor like lord rust. no, he went and found information that no one else had, in ways that no one else would have thought of and then he used it to keep his city and his people safe.

and when i started typing this, i thought maybe it was odd that it left out the word vidi, because in a way he does see klatch, more than most of the characters involved. but the thing is–he doesn't, not really. a big theme in the book is that quite a lot of klatch is composed of individual, different tribes that are happy with their individuality. so he saw a couple of town and cities but he didn't see klatch, because klatch isn't a city like ankh morpork, it's a country. and he recognizes that, so he doesn't say veni, vidi, vici, vetinari, he leaves out seeing.

this is getting a bit rambling, but my point is that this was very amusing actually, thank you.

#discworld #jingo #lord vetinari #i reread jingo two days ago and i am still having Feelings about it

[agarthanguide]

I finally properly drew Ventinari!  For @trotzkopfwrites, though I grant that it doesn’t have a lot of narrative potential.

#Discworld #vetinari #havelock vetinari #my art #fanart #gnu terry pratchett #a really quite silly victorian wicker chair #veni vici vetinari

[moistvonlipwig]

i think there’s a general perception that in the mcdonald’s meme vetinari would be the one driving up to mcdonald’s while the children cheer, ordering a single black coffee, and leaving. but nothing could be further from the truth. lord havelock vetinari is absolutely chanting “MCDONALD’S! MCDONALD’S!” right along with the aforementioned children and you cannot convince me otherwise

#i feel like people underestimate vetinari's chaotic energy and intrinsic desire to annoy people #its not that i think he would like mcdonald's #its that i think he would find it entertaining to assist the youth in pressuring his fellow adults to go somewhere they don't want to #discworld #havelock vetinari #where the falling angel meets the rising ape #veni vici vetinari

[stillthesunkenstars]

vetinari isnt even problematic I hate him

#he doesnt even suffer in agony!!! no character building :o( #jk he has enough character already like HE CAN JUGGLE #😭😭🤡 #mine #veni vici vetinari hes EXAXTLY like brax except hes actually swag😭😭 not cringe like brax

[datsderbunnyblog]

Authentic Discworld Latatian Dictionary (Assassins’ Guild Edition)

Veni, vermini, vomui: I came, I got ratted, I threw up

Visi, veneri, vamoosi: I visited, I caught an embarrassing disease, I ran away

Veni, vici... Vetinari: I came, I conquered, I was a dramatic bitch

#havelock vetinari #samuel vimes #jingo #discworld #terry pratchett

[grrrenadine]

The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn't very funny had nevertheless amused him. “Veni, vici… Vetinari.”.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

#vetinari #havelock vetinari #monochrome #terry pratchett #pratchett #discworld #handlettering #typography

[neonjawbone]

Veni Vici... Vetinari 

hope yall like discworld i finished Jingo the other night and I have a few more doodles in me to tide me over til the next books get here

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#discworld #havelock vetinari #doodles #fanart #vetinari in the whole last half of jingo is just chef's kiss #vetinari *juggling* me: i love you

[pratchettpatricianpages]

“I’m bought and sold, aren’t I?” said Vimes, shaking his head. “Bought and sold.”

“Not at all,” said Vetinari.

“Yes, I am. We all are. Even Rust. And all those poor buggers who went off to get slaughtered. We’re not part of the big picture, right? We’re just bought and sold.”

Vetinari was suddenly in front of Vimes, his chair hitting the floor behind his desk.

“Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!” He hesitated, and then shrugged. “And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent.” The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn’t very funny had nevertheless amused him. “Veni, vici… Vetinari.”

-Jingo, Terry Pratchett

#vetinari #Patrician #havelock vetinari #vimes #samuel vimes #jingo #Discworld #Terry Pratchett

[discworldtour]

“I’m bought and sold, aren’t I?” said Vimes, shaking his head. “Bought and sold.” “Not at all,” said Vetinari. “Yes, I am. We all are. Even Rust. And all those poor buggers who went off to get slaughtered. We’re not part of the big picture, right? We’re just bought and sold.” Vetinari was suddenly in front of Vimes, his chair hitting the floor behind his desk. “Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!” He hesitated, and then shrugged. “And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent.” The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn’t very funny had nevertheless amused him. “Veni, vici... Vetinari.”

-- Vetinari | Terry Pratchett, Jingo

#I love this speech #I also love for different reasons that Vetinari continues to be as dramatic as possible #what a nerd #Vetinari #Vimes #jingo #discworld #terry pratchett #quote

[treesinspace]

Hello, I just wanted to ask your opinion on something seeing as you are a fellow Discworld fan: IS JINGO EVEN A REAL BOOK?! (It is so ridiculous at points that I sometimes wonder...)

Aah you have no idea how happy this message makes me!

It is my belief that Jingo is, in fact, not real at all, and just tunneled through to us from unreality by a freak statistical accident. Nothing normal happens in this book at all.

I mean, the Patrician goes to Klatch with Leonard, NOBBY and COLON in a SUBMARINE where they play SCRABBLE?And then he fucking JUGGLES?Yeah, right.

Vimes arresting two entire armies? I man it SOUNDS like something he would do, but c’mon. Who would ever believe THAT?

Any interaction between Rust and Vimes is verifiably fake, because the amount of sass Vimes has would be impossible to contain within our universe.

The Patrician insisting on being handcuffed by Vimes and then later complimenting his scarf and telling him that he “shall enjoy looking at” a statue of his ancestor is obviously unreal as well

“Veni Vici Vetinari” is, surprisingly, one of the few things about this book that is actually real. Because Vetinari secretly loves puns and everyone knows it.

Anything that happens to poor alternative!Vimes, who stayed in Ankh-Morpork is FAKE, it DIDN’T HAPPEN, those are ALTERNATIVE FACTS and Vimes is OK and NOT DEAD and in no universe did he watch all his friends die while his pocket organizer tells him that he could have prevented that war, and NOWHERE IN THE MULTIVERSE does he die while feeling terrible guilt about the deaths of everyone he cared about. THAT IS NOT REAL

#ask treesinspace a question #jingo #discworld #needsmoarlizards #I'm just so flattered and happy that you sent me an ask asking for my opinion :') #your blog is rad #thank youuu xxx

[hazel-sage-book-quotes]

'And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent.' The Patrician flashed one of those sharp fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn't very funny had nevertheless amused him. 'Veni, vici... Vetinari.'

Jingo, Terry Pratchett

#jingo #terry pratchett #series: discworld #a pune or play on words

[moistvonlipwig]

jimmy mcgill really needed lord vetinari to snatch him out of thin air and give him a government job huh

#im just sayin! my boy havelock could've prevented all that drama! #better call saul #discworld #the road has good choices and it has bad choices #where the falling angel meets the rising ape #veni vici vetinari #s'all good man