![]() "Has anyone got an opener for a bottle of beer?. Armor-Piercing Response: This exchange between Walter and Agnes has a devastating but utterly true one:.Arc Words: Granny asking people the question "If your house was on fire, what would you take out?" She finds out that Walter Plinge thinks in an unusual, but not evil, manner when he replies: " The fire!".(In truth, she didn't look out the window, and she actually did a Barehanded Blade Block, but she still feels that people ought to be looking for common-sense explanations.) If she blocks a sword blade with her bare hands, she might have had a steel plate in her palm. If she knows you're at the door, she might have looked out a window. Granny constantly feels people should be sceptical when she displays her magical powers, and observe that the same things could be done with trickery. Arbitrary Skepticism: A deconstruction.And That Would Be Wrong: Granny spends a few paragraphs explaining in loving detail the Cool and Unusual Punishment she could give the villain. His identity as the Opera Ghost doesn't count as Obfuscating Stupidity, since moving between the two requires a conscious shift in personality instead of just "dropping the act." Besides the tangled-up way his brain works (see Arc Words), he also has odd inflections in his speech (he never uses commas and always uses an exclamation point) and doesn't move normally (like he's being dragged around by his head). Ambiguous Disorder: Walter Plinge seems to be written as such.All Part of the Show: When Greebo chases the Ghost around the balconies in the middle of the performance of Il Truccatore, the audience applauds some genuinely think it's part of the show, while others are less sure but don't want to risk looking uncultured if they're wrong.Nanny is beginning to worry that she'll either "go bad" or, perhaps more likely, spend so much time Borrowing that she forgets how to come back. After her adventures with Nanny Ogg and Magrat, ordinary witchcraft just isn't a challenge anymore. Allergic to Routine: At the start of the book, Granny Weatherwax is showing definite signs of going stir-crazy.Preceded in the Witches series by Lords and Ladies, followed by Carpe Jugulum. Preceded by Interesting Times, followed by Feet of Clay. As it just so happens, Nanny and Granny have their own business in Ankh-Morpork, and are not above giving young Agnes a hand, regardless of whether she wants it or not. Oh, and losing buckets of money, much to the chagrin of the opera's owner. Stealing away to Ankh-Morpork, she soon finds herself (and her amazing voice) as a vocal understudy to the skinnier but much dumber and less melodious Christine.Īs it turns out, opera is much less about singing and more about superstition, mysterious strangers coming out of mirrors, vicious murders, and catty sniping. Agnes, though, has no interest in witches, and wants to be an opera singer. Their eye falls on the expansive Agnes Nitt, who prefers calling herself Perdita X Dream (or, as the women of Lancre say, "that Agnes girl who calls herself Perditax"). ![]() With the loss of Magrat to her royal calling, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax find themselves with a coven of two. Its purpose within the theme is to bridge Lords and Ladies and Carpe Jugulum, which it does by means of an extended parody of the 1925 silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera. The 18th Discworld novel, and the fourth or fifth in the 'witches' theme. ![]()
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