View Poll Results: Which is the best Discworld character?

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  • Commander Sir Samuel Vimes

    45 54.22%

  • Lord Vetinari

    5 6.02%

  • Cpl St.John De Nobbes

    3 3.61%

  • Capt Carrot

    1 1.20%

  • Sgt Angua

    1 1.20%

  • Archancellor Ridcully

    1 1.20%

  • The Librarian

    10 12.05%

  • Granny Weatherwax

    6 7.23%

  • Nanny Ogg

    4 4.82%

  • CMOT Dibbler

    7 8.43%
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  1. 27-05-2008, 21:11 #1
    mac_uk
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    Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Just building on the other Pratchett thread I was curious to know which of Pratchetts characters every one liked.
    They are almost all very well written but which ones do you go straight out to buy a book for when you know that they will be in it? Which one do you always root for or feel most empathy with?
    Death may be certain, but comms aren't.
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  2. 27-05-2008, 21:15 #2
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    I find the there is a lot to like about the Lord. I also like CMOT and granny and have fantasies about Angua.
    He's an absent-minded beggar,
    and his weaknesses are great
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  3. 27-05-2008, 21:17 #3
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    The Luggage, Vetinari or any of the Watch for various reasons.
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  4. 27-05-2008, 21:21 #4
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Death and his horse Binky
    Deo patriae regi
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    There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do."
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  5. 27-05-2008, 21:24 #5
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    I would have put more options on but there was a limit
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  6. 27-05-2008, 21:27 #6
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Cpl Nobby or any of the Watch.
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  7. 27-05-2008, 21:29 #7
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Death kicks ass. He has been my favourite since I read Mort about 20-odd years ago.
    "I firmly believe that we should not march into Baghdad. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. Assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerrilla war." George Bush Snr, A World Transformed, 1998
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  8. 27-05-2008, 21:32 #8
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    My choice would be Commander Vimes, though I do like the Nac Mac Feegle
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  9. 27-05-2008, 21:38 #9
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Gaspode..... As I mentioned in the other thread, I can't wait to get a scruffy mongrel so I can call him Gaspode.
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  10. 27-05-2008, 21:44 #10
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    From that list, probably the Librarian. Overall though, Death comes out top by a country mile.

    THERE'S NO JUSTICE. THERE'S JUST ME.

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  11. 27-05-2008, 21:49 #11
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    NacMacFeegle rock, however it's a tie for me between Vetinari and Vimes/
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    To Saint Peter he will tell;
    "One more soldier reporting Sir,
    I've served my time in Hell"
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  12. 27-05-2008, 22:04 #12
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Tough question. Voted for Vimes. The tie breaker was "the only thing that depressed him more than his own cynicism was that it never turned out to be enough".

    Although Vetinari is just plain cool. I want to BE Vetinari.

    And Cpl Nobby Nobbs is brilliant. And Foul ole Ron. And Gaspode the wonder dog.

    Bugger. Like nearly all of his characters.
    I'm not always this cynical. I am usually worse...
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  13. 27-05-2008, 22:09 #13
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    What was the name of the vampire photographer in Going Postal that was allergic to flash photography again?
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  14. 27-05-2008, 22:11 #14
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Quote Originally Posted by Schaden
    What was the name of the vampire photographer in Going Postal that was allergic to flash photography again?
    Otto Criek I think
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  15. 27-05-2008, 22:14 #15
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    Re: Terry Patchett - Who is the best character?

    Nanny Ogg is the best character I think she is based on my Mum
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