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SND drops a card and a package of almond chocolates in my mailbox, so now I know how to spell her fiancé's name. Which turns out to be Arabic and thus makes problematic the bottle of wine I was going to give her for Christmas, once the steps became clear again. Of course I have no idea if he's even muslim or practising if he is, and she did give me wine when she first moved in. Oh well. Presumably she can take it to parties.
More gusty winds blew in rain and cold, putting an end to our false November, so I stayed indoors and finished Maskerade. Which is an end to my reread of the Witches arc unless I start on the Tiffany series. But Tiffany, for all she's hyped as YA reading, is much darker than the Witches IMO. The witches are a genial, largely comic, read, while Tiffany is anything but. Still militant decency but much more real world, just like the later Watch books.
I suppose I could have another bash at Raising Steam but hell. I want old women and there aren't many of those around.
Oh, and G, your parcel arrived safely and is waiting for Christmas to be opened. Just so you know.
More gusty winds blew in rain and cold, putting an end to our false November, so I stayed indoors and finished Maskerade. Which is an end to my reread of the Witches arc unless I start on the Tiffany series. But Tiffany, for all she's hyped as YA reading, is much darker than the Witches IMO. The witches are a genial, largely comic, read, while Tiffany is anything but. Still militant decency but much more real world, just like the later Watch books.
I suppose I could have another bash at Raising Steam but hell. I want old women and there aren't many of those around.
Oh, and G, your parcel arrived safely and is waiting for Christmas to be opened. Just so you know.
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But I think part of it is also that what she does is so gendered -- a friend complained once that her first book is driven by Adventures in Babysitting, failing at caring for her younger brother, and I was like "Oh come on" but it was a little bit ruined for me by that observation. Granny Weatherwax is overburdened and the circle of her own life is pretty small, but seeing such a young girl have that much responsibility and getting blamed for not being perfect at it just squicks me or something. Which is probably just projection on my part! lol
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Hate to say it but Granny is not a likeable person. A great character, but when you read the arc straight through you see how hard she is to live with. She has to be managed, and that's work.
There's something in what you say about Tiffany being overburdened at a young age, though viewed historically thirteen is an adult. I don't think she has faults exactly, but she does have the kind of overconfidence and lack of forethought that gets her into trouble. It works in the first book with Jenny Greenteeth, but causes disaster with the Wintersmith and the see-me-not. In fact I can see Granny being like her at that age before she learned caution.
As for readers being defensive and argumentative, yeah, that's fandom for some people. Twas ever thus, going back to when fandom was Arians vs Nestorians, Catholics vs Protestants. At least present day flame wars are metaphorical, not literal.
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....so far!