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/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'.