In the twelfth part of\u00c2\u00a0Maskerade<\/i>, Nanny and Granny get closer to Box Eight\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>while Agnes figures out who the Ghost is. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
OH MY GOD IT ALL MAKES SENSE.<\/p>\n
Box Eight<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll talk about the Ghost later, or otherwise this review will just start with me shouting over and over again. So! Chocolate Delight with Special Secret sauce. I kept wondering if there was a\u00c2\u00a0reason<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0for what Nanny Ogg did, as if she meant to distract these men or get them out of the way. By the time I got to the end of the scene and realized that there was no possible explanation to support this, it came to me: Nanny Ogg is just mischievous. The end. THE END. She knew she could make this dessert and watch the chaos and\u00c2\u00a0that<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Of course, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still shocked by the end result. Granny might have been warmed by the Special Secret Sauce, but she can now tolerate it. And Mr. Henry Slugg! Bless his heart, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like\u00c2\u00a0nothing<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0to him.<\/p>\n He appeared to notice the depleted table for the first time. He shrugged, and smiled hopefully at Granny. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Is there a cheese board, do you think?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Not all heroes wear capes, my friends.<\/p>\n Let me also make note of this so I can screech later:<\/p>\n Her expression became a little defiant. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Say what you like, young Walter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all right by me if Greebo likes him.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I STILL REFUSED TO BELIEVE IT. Both of them suspected Walter was the Ghost, but nooooooo, Mark, you still held out for someone else. LORD. I still can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t figure this out, so let me move on for the moment. I am incredibly eager to see the Granny\/Greebo date night scene because you know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be a disaster. How the hell is Granny supposed to survive the soir\u00c3\u00a9e, let alone the opera itself? She can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do small talk even if her life depended on it! And what about Greebo? Will he be there during that scene or have Nanny and Granny decided that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be safer to make him show up at the last minute?<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure yet, but I did want to take a moment to call attention to another fantastic scene in this book. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll save the guessing for later. I just really love that Pratchett takes a moment to have Granny appreciate Nanny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s magic. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a unique thing that she does because even if Nanny has an ulterior motive in these situations, she still gets what she wants by\u00c2\u00a0being kind and interested<\/i>. Her way of wedging open a crack in a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s defenses involves her showing that she cares about their life. Their friends. Their profession. She uses BEING NICE as magic, and most of the time, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually sweet as hell! The world could use a little more kindness, too.<\/p>\n Agnes<\/b><\/p>\n Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, the only person to appear beneath the Opera House was Walter Plinge and\u00c2\u00a0I still didn<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe it was him<\/i>. I think I was too saddened by Agnes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s realization that she wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get the fantasy that she craved. Plus, it was hard to think about that adorable kid being a murderer. But all the pieces are here, including this:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 when did you last see the Ghost?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I last saw the Ghost in the big room in the ballet school!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Really? What did he do?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Walter paused for a moment, and then the words came out all together. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He ran off!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At the time, given that Walter doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lie, I thought this was his exoneration. It had to be, right? He couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have seen the Ghost\u00c2\u00a0and<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0been the Ghost at the same time, right???<\/p>\n She pushed open the door and stepped into the school.<\/p>\n Reflections of reflections of reflections\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n There were mirrors on every wall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n MEANING THAT WALTER WASN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T LYING. THE LAST THING HE SAW THE GHOST DO WAS RUN AWAY\u00c2\u00a0BECAUSE HE IS THE GHOST<\/i>.<\/p>\n Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, I am also so glad that the first thing Agnes does is TELL SOMEONE ELSE. No hoarding of a secret so that it can build up tension and be awkward, and Pratchett doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t keep it from us, either. Unfortunately, Agnes is the one to be the arbiter of information, and that means that \u00e2\u20ac\u201c once again \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she is ignored. Oh, Andr\u00c3\u00a9 listens to her, which is good enough, I suppose. But he immediately tells her not to share her theory with anyone else, and then he walks away from the conversation without even saying goodbye, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the same treatment she always gets. If she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have anything to offer someone, they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care, and I imagine that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the same for Andr\u00c3\u00a9. He has better things to do.<\/p>\n AHHHHHHHHH WALTER IS THE GHOST AHHHHHHHHH.<\/p>\n Diane Duane is still offering a massive discount on the first 9 books in the\u00c2\u00a0Young Wizards<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0series just to this community, so please take advantage of this deal while you still can:<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/markreadsYW<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wuyhh0PrEUs<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – I am now on Patreon<\/a><\/b>!!! MANY SURPRISES ARE IN STORE FOR YOU IF YOU SUPPORT ME<\/a>. In the twelfth part of\u00c2\u00a0Maskerade, Nanny and Granny get closer to Box Eight\u00c2\u00a0while Agnes figures out who the Ghost is. Intrigued? 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