In the first part of\u00c2\u00a0The Last Continent<\/i>, I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T KNOW WHAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GOING ON. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
What.<\/p>\n
It is the general test of the omnipotence of a god that they can see the fall of a tiny bird. But only one god makes notes, and a few adjustments, so that next time it can fall faster and further.<\/p>\n
We may find out why.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
WHAT\u00c2\u00a0WHY<\/i>. See, I came into\u00c2\u00a0The Last Continent<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0thinking that maybe this was a novel about the gods. We hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t had one in a bit! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a fair guess. Then, Pratchett narrows in the focus of the book \u00e2\u20ac\u201c from the multiverse to\u00c2\u00a0this<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0universe, then down to the Disc, then to the gods, then to Unseen University, where I get to experience the Ceremony of the Keys, a fairly pointless tradition (well, relative to\u00c2\u00a0me<\/i>, of course!) in which the bledlows deliver the Archchancellor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s keys to another bledlow. Now, Pratchett doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really do pointless\u00c2\u00a0things<\/i>. If I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve learned anything from the twenty-one\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0books I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read so far (!!!!!!), it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a plan. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like the Vetinari of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, this metaphor is escaping me already. The Vetinari of the series? This is too meta now.<\/p>\n
Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s try this again. Pratchett puts things in his books for a reason, and it seems important that the bledlows are introduced alongside the Ceremony. Of course, maybe this is time for randomness! I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see this all as a way for him to introduce the first conflict of the book. Plus, I am trying to be prepared for what is to come, I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T THINK THAT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S UNREASONABLE.<\/p>\n
Except I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be ready for it when the first five pages of this book tells me that The Librarian is sick and\u00c2\u00a0dangerously<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0so. With each sneeze, his morphic field is disrupted, and he changes. From a table back to an orangutan, then to a chair, then back to his original state\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 which makes me wonder if he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll change back to a human at some point. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it?<\/p>\n
And I guess it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible that The Librarian could die. More so than perhaps\u00c2\u00a0any<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0series I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read for this site, the\u00c2\u00a0Discworld<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0series has allowed me a safety I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have: most of these characters don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t die. They just\u00c2\u00a0don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i>! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not Terry Pratchett\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thing, and I suppose I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thankful for that. I can get attached to characters; I can generally enjoy the books without the fear that death for the main group is a reality. As soon as I read that the Librarian was sick and no one knew how treat him, I realized how much I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve taken this for granted. The Librarian would just\u00c2\u00a0always<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0be around, right?<\/p>\n
What if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m wrong? What if this is it? WHY AM I EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS??? Oh, this is all your fault, damn it!<\/p>\n
So, with the Librarian sick, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping that the appearance of a pointy hat with the remnants of WIZZARD on it is a sign: this must be a Rincewind book, set in XXXX, the continent based on Australia. (I think? Oh god,\u00c2\u00a0Interesting Times<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0was so long ago!) My brain then thought this:\u00c2\u00a0Maybe Rincewind will find something to help the Librarian<\/i>. Then:\u00c2\u00a0Mark, he is so far from home, how is he even gonna know the Librarian is sick?<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0Then:\u00c2\u00a0Wait, where IS Rincewind?<\/i><\/p>\n
Because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not yet in these pages, assuming that the person inside that weird gem thing is not him. (IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S A CRYSTAL GEM.) What the hell is that thing??? A transportation tube? Something else??? I have no idea! Surprise, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all: I have no idea what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing at the start of\u00c2\u00a0Discworld\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>novel.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I00zTzW-Wr8<\/p>\n
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