Favourite Discworld characters?

[Amber]

Death
Susan Sto Helit
Granny Weatherwax
Esk

 

[aneirin]

A few weeks ago I would have told you Sir Samuel Vimes, without a dought. But I’v been re reading the witches series, and just love Granny Weatherwax as I remember I did when I first read the books. T.P. is just a master of characters, someone name one which they don’t, deep down, like.

 

[Amorph]

I can't pick one - too many of them are good, and I don't work on the basis of "favourite" to a great deal, because it's often subject to change, no matter the subject matter.

However...

Honourable mentions go to:

Vimes, from Feet Of Clay onwards at any rate. Jingo and Night Watch are the two where he really comes into his own.

I'd take the Death of Rats over Death any day. Death is amusing, I'll grant, but there's just something about seeing the word SQUEAK.

The Dibblers in all their many nationalised formats.

Lu-Tze. If only for Rule One. "Do not act incautiously when facing small unarmed wrinkly old men!"

Om, in Small Gods. The way his attitude changes over the course of the book is a joy to see, and it's a superb take on religion.

The wizards of Unseen University, but only when you have some of them in a group. A personal preference for the Senior Wrangler, because I can often be pedantic.

The Duck Man. "What duck?"

There's so many to choose from, though, that I can't say I have a favourite.

 

[zorcarepublic]

@ Amorph--There should be a "smiling" in between the unarmed and wrinkly...

 

[Amber]

Call the pedanticism police

 

[zorcarepublic]

Hehe...

Just trying to keep you all honest...

 

[lazygun]

Another mention for "Shoop" Cohen and the Vampire Photographer?...

 

[kyektulu]

My fave discworld charecter of all time is Death he is one funny guy!

My second favorite is Nanny Ogg. Bless her.

 

[sanityassassin]

death is so cool

Carrott is so funny by his innocence

ptraci I liked

granny Weatherwax doesn't take no s***

nobby nobbs how many grandmothers can 1 man have

the librarian oook

death of rats SQUEEK

the burser any more dried frog pills

so many cant name them all

rincewind not a big fan of this wizzard

 

[Millsy]

It has to be Vimes, he has grown more than any other character, or perhaps Mrs Cake.( Dont Arsk)

 

[zorcarepublic]

A medium verging on small...


Im a Watch man myself. I like the interplay of all the characters. Only ones Im not too keen on, actually, are Colon and Nobbs. Don't get me wrong, but I think TP has taken it a bit too far with making them seem stupid.

The best one in the watch, after Vimes, has to be Detritus, mainly because of the Piecemaker...

 

[Pyan]

Greebo - I'm sure he must be an ancestor of the cat next door to me (who climbed in the kitchen window a couple of weeks ago and ate all the meat off our Sunday chicken). Greebo-as-human must be one of the best cameo performances around.

 

[Jason_Taverner]

has to be vimes

 

[hoh]

1.LUGGAGE -the best
2. Death -funniest this far... I love the bony humor... Mort is also good

 

[Rich]

No one has mentioned ' Hodgesarrgghh', the Lancre castle falconer who is always getting his eyes pecked out by his birds.


Nearly wet myself when I first read about him.

Also liked the fact he reads "Beaks and Talons" magazine.

 

[roddglenn]

Vimes, then Death, then maybe Mort for me I think.

 

[weaveworld]

Death, Nanny Ogg, Binky (even though he doesn't really talk), the death of rats and the librarian

 

[Sibeling]

Cute picture

 

[pixelated_dreams]

Ahh, has to be another vote for death here

gotta love anyone who stops for a curry between jobs

 

[ladyflorange]

I'm gonna have to agree with everyone and say Death is the best! I also like Vimes and Susan. Rincewind is ok, but got a little boring after a while I think. I prefer the ones without him in now. The god of hangovers.....