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⌈ Secret Post #6750 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Part of the reason, for me, that Granny Weatherwax works is because Pratchett makes it clear that the fist person Granny has hurt and bullied was herself. Her approach has left her a mean, bitter, lonely old lady who has maybe one single friend in Granny Ogg and even she sees herself as much as Granny's careworker as a friend.

Granny does a lot of good, but has cost herself a lot of life to do it. She is someone who can be admired for the strength of her convictions, and the value of her deeds, but not someone to be emulated in lifestyle. I thought that came through quite clear, especially in the Tiffany books.

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nayrt - Agreed. I don't think Pratchett is holding her up as an example for everyone to follow. It's clear that her approach might work a lot of the time, but it's not ideal for everyone... herself included. Granny has her flaws and weaknesses, and she's not immune to the repercussions from her actions.

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I haven't got to the TA books yet (I'm going chronological against all advice), so I'll keep that in mind. But even to the extent that she's cut herself off from things, she's so arrogant about how superior Common Sense and Simple Living are that it's hard to sympathize. Granny would hold so much about my life in disdain, I can feel it dripping off the page. Vivid character writing, but extremely unpleasant!

And so far I don't really get the sense that Pratchett doesn't see her as a moral exemplar when you get right down to the stuff that really matters. When it comes to 'who you are in the dark'. Granny being bitchy and provincial is funny; Granny's still the one who gets to have so many of the banger philosophical lines at the climax of Witches Abroad, or Lords and Ladies. And most of the fandom definitely adores her, which makes any fandom gripe 10 million times more annoying.