tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post5722482007228231231..comments2023-07-23T10:06:17.267-04:00Comments on Tethyan Books: Read-Along: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett, Part 3Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03683230093775720398noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-54428980353989372542013-10-29T17:52:53.335-04:002013-10-29T17:52:53.335-04:00Oh yikes, I can understand not wanting to clean th...Oh yikes, I can understand not wanting to clean that out of the keys. <br /><br />That is an interesting comparison for learning about Letitia. There may be clothes-soiling involved in his situation, too, when he learns about the ghosts of Keepsake Manor.<br /><br />Now that I've had time to think about it, I really like that she ended up with Preston, and stayed friends with Roland. I agree that it's good she has a sweet lad in her life, and also nice that her first proto-relationship ended in a pretty realistic way (in that they realized they weren't right for each other, no hard feelings). Also, Preston is definitely a step up from her brief, cold courtship by the Wintersmith and her short engagement to Rob Anybody :).<br /><br />The wedding kind of shocked me! I saw they addressed it afterward "I think... that was kind of a bad word." I am really curious to see if that ceremony is from some actual tradition, but Google is just giving me Pratchett when I search for it right now. I guess knave is not too far off considering Roland's drunken, pantless, pig-muck-covered state, not to mention how he'd treated Tiffany until recently. I'm glad that's not a bachelor's party tradition my fiancé follows :D. Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03683230093775720398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-791445931562185572013-10-27T22:32:47.967-04:002013-10-27T22:32:47.967-04:00Sorry I'm late to the party. My cat coughed up...Sorry I'm late to the party. My cat coughed up a hairball on my keyboard and I had to ignore it until my stomach was empty ;). <br /><br />Roland and his 'uncomplicated' Letitia. I can see why Tiffany chose not to correct him on that. Somethings a person just has to figure out on their own. Like how to pee in the woods without getting your clothes soiled. <br /><br />It's about time Tiffany had a sweet lad in her life - one that wasn't a force of nature or a noble or a 6 inch tall kilted, unwashed man. <br /><br />I can see calling Roland a knave after his latest behavior. But naming Letitia a whore didn't seem accurate - I mean she doesn't accept money for sex, at least not yet. Still, it seemed fitting that Tiffany married them in the heat of the moment, even if Roland was pantless and smelled like the pig pen. nrlymrtlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572346310916207565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-32969291115520428862013-10-25T18:09:08.628-04:002013-10-25T18:09:08.628-04:00Haha, good point about the wedding night. I hear ...Haha, good point about the wedding night. I hear Nanny Ogg is a knowledgeable woman! I think that makes sense about Mrs. Proust. And striking an anvil? I can imagine everyone avoiding the blacksmith shop, just to avoid marriage confusion.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03683230093775720398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-14844872951893156242013-10-25T18:07:15.852-04:002013-10-25T18:07:15.852-04:00I definitely got the impression Preston and Tiffan...I definitely got the impression Preston and Tiffany were going to get together! And yeah, he seems like he can keep up with her :). Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03683230093775720398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-59222849066438011932013-10-23T13:23:41.657-04:002013-10-23T13:23:41.657-04:00I'd forgotten about Mrs Proust actually lookin...I'd forgotten about Mrs Proust actually looking like a stereotypical witch - no wonder she spent so much energy pretending that she wasn't!Looks-Mostly-Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918651503213054373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-66121687267722837932013-10-23T13:21:15.458-04:002013-10-23T13:21:15.458-04:00I think that Roland's biggest surprise will co...I think that Roland's biggest surprise will come on the wedding night when Letitia starts trying to use some of those tips that she got from Nanny Ogg! :D<br /><br />Yeah, that last exchange between Tiffany and Preston had me grinning like an idiot and feeling all warm and fuzzy towards my other half . . . sigh . . .<br /><br />I think Mrs Proust was simply a very good example of Boffo - she always had to hide her true nature in the city, so she projected a rough and uncaring exterior to disguise her witchy tendency to help people.<br /><br />There are so many strange ceremonies used to denote marriage, that this seemed pretty normal to me. In Gretna Green you are married when a blacksmith strikes an anvil, for some reason that I've never understood - at least this feels primitive and sacred in a strange way.Looks-Mostly-Harmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00918651503213054373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074055834975214817.post-63626050915430363492013-10-21T17:14:11.088-04:002013-10-21T17:14:11.088-04:00That wedding ceremony thing was very strange! I l...That wedding ceremony thing was very strange! I liked the way Tiffany succeeded in the end though.<br />Preston was great - I was so glad that he and Tiffany were going to get together - I think they were going to get together?? - he was a match for her and not at all phased which Roland always was. She needs someone who can stick up to her.<br />Mrs Proust was a bit of a character - I liked when Tiffany first met her in the the shop and thought she was wearing all the witch props before realising that it was her actual face!<br />So funny - not to mention flying into a sheep (or a cow!)<br />I thought it was great the way Pratchett used the time travel at the end. I'd never put together that Tiffany was the other witch in the field until I literally had it explained. It made me think back to Harry Potter when he rescues himself but thinks it's his father. Great plot point.<br />Lynn :DLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928865767523025349noreply@blogger.com