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Why did Cribbins (the con-man from Moist Von Lipwig's sordid past) keep wearing the same set of false teeth if they caused him so much consternation and also made him easily identifiable? Also, it seemed like Cribbins was a totally superfluous character in an otherwise tightly written story.
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spud posted:Haven't liked any of them since he stopped doing Death and Rincewind. Really? Night Watch series are my fav followed by the Moist Von Lipwig stories.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:13
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Leroy Diplowski posted:He did Death just this past year Has anyone done a Terry Pratchett tribute yet where Terry Pratchett meets death and they have a maudlin exchange before Terry is lead off into the afterlife?
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Aug 25, 2015 19:15
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Enfield posted:has your dick ever gotten caught in your zipper Every. Single. Day.
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Aug 25, 2015 19:37
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Wasn't "Posta"l the last one he wrote before the dementia started? Yeah that checks out.
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Aug 25, 2015 20:03
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Entropic posted:The last few Discworld books just plummet in quality and it's really sad. I guess none of his editors wanted to upset a dying man. I think Unseen Academicals was the nadir, but I haven't read all of them yet.
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Aug 25, 2015 20:34
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Nekodoshi posted:He started getting extremely SJW with his last couple books, like maybe he was trying to get out how he felt about racism just before he died, maybe? It was interesting that he tried to tie all the characters together into one timeline before he passed. Terry Pratchett's always been an outspoken critic of racism and he's also made a point of featuring nontraditionally beautiful protagonists. Except when he does it it's not cloying or hypocritical at all because he has a levelheaded attitude.
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Aug 25, 2015 22:33
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Xiahou Dun posted:Also, Moist von Lipwig supremacy. It's really too bad such a great character got introduced so late in Terry's career.
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Aug 26, 2015 15:20
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SquadronROE posted:To answer your question Op it is basically because Cribbins didn't really have the money or desire to get better fitting teeth. Dental science in the Discworld mythology hasn't really proceeded that far, and to be honest false teeth have to be hand made specially, and then only as an absolute last resort. Wow. That's very insightful. Thx!
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Aug 26, 2015 16:31
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SquadronROE posted:It's quite simple actually. The author simultaneously wanted to showcase the childlike glee we all feel when going into a bank and really being involved with money, while at the same time instantiating the dread of the financial sector that looms over all of us. What represents childlike glee and dread at the same time? A clown. You're v. good at this.
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Aug 26, 2015 18:04
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SquadronROE posted:Dr. Squadron, ROE pHd. Was there any special symbolism in Stanley's obsession with pins in Going Postal or was it just a random thing to establish he had an obsessive personality that was fertile ground for him becoming the first stamp collector?
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