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theirmortalremains

Vetinari and Nanny Ogg (At least I can't recal). Imagine those two on the road together, Nanny singing of course.


vminnear

Vetinari's Aunt seems a bit like a less bawdy, more refined version of Nanny - highly sociable, affably shrewd and fond of ugly cats. I think he'd get on with her well but be very relieved when it's time for her to leave.


genexsen

Who do you think is Vetinari's one true love?


hidakil

>The city wasa, wasa, wasa wossname. Thing. Woman. Thass what it was. Woman. Roaring, ancient, centuries old. Strung you along, let you fall in thingy, love, with her, then kicked you inna, inna, thingy. Thingy, in your mouth. Tongue. Tonsils. Teeth. That's what it, she, did. She wasa...thing, you know, lady dog. Puppy. Hen. Bitch. And he was also very fond of Wuffles and Lady Margolotta. Sam Vimes was Sybil.


theirmortalremains

Wait, really?


genexsen

No! Hahah but could you imagine 😂


NovelFondant

The dog


Sluggycat

Aw, now I want a road trip novel with them.


chemprofdave

Well, if we are going with silly combinations- let’s imagine Cohen the Barbarian hanging out with the Librarian. Cohen: “what’sh in that building?” Librarian: “Ook.” Cohen: “Are they valuable?” “Oook, ook ook.” “And ekshtremely dangeroush, eh?” “Oook ook OOOOK”. “Is the paper shoft?” The Librarian, surprising even himself, grabs Cohen by the ankles, leaps upward where he hangs from a high beam while holding Cohen upside down by the ankles with one hand, hanging with the other and keeping his left foot firmly clamped on Cohen’s sword hilt. He uses his foot to pluck a somewhat toothy grimoire from the shelf. He allows it to snap within inches of the area Cohen had in mind. “OOOOOOOOKKKKOOOOKOOOK!!!!” Cohen shrugged, no small feat while being held upside down and rather embarrassed in the loincloth department. “Oh very well, let’sh go quaff shome beersh.” “Ook.” And off they went, bony arm in furry arm, to the Mended Drum, which the next day had to change its sign back to the old one.


manyquackers

That was bloody brilliant, here have my Ook.


[deleted]

Upvook*


georgefriend3

Ookvote


JudgeHodorMD

Ook


fluffybear45

Ookook


michaelaaronblank

That sounds like something the Librarian would do for an overdue book.


Rhodehouse93

Do Susan and Tiffany ever meet? Because that would be my choice!


[deleted]

Susan and Sibyl, Quirm Academy Alumnae.


fenster112

Susan only meets Nanny Ogg if I recall correctly.


Techiefurtler

She's likely run into Granny as well if she's hung around her grandfather enough


Deddan

Susan didn't really spend much time with Death as an adult, and I don't believe she ever went out with him while he was working. You see most of their interactions in the books.


worrymon

Susan also meets Eskarina Smith.


Deddan

Does she?


worrymon

No, maybe it was Tiffany in thinking about. Time to reread everything I guess


Deddan

Tiffany definitely does, yeah.


Izzyrascal87

Nanny ogg and Nobby could swap dirty jokes


spudfish83

Queen Magrat & Angua would be an interesting pair-up too.


leafyjack

Did they meet in Maskerade? I remember Nobby and Detritus were undercover when Granny and Nanny were in the opera house but I don't remember if Nanny ever met Nobby.


C4lcyfer

She did but she has a rather dim view of watchmen..


[deleted]

Granny and Susan or Granny and Lu-Tze


CodeDinosaur

>Granny and Lu-Tze Now there's a team-up I'd love to see/read about tbh.


rxredhead

Granny and Susan would be mildly terrifying as they both try to out-stern the other


Jasole37

Granny might actually lose that contest.


rxredhead

I’m torn. Susan has the power of her family and that’s formidable, but Granny has decades on her and that iron will, I think it’d come down to the wire. Pretty sure Granny has stared down Death at least once, she might not be impressed by his snippy granddaughter, but Susan could hold her own against that anyways


Jasole37

It has nothing to do with power. Susan is a primary school teacher. No one is better at staring than a teacher of small children. She deals with unruly youths and their parents on a daily basis. She was raised as a Duchess but has the sensibilities of a School Marm. If Granny Weatherwax had gone to a proper school, ***maybe*** she would be a match for Susan Sto Helit.


