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Why don't I draw Harry Potter anymore? Well, it's Terry Pratchett's fault, really. Sure, they're both fantasy, but Fantasy is just another view of reality, really.... and after enjoying a good balance of drama and humor and reality in the first books, you can stand whining for so long. And when an ENTIRE BOOK whines, and an author kill people not because it moves the plot, or because it fits the characters actions, but to drum up headlines, you start wondering if the author is writing to tell a story or make a buck.

I'll admit that meeting Terry Pratchett may have biased me slightly- he's an international best seller and millions of fans, but involving fans in the process and explaining why everything happens in a book, even if the fans don't like it, makes the books easy to pick up and enjoy. And every time he promotes a book, I have the feeling he doesn't mind if you don't like a specific character. It's his story, he doesn't need to defend it, but he'll humor you anyways. And his children's books don't talk down to them, they treat them like the little adults they are, who just need some maturity. As an education Masters degree holder, I love this- most modern teaching theories work using the same qualities found in a Pratchett book.

I know there are people who are Pratchett and Rowling fans, and some people don't like either. These are my opinions, not fact.

I need to practice Tiffany more.
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~Woschaebedip Mar 6, 2012
True true... Awesome.
Ps: Is it "Angst" like the German "Angst"? Is it used in English?

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"Anyway, what was there to be afraid of? he'd stared into the jaws of death three times; four if you counted telling Lord Vetinari to shut up."

Ecce homo qui est faba.
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*JesIdres Mar 10, 2012
More like 'emotional sadness'.
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~Woschaebedip Mar 11, 2012
Interesting, I didn't know that... :)

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"Anyway, what was there to be afraid of? he'd stared into the jaws of death three times; four if you counted telling Lord Vetinari to shut up."

Ecce homo qui est faba.
And, always look on the bright side of life!
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~SpindleWinter Jun 3, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Rowling didn't invent Vimes or Vetinari. I rest my case.

Although she did come up with Snape, who was pretty cool until they turned him mushy; I mean, why can't an 'evil' guy do good things? I bet Vetinari hasn't got a soppy lovebound backstory- he does it because that's who he is. You don't have to be NICE to be GOOD. Doe Patronuses? Come on, you're having a giggle... Also, killing off half your characters offscreen is never a good idea. If PTerry had made Remus, I'm willing to bet he would have given him the werewolf smackdown ending everyone wanted...

And he least he KNOWS his stupid names are stupid. Albus Severus Potter. For that, JK, I will never forgive you.

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~got-fanfiction May 31, 2011
tiffany looks very dorothy-eske. but still very cute. and this mde me laugh. i like both fandoms, but after the final hp book i was so depressed. D: i didn't see any need in killing off most of the main characters in what was supposed to be a book for younger people. SO MUCH ANGST. DX

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*JesIdres May 31, 2011
Indeed. *sniffle*
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~PiGirl13 May 24, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow, your description of Terry Pratchett and his writing really drove home the point of how brilliant he really is. I know it's probably really annoying to have someone comment on the description instead of the deviation, but I just had to say it.

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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but paperclips excite me.
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*JesIdres May 31, 2011
Thank you!
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~Nobody316 Mar 12, 2011
So true, so awesome.
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~wildechilde003 Feb 7, 2011
NIce : )
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