in memoriam.

[kaberett]

It was Discworld, I think, that taught me it was okay for me to be a monster, and that being a monster didn't mean I had to be what other people thought that meant. It was Discworld that first managed to communicate to me that we work so hard to believe the little lies because it makes it possible for us to believe in the big ones. It was my first real fandom and it gave me somewhere to exist and it talked about worlds that had space for me in them. Pterry told me I could be a witch of the land and a teacher and that I could endure and make hard choices. He made and makes me kinder.

Comments

[davidgillon]

<3

[kaberett]

(I've been reading Discworld at least since I was eight or nine. I was heartbroken when Millenicon Hand & Shrimp got cancelled. I've been explicitly identifying myself as a monster - and specifically a werewolf - since I was younger than 10. I'm pretty sure that's because of Angua. I knew I wasn't normal, and Terry made that okay.)

[ironed_orchid]

I really appreciate everyone who's sharing what Pratchett's books meant to them. Thank you.

[sashajwolf]

I was introduced to him by one partner not long after another had introduced me to paganism. His witches, wizards and gods shaped me profoundly.