Most modern fantasy just rearranges the furniture in Tolkien’s attic. By

Terry Pratchett (via mylittlebookofquotes)

#whereas terry pratchett storms in with a flame thrower#burns it to the ground#then sprinkles some of the ashes#on the windowledge of his own fantasy-palace#but only a few ashes mind#just enough to make a little pile#which is just enough to make a satisfying allusion#or perhaps even#if you’re lucky#all the way up to a satisfying *reference*#mostly just to make pretty pattens though#couldn’t you just see terry pratchett wielding a flame thrower?#with a crowd of nac mac feegles behind him#crying OCH AYE DEATH T’THE PATRIARCHY#and other such scottish war chants

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