In the second part of\u00c2\u00a0Feet of Clay<\/i>, EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING ALREADY. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
LET\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S JUST GET INTO THIS!!!! SO MUCH EXCITING STUFF!!!<\/p>\n
The City Watch<\/b><\/p>\n
Pratchett is a lot more liberal with revealing all the changes in the City Watch here, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so\u00c2\u00a0weird<\/i>. Everything is efficient and organized and multi-tiered and HOW IS THIS THE SAME WATCH WE SAW IN\u00c2\u00a0Guards! Guards!\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>The growth is spectacular, but that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean these characters are drastically different. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still recognizable. Corporal Nobbs is still a mess. Vimes is still that comfortable mix of cynicism and anger that I enjoyed. And how powerful was this tiny moment during the interview that opened this section?<\/p>\n Vimes found he was automatically opening the bottom drawer of his desk. He pushed it shut again and, instead, shuffled the papers in front of him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n How long has he been sober for? Anyway, the interview with Cheery Littlebottom didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just introduce a new character to us; it helps us to understand how the Watch is growing. At this point, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s never been a position for an alchemist, and while Cheery might just blow up a crime scene or a Watch house or himself, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool to see\u00c2\u00a0why<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needed. The Watch is changing! They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pissing off the richer members of Ankh-Morpork who I suspect have been getting away with a number of crimes that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re now being held accountable for. (Maybe. There are no details about this specific thing.) But even internally, Vimes knows that Watch has become something else. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like a messed up family. I love that he admits to Cheery that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re making it all up as they go along, too! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an adventure into the unknown. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like they have anything to base their organization off of, you know?<\/p>\n Pratchett then jumps from one scene to another, each of them packed with jokes and clever wordplay, and each of them\u00c2\u00a0also<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0doing the job of providing exposition and story detail without feeling like they are. Detritus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tour of the Watch house is ADORABLE. (I just love Detritus a lot, okay?) Carrot and Angua surprising the thieves is just\u00c2\u00a0lovely<\/i>. (A LOADED WOLF.) I am so eager to see how else the Watch has changed.<\/p>\n Golems<\/b><\/p>\n That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what that scene with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153speaker\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is referring to, right? So, someone is making golems, one got out, it killed a priest, and they can be controlled by thoughts? And someone is making a profit off them?<\/p>\n I went back to that awesome scene with the crossbow and the bread and Angua being the best, and this line stuck out to me:<\/p>\n The bold one with the crossbow licked his lips and glanced from Carrot to the wolf. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If you set it on us, I warn you, someone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to get killed!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he warned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clearly referring to Angua, but then MY BRAIN STARTED THINKING OF THINGS. What could this possible theft\/murder have to do with the golems? What if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a connection between the two events? There always is in these mysteries, and for a moment, I imagined that the man was talking\u00c2\u00a0about<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0a golem. I say that just as a hypothetical thing. Those working with the golems are afraid of them, and Mr. Ironcrust has a\u00c2\u00a0bizarre<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0reaction to Carrot here:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three years!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Three years and no one bothered! Three bloody years and not so much as a knock at the door! And he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll ask me! Oh, yes! He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be\u00c2\u00a0nice<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0about it! He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably even go and get the extra forms so I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be put to the trouble! Why couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you buggers have just run away?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n OKAY, THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. So, people are behaving weirdly, and we know that a golem is out there somewhere killing people, and we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know why. It makes no sense to me that Mr. Ironcrust would be upset that the thieves did\u00c2\u00a0not<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0get away. Thus, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why the gears started ticking because of that passage. I know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about Angua, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m suspicious. I MUST BE IN ORDER TO FIGURE THIS OUT.<\/p>\n Zoos and Coat of Arms<\/b><\/p>\n WHAT A RIDICULOUS SCENE, OH MY GOD. I was a little confused about the whole thing, but OWLS. A morpork on an ankh! I feel a little weird about the gay hippo joke because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about the closest the\u00c2\u00a0Discworld\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>series has gotten to having gay characters and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re hippos. But I was pleased by the fact that the man of the house used LIVE ANIMALS and an actual shield to paint his coat of arms. WHO THINKS OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Good gods,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d murmured Vimes. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I always thought they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve just made it up!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Made it up, sir? Made it up?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said voice behind him. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d soon be in trouble if we made things up, oh dear me, yes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Can I imagine that this is a subtle reference to Vimes telling Cheery that they mostly make everything up as they go along? YES, GOOD.<\/p>\n I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m interested to see where this plot is going, too. Who is the dead person talking to Vimes?<\/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=VeP0w6PGrwY<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – I am now on Patreon<\/a>! There are various levels of support, from $1 up to whatever you want! 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