In the fifteenth part of Thief of Time<\/i>, the Auditors face a complication. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
OH LORD, THIS IS NOT GOING HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD.<\/p>\n
The Auditors<\/b><\/p>\n
Well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting a sense as to why<\/i> Pratchett had the completion of the Glass Clock happen so early into this book. How else was he going to explore this phenomenon in all its glory? Because y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, this is glorious<\/i>. AND SUPER FUNNY. These powerful beings had a clock built that would stop all time so they could pause humanity, and now they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t resist becoming the exact thing that they hate. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMUSING.<\/p>\n
First, Mr. White becomes impatient. Like, that sentence seems so mundane, but the Auditors have never felt impatience before<\/i>. They are the most patient beings in existence! (Except maybe Death.) Yet they bicker over names<\/i>. They bicker over imagined hierarchies and levels of seniority. They revel in pettiness! Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, Mr. White gets in an argument with Miss Brown, urges her to slap him out of curiosity, and then \u00e2\u20ac\u0153experiments\u00e2\u20ac\u009d by BEHEADING HER. WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK<\/i>.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so very human, even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disturbing. I am going to hazard a guess here, though: the unconscious man with the bread is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Jeremy? Maybe? We still don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know exactly where he is, right? Oh, well. THE AUDITORS ARE OFF TO TRY CHEESE, THIS IS GONNA BE AMAZING. Not only that, but they try to learn how paintings<\/i> are possible, and they do it in the most detached, mechanical way imaginable, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just so funny to me.<\/p>\n
Lobsang and Susan<\/b><\/p>\n
While the Auditors have a petty-off, Lobsang and Susan observe everything while avoiding getting caught. First: How creepy must it have been to see over seven hundred<\/i> of these things appearing in the city and not know what they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing? YEAH, NO THANKS, HARD PASS.<\/p>\n
But they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pretty tough (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M DELICATE), so what they do<\/i> spend time doing is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, Susan does her best to educate Lobsang, who has far less experience with the weirdness of the world. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit where she relates what the Auditors are doing to Borrowing for too long, which I thought was a pretty neat way to explain this situation. And while Susan is impatient with Lobsang, I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mostly because she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect to find this kid so soon and<\/i> have him along for this very strange journey.<\/p>\n
Yet I love that she recognizes that Lobsang needs support. IN the video for this part, I remarked that Susan and Lobsang were finding a way to bond over their non-human features, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to take that a step further. Susan is much like a mentor for him because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll let her speak for herself:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay<\/i>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Susan as patiently as she could. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This sort of thing always comes as a shock. When it happened to me, there wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t anyone around, so consider yourself lucky.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I feel like this is a pivotal moment in the text, where Susan realizes that not only can she help this kid, but she can relate<\/i> to him, you know?<\/p>\n
And what better way to bond with someone than to GO TO AN ART MUSEUM WITH THEM. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s honestly one of my favorite pastimes, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, but\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 why? Why did Susan take Lobsang to see that<\/i> painting? So, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always known there are five horsemen??? Why is that important???<\/p>\n
Ronnie<\/b><\/p>\n
I am looking for clues, I AM TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BEFORE LU-TZE DOES. Who was<\/i> Ronnie? Why did he feel compelled to leave the Horsemen? This feels like a clue:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6And then I thought, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a job that really needs someone with my talents?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Ronnie. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To me, time is just another direction. And then I thought, everyone wants fresh milk, yes? And everyone<\/i> wants it delivered early in the morning.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 time??? But how is that an apocalyptic thing? How would that be something that would happen at the end of the world? Okay, that sentence makes me sound like I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand how time works. (I REALLY DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T, WHY DOES IT KEEP PASSING, IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ALL AN ILLUSION). Maybe Ronnie was just the threat of time running on without people to observe it? Look, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m grasping at nothing here, except that I know that Ronnie can also travel through time. Is he<\/i> Time? But Time still exists and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t retire??? Why was his chariot one of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153burning ice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/p>\n
Oh god, I bet his name is a clue and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to hurt when I realize it was staring me in the face the whole time.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q3J4zHY2fxM<\/p>\n
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