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Granny Weatherwax - Blog Posts
More sketches of the Discworld coven. I still haven’t read the Tiffany Aching series yet. But I do love my witches.
According to my cards, you are a moron...
I can say this without cards.
So back in the day on my old blog I made this sci-fi Discworld witches AU, here's Witches Abroad in the same setting
Esmerelda Weatherwax is literature's greatest Witch. And it is not even a little close.
What other Witch could so shrewdly bend the very story she was in to her will? To take the tropes and clichés and to weaponize them against those who were wrong in defense of those who could not defend themselves?
What other Witch, when faced with the Good Fairy Godmother, would rip the story from her very fingers and set things to right?
What other Witch, under vampiric assault, could turn the famous bite around and, instead of becoming a vampire herself, through force of sheer will Weatherwax the vampire? What does that even mean?
What other Witch could give a child a gift so powerful it would override narrative convention and let the long lost prince refuse to take his rightful crown in favor of pursuing his dreams?
Indeed, what other Witch would resist the crown when it fell into her lap?
There have been untold millions of Witches in literature, but not a one of them could sit demurely at a social gathering, doing absolutely nothing, and drive everyone around her to near insanity through sheer nervousness?
No one else could be so proficient at both Magic and People that she would barely need or want to use the former because of how effective and predictable the latter could be.
And all of this, ALL of this, while going against her own narrative nature as 'The Bad Witch'. To resist your own role in the story so completely that you transcend expectations and settle into legend as one of the ultimate forces of righteousness on the Disc? That requires more power, more cunning, and more skill than any, every other Witch. Combined.
And she did it by knowing people. By watching them and knowing things and by understanding, better than their own mothers, how to talk to everyone and precisely pass along knowledge. How to command respect, even if they don't like you very much. How to be indispensable, while dispensing with the pleasantries.
She didn't do it alone, but she wouldn't admit that within earshot of Gytha or any of her numerous brood (So, she would never admit it). She benefitted by her associations with Nanny Ogg, with Magrat, with Agnes, with Tiffany, with Ridcully (allegedly), and even with Death.
Who else would earn time for her candle to flicker in the wind, and a warning by the Grim Reaper himself, for the right she had done in the world.
Right. Not good. Not nice. Right.
She was the vessel Pratchett poured his every indignant thought at the inherent injustice in the world into, and she brandished those white hot notions against every part of the stories that tried to make her into something she did not want to be.
Esmerelda Weatherwax is literature's greatest Witch. What more could possibly be said?
Discworld Politics
apropos of nothing here's every discworld fanart i've done for inktober since i started doing inktober in 2016
He is proof that male authors are capable of writing good female characters. If you can't, your a bad writer.
Legit don't understand why more people don't read Discworld
Adora Belle Dearheart
She helps the voiceless and will shoot you as soon as look at you. The most cynical person in Ankh-Morpork, yes even more cynical than the legendary Sam Vimes. She's not here for your shit.
Susan Sto Helit
Death's granddaughter, all around badass whether with withering scorn, fireplace pokers, or her grandfather's sword. She will fuck you up.
Angua von Uberwald
Werewolf with a bad hair day (internally, externally her hair is always lovely and soft because she uses dog shampoo). She will go for your throat with a terrifying snarl. Most of the time she lets go. Most of the time.. Don't mess with her.
Granny Weatherwax
Most feared/respected witch on the Disc. Has stared Death in the face numerous times, so much so that Death actually respects her. Whew, you do not want to get on her bad side.
