Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade “Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
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Nanny says ACAB.
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@gothtatertot.bsky.social
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The witches know what’s what.
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Monarchs, on the other hand...
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I can never decide which witch is my spirit animal.
aug 18, 2025, 11:35 am • 0 0 • view
Nanny Ogg says it's good to drink a little too much cider and dance merrily on a table every now and then and also ACAB.
aug 8, 2025, 9:26 pm • 21 0 • view
I love her so much
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Nanny Ogg knows what’s up.
aug 8, 2025, 6:21 pm • 6 0 • view
Nanny Ogg is probably the most well-adjusted and happiest person on the Disc, and Nanny Ogg says ACAB
aug 8, 2025, 5:52 pm • 430 31 • view
And her son's the head of the Lancre guard force, so she must know what she's talking about. 😄
aug 8, 2025, 5:53 pm • 22 0 • view
Head and tail, if we’re being accurate…
aug 8, 2025, 6:04 pm • 13 0 • view
She is/was/will be
aug 8, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 0 • view
She's also a moonshiner, and has a moonshiner's appreciation for tax codes
aug 8, 2025, 7:41 pm • 8 0 • view
Let's be honest, Sam Vimes says ACAB.
aug 8, 2025, 6:07 pm • 88 0 • view
I was gonna say, "You say ACAB because Nanny Og saga ACAB, I say ACAB because Sam Vimes says ACAB. We are not...actually, no, we are basically the same."
aug 8, 2025, 6:52 pm • 5 0 • view
correct
aug 8, 2025, 6:10 pm • 90 1 • view
The version I've been using for years is "ACAB also includes Sam Vimes. Sam Vimes would be the first one to agree with that statement."
aug 8, 2025, 7:02 pm • 23 0 • view
this is actually addressed in "Thud", with the interaction between the dwarves' Summoning Dark, and Vimes' The Watchman. Vimes' knows he's capable of terrible things, but he watches himself to make sure he doesn't.
aug 8, 2025, 11:24 pm • 11 0 • view
The Universe: "Who watches the watchmen?" Sam Vimes: "Me" The Universe: "And who watches you?" Sam Vimes: "Still me" Wish I had the exact quote. So good.
aug 11, 2025, 6:10 pm • 5 0 • view
Vimes is a poster child for "good men don't need rules."
aug 8, 2025, 7:24 pm • 16 0 • view
Something I love about The Truth and Monstrous Regiment is getting to see Vimes from other characters' perspective and having him written entirely externally. If you've read the Watch books you know he's a good man and a bastard but I love how much more the bastard stands out in those books.
aug 9, 2025, 3:04 am • 6 0 • view
I had never heard the phrase ACAB until I came across it in a discussion about Sam Vimes. I assumed it was an affectionate discworld joke drawing on AFAB/AMAB- that the character had been "assigned copper at birth". It seemed to suit him! But then i googled..
aug 9, 2025, 3:13 am • 10 0 • view
I think both definitions fit His Blackboard Monitorship
aug 9, 2025, 3:15 am • 8 0 • view
💗 the one who erases the words I really love how TP develops that line & relationship with dwarfism/the grags as books progress. I often think of the line from the Grag, 'i bargain with no axe behind my back'. There's such wisdom in that; to stay open & engaged when we cld move into threat & fear
aug 9, 2025, 3:21 am • 5 0 • view
describing Vimes as "Assigned Copper At Birth", without actually explaining what ACAB really meant, is exactly the sort of pun Terry would have used. lol
aug 9, 2025, 4:01 am • 8 0 • view
Rubbish. No-one with a functioning brain actually believes that, any more than saying all politicians are crooks, or all protesters are good.
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@thelouvreof.bsky.social
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She's my hero, my favorite, the person I want to be in my next life...🖤
aug 8, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Yet another reason that while I write murder mysteries I don't want to write an actual cop character.
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minor pedantic quibble - lu tze (:
aug 8, 2025, 6:15 pm • 2 0 • view
I so thoroughly enjoy her interactions with Casaunder
aug 9, 2025, 3:07 am • 2 0 • view
Nanny Ogg hasn’t adjusted. She does the adjusting. She’s great at making sure her environment maximizes her happiness and comfort. Icon.
aug 8, 2025, 6:49 pm • 11 0 • view
one of my favorite parts of the book 'congo' by michael crichton is where he talks about how these scientists had to expend a great deal of time and energy teaching amy the gorilla not to attack cops and security guards because she hated their vibes and would instinctively attack them
aug 8, 2025, 5:58 pm • 11 0 • view
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aug 8, 2025, 9:30 pm • 13 0 • view
Holt shit, bookmarking this.
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He’s getting more relevant as the world gets worse.
aug 8, 2025, 6:04 pm • 7 0 • view
He's always been relevant. It's just becoming more obvious.
aug 9, 2025, 4:10 am • 10 0 • view
I picked up a copy of “Night Watch” a few days ago, and was very struck by the scene where Vimes tries to get the unmentionables to sign for the prisoners. A group of plainsclothes enforcers beholden to an autocratic enforcer? Hitting a little too close to home these days…
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