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s-u-w-i · 1 year

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One more vampire collab with @chechula and @yonetee, this time some Discworld vampires 🩸🧄 Maladict - Yonetee sketch, Chechula lines, mine colors Otto von Chriek - Chechula sketch, mine lines, Yonetee colors Count de Magpyr - mine sketch, Yonetee lines, Chechula colors

#my art #collab #vampires #Discworld #Terry Pratchett #maladict #otto von chriek #count de magpyr #english literature #Illustration

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badgerwithagun · 1 year

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It's a shame Resident Evil 8 came out after Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum, because otherwise you just KNOW that there would be a parody character in there.

#carpe jugulum #terry pratchett #discworld #but also count de magpyr #resident evil village #resident evil 8

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ross-hollander · 7 months

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Something about Pratchett villains.

There's a lot of Pratchett villains who share one common thread: they're unromantic. They rip the charm and soul out of things.

Reach's service sends messages 'as warm and human as a thrown knife'. He himself 'kills people by numbers'.

Teatime is literally trying to kill Santa.

The Magpyrs turn the Gothic-vampire-novel style of the Old Count into industrial blood-harvesting.

Similarly, Wolfgang exchanges the traditional Game for just straight up killing people, and seeks to implement a werefascist regime to boot.

The Auditors are, by definition, made of unromantic. They are objectively unromantic.

And I think the idea of ripping apart the whimsy of things ties back to the idea of believing the little lies to believe the big ones. If you can't see charm and warmth, the dreams and imagination, you'll fall into what STP says is the biggest sin of all: treating people like objects.

#going postal #hogfather #carpe jugulum #the fifth elephant #reaper man #gnu terry pratchett #discworld

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monstrous-tournament · 10 months

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Igor¹ vs. Igor²

Apologieth for the delay, kind followerth; I have already booked a timethlot with the local torturer.

Well of courth you know which Igor ith which - ithn't it obviouth? Oh, all right, if you feel you mutht, you can peek under the readmore and read the footnoteth.

¹This Igor works for the Ankh-Morpork city watch. He is unemployable in Überwald because he is too modern; he refuses to call any man master, he breeds body parts instead of waiting for donors (he calls it bio-artificing) , and he doesn't lisp - at least most of the time.

²This Igor is the loyal servant of Bela de Magpyr, a vampire aristocrat of the old school. Igor knows that the true way of life for a vampire nobleman is to be a good sportsman, and so he assists Count Bela De Magpyr in making Don'tgonearthe Castle a good place for adventurous young men from recently attacked towns to have a good time hunting for the Count. Igor is in charge of making the doors creaky, making the candles dribbly, and making the dungeons dusty and full of cobwebs, taking dust to scatter on the floor and whipping the spiders into work when necessary. When Count Bela De Magpyr goes to sleep and his nephew takes over the Count title, the Castle, and decides to be a modern vampyre, Igor becomes very disgruntled. This Igor, like others, is a good transplant surgeon. He has a dog named Scraps Thcrapth who has parts of different dogs, including two tails. Other than being loyal to Count Bela De Magpyr, Igor's deepest emotional attachment is to Scraps.

#monstrous tournament #bracket #igor bracket #round 2 #igor

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re-dracula · 2 years

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I'm endlessly curious: did Karim dress up for his Dracula picture or did he have that picture handy from another time he was dressed like Dracula?

Hannah here! So what we said was, “give us a headshot, the gother the better” and HERE COMES KARIM

Turns out this isn’t just the third or fourth iteration of Dracula he’s been in—he also played Count de Magpyr in a dramatization of Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum, which is one of my favorite pieces of vampire fiction. I’m sure he could tell you more. (Paging @bullshotuk)

#re: dracula #dracula #carpe jugulum #askbox #audio drama

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iamthespineofmybook · 3 years

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"Remember — that which does not kill us can only make us stronger." "And that which does kill us leaves us dead!"

