{"id":4509,"date":"2018-04-10T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2018-04-08T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T15:23:15","slug":"mark-reads-the-wee-free-men-chapter-3-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2018\/04\/mark-reads-the-wee-free-men-chapter-3-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads ‘The Wee Free Men’: Chapter 3, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first part of the third chapter of The Wee Free Men<\/i>, Miss Tick decides to intervene, and Tiffany imagines what witch school would be like. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

THIS IS SO CUTE I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122M TOTALLY INTO IT.<\/p>\n

Miss Tick<\/b><\/p>\n

So, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s be real worried about this together, can we? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that Tiffany is the Chalk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s witch, and even Miss Tick can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deny that All Signs Point to Witch. Right??? Yet if that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the case, what is Miss Tick supposed to do next? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like she can just say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a witch!,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and then just hope that clears the matter up. Tiffany needs all kinds of training, and thus, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for me to worry. Because what the hell<\/i> does this mean?<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153D\u00e2\u20ac\u2122you know what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be turning up?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she continued. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the things they locked away in those old stories. All those reasons why you shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stray off the path, or open the forbidden door, or say the wrong word, or spill the salt. All the stories that gave children nightmares. All the monsters from under the biggest bed in the world. Somewhere, all stories are real and all dreams come true. And they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll come true here if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not stopped.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

But why<\/i>? All we know is that it is exceptional that the Nac Mac Feegle warned Tiffany. They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t warn anybody<\/i>. So Jenny must be the calm before the storm, which is pretty terrifying, given that JENNY WAS REVOLTING AND somehow, there is worse coming<\/i>?<\/p>\n

Tiffany<\/b><\/p>\n

But if anyone can face down an entire parallel reality of the things that scare people the most, I feel like it could be Tiffany Aching.<\/p>\n

Look, her reaction to Jenny is just so hilarious and touching to me. She was pissed that Jenny had the nerve<\/i> to show up, and then she attacked it with a frying pan AFTER DOING RESEARCH!!! Who is better suited for fighting OTHERWORDLY CREATURES???<\/p>\n

I love, though, that as dire as this is, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a tenderness within Tiffany and her relationship with her grandmother. Grandma Aching is such a powerful figure in her past, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that she influenced her granddaughter a great deal. (Probably intentionally.) There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the story of her time with Lightning and Thunder, and it evokes images of lazy afternoons, of feeling whole and appreciated, and I admit: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a little envious. I COULD USE THAT, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. But I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s this kind of love and support system that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s helped mold Tiffany into the kind of young girl she is. She does<\/i> care about the world around her a great deal, probably more than most other people. You can see that in the way she processes information, in the interactions she has with the natural world.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only a matter of time, then, before the Nac Mac Feegle make contact with Tiffany to ask for her help. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re OBVIOUSLY hunting for her, and that warning was the first step, right? They need her for whatever is coming through into the Chalk. AND SHE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S GONNA BECOME A WITCH AND I CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T WAIT. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so excited to watch this transformation!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/rzU0I65JWN4<\/p>\n

Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n

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