The Campaign Builder's Guild

Quote from: Luminous CrayonI always considered Weatherwax as the "main" protagonist of the witches' books, with Nanny and Magrat as supporting cast, in much the same way that the UU wizards are often Rincewind's supporting cast. Granny works with a group, but I don't consider her a lesser character because of it, and I certainly don't consider her less of a protagonist.

How are one-book-only characters like de Worde more major characters than Weatherwax? How is Vetinari more of a protagonist than a "pillar of society" (with the exception of the single book Night Watch)?

I don't mean to get defensive, and the questions above are genuinely and honestly asked. I just sometimes get the feeling I'm the only Weatherwax fan on the entire internets.

My girlfriend is also a Weatherwax fan.
And the choices in the poll reflect my personal prejudices and highly discriminating literary palate.         :jackbox:

And as for Havelock, he is not a pillar, but the very foundation upon which odiferous Ankh-Morpork exists....
And, have you read Jingo?  Vetenari, Colon, and Nobby Nobbs together on a mission...:eek:

And I liked de Worde in Truth and even more with Miss Perks in Monstrous Regiment.

Maybe an all encompassing Discworld poll is in order...... :demon:

I've read all the Discworld books except Thud, many of them several times (though in some cases it's been a while, and the details have gone fuzzy on me.)

To continue the cheerful repartee, I'll contend that while Vetenari is certainly the soul of Ankh-Morpork, Weatherwax is at least as important to Lancre; after all, Ankh-Morpork has more unpredictable variables than Lancre does. And while AM is more centrally important to Discworld as a whole than Lancre is (all roads lead away from AM, after all :) ), Weatherwax is, to me, simply a more interesting character. Granny's a firebrand while Vetenari, for all his style and subtlety, has only recently begun to display the early warning symptoms of having a personality.

And if you want to make that poll, I'd be more than happy to come and mix things up a bit.

LC, do you discworld MUD?

Thud is amazing, by the way.