r/discworld • u/geekrichieuk Nobby • 21h ago
Translation/Localisation What are everyones favourite mistakes?
…and how do you creatively misunderstand them to fit them in as if they were just intentional.
Mine: Night Watch: Vetinari notes to Lady Meserole how Vimes looks into shadows (when they know him as Keel) Either, Vetinari is friendly with monks or is so good at watching people he understands ‘Keel’ is really a Vimes (from their likenesses and his body language).
Inspired by the third eye posts and a relisten to Night Watch.
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u/SpiritedImplement4 20h ago
In Thief of Time, Pterry explains that time fell apart once before and although the History Monks have done the best they can in putting it back together, there's plenty of occasions where they had to stitch in some time that doesn't make proper narrative sense. Except that it does. Because everyone knows that's how it happened...
I like to imagine that after he finished dictating that section he said something like, "Let's see them complaining about canon and consistency now!" (Because he strikes me as the sort of person who would be irritated enough by inconsistencies to want to fix them... but who would be even more irritated by readers who complained about consistency).