In the tenth part of Monstrous Regiment<\/i>, Polly learns just how dedicated Sergeant Jackrum is. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Discworld<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For discussion of warfare<\/b>.<\/p>\n
THIS WAS NOT WHERE I EXPECTED THIS TO GO, OKAY. And while I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like Strappi, I suddenly feel like I have a better understanding why he clashed with Sergeant Jackrum as much as he did. It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just<\/i> that they had different styles; Jackrum, at least as he seems here, is bloodthirsty<\/i>. Because of this one scene, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had to re-think my own perception of him, too. Even when he was interacting with Blouse, I found Blouse infinitely more irritating, despite that the whole time, Jackrum was always<\/i> this person. He just hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been in a situation to bring out this side of him.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oh god, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why he \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rejoined,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it???<\/p>\n Belief<\/b><\/p>\n Let me back up a bit, because I definitely wanted to talk about Wazzer before<\/i> I got to Jackrum. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, this is too real??? And I figured it would be because as a whole, this book is not fucking around, but I just felt\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. Something close to pity, but maybe not that strong. Wazzer reminds me so much of my own desperate need for faith despite knowing<\/i> that something was wrong. Here, it seems like she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s aware of the contradictions, but only every so often. Most of the time, she is utterly committed to the Duchess and to the Abominations\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 except when those Abominations are in the way of her quest.<\/p>\n In this, Pratchett has created a complicated narrative. Gods are<\/i> real within the Discworld, and since believe powers a god, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not unlikely that the Duchess has some sort of godly power. Wazzer truly believes in her, so I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say that the Duchess didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> visit her and set her on this journey to Kneck. At the same time, because we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting this Polly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eyes, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sense of sadness to the text. Polly can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe that Wazzer is supposed to take control of the army, and she can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe that the Duchess really is the figure everyone claims her to be. So how can she communicate that? I respect that she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i>, that she understands how much this all means to Wazzer, and that an honest conversation about what she<\/i> believes isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to help Wazzer. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll probably harm her.<\/p>\n But what happens if Wazzer doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/i> fulfill their destiny? How is she going to deal with disappointment? She clearly escaped something horrific back home. How can she go back<\/i>?<\/p>\n Jackrum<\/b><\/p>\n Now that I know what Jackrum was planning, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so easy to see how he manipulated everyone<\/i>. He purposed toyed with Blouse so that Blouse would send him away. Then, when Blouse and Polly were with the sergeant, he sent all the actually<\/i> powerful people away so that no one could stop him or the escaping Zlobenian. He plotted absolutely all of this so he could kill the man himself, and even the way<\/i> he did so\u00e2\u20ac\u201dBY SHOOTING HIS CROSSBOW THROUGH BLOUSE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S EAR\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwas a means of being clever<\/i>. He clearly derived so much joy from this single act, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, and I misjudged him. I misjudged him badly<\/i>.<\/p>\n I shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have, though, because HE LITERALLY TOLD EVERYONE WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sergeant, and they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re cunning and artful, if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re any good. I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever<\/i>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Holy shit, ALL OF US WERE UNPREPARED. Me and the characters??? What the hell???<\/p>\n In the firelight, the grin of Sergeant Jackrum was a crescent of blood, his coat the color of a battlefield sky.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You are my little lads,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he roared. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I<\/i> will look after you.<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n WHAT THE FUCK DID THIS BOOK TURN INTO??? I AM FRIGHTENED BY HIM, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO.<\/p>\n vid<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – My YA contemporary debut, ANGER IS A GIFT<\/a>, is now available for pre-order!\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the tenth part of Monstrous Regiment, Polly learns just how dedicated Sergeant Jackrum is. 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