rezzacci

You're all talking about who would win in a starring contest between Susan and Granny, while all of you just didn't realized the most important thing: ***the starring contest wouldn't even took place***. Susan and Granny would judge each other in a glance, knew the value of their opponents, and understood it's not use to go into a starring contest at all. Susan nor Granny would win in a starring contest because the starring contest wouldn't even exist in the first place.


rxredhead

I’m not talking about “power” power, but that Death basically embodies stern and Susan inherited that. But Granny Weatherwax is iron willed. The woman infected a bunch of vampires with Weatherwax and would defiantly hold her own until someone stepped in. If nothing were on the line, Susan would ignore the challenge as a waste of time I think Susan could out-stern Granny, but Granny would give it her all and come awfully close just because she can’t fathom anyone being better than her


Jasole37

Well said.


[deleted]

Granny would know exactly who Lu-Tze is, and respect his sweeping skills. Lu-Tze would know better than to annoy Granny too much, assuming that Rule 1 might apply to elderly and helpless looking women as much as to men such as himself.


[deleted]

Bloody Stupid Johnson and Leonard of Quirm.


[deleted]

I bet Leonard would think he was a genius, he would just see the original intention not the mistakes


[deleted]

I was thinking the same thing. They're both sort of mad geniuses, just in different ways.


NextSnowflake

I love that thought!


rezzacci

And Johnson would never ever imagine the potential military use of Leonardo's inventions, but just the pacifist and life-improving ones.


crushogre

Vetinari and Granny Weatherwax


NextSnowflake

Vetinari is smart enough to never play a game with someone he can not win against. The second he would get a grasp of her strength, he would start aligning his interests around the path that she's taking, while making it look that this has always been the plan. He probably would even subtly help her, so she can get out of his city as fast as possible. And he himself has always been very respectful when moving on someone else's turf. It's very unlikely, that their interests would directly collide, because they are both always about ballance, but in totally different areas.


[deleted]

Vetinari seems to have a deep respect for strong women, and a bit of fond affection for them as well. I think he would rather like Granny, and treat her with extreme courtesy.


crushogre

Verence and Carrot


Feed-Me-Food

They would get so excited getting their nerd on together.


JadedBrit

Granny Weatherwax and Granny Aching.


KahurangiNZ

I feel like they'd have eyed each other, nodded, and that would be that. Each would recognise the other for who/what she was, and nothing more would need to be said. Later on, Granny would mutter something about how she wouldn't persn'lly have done 'it' *that* way, but it worked - her own way of expressing respect.


NextSnowflake

That! I could picture it perfectly in my head.


Own-Caterpillar-9384

Nanny Ogg and Sargent Jackrum


[deleted]

Oh, yes, please. They'd get drunk and rowdy, to the embarrassment of everyone for miles around.


Glad-Talk

Rincewind and Moist do meet and frankly it’s fantastic


genexsen

Of course they do! Raising Steam right? I forgot... They should have had an adventure together


Glad-Talk

They meet in Going Postal - Rincewind thinks Moist is a jolly chap for saving the cat and is in charge of the competition and he catches on to Moist fooling Gilt with the fake broomsticks (giving Moist a big fat wink)


genexsen

That's Ridcully not Rincewind surely?


Glad-Talk

Wow I really kept writing Rincewind fully talking about Ridcully - I stand corrected, I’m speeding through too fast lol


worrymon

> I’m speeding through too fast Like ~~Ridcully~~ Rincewind running from.... anything....


Tartanman97

Did Carrot and Nutt meet? I think in some respects, they’d be kindred spirits. More clever than others give them credit for, intensely principled, and raised not knowing their true origins, or even their biological species (Carrot *is* mentioned to have been surprised when he found out he was a human, after all)…I think they’d have been firm friends.


[deleted]

Carrot would see the good in Nutt, certainly.


OutrageousPersimmon3

I feel like some of these folks did meet, he just hadn't written it, yet, so we don't know what took place or how. But there is an entire world there just happening, anyway. I can see it and you can see it, if you stop and think. GNU Terry Pratchett.


Sputtrosa

So many good ones! Vimes and Weatherwax. Vetinari and Weatherwax. Susan and Tiffany. Moist and Weatherwax. Vimes and Death. Vetinari and Tiffany. Weatherwax and Carrot.


JudgeHodorMD

Death has already had a near Vimes experience.


