Trickster - Revision history

AgProv: /* Annotation */ Untangling a mess caused by a redirection....

2014-07-31T20:12:57Z

Annotation: Untangling a mess caused by a redirection....

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	Given the setting, the black and white bird is most likely a magpie.		Given the setting, the black and white bird is most likely a magpie.


	Ensign '''Snowy''', United States Navy, is one of the [[Brian the Beagle\|Beagle]] people, the sentient canines from a long way down the [[Long Earth]], who is taken aboard [[Maggie Kauffman]]'s command (the [[Mark Twain\|USS Benjamin Franklin]]) as representative of his people.

AgProv at 20:11, 31 July 2014

2014-07-31T20:11:23Z

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	Ensign '''Snowy''', United States Navy, is one of the [[~~Beagles~~\|Beagle]] people, the sentient canines from a long way down the [[Long Earth]], who is taken aboard [[Maggie Kauffman]]'s command (the [[~~Twains~~\|USS Benjamin Franklin]]) as representative of his people.		Ensign '''Snowy''', United States Navy, is one of the [[Brian the Beagle\|Beagle]] people, the sentient canines from a long way down the [[Long Earth]], who is taken aboard [[Maggie Kauffman]]'s command (the [[Mark Twain\|USS Benjamin Franklin]]) as representative of his people.

AgProv: Adding another Snowy

2014-07-31T20:09:13Z

Adding another Snowy

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	Given the setting, the black and white bird is most likely a magpie.		Given the setting, the black and white bird is most likely a magpie.


			Ensign '''Snowy''', United States Navy, is one of the [[Beagles\|Beagle]] people, the sentient canines from a long way down the [[Long Earth]], who is taken aboard [[Maggie Kauffman]]'s command (the [[Twains\|USS Benjamin Franklin]]) as representative of his people.

Osiris: 1 revision: Discworld import 2

2012-09-24T00:15:41Z

1 revision: Discworld import 2

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202.76.173.219: /* Annotation */

2009-12-24T09:12:52Z

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In {{TLC}}, this is the [[Supernatural Entities|supernatural entity]] who first manifests as a black and white bird perched on the head of the [[Creator (of the Continent XXXX)|Creator]].

A creature like this appears in many belief systems and pantheons, although the jolly name can be misleading. [[Hoki|Trickster]]s have the [[Monster Fun Grimoire|robust sense of humour]] that puts a landmine under a seat cushion for a laugh.

Deciding that he either doesn't like this manifestation (the trickster as bird belongs to other cultures, reference [[Legba]] the cockerel in {{WA}} and the magpies in {{CJ}}), or isn't keen on guano down his back, the Creator re-draws Trickster as a kangaroo.

In kangaroo form, [[Hoki|Trickster]] then makes contact with [[Rincewind]] to tell him he is needed on a quest of the utmost importance, and sticks to him like glue to ensure the task is completed.

Just call him Scrappy.

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"Scrappy" evokes the once-popular sideshow attraction of the "boxing kangaroo". It also echoes the long-running Australian children's TV show '''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'''. As with the [[Librarian]]'s ''oook'', Skippy could communicate volumes by the wrinkling of the nose, with the rubbing of the ear offering useful contextual modulations.

Wiggled just so, kangaroo nasal language can convey a precise meaning, like "Come quick, someone's just fallen down a deep hole", with modifiers for age, gender, and profession. As Rincewind discovered, this one is used a lot. You'd be amazed.
[[de:Scrappy]]

Given the setting, the black and white bird is most likely a magpie.