Discworld QOTD, from The Fifth Elephant “‘I assure you I will not kill you,’ said Inigo. ‘I know that,’ said Vimes. ‘But will you try?’”
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Vimes is so cheeky
aug 24, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Vimes has a core of noirishness in him that no other Disc character does, and you see that here.
aug 22, 2025, 8:02 pm • 17 0 • view
I remember studying detective noir at uni; one of our texts was Raymond Chandler's essay on noir detectives (and detective fiction in general), and I recognised Vimes immediately. Which is ironic, as when Pterry directly references the essay, he's narrating *Carrot*...
aug 23, 2025, 10:14 pm • 4 0 • view
Val Kilmer’s “knowing he is dying of tuberculosis” Doc Holliday has this character
aug 22, 2025, 9:59 pm • 8 0 • view
Vimes is always the first one to confirm: “I’m a bastard” and it’s an integral part of his appeal.
aug 22, 2025, 7:39 pm • 21 0 • view
"You see, I'm a time traveler." "FROM HOW FAR BACK?"
aug 22, 2025, 10:07 pm • 11 0 • view
Is the title a play on Fifth Element?
aug 22, 2025, 9:58 pm • 5 0 • view
Among other things. Sir Terry Pratchett was really good with wordplay.
aug 22, 2025, 10:07 pm • 12 0 • view
📌
aug 28, 2025, 8:02 pm • 0 0 • view
Reminds me of Kaido in One Piece "I'm going to kill you!" "that's a bit ambitious for you, don't you think?"
aug 22, 2025, 7:47 pm • 9 0 • view
With A.E. Pessimal in Thud! I initially* thought he was going to be like Inigo. He kind of went the complete opposite direction. * Pun very much intended.
aug 23, 2025, 4:32 pm • 7 0 • view
Samuel "Run The Ones" Vimes
aug 22, 2025, 9:36 pm • 4 0 • view
surprisingly, Discworld - which tends to take the piss out of such things - doesn't have many lines that go quite this hard but man, this one goes hard
aug 22, 2025, 7:37 pm • 211 4 • view
I really adore and appreciate all the quotes you post so much
aug 22, 2025, 7:50 pm • 7 0 • view
They got reading Pratchett again. Life has been so busy, I got out of the habit, so glad I’ve found them again.
aug 22, 2025, 7:51 pm • 6 0 • view
Iirc the end of that one is quite brutal. Like usually the action resolves comedicly but not in unerwald
aug 22, 2025, 7:56 pm • 3 0 • view
Also a big fan of Nanny Ogg's magnificent wham line in Lords And Ladies, which I *think* is the one and only time she's ever deliberately threatening (and by God does it work):
aug 23, 2025, 10:18 pm • 10 0 • view
I'll see you nailed.
aug 27, 2025, 9:33 pm • 2 0 • view
My favourite witch ❤️
aug 27, 2025, 11:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Night Watch has some too. I'm thinking of His Grace talking to the young assassin in the cess pit and describing it as "eventually deadly". Or in Jingo when Fred Colon is remembering the Patrician was an alum of the assassin's guild and thus "not the soft option."
aug 22, 2025, 7:44 pm • 13 0 • view
"The man's a thug. You can see his muscles thinking for him. And he overrides them, second by second" Or words to that effect. About Vimes
aug 22, 2025, 7:48 pm • 12 0 • view
Doing pretty much the same job at the time when I read it years ago, Vimes' connection with his boots, and the boots' connection to the streets really resonated with me.
aug 22, 2025, 8:20 pm • 4 0 • view
For me the Sam Vimes line that goes hardest is still "WHERE IS MY COW?"
aug 22, 2025, 8:28 pm • 26 0 • view
Yes!
aug 24, 2025, 6:22 pm • 0 0 • view
That man made a promise and gods be damned if he wasn’t going to keep his word to his son.
aug 23, 2025, 7:03 pm • 5 0 • view
There's this one and then when Carrot just kills a guy, because a more evil man would've wasted time gloating.
aug 22, 2025, 7:38 pm • 51 0 • view
"If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his mercy, then hope like hell that man is an evil man. Because the evil like power, power over people, and they want to see you in fear. They want you to know you're going to die....
aug 22, 2025, 8:17 pm • 41 0 • view
...So they'll talk. They'll gloat. They'll watch you squirm. They'll put off the moment of murder like another man will put off a good cigar. So hope like hell your captor is an evil man. A good man will kill you with hardly a word." The last sentence is repeated when Carrot kills the killer.
aug 22, 2025, 8:17 pm • 47 0 • view
Which book is that from? Men at Arms?
aug 23, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, it is from Men at Arms.
aug 23, 2025, 7:02 pm • 0 0 • view
I love Carrot. Especially the "throw the book at him" moment.
aug 22, 2025, 10:22 pm • 21 0 • view
As someone who can be very literal minded at times, same 😅 Not even a trace element of irony in him.
aug 23, 2025, 8:44 am • 12 0 • view
But an f-ton of iron.
aug 28, 2025, 2:58 pm • 3 0 • view
I love that his kingly sword is just a Very Functional Sword
aug 28, 2025, 3:22 pm • 3 0 • view
👀😁 Yes.
aug 28, 2025, 3:24 pm • 2 0 • view
Reminds me of the Ghazgkull vs Angron comic. Angron: “You’ve lived your whole life for battle. Are you really going to die for some…mortal?” Ghazgkull: “SOMEONE IZ”
aug 23, 2025, 7:41 pm • 5 0 • view