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On Brologue this week: this writer crosses over to the anthropology aisle to see what one David Graeber has to teach about characterisation. He never wrote any fiction (that I know of), but there's a couple of ideas he left behind that I think we could put to use...

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“The…” Fantasy, As Yet Untitled – Workshop #3: Characterisation

https://brologue.net/2026/03/29/characterisation-workshop/

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A sepia photograph of a restaurant after a fire. The building is not badly damaged: two people, one wearing a helmet and police's badge, rush out, carrying furniture and utensils that they've recovered. On the right, a man sits cross-legged, smiling towards the camera, next to a bucket and paintbrush. On the wall of the restaurant is the caption: "FICTIONAL BEINGS REQUIRE MEANINGFUL CHOICES."

Sir Terry Pratchett.

It has been 11 years since death inexplicably refused to give you back.

You still remain the person who has had the biggest influence on me.

Nanny Ogg teaches me to enjoy life.
Granny Weatherwax teaches me to trust in myself, and not to treat people as things
Magrat teaches me that it is ok not to know exactly what I am doing all the time, but to do things I think are important, even if those older and allegedly wiser don't really agree.
Vimes teaches me about determination, family and justice.

There are so many more lessons I learnt from the world you created, and I would not be me without the Discworld.

Discworld: "Martina, who has a passion for bookbinding and DIY, decided to take on this mammoth project as her very first mechanical build. Her idea was both whimsical and practical in the most Nerdforge way: she would bind all 40 Discworld books and arrange them around a massive wooden wheel."

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/06/17/entire-discworld-series-turned-into-a-rotating-book-wheel/

A photograph of a woman wearing glasses and pink tail in a ponytail hand cranking a 2 foot book wheel with complex cogs as its mechanicism

Best Sam Vimes Quotes from Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Whilst living in a slum was often seen as proof of criminality, owning a street of them merely got you invited to the best parties. —Feet of Clay

https://inspirefirst.com/sam-vimes-quotes/

Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'.

Terry Pratchett, Snuff

Hello, my name is not Humphrey and I've joined c.im recently.
I've got a profile set up, so the next step apparently is an post.
I like (note the u), , , and there's plenty of other stuff I'm in to that I think it is silly to try to reduce to a single word label when there's more nuance to it than that. (e.g. , but not the jazz or country stuff, or opera, but most other genres, but also more exceptions now I come to think about it, don't generally like reggae for example...) You see how just 'music' is... not enough?

I also like not doing too much, and I blog a bit. Still getting used to this Humphrey character. Can ramble on and possibly be a bit short too. …