In the seventh chapter of Darwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Watch<\/i>, the wizards set out along a defined path to correct time. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read The Science of Discworld III<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Oh, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m worried. Two timeline course-corrects in one chapter? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, this is TOO EASY.<\/p>\n
I say that while also admitting that this is the third such romp through time and Roundworld history for the wizards, and that means\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, look. They actually got better<\/i> at this, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t they? Hex provides the wizards with ten points of interventions in Roundworld in order to ensure The Origin of Species<\/i> comes to fruition, and then the wizards\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bicker? They know they have to intervene, they prepare themselves for all the good food they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re gonna eat (a vital exercise for ANY trip), and then they get in costume. Okay, so there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some light<\/i> bickering there:<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAre you totally happy with the bishop look, Dean?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIsn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that appropriate for the time?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 said the Dean, looking worried. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWe looked through the book on costumes and I thought\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 His voice trailed off. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the mitre, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnd the crozier,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 said Ponder.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI wanted to fit in, you see.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIn a cathedral, yes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. But on the streets, bishops are quite dull.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the fun in that?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 said the Dean, sulkily.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n INDEED, WHERE IS THE FUN IN THAT. But there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a lot of fun to be had, and, again, it worries me. Once the wizards land in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, wait. They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t land in London first, but a PEAT BOG. Which is super funny to me? Like, Hex was programmed or told to send the wizards to this exact place so they could see Darwin, but I still like the idea that Hex has developed their own sense of humor and thought it would be hilarious to dump them in a PEAT BOG. Regardless, once they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the right place, this\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 happens. The team of wizards gets to two out of the ten interventions they need to manipulate in favor of Charles Darwin. And while I understand the causality here, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still worried: what was that thing<\/i> at the start of the book? The wizards are not aware that there might be something else that sent Darwin on the wrong path, you know? Not even Hex figured this out, which seems uncharacteristic of them.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually<\/i> going on here? Because what if there was something else that diverted Darwin away at these ten points in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153right\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chronology in his life? As it stands, all we know is that in the current timeline, the man who would have heavily influenced Darwin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s uncle almost didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t show up to a fateful meeting. In the second timeline diversion, they have to make sure that Mr. Nightingale is not chosen as the captain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first choice for the Beagle<\/i>, the famed ship that Darwin was on prior to writing The Origin of Species<\/i>. Bless the way they decide to do this, too! I love that intentionally casual reference to giant squids, a recurring theme in the books with the wizards.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Anyway: shipbuilding is next. Something to do with the Beagle<\/i>? 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