In the thirteenth part of\u00c2\u00a0Feet of Clay<\/i>, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS BOOK. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nobbs<\/b><\/p>\n
I NEVER SAW IT COMING, OH MY GOD, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE. Like, is there really any doubt left that the Guild heads and the upper crust of Ankh are responsible in some part for Vetinari? IT HAS TO BE THEM. I spent time of my life feeling kind of\u00c2\u00a0good<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0about Nobbs because even if these people were being patronizing or sycophants, they made him feel desired and wanted. He got people laughing. They seemed to enjoy him. Yes, the anonymous group spoke poorly of him, and was cruel about his very nature, but he was getting wealth and power out of it, so at least Nobbs would get something positive out of the experience!<\/p>\n
AND THEN THIS:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He should do nicely.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Splendid.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dragon did well. I suppose the little tit isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t\u00c2\u00a0really<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0an earl, by any chance?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be silly.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
NO.\u00c2\u00a0NO<\/i>. OH MY GOD. THIS IS TERRIBLE.<\/p>\n
Colon<\/b><\/p>\n
Literally as soon as I finished the video, I was preparing to encode it for YouTube and it hit me: the Dragon King of Arms is the one who says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ah-ha\u00e2\u20ac\u009d all the time. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dragon who is (partially) behind this! OH MY GOD, IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. And I say this knowing that I\u00c2\u00a0still<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have all the pieces. But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confirmation that Dragon has a golem named Meshugah, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 maybe Dragon is behind the golem disaster??? For what end, though? How has Dragon \u00e2\u20ac\u0153seen to\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Vimes?<\/p>\n
BUT THEY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122RE NEAR COCKBILL. WEE MAD ARTHUR IS THERE (and is confirmed to be a gnome, which is cool as hell) AND SAVES THE DAY. EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER. But what about the arsenic? Is this how it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s getting into the rats? Maybe not? And how was Dragon able to poison Vetinari? Actually, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a terrible question because we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know if Vetinari was behind his own poisoning. WHAT IS THIS BOOK.<\/p>\n
I did get worried, though, that Colon was going to die. I know, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the major Watch characters, but look what happened when I assumed that last time. Meshugah is just so\u00c2\u00a0terrifying,\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all! I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help it!<\/p>\n
Cheri<\/b><\/p>\n
CHERI BONDING WITH ANOTHER FEMALE DWARF WHO WANTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY = ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING PLOTS YET. OH MY GOD, THAT SCENE WAS SO GOOD.<\/p>\n
Mob Behavior<\/b><\/p>\n
It was only a matter of time before the people of Ankh-Morpork turned on golems. In a way, they\u00c2\u00a0already<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0had; no one viewed them as people or believed that they deserved autonomy or agency. They were meant for work that no one else would do, they were unpaid, and they were unappreciated. So when the murders happened, the golems changed to people; they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re suddenly beings with agency and will power and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re\u00c2\u00a0murderers<\/i>. It becomes frighteningly easy to demonize them, even though the common understanding of golems is that they can only do what their chems tell them to.<\/p>\n
So Carrot protects Dorfl. (Again exposing that even though Dorfl is different, Carrot still thinks they deserve respect. Why can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t he offer the same respect to Angua and Cheri?) When Sock refuses to take Dorfl back, Carrot offers to buy him. I do love that Angua plays a huge role in this, too, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m only now realizing how much they fulfill\u00c2\u00a0the buddy cop dynamic. SO MUCH, OH MY GOD.<\/p>\n
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS AMAZING EXCHANGE, TOO:<\/p>\n
The golem took the little scrap of paper between two thick fingers.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That means you belong to you,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Carrot encouragingly. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You own yourself.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Dorfl shrugged.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What did you expect?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Angua. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Did you think he was going to wave a flag?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I LOVE ANGUA SO DEARLY. But she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right! The golems have never gotten to experience true freedom, so handing them the power isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to transform them instantly. They have no\u00c2\u00a0concept<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0of what Carrot gives them, so when he puts a new chem inside Dorfl with the command of freedom, DORFL NEARLY EXPIRES. Yet it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in this moment that Angua drops an uncomfortable\u00c2\u00a0truth of her life. Acceptance is a complicated thing; merely existing does not mean one is accepted. The sight of Dorfl \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who is technically an undead in Angua\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c reminds her that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not human. Even further, she perceives them as being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153accepted\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in ways she is not. In a way, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true, especially for her and all the terrible things people say about werewolves. At the same time, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d quantify the golems as being better off than her. In the current climate, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certainly not the case. But relative to Angua, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a jealous she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t ignore. She wants things she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have\u00c2\u00a0because<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a werewolf.<\/p>\n
And in a way, I felt like she was trying to communicate with Carrot about how frequently he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand her and her struggles. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as direct as she could be, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a start. Life is complicated for the undead, and Carrot still can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t empathize with that, at least not fully.<\/p>\n
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