I hadn't actually ever considered the pairing until I read this. And then I went, "...." And then I went, "....maybe." And then I reread all the damn books, and all right, fine, I admit it: they work. Much like another thing, it's sort of terrible that they do, but... they work. So, mark yourself up for another conversion. How many until you get the free toaster?
Do you still intend to go back and edit in actual recs? I'm hesitant to just drop into the fandom and hope I find good things.
Also:
4) Vimes’ reference to the "pick-n-mix" nature of Love in The Shades.
A small, but annoying one, that implies that Vimes thinks very traditionally about sex, or not at all. Pterry throws these in every once in a while (e.g. Pteppic's teacher in Pyramids) just to bug us. Don't worry, we know that one is always wary of that which one does not understand. (If anyone can find me the reference, I've been going crazy trying to find it.)
From The Fifth Elephant:
"Bloodaxe and Ironhammer," he muttered, aware that the dwarfs around them were giving him annoyed looks, "which one was--"
"Cheery told you. They were both dwarfs," said Sybil, sharply.
"Ah," said Vimes, glumly.
He was always a little out of his depth in these matters. There were men, and there were women. He was clear on that. Sam Vimes was an uncomplicated man when it came to what poets called "the lists of love."* In some parts of the Shades, he knew, people adopted a more pick-and-mix approach. Vimes looked upon this as he looked upon a distant country; he'd never been there, and it wasn't his problem. It just amazed him what people got up to when they had time on their hands.
And an interesting bit I found a few pages later:
Lady Margolotta drifted closer.
"I know you hate vampires," she said. "It's quite usual, for your personality type. It's the... penetrative aspect."
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Do you still intend to go back and edit in actual recs? I'm hesitant to just drop into the fandom and hope I find good things.
Also:
4) Vimes’ reference to the "pick-n-mix" nature of Love in The Shades.
A small, but annoying one, that implies that Vimes thinks very traditionally about sex, or not at all. Pterry throws these in every once in a while (e.g. Pteppic's teacher in Pyramids) just to bug us. Don't worry, we know that one is always wary of that which one does not understand.
(If anyone can find me the reference, I've been going crazy trying to find it.)
From The Fifth Elephant:
"Bloodaxe and Ironhammer," he muttered, aware that the dwarfs around them were giving him annoyed looks, "which one was--"
"Cheery told you. They were both dwarfs," said Sybil, sharply.
"Ah," said Vimes, glumly.
He was always a little out of his depth in these matters. There were men, and there were women. He was clear on that. Sam Vimes was an uncomplicated man when it came to what poets called "the lists of love."* In some parts of the Shades, he knew, people adopted a more pick-and-mix approach. Vimes looked upon this as he looked upon a distant country; he'd never been there, and it wasn't his problem. It just amazed him what people got up to when they had time on their hands.
And an interesting bit I found a few pages later:
Lady Margolotta drifted closer.
"I know you hate vampires," she said. "It's quite usual, for your personality type. It's the... penetrative aspect."