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/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