http://wiki.lspace.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=DarkwingLady&feedformat=atomDiscworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T05:19:04ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.0http://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=User_talk:DarkwingLady&diff=19903User talk:DarkwingLady2014-05-25T19:00:32Z<p>DarkwingLady: A Trivial Lilac-coloured Note</p>
<hr />
<div>It just occurred to me that I finally managed to buy <br />
[[Night Watch]] on my brother's 32nd birthday, which was on the 23rd of May 2014...and I spent the entire night until early morning of the [[Glorious Revolution|24th of May]] finishing the book.<br />
<br />
I believe this is what is called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity "synchronicity"] in Roundworld.</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Orac_Oracsson&diff=19901Orac Oracsson2014-05-25T16:42:32Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>Mentioned in [[A Tourist Guide to Lancre]], '''Orac Oracsson''' outfitters of [[Ohulan Cutash]] make coats of the finest waterproofing quality. [[Eric Wheelbrace]] swears by them. Well, swore - he's presumed to be off with the fairies... and may the gods help him! <br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
<br />
Having a coat from Oracsson would mean having "'''An Orac'''sson"; phonetically, "Anorak".<br />
<br />
{{wp|Anorak|Anorak}} has two meanings in contemporary English: the warm heavy jacket with a hood that Eric would appreciate; and a term of abuse for boring people, such as trainspotters, who wear them - at least in the mindset of the abusive.<br />
<br />
In the Indonesian language, the word 'norak' means someone who is uncouth, gaudy, socially awkward - on par with being a 'hillbilly' in the United States. Assumedly a large number of 'norak' people can easily be found around Oracsson at Market Day.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Things]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Rufus_Drumknott&diff=19900Rufus Drumknott2014-05-25T16:39:09Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Rufus Drumknott<br />
|photo= <br />
|name= Rufus Drumknott<br />
|age= <br />
|race= [[Human|Human]]<br />
<br />
|occupation= Chief [[Clerks|Clerk]] to Lord Vetinari<br />
|appearance= <br />
<br />
|residence= The [[Patrician's Palace]]<br />
<br />
|death= <br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= at least one nephew<br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= unmarried. Although at the end of {{UA}}, there is a very unsubtle hint that this may soon be remedied, in the form of Lady [[Margolotta]]'s librarian, Miss [[Healstether]]. <br />
<br />
|books= {{FOC}}, {{J}}, {{T5E}}, {{TT}}, {{NW}}, {{GP}}, {{MM}}, {{T!}}, {{UA}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
[[Rufus Drumknott]] is a faithful and loyal servant to [[Lord Vetinari]]. Drumknott has been Vetinari's chief clerk and secretary, since the previous incumbent, [[Lupine Wonse]], had the book thrown at him by (then Constable) [[Carrot|Carrot Ironfoundersson]]. <br />
<br />
A quiet, studious man, Drumknott is ever adept at performing whatever task Vetinari requires. He is an excellent clerk, and cannot abide such malpractices as deliberate misfiling. He is also affronted by a suggestion made by Vetinari concerning his never having had to buy a paperclip in his whole life. He asks for the record to be made straight, in that he has ''always'' bought paperclips for his personal use. <br />
<br />
He has a nephew, who collects [[Post Office|stamp]]s. His own hobbies are said, by Vetinari, to include collecting stationery and designing newer and more efficient forms of ring-binder. <br />
<br />
Prone to losing his pencils in the presence of [[Moist von Lipwig]], despite his best efforts to prevent this.<br />
<br />
Drumknott is also seriously inconvenienced in the footwear department in {{MM}}, when his best pair of boots mysteriously goes missing. This in turn inconveniences Vetinari, who muses that there is a pattern emerging from assorted seemingly random thefts around the city. As Vetinari is ''good'' at solving puzzles - one of Drumknott's lesser tasks is to ensure the evening copy of the [[Ankh-Morpork Times|Times]] is laid open, just ''so'', at the [[Grace Speaker|puzzle page]] for his master's convenience - it is possible the Patrician has worked it out, and is quietly awaiting, with interest, the outcome of the latest assault on his life and position. However, whilst waiting to see, out of intellectual interest, how the latest attempt to depose him fails, he remarks mildly on the squeaking of Drumknott's new footwear...<br />
<br />
Generally, however, Drumknott moves with all the rattle and clanking of a feather falling in a cathedral at midnight. Has proved himself adept at knowing his master's mind, and often hovers with exactly the correct file ready for when Vetinari requests it. Despite having no discernible personality, he is often taken into Vetinari's confidence and asked his opinion on various matters pertaining to all sorts of vexed questions, to which he answers in a measured way. Not as between equals, but in a spirit of being taken seriously. It may well be that of all Vetinari's acquaintances, Drumknott is the most valuable to him.<br />
<br />
Despite Drumknott's elevated position in the palace, he is content to take his lunch in the same communal kitchen as all other Palace staff. This may be intentional, a way of monitoring the mood of the below-stairs employees. <br />
<br />
Vetinari displays his concern for possibly his most valued employee in {{UA}}, where he remarks to Lady [[Margolotta]] that "he might change his life for the better should he meet a young woman who is willing to dress up as a manila envelope". Not very long after this, he meets Miss [[Healstether]]. Lady Margolotta's personal librarian, who readily consents to viewing his new designs for ringbinders....<br />
<br />
<br />
Name Origin<br />
<br />
[http://www.behindthename.com/name/rufus Rufus] is an ancient [[Latatian]] name meaning "red-haired". Even though there has never been any mention of the colour of Mr. Drumknott's name anywhere, it is highly unlikely that he is a natural redhead as this would interfere with the discharge of his duties as Lord [[Vetinari]]'s manservant, wherein rapid and quiet service is demanded of butlers everywhere (to take a random example, Mr. Tibbs in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG Roald Dahl's "The BFG"]).<br />
<br />
<br />
The Drum Knot, or [http://www.japanesegoods.jp/goods/kimono/taikomusubi/taikomusubi1.html "taiko musubi"], is the neatest and simplest way to tie an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_(sash) obi] or the sash to a kimono. This knot is simple, efficient, and unobtrusive. It is most frequently used by housewives and female servants who need a simple way to keep their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono kimono]s neatly tied up so they can do their jobs with a minimum of fuss.<br />
<br />
<br />
Or perhaps it's just [http://www.afrodrumming.com/djembe-tuning-mali-weave.php a way of tightening the installation of a drum's skin across a drum using red rope].<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Drumknott, Rufus]]<br />
[[Category:Serial characters|Drumknott, Rufus]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Drumknott, Rufus]]<br />
[[de:Rufus Drumknott]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Tuttle_Scrope&diff=19899Tuttle Scrope2014-05-25T16:04:14Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Tuttle Scrope<br />
|photo= Scrope.jpg|Tuttle Scrope, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]<br />
|name= Tuttle Scrope<br />
|age=<br />
|race= [[Human]]<br />
|occupation= President of the [[Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers]]<br />
|appearance= <br />
|residence= <br />
|death= <br />
|parents= Tuskin Scrope, father<br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= <br />
|books= <br />
|cameos= {{TT}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Tuttle Scrope is the son of Tuskin Scrope. He had been President of the [[Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers]] for the past seven years, at the time of the events of {{TT}}. His shop in Wixon's Alley, however, is not your ''usual'' leather shop. In a nice old family atmosphere it sells leather er... items and um... little jiggly things - in short, garments for folks whose tastes are a little more unusual than the average...<br />
<br />
Hence, presumably, this shop was much patronised by [[Joshua Lavish|Sir Joshua Lavish]], previous chairman of the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]. And [[Samuel Vimes|Sam Vimes]] believes that [[Nobby Nobbs]] gets their catalogue...<br />
<br />
This doesn't stop him being a loving family man, and ideal, in the eyes of some, to be the next [[Patrician]] when Lord [[Vetinari]] is accused of robbery and attampted murder. Presumably, then, he's a little dim, to be taken in so easily by the other Lords and Heads of Guilds. Who else would want to go against Vetinari?<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Name Origin'''<br />
<br />
"Tuttle" is thought to derive from old Norse meaning [http://www.houseofnames.com/tuttle-family-crest "Thor's cauldron"]. Add to it the name "Scrope", which is an old Anglo-Norman word meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrope "crab"], and we may deduce that this person is involved in what is being termed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality "Crab Bucket Syndrome"] (note the part that he was given in the attempt to depose [[Vetinari]]).<br />
<br />
An alternate theory is that "Tuttle" may also mean [https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Tuttle "Lookout Hill"]...rather apt in view that he was used as a front in the above attempt to hide who the actual enemies are.<br />
<br />
Also, "Tuttle" is the name of the famed publisher, [http://www.tuttlepublishing.com Tuttle Publishing].<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Scrope, Tuttle]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Scrope, Tuttle]]<br />
[[de:Tuttel Pirsch]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Tuttle_Scrope&diff=19898Tuttle Scrope2014-05-25T16:02:13Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title= Tuttle Scrope<br />
|photo= Scrope.jpg|Tuttle Scrope, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]]<br />
|name= Tuttle Scrope<br />
|age=<br />
|race= [[Human]]<br />
|occupation= President of the [[Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers]]<br />
|appearance= <br />
|residence= <br />
|death= <br />
|parents= Tuskin Scrope, father<br />
|relatives= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= <br />
|books= <br />
|cameos= {{TT}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Tuttle Scrope is the son of Tuskin Scrope. He had been President of the [[Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers]] for the past seven years, at the time of the events of {{TT}}. His shop in Wixon's Alley, however, is not your ''usual'' leather shop. In a nice old family atmosphere it sells leather er... items and um... little jiggly things - in short, garments for folks whose tastes are a little more unusual than the average...<br />
<br />
Hence, presumably, this shop was much patronised by [[Joshua Lavish|Sir Joshua Lavish]], previous chairman of the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]]. And [[Samuel Vimes|Sam Vimes]] believes that [[Nobby Nobbs]] gets their catalogue...<br />
<br />
This doesn't stop him being a loving family man, and ideal, in the eyes of some, to be the next [[Patrician]] when Lord [[Vetinari]] is accused of robbery and attampted murder. Presumably, then, he's a little dim, to be taken in so easily by the other Lords and Heads of Guilds. Who else would want to go against Vetinari?<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Name Origin'''<br />
<br />
"Tuttle" is thought to derive from old Norse meaning [http://www.houseofnames.com/tuttle-family-crest "Thor's cauldron"]. Add to it the name "Scrope", which is an old Anglo-Norman word meaning [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrope "crab"], and we may deduce that this person is involved in what is being termed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality "Crab Bucket Syndrome"] (note the part that he was given in the attempt to depose [[Vetinari]]).<br />
<br />
An alternate theory is that "Tuttle" may also mean [https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Tuttle "Lookout Hill"]...rather apt in view that he was used as a front in the above attempt to hide who the actual enemies are.<br />
<br />
:<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters|Scrope, Tuttle]]<br />
[[Category:Human characters|Scrope, Tuttle]]<br />
[[de:Tuttel Pirsch]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Otto_Chriek&diff=19895Otto Chriek2014-05-25T15:43:51Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title=Otto Chriek<br />
|photo=<br />
|name=Otto Chriek<br />
|age=<br />
|race= [[Vampire]]<br />
|occupation= Iconographer for The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]<br />
|appearance= Oval dark glasses, pocket-lined vest<br />
|residence=[[Ankh-Morpork]] <br />
|death= Several times<br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=<br />
|books= {{TT}}<br />
|cameos={{MR}}, {{GP}}, {{T!}}, {{MM}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Otto is a [[Vampires|vampire]] who moved from [[Überwald]] and is now living in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Like most vampires in Ankh-Morpork, he is a [[Black Ribbon|Black Ribboner]], meaning that he has joined the [[Überwald League of Temperance|League of Temperance]] and sworn off blood.<br />
<br />
However, the energy that was once spent devising ways of capturing young virgins must be re-directed. Otto has successfully transferred that obsession to iconography, and so he makes quite a good iconographer, with one fault - he experimented in {{TT}} with dark light, which had terrible and unforeseen consequences, and he has since stopped trying to use it to replace natural light. <br />
<br />
The inherent problem with being a Vampire Iconographer is that flashes of bright light will cause Otto to shriek in pain, and more often than not reduce him to a pinch of dust on the floor. Thanks to a suggestion by [[William de Worde]], Otto finally solved this problem by wearing a vial of blood around his neck, creating an automatic reconstitution mechanism - whenever he crumbles to dust, the vial breaks, reconstructing Otto. The entire process happens within a matter of moments, allowing him to pick up the picture he undied for before it hits the ground.<br />
<br />
Otto is quite loyal to [[William de Worde]] for giving him his job as an Iconographer, recognizing William's misgivings and struggles to distance himself from his speciesist father. In {{TT}}, when William confronts his father about his part in the plot to discredit [[Vetinari]], the senior [[de Worde]] decides to have his son sent to a far off land to prevent him from meddling in his affairs. Otto, who was following William, defends him from the would-be abductors, and while strongly tempted to break his vow and bite William's father, acquiesces to William's urging to not do so. <br />
<br />
Having joined the [[Ankh-Morpork Times]] at the very beginning of the newspaper, he is currently its Head Iconographer. Where there is news, where the Ankh-Morpork crowds gather for street theatre, Otto will also be there, in his vest of many pockets and carrying his [[iconograph]] and cage of [[salamander|salamanders]].<br />
<br />
Otto is more or less fluent in [[Morporkian]] and can speak without his Überwaldean accent, but cannot get his head around common slang. It is implied that Otto, unlike most other Black Ribboners, deliberately cultivates a stereotypical yet humorous vampiric appearance in order not to be taken seriously -- and thus, not ''feared''.<br />
<br />
Otto has since branched out into a new venture, in that he has half-shares in an iconography shop. Flach and Chriek are based on Bluffwilder Street (just off [[Rime Street]] and [[Easy Street]], near the river, and will cater for all your iconographical needs including the new compact Brownie iconograph. Nothing other than the name is known about Mr (or Ms) Flach: their nationality, first name, gender and indeed species remain a mystery at the time of writing. <br />
<br />
'''Name Origin'''<br />
<br />
The name "Otto Chriek" sound suspiciously like "Ought To Shriek". As in "Ought to Shriek In Fear when you see him but you actually shriek in laughter instead". See notes about his appearance above.<br />
<br />
[[category:Discworld characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[category:Supporting characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[category:Serial characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[Category:Undead characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[de:Otto Chriek]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Otto_Chriek&diff=19894Otto Chriek2014-05-25T15:43:01Z<p>DarkwingLady: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|title=Otto Chriek<br />
|photo=<br />
|name=Otto Chriek<br />
|age=<br />
|race= [[Vampire]]<br />
|occupation= Iconographer for The [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]<br />
|appearance= Oval dark glasses, pocket-lined vest<br />
|residence=[[Ankh-Morpork]] <br />
|death= Several times<br />
|parents= <br />
|relatives= <br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=<br />
|books= {{TT}}<br />
|cameos={{MR}}, {{GP}}, {{T!}}, {{MM}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Otto is a [[Vampires|vampire]] who moved from [[Überwald]] and is now living in [[Ankh-Morpork]]. Like most vampires in Ankh-Morpork, he is a [[Black Ribbon|Black Ribboner]], meaning that he has joined the [[Überwald League of Temperance|League of Temperance]] and sworn off blood.<br />
<br />
However, the energy that was once spent devising ways of capturing young virgins must be re-directed. Otto has successfully transferred that obsession to iconography, and so he makes quite a good iconographer, with one fault - he experimented in {{TT}} with dark light, which had terrible and unforeseen consequences, and he has since stopped trying to use it to replace natural light. <br />
<br />
The inherent problem with being a Vampire Iconographer is that flashes of bright light will cause Otto to shriek in pain, and more often than not reduce him to a pinch of dust on the floor. Thanks to a suggestion by [[William de Worde]], Otto finally solved this problem by wearing a vial of blood around his neck, creating an automatic reconstitution mechanism - whenever he crumbles to dust, the vial breaks, reconstructing Otto. The entire process happens within a matter of moments, allowing him to pick up the picture he undied for before it hits the ground.<br />
<br />
Otto is quite loyal to [[William de Worde]] for giving him his job as an Iconographer, recognizing William's misgivings and struggles to distance himself from his speciesist father. In {{TT}}, when William confronts his father about his part in the plot to discredit [[Vetinari]], the senior [[de Worde]] decides to have his son sent to a far off land to prevent him from meddling in his affairs. Otto, who was following William, defends him from the would-be abductors, and while strongly tempted to break his vow and bite William's father, acquiesces to William's urging to not do so. <br />
<br />
Having joined the [[Ankh-Morpork Times]] at the very beginning of the newspaper, he is currently its Head Iconographer. Where there is news, where the Ankh-Morpork crowds gather for street theatre, Otto will also be there, in his vest of many pockets and carrying his [[iconograph]] and cage of [[salamander|salamanders]].<br />
<br />
Otto is more or less fluent in [[Morporkian]] and can speak without his Überwaldean accent, but cannot get his head around common slang. It is implied that Otto, unlike most other Black Ribboners, deliberately cultivates a stereotypical yet humorous vampiric appearance in order not to be taken seriously -- and thus, not ''feared''.<br />
<br />
Otto has since branched out into a new venture, in that he has half-shares in an iconography shop. Flach and Chriek are based on Bluffwilder Street (just off [[Rime Street]] and [[Easy Street]], near the river, and will cater for all your iconographical needs including the new compact Brownie iconograph. Nothing other than the name is known about Mr (or Ms) Flach: their nationality, first name, gender and indeed species remain a mystery at the time of writing. <br />
<br />
'''Name Origin'''<br />
The name "Otto Chriek" sound suspiciously like "Ought To Shriek". As in "Ought to Shriek In Fear when you see him but you actually shriek in laughter instead". See notes about his appearance above.<br />
<br />
[[category:Discworld characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[category:Supporting characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[category:Serial characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[Category:Undead characters|Chriek, Otto]]<br />
[[de:Otto Chriek]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Orac_Oracsson&diff=19547Orac Oracsson2014-03-23T09:31:45Z<p>DarkwingLady: /* Annotation */</p>
<hr />
<div>Mentioned in [[A Tourist Guide to Lancre]], '''Orac Oracsson''' outfitters of [[Ohulan Cutash]] make coats of the finest waterproofing quality. [[Eric Wheelbrace]] swears by them. Well, swore - he's presumed to be off with the fairies... and may the gods help him! <br />
<br />
==Annotation==<br />
<br />
Having a coat from Oracsson would mean having "'''An Orac'''sson"; phonetically, "Anorak".<br />
<br />
{{wp|Anorak|Anorak}} has two meanings in contemporary English: the warm heavy jacket with a hood that Eric would appreciate; and a term of abuse for boring people, such as trainspotters, who wear them - at least in the mindset of the abusive.<br />
<br />
In the Indonesian language, the word 'norak' means someone who is uncouth, gaudy, socially awkward - on par with being a 'hillbilly' in the United States. Assumedly a large number of 'norak' people can be found easily around Oracsson at Market Day.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Things]]<br />
[[Category:Discworld characters]]</div>DarkwingLadyhttp://wiki.lspace.org/index.php?title=Dagon_Street&diff=19546Dagon Street2014-03-23T04:44:48Z<p>DarkwingLady: /* Annotations */</p>
<hr />
<div>'''Dagon Street''' is mostly famous for the [[Three Jolly Luck]] takeaway fish bar. The small street connects [[Welcome Soap]] and [[Rime Street]] on the [[Morpork]] side, near the [[Ankh (river)|River Ankh]]. The fish bar was built on the site of an old temple.<br />
<br />
==Annotations==<br />
There is a [[Roundworld]] fish god called Dagon, who is half man, half fish. You can find more about him on {{wp|Dagon|Wikipedia}} and in the [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/men-at-arms.html#p197149 APF].<br />
<br />
Dagon is not the sort of god that fishermen pray and make offerings to in the hopes of getting a good catch. He is the sort of Fish God that '''''fish''''' pray and make offerings to, in the hope of not being caught... <br />
<br />
Looked at in this context, opening up a fish and chip shop on Dagon Street could be viewed as something of a provocation, by the Supernatural Entity the street is named after....<br />
<br />
Stating the obvious, opening the said fish and chip shop '''''in the former site of the temple of the fish protector''''' can be said as adding insult to injury.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Streets of Ankh-Morpork]]<br />
[[de:Drachenstra&szlig;e]]</div>DarkwingLady