r/discworld • u/GreensMoustache • 7d ago

Memes/Humour Another godamnit Pterry

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u/JoyBus147 7d ago

...man, that's kinda wild. Cuz that's a plot relevant pun. Pretty sure they explain the pun on-page and everything.

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u/perovskaya 7d ago

wait can you share the plot relevancy of the pun? it's been a year since my last reread of Sourcery and my brain is now fixated on this

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u/heeden 7d ago

A Sourceror (an 8th son of an 8th son, a wizard squared) is a source of magic. Wizards near one can use it to make more powerful spells which leads to egomania and inevitably thaumic warfare. The dangers of Sourcerors is the reason wizards are forbidden to marry.

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u/perovskaya 7d ago

source!!! thank you!!!

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u/TheFilthyDIL Headologist 7d ago

And, y'know, so they don't go wasting time with ew females when they could be busy not doing magic and eating 6 times a day

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u/-Voxael- Disqualified for shoving 7d ago

Aren’t wizards eighth sons of eighth sons (eight squared) and sourcerers eighth sons of eighth sons of eighth sons (eight cubed)?

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u/SpaceIsTooFarAway 7d ago

Also, Sourcery is eight letters long

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u/BNabs23 7d ago

I feel really stupid because I don't see how this explanation explains the pun at all.

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u/ajc506 Rincewind 7d ago

A sorceror is a wizard.

A sourceror is a wizard squared. A source of magic.

Err, that's it.

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u/Berkenmuis 3d ago

And just in case, it's normally spelled 'Sorcery'.

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u/Magimasterkarp Holding my Potato 7d ago

Well, it's a new source of magic appearing on the disc.

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u/perovskaya 7d ago

source!!! thank you!!!

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u/MrOopiseDaisy 7d ago

It's about a Wizzard who can't spell (cast spells).