That must have been introduced after I stopped following BattleTech.

Looks cool though!

A green ball robot from the Gundam franchise.

Am I allowed to point out that there are very few robots in Gundam, Battletech or Macross.

They are all mecha series.

In fact, the only robot that immediately comes to mind from any of those 3 series is Haro!

The Fifth Elephant pt 1
The first part of our first 2-parter has werewolves, vampires and dwarves on my! Vimes is out of Ankh-Morpork and hating it, Angua has to deal with her terrible family and too-nive boyfriend & Lady Sybil just wants a quiet chat
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The Fifth Elephant part 2
In the second part of our first 2-parter (which is also the 2nd book of the Uberwald duology) we discuss dwarf gender, Trigger's Broom, Igors and Uberwald, with some digressions.
Content note: discussion of UK transphobia
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It's Trans Day of Visibility today. Transwomen are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are valid, and trans rights are human rights. Trans* people exist across history and cultures, are not new (though wording may be) and are not a threat to us cisgender folks.

The Fifth Elephant pt 1
Vimes has to leave Ankh-Morpork for the mysteries of Uberwald, with werewolves, vampires & dwarves. Luckily there's crime to investigate, unluckily the locals get very hostile. We discuss dwarven culture & werewolf fascism.
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Witches vs vampires in Lancre, and Granny is having trouble fitting 4 into 3. Omnian priest Mightily Oates is in 2 minds about most things, but does the decent thing. There's vampiric fascism & an examination of who makes necessary but unpopular choices in a community
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I put my order in for my Print on Demand version of Songfall Survivors last night.
Look forward to reading it.

A starry night, a steep, snowy mountainside. A woman with a black outfit and white hair with a black streak clings to the back of a huge boar. The boar is bleeding and panicking, and close to falling off a snow-covered ledge. The boar is being worried and attacked by a group of dog-shaped creatures who have the same colouration as the starry night sky above.

Discworld Calendar - December 2003
On the Brink by Douglas Carrel
A dramatic climax in Hogfather where Susan helps save an early incarnation of the Hogfather from the auditor's unreal dog shapes. Very myffic

Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
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For the weekend crowd, we're Halfway Through our Discworld reread, and look back on the 2nd quarter and 1st half of Discworld and what we've made of it. We also look ahead to the next 10 books. It's now been 2 years of us doing monthly episodes.

@ctjhill.bsky.social and I have yet to leave the house and we already know our London to Brighton leg is going to be not as planned!

@davegotsu.bsky.social & I are (roughly) halfway through our podcasting of the Discworld novels. Here we look back, discuss subseries & villains, and look forward a bit.

The edge of the Discworld is an ocean that falls into space, though space looks like a slightly cloudy blue sky here. The long net of the circumfence and it's posts curves away into the distance. Below the disc edge is the rimbow and beneath that we can see part of an elephant and turtle. In the centre is Rincewind, a wizzard with a long white beard and pointy, star-spangled hat, clinging in terror to the figurehead of a small sail boat that is caught on the net at the edge. Also on this boat is smiling Twoflower, who has glasses, and Death is lurking behind the sail with his scythe. Towing this boat away from the edge is a smaller rowing boat, filled by a watery, blue troll. To the left the Librarian, an orangutan in a purple wizard outfit, is on the circumfence. To the right, further away, a scantily clad man, with a scantily clad woman leaning on his back, is riding the Luggage (a wooden trunk with loads of little legs) over the water. The background has a bigger ship is on the water, and beyond that a small piece of land with various buildings and a rocket. In the blue sky above all this are the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse, War visible waving a mace above his head and holding a sword, Death is also there with his scythe (so who is hiding on Rincewind's boat? Scrofula?). Further away in the sky is a transparent disc with a group of black-robed figures sitting around the edge, and another in the centre. A ladder dangles from this.

Discworld Calendar - October 1999
Colour of Magic & Light Fantastic by Jack Kirby
It's the edge of the world as we know it! There is a lot going on here, mostly Colour of Magic, but with some Light Fantastic characters thrown in there, maybe wondering why they're there

How about a giveaway?

I have two copies of my cosy neurodivergent adventure Magic, Maps, and Mischief to send to two people!

All you need to do is follow me and Repost this. Simple!

I'll do the draw on Wednesday October 1st - good luck 🤞😁

For the weekend crowd, our Hogfather episode is now live. At least it's cooler now than when we were reading and recording it.

No problem.
I tend to lean towards stuff where I don't have to worry about faces :)

Although at the moment I'm painting Phoenix for Marvel Crisis Protocol so need to do a decent job on that face.

You can't go too wrong with basecoat, wash and a quick highlight on the highest points. (Nose, cheeks etc)
If the eye sockets are dark then you don't need to worry about painting the eyes :)

Feet of Clay
Yet another royal conspiracy to investigate. Where is the arsenic tho? New job, new pronouns, new science. What are the golems up to?
With tangents about Britain in 17th century and now, and also fun stuff like jokes and puns.
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As someone who works in a library, I love books that feature them! I'd love a copy.

Soul Music TV series
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed.
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2 white men stand in a stone cellar with a vaulted ceiling, around them are devices, sparks and eerie, cold light. On the right is a bald, old man with a bushy, white beard, holding up a diagram, his other pl held put, obviously explaining something. To the left, nearer the twisty stone staircase, is a man with short black hair and a Vulcan-ish look, holding his hand to his chin and clearly considering what he is being told. On the workbench on front of them a chemical flask produces sparks, and there are various mechanical drawings.

Discworld Calendar - July 2005
Leonard of Quirm trying to explain his latest idea to Lord Vetinari by Stuart Williams
I love how the picture is titled the way Leonard of Quirm titles his inventions. Maybe it's the heatwave speaking, but that cellar looks like it'd be nice and cool.

@ctjhill.bsky.social, kid and I will be roaming the halls tomorrow! Hope to see you around.

We released our Interesting Times episode last week. It was challenging at times (CN: fatphobia, orientalism, discussion of rape jokes), but we had plenty to talk about.
Rincewind remains Rincewind though, perhaps even more so than before.
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There is a round space, defined by Corinthian columns, beyond it the background is sky and the tops of mountains. Some columns look aged and there's a couple of Classical Greek style statues missing heads and arms. The floor is a mosaic with a pattern of leaves and pomegranates. The focal point of the space is a big round table, that is also the Discworld; its seas are deep blue and the continents and islands are sandy colour, the main feature is a big spire of a mountain that rises from the centre. Around this are 14 figures, most are looking down at the table, most are white people wearing white robes in an Ancient Greek style. Some have laurel headbands, one lady has a hoplite-style helmet pushed up on top of her head. There is one person with a lion head, though no mane, and one person with a crocodile head, both are wearing white loin wraps and blue Egyptian-style collars and head coverings. There is also an entirely blue lady who is naked except for her Egyptian collar and blue and gold head covering. The central figure, subtly bigger than the others, is a man wearing a white toga, with dark shoulder-length hair and a salt and pepper beard, he has a white band over his eyes. Blind Io (for it is he) is leaning over the world table and has just rolled 2 dice out of a skull, around where he is leaning crackle lots of little lightning bolts, which would be massive storms on the Disc. Floating all around the space are at least 17 eyeballs, looking down at the table or the other figures, with a cluster around Blind Io.

Discworld Calendar - May 2004
The Gods of Discworld by Angelo Rinaldi
This Classical scene of the Discworld Gods playing dice has a lot of great details. Obviously very inspired by Greek mythology and art, with a bit of Egyptian thrown in. Blind Io's floating eyeballs add a surreal touch.

Meet Susan, a young woman whose inheritance defies logic. And Imp, a young man who wants to give his life to music. See the wizards get carried away, again. Listen to us discuss headcannons, grief & Music With Rocks In! Plus more puns than you can shake a drumstick at
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Podcast update:
Soul Music - coming soon
Interesting Times - to be recorded, again*
Maskerade - being read

* there was an issue with the first recording, so need to re-record. Not had this happen since Mort

Background colour is a warm yellow, it's ok the blank areas where the text is when it's the book cover. Right side of the image (front cover of the book) shows a group of people in a smoky cellar room. Towards the top there's 3 yellow trolls whose skin looks like armour, they are standing in a doorway at the top of a stone staircase and holding axes. With them is a white guy with a dagger and ornate outfit. Most of the way down the stairs is a guy (Twoflower) with a satchel, a coin pouch and hat, he may have four eyes or glasses, he's definitely pleased. At the bottom of the stairs a white guy with no shoes is falling, having presumably been violently barged out of the way by a huge wooden chest with a lot of little humanoid legs (the Luggage). It is approaching a trestle table where 4 men sit looking disapproving, 3 are wearing blue, 1 has a raven in his shoulder. 1 is wearing red, including a red hat, though the top of the hat can't be seen, he has a white beard, possibly this is Rincewind the Wizzard. At the far right of the picture, just visible from outside the frame is part of a scythe and the suggestion of a cowl. The light is from flaming torches and candles on a chandelier. Ravens flap high overhead. On the left side of the image a big yellow space at the top is apparently smoke from a flaming torch. The small yellow block seems to be a large parchment held by a weird, blobby, yellow creature with big bulbous eyes. Between these sections is a stone arch where various indistinct figures cluster giving a general air of grime and trouble. Must be the Broken Drum.

Discworld Calendar
April 1999 - The Colour of Magic by Josh Kirby
This one has a warm, cosy sort of feel due to the colours, but it's dispelled as you look closer. It's clear which scene in the book this is, but not at all clear which figures are the main characters. Still certainly atmospheric.

With the old school officers dubious about the new recruits, the last thing the Night Watch needs is a high profile murder they absolutely are not supposed to investigate.
We discuss policing, diversity, class consciousness and what counts as undead in Men At Arms
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Nope, I have some similar. They are too small for me to use comfortably for eating.