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Who/What is your favourite Discworld character?

  • 04-06-2008 8:30pm
    #1
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭


    Personally...

    Im backing the ever admirable, Esme Weatherwax.


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  • #2
    Nichololas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Nichololas


    Sam Vimes


  • #3
    Captain Awesome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Captain Awesome


    Rincewind and Sam Vimes. Pity the Wizards don't make more of an appearance outside of the Susan/ Rincewind books.


  • #4
    kittex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭kittex


    Esme for sure.


  • #5
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    depending what book ive read recently its probably sam vimes or DEATH


  • #6
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Nanny Ogg.


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  • #7
    Cosmo K
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Cosmo K


    Vetinari for Taoiseach!:cool:


  • #8
    stannis
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭stannis


    I'm surprised more people haven't said Death. He is a great character. Vetinari is always enjoyable too, as are the city guards.


  • #9
    anonymous_joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,255 ✭✭✭anonymous_joe


    Vimes. Has to be him. :)


  • #10
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    rincewind, because he makes me laugh.


  • #11
    dakar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭dakar


    DEATH. With DEATH OF RATS a close second.


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  • #12
    dakar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,071 ✭✭✭dakar


    Cosmo K wrote: »
    Vetinari for Taoiseach!:cool:


    Naw way too much style.


  • #13
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Three way tie for me between: Rincewind, Sam Vimes, and Death


  • #14
    paulusdu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭paulusdu


    Its got to be either Cut-me-0wn-throat Dibbler or Corporal Nobbs, and closly followed by Cohan the Barbarian


  • #15
    Wilko121
    Registered Users Posts: 183 ✭✭Wilko121


    Any gnome character, damn they make me laugh..


  • #16
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    You may have a poiunt there Wilko. Constable Buggy Swires and Wee Mad Arthur whilst short in stature, loom large in my mind when I think of the Discworld.


  • #17
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    Moist Von Lipwig, and any of the Igors!


  • #18
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Detritus:
    Feet of Clay wrote:
    Slab: Jus' say "AarrghaarrghpleeassennononoUGH"

    And bloody stupid johnson.


  • #19
    The UberFrog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭The UberFrog


    Ooook.

    SQUEAK.


  • #20
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    The UberFrog wrote: »
    Ooook.

    SQUEAK.
    Librarian / Death of Rats oh batrachian one


  • #21
    Decerto
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Decerto


    esme weatherwax, vimes, fred, nobby and carrot


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  • #22
    Zadkiel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Zadkiel


    Detritus! and Nobby and Carrot as a duo ofc!:D


  • #23
    jim o doom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,474 ✭✭✭jim o doom


    nobby knobbs or maybe carrot :) angua's good too..


  • #24
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    I must say I have become a bit of a fan of Sam "THAT'S NOT MY COW!!!!" Vimes lately :D


  • #25
    RossFixxxed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭RossFixxxed


    IT USED TO BE DEATH.

    But I have to say Sam Vimes!


    That's not my cow!


  • #26
    S.L.F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    Has to be Mr. Vimes
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  • #27
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    all the vimes fans. HE DOESNT COMPARE!!!


  • #28
    TheDrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭TheDrog


    Sam Vimes


  • #29
    Nebride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Nebride


    Anybody else miss Rincewind??


  • #30
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Nebride wrote: »
    Anybody else miss Rincewind??
    I miss Rincewind. Hope he's enjoying his job as Professeor of Cruel Geography at UU


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  • #31
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    I had no idea this was here. Not in all these years.

    Gotta be Rincewind.


  • #32
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    C.M.O.T. Dibberl and if he;s not the best character i'll cut my own throath.


  • #33
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Dibbler's a great character but Moist von Lipwig would own him in five minutes.


  • #34
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    Its a throw up between:
    Sam Vimes
    Moist von Lipwig
    Vetinari

    They are some of the most entertaining characters, with Vimes and Moist being very similar in their interaction with Vetinari.


  • #35
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Sofiztikated wrote: »
    Its a throw up between:
    Sam Vimes
    Moist von Lipwig
    Vetinari

    They are some of the most entertaining characters, with Vimes and Moist being very similar in their interaction with Vetinari.
    True, they both undertsand that on some level they don't comprehend Vetinari is pulling their strings and making them his puppets.


  • #36
    S.L.F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    cyberwolf77 wrote: »
    True, they both undertsand that on some level they don't comprehend Vetinari is pulling their strings and making them his puppets.

    Vimes is fully well aware of it.

    As soon as I find the relevant book I'll post it.
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  • #37
    cyberwolf77
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    S.L.F wrote: »
    Vimes is fully well aware of it.

    As soon as I find the relevant book I'll post it.
    True he is aware of it, however he can't fight despite his best efforts.


  • #38
    Sofiztikated
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    cyberwolf77 wrote: »
    True he is aware of it, however he can't fight despite his best efforts.

    TBH, i think he doesn't want to change the way Vetinari controls everything, but he does like testing how far Vetinari is thinking ahead.


  • #39
    cyberwolf77
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    That, and Vimes is more concerned with enforcing Justice than running the city.


  • #40
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    William de Worde had vetinari using him like puppet too, maybe vetinari is the best, he knows what everyone is doing and makes it work for him


  • #41
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Guill wrote: »
    William de Worde had vetinari using him like puppet too, maybe vetinari is the best, he knows what everyone is doing and makes it work for him
    Indeed, Vetinari is one genius of a juggler.


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  • #42
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    I reallt like mr Goodmountain from 'the truth' aswell, small but tough


  • #43
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    Guill wrote: »
    I reallt like mr Goodmountain from 'the truth' aswell, small but tough
    You sure Goodmountain was a Mr. and not a Miss.


  • #44
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    thats a very personal question:D


  • #45
    cyberwolf77
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 47,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭cyberwolf77


    And not one you just go up to a dwarf and ask either. There's only two dwarves on the Discworld whose genders I'm sure of.


  • #46
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    Beware ever going to uberworld and chatting up a dwarf!
    Any who, i have also to take my hat off to albert - for cheating death and all.


  • #47
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Guill wrote: »
    C.M.O.T. Dibberl and if he;s not the best character i'll cut my own throath.

    What about Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibbler?


  • #48
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    What about Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibbler?

    Or fair go Dibbler? No worries!


  • #49
    seagull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    What about Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibbler?

    That was Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibhala


  • #50
    Slow Motion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,831 ✭✭✭Slow Motion


    seagull wrote: »
    That was Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibhala

    Are you auditioning for pedantic Dibbler?;)


  • #51
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    seagull wrote: »
    That was Disembowel Myself Honourably Dibhala

    Fair enough, but who was the prototype dibbler in the nightwatch?


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