Vetinari
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As has already been mentioned I can't see Sir Terry killing off such a marvelous character and since Vetinari is probably in his mid to late fifties the problem is not likely to come up for some time (especially since the Assasins Guild won't accept a contract on him). Of course if Havelock was worried about encroaching mortality I'm sure Lady Margolotta would be delighted to "turn" her dear friend. Besides he's just the sort of personality to go the zombie route (if only to annoy the hell out of his rivals).
If you do want the name of a possible successor may I suggest Grace Speaker, the pet shop owner who The Patrician suspects is secretly the compiler of the Ankh-Morpork Times crossword. As Vetinary himself suggested in "SNUFF" a woman of her intelligence is unlikley to remain satisfied with running a pet shop and has consequently placed her under observation.
If you do want the name of a possible successor may I suggest Grace Speaker, the pet shop owner who The Patrician suspects is secretly the compiler of the Ankh-Morpork Times crossword. As Vetinary himself suggested in "SNUFF" a woman of her intelligence is unlikley to remain satisfied with running a pet shop and has consequently placed her under observation.
There's his Great Project (dunno how it's called in the original version) in the underground of Ankh-Morpork (Is something about it written in Snuff? I haven't read it yet. Maybe it's going to be subway?). He surely does not want to die, until The Project is finished. If he dies, I think he would become a vampire- cos zombies suffer from losing body parts and from various parasites, which fact he would find quite disgusting. When he already looks like a vampire, the actual BEING a vampire is the only last step.
Love the Star Trek avatar, Ziranth! That ended up as one of the silliest episodes ever. 
The 'underground' idea was sort of hinted at in Thud! but no mention of it has been made since. One of the mine signs described sounded a bit like a London Underground sign and, of course, there were all those tunnels dug by the dwarfs and the mechanisms that could have operated such a system.
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
The 'underground' idea was sort of hinted at in Thud! but no mention of it has been made since. One of the mine signs described sounded a bit like a London Underground sign and, of course, there were all those tunnels dug by the dwarfs and the mechanisms that could have operated such a system.
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
Tonyblack said:
The 'underground' idea was sort of hinted at in Thud! but no mention of it has been made since...
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
raisindot said:
Tonyblack said:
The 'underground' idea was sort of hinted at in Thud! but no mention of it has been made since...
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
Maybe we'll hear more of it again.
From the recent interview with Terry in Writing Magazine:
At one point as we were working on Snuff, my editor said to me "You know, usually in a career like yours, round about now would be the time that you would kill off a major character" and I said "Says who?"
What, that's a reason for killing a major character? That's insane. If I really thought a major character needed to be killed, then they could be killed, but at the moment I don't see any reason why I should.
Copies of this interview can still be obtained by PMing me!!
At one point as we were working on Snuff, my editor said to me "You know, usually in a career like yours, round about now would be the time that you would kill off a major character" and I said "Says who?"
What, that's a reason for killing a major character? That's insane. If I really thought a major character needed to be killed, then they could be killed, but at the moment I don't see any reason why I should.
Copies of this interview can still be obtained by PMing me!!
This is a great idea! Vetinari certainly has a great regard for her intelligence and deviousness. I just hope she's not the shy type that can't step out in the open and show what she's capable of unless it's under the mantle of anonymity or a false name. Sort of a Cyrano de Bergerac situation. Otherwise, why not let people know who's writing the crossword puzzles?
'Cos if she is... well, you can't step into a meeting with the Guild leaders and blush to your knees and go "um, er, uh..." with your voice trembling all over the place... they'll eat you alive!
As fot the Vampire Vetinari idea: are we absolutely, 100% sure he isn't one already? I mean, I remember a book in which Sam Vimes was wondering if Vetinari ever slept. I know that we have occasionally seen him eat and drink, but Black Ribboners eat also, don't they? Just a thought...
'Cos if she is... well, you can't step into a meeting with the Guild leaders and blush to your knees and go "um, er, uh..." with your voice trembling all over the place... they'll eat you alive!
As fot the Vampire Vetinari idea: are we absolutely, 100% sure he isn't one already? I mean, I remember a book in which Sam Vimes was wondering if Vetinari ever slept. I know that we have occasionally seen him eat and drink, but Black Ribboners eat also, don't they? Just a thought...