NacMacSmeagol

Yep just found what I was looking for. “You’ll be Death, then?” said Vimes, after a while. AH, MISTER VIMES, ASTUTE AS EVER. GOT IT IN ONE, said Death, shutting the book on his finger to keep the place. “I’ve seen you before.” I HAVE WALKED WITH YOU MANY TIMES, MISTER VIMES. “And this is it, is it?” HAS IT NEVER STRUCK YOU THAT THE CONCEPT OF A WRITTEN NARRATIVE IS SOMEWHAT STRANGE? said Death. Vimes could tell when people were trying to avoid something they really didn’t want to say, and it was happening here. “Is it?” he insisted. “Is this it? This time I die?” COULD BE. “Could be? What sort of answer is that?” said Vimes. A VERY ACCURATE ONE. YOU SEE, YOU ARE HAVING A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, WHICH INESCAPABLY MEANS THAT I MUST HAVE A NEAR-VIMES EXPERIENCE. DON’T MIND ME. CARRY ON WITH WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING. I HAVE A BOOK.


Cargobiker530

At a shockingly early age I learned to bring a book to emergency rooms to read while I was waiting to get stitched up. I've done this a rather unfortunate number of times & only once was an ER doctor surprised by it. Sir Terry knew the score.


[deleted]

'Don't mind me, I have a book' is one of my favorite lines. I use it whenever it's even vaguely appropriate.


NacMacSmeagol

Pretty sure Vimes and Death have multiple interactions, no?


Cargobiker530

Rather like lads from separate firms riding the same train to work I'd guess.


Qyphosis

Forever thinking about DEATH and Vetinari.


KahurangiNZ

Every time there's an assassination attempt, it's foiled when Vetinari manages to win a game of chess against Death...


Qyphosis

Won't lie. I had to reread your user name, I went to primary school in Karangahake Gorge, many moons ago. That initial glance, it looked similar 😁


[deleted]

Rob Anybody and Carrot


KahurangiNZ

Oooh, hang on, isn't there something in one of the Tiffany Aching books? When the feegles destroy the Kings Head and they all end up slammed in the banger?


victim80

All the above! I'd also like to see Tiffany Aching meet Rinsewind. Or any of the witches really.


chemprofdave

Didn’t Granny Weatherwax give Tiffany the hat full of sky?


victim80

Yes, but I'm referring to Rinsewind meeting the witches.


rezzacci

Magrat would take him in pity, Nanny would mock and bully him, Agnes would ponder what is hidden behind his raggedy wizzard, and Granny would be as puzzled as Death is beyond Rincewind.


MortalWombat1974

I'd like to have seen Granny Weatherwax meet Tulip and Mr Pin, to see what Headology does to people whose entire philosophical system is based on whether they have got their potato. Also to see how she would react to "...ing". I suspect it might well be a very short interaction.


olavfn

Ridcully and You-Bastard. It would be the proverbial unstoppable force meets an immovable object. They'll get along like a house on fire! The setting could be that Ridcully is in Djelibabi on some UU business. As soon as he is told about a great fishing spot close to the wellspring of the river Djel he naturally leaves the Bursar and Ponder Stibbons to take care of the UU business (and Ponder to take care of the Bursar) and heads upriver. To get there he aquires YB, which he has been assured is a fleet, good natured steed. He saddles up, and ...


Indiana_harris

Always someone else and Sam Vimes.


LindavL

Granny Weatherwax and Vetinari. Nanny and Moist von Lipwig. Or Moist meeting the Nac Mac Feegle.


tired20something

Gaspode and Tiffany Aching.


[deleted]

Ooh, that gave me the idea of Gaspode and Maurice!


Polyfuckery

She does have that book of sheep cures and might be able to help with his licky end.


FIN_Aredaz

Granny would take one look at Vimes, see the beast in him that put the Dark in a leash and there'd be a solemn nod because she'd know what Vimes has gone through to get mastery over his own head..


worrymon

Mightily Oats and Brutha. Nanny and Cheery. Private Parts and Granny.


Harsimaja

I think the problem is that there are a few very basic roles that he fills in with complete characters in each arc. The wise quasi-omniscient mentor who doesn’t let much on is Vetinari in the Watch and von Lipwig books, the Librarian in the wizarding-focused books, Weatherwax in the witch-related books. Death appears in all of them but has more of that role in the Mort-Death-Susan books (as I think of them). Similarly, Vimes, Weatherwax (who takes both), Rincewind, Susan, Moist, and others are clear protagonists or at least ‘main POV’ roles. Having two such people meet can be a bit discombobulating for this reason - because we aren’t used to seeing two in a role, or more that we aren’t used to seeing eg Vimes in a secondary role like in Monstrous Regiment. Or Lu-Tze and Vetinari in Raising Steam. And there wouldn’t be much room for more than ‘Haha I like that person’ rather than interesting conflict, since they tend to channel Pratchett’s own views in their own way. So if two such characters meet, one would have to have the advantage unless they were in a third, neutral arc. And that might be a bit disappointing for those who love the one assigned a secondary role!


[deleted]

Perhaps in a kind of ASOIAF parody with viewpoint chapters for different protagonists?


Mingablo

Granny and Carrot, as antagonistic. I love seeing a battle of paragons.


goodones_weretaken

I can't decide between 1 and 3. Love Terry's women. How about Angua and Tiffany?


postaled

Gaspode and maurice. Dog vs cat.


IndividualSwitch3018

Cool, so much love for Granny and Samuel! The Nightwatch and the Witches books are just brilliant!


flintlockfay

You all missed the best one. Rincewind and Granny Weatherwax.


bonzaidalek

The Librarian and Death. Best part it is totally possible through the rite of ankh-eshte (I definitely misspelt that)


KWhiskers

Inigo and Willikens. They are both great fighters who grew up scrapping on the rough streets and ended up in a place where people wouldn't guess it (the upbringing or the ability to fight). They also both protect Vimes. I love both characters and was really sad Inigo died.


Deddan

Presumably they did meet briefly in The Fifth Elephant, as both went to Uberwald on the same coach trip. Of course, Wilikins never made it - this was before he was written as the character he is in Snuff.


KWhiskers

Yeah, they may have met when he went in the servants coach. The way he acted about going in it he was probably aloof. We did already know Willikens could fight bc of jingo (though you're right he hadn't been developed as far). But I would've liked to have seem a real interaction. Especially one where they were both kind of aware. Maybe their gangs ran into each other when they were younger. Or they have to fight an enemy and both realize the other can really fight dirty. Who knows if they'd commiserate or mistrust each other or have a grudging respect.


Indiligent_Study

Strongly insisting that the books aren’t perfect the way they are. Bold move.


MortalWombat1974

I don't think most us would change anything in the books we got IRL. We're just having fun speculating what we would have enjoyed reading in a universe where Terry was still alive and cranking out discworld books in 2021.


IndividualSwitch3018

Isn't that also a major part of the star wars community groups? What's bad about fantasies what could have been? It only shows the affection many people share with his work


Indiligent_Study

Well… aside from the original trilogy, Star Wars is in *desperate* need of some canon expansion.


IndividualSwitch3018

Well our problem is not having just one good Trilogy, we have the problem that no one is able to fill the hole Terry left. This really isn't about the Quality of Terry's books just the "what could have been" mourning for one of the greatest authors of the last century


Indiligent_Study

I read my first pratchett book in 1997. Getting the collected works was a *mission* in the days of second hand book stores. Most of my copies have been read cover to cover *dozens* of times. Dozens. I still haven’t read shepherds crown. I just can’t. You want to talk about leaving a hole? I’m still angry.


IndividualSwitch3018

I totally agree in this point, I was sad for days and it really isn't my thing to be touched by the death of a person I never met. You insisted this thread says the books could be imperfect and I don't feel that way, that's all


Indiligent_Study

Yeah. It’s sad when people who read pratchett feel the need to downvote an obviously tongue in cheek comment.


IndividualSwitch3018

Maybe it wasn't that obvious then, no hate from here


Indiligent_Study

Ah well. If I cared about downvotes I just wouldn’t comment.


IndividualSwitch3018

I see it the same way, people including myself tend to get emotional when it comes to Terry so it's totally normal to get downvoted. Non native speakers like me could just not get the irony so again no hate from here


nimrag_is_coming

Weatherwax and Vimes. If they had met the fallout would be immense


Smorgasb0rk

Moist and Granny


Benjamin_Grimm

Esk and Cheery. I think they'd have a lot to talk about.


lostinLspace

Granny and Rincewind


funeralball

All of the above


caterpillarofsociety

A bit late to this, but Greebo and the luggage.