In the sixth part of\u00c2\u00a0Jingo<\/i>, I take it back. The murder mystery\u00c2\u00a0is<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0pretty cool. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Okay, in just a handful of pages, this mystery just got a whole lot more interesting. To paraphrase Colon: it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because of\u00c2\u00a0politics<\/i>.<\/p>\n
71-Hour Ahmed<\/b><\/p>\n
Ah, the clove! I missed that detail. So, 71-Hour Ahmed was\u00c2\u00a0not<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0near the Prince or his brother. Instead\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 he was right by Ossie??? And he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certainly strong enough to pull the bow that shot the Prince, but why on earth would he do something like that? Also, I just want to take this moment to explain that I now understand a basic level or archery because I GOT TO SHOOT A BOW AND ARROW FOR THE FIRST TIME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, it was incredible, and it turns out that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M NOT THAT BAD. Just wait, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna turn into Katniss one of these days.<\/p>\n
Anyway, back to the case! I now see why I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t guess what was on the iconograph because the whole time, it was what\u00c2\u00a0wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0on there that was so important. Even further, Vimes\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s summary of the evidence is pretty damn perplexing:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153So he was shot in the back by a man in front of him who could not possibly have used the bow that he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t shoot him with from the wrong direction\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Which means\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. Perhaps Ahmed sealed Ossie in the Barbican, then went to top of the Opera House, fired on the Prince, then disappeared.<\/p>\n BUT WHY.<\/p>\n Trust No One<\/b><\/p>\n I just wanted to say that I loved that exchange, and now I wish\u00c2\u00a0The X-Files<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0had actually had a scene where some government whistleblower told Mulder to trust no one and he looked at them with shock and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But I can trust Scully, right?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Colon and Nobbs on the Case<\/b><\/p>\n Oh my god, Vimes was right. TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY RIGHT. Colon and Nobbs go right for the obvious and\u00c2\u00a0that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it<\/i>. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first acknowledge how they gain entrance to Ossie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rental place: TERRIBLY. They announce that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the police, then lie about it, then lie again, and then offer money because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re actors? Again, I am continually surprised that either of these men have survived beyond their twentieth birthdays, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all.<\/p>\n Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s talk about what they find, because, as predicted, the evidence is neat, simple, and easily categorizable. There are military supply magazines under Ossie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bed. A box of hundreds of Klatchian coins. Sand on the floor. As Vimes will later point out, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like someone pulled out a dictionary of Klatchian stereotypes and littered them about the room, all so that people would assume that Klatch paid Ossie to shoot their own Prince, thereby giving them a reason to invade Ankh-Morpork and go to war. (Which confuses me if Ahmed is responsible. Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that the same thing?) If that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true, that means\u00c2\u00a0someone else<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is responsible for all of this, but wants to make the Klatchians look bad.<\/p>\n No wonder this has to be kept quiet. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a recipe for disaster.<\/p>\n Dinner with Sybil<\/b><\/p>\n You know, I\u00c2\u00a0do<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0feel bad for her, given that she tries so hard to have a semblance of a normal night with Vimes. How often does he work all-nighters? Rush out of dinners and parties? Fail to pay attention because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reading reports? Poor Sybil. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0trying<\/i>.<\/p>\n And yet, Vimes is called away\u00c2\u00a0again<\/i>. Apparently by a murder! Oh god, what happened now???<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hh8jX7TN8Ao<\/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! You’ll get to read a private blog, extra reviews, and other such rewards. I POST A LOT OF CUTE PHOTOS, OKAY. Think of it like a private Tumblr blog that only SPECIAL PEOPLE get to read.<\/b> In the sixth part of\u00c2\u00a0Jingo, I take it back. The murder mystery\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0pretty cool. Intrigued? 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\n– I have updated my list of conventions and events for the remainder of the year and much of next year.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Check the full list of events on my Tour Dates \/ Appearances page.<\/a>
\n– My Master Schedule<\/a> is updated for the near and distant future for most projects, so please check it often.\u00c2\u00a0My next Double Features for Mark Watches have been announced here.<\/a>
\n<\/b>-\u00c2\u00a0Mark Does Stuff is on Facebook!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0I’ve got a community page up that I’m running. Guaranteed shenanigans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"