Talk:Book:Night Watch - Revision history

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	As far as I can tell, Wilikins plays no role in the past. Vimes asks for him, and Forsythe the butler just says "the scullery boy?" He does play a role in the present. Am I forgetting something, or should he be moved to the list of characters in the present time only?		As far as I can tell, Wilikins plays no role in the past. Vimes asks for him, and Forsythe the butler just says "the scullery boy?" He does play a role in the present. Am I forgetting something, or should he be moved to the list of characters in the present time only?

			==Landmarks==
			Supposedly, NW was the first book TP wrote with reference to {{SAM}}, but he places the gibbet in Hen and Chickens Field (Corgi PB p.293) while the mapp and other references have it down at the far end of Hyde Park. I guess there could have been two; Winder was pretty prolific. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:47, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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	:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, "that [this] is against the rules", but Mr. White shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, "that [this] is against the rules", but Mr. White shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

			== Willikins in the past? ==

			As far as I can tell, Wilikins plays no role in the past. Vimes asks for him, and Forsythe the butler just says "the scullery boy?" He does play a role in the present. Am I forgetting something, or should he be moved to the list of characters in the present time only?

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	Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, that this is against the rules, but Mr. ~~white~~ shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, "that [this] is against the rules", but Mr. White shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

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	Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
			::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, that this is against the rules, but Mr. white shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

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	Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
			:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

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	Should 'Lilac' have it's own page? It wouldn't contain much, but it had such a large symbolism in he book that it would seem justifiable to give it it's own page. --[[User:Zdm\|Zdm]] 21:47, 2 October 2011 (CEST)		Should 'Lilac' have it's own page? It wouldn't contain much, but it had such a large symbolism in he book that it would seem justifiable to give it it's own page. --[[User:Zdm\|Zdm]] 21:47, 2 October 2011 (CEST)
	:I'd guess anyone wanting to look up ''lilac'' would go more likely to Wikipedia, or just Google. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 22:40, 2 October 2011 (CEST)		:I'd guess anyone wanting to look up ''lilac'' would go more likely to Wikipedia, or just Google. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 22:40, 2 October 2011 (CEST)

			== Thunderstorm ==

			Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

Old Dickens: Old Dickens moved page Book talk:Night Watch to Talk:Book:Night Watch without leaving a redirect

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Old Dickens: 17 revisions: getting the hang of it

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Old Dickens: not really our specialty

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	==Lilac?==		==Lilac?==
	Should 'Lilac' have it's own page? It wouldn't contain much, but it had such a large symbolism in he book that it would seem justifiable to give it it's own page. --[[User:Zdm\|Zdm]] 21:47, 2 October 2011 (CEST)		Should 'Lilac' have it's own page? It wouldn't contain much, but it had such a large symbolism in he book that it would seem justifiable to give it it's own page. --[[User:Zdm\|Zdm]] 21:47, 2 October 2011 (CEST)
			:I'd guess anyone wanting to look up ''lilac'' would go more likely to Wikipedia, or just Google. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 22:40, 2 October 2011 (CEST)

Zdm at 19:47, 2 October 2011

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	==Characters==		==Characters==
	I intend to remove all that duplication of characters unless someone can think of a justification. I can't. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 01:46, 19 January 2010 (UTC)		I intend to remove all that duplication of characters unless someone can think of a justification. I can't. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] 01:46, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

			==Lilac?==
			Should 'Lilac' have it's own page? It wouldn't contain much, but it had such a large symbolism in he book that it would seem justifiable to give it it's own page. --[[User:Zdm\|Zdm]] 21:47, 2 October 2011 (CEST)

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	Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, that this is against the rules, but Mr. ~~white~~ shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, "that [this] is against the rules", but Mr. White shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

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	Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		Is the thunderstorm really the same that strikes in Thief of Time? In Thief of Time, it is induced by the Auditors, and is in this sense magical; but its sole purpose is to deliver a non-magical flash that provides the electricity to start the Glass Clock, and doesn't contain any magic... --[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 17:05, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
	:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)		:I don't think anyone ever suggested before that it wasn't the same storm (and lightning-strike); there's even a bit of foreshadowing with Watchmen in a fight. Jeremy and Igor caused the particular lightning strike: is there some mention of the Auditors causing the storm? I don't know if they'd be capable. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:11, 8 October 2013 (GMT)
			::The Auditors cause the storm, no question about that. Jeremy tells the Auditors that a thunderstorm is needed for the lightning, and after a short dialogue the pressure drops like a stone. Lady DeJean protests, that this is against the rules, but Mr. white shrugs it off: "Mere expediency". But I've overlooked the crucial point in Night Watch: "They said afterward that the bolt of lightning hit a clockmaker's shop in the Street of Cunning Artificiers". So... question answered.--[[User:EinFritz\|EinFritz]] ([[User talk:EinFritz\|talk]]) 20:31, 8 October 2013 (GMT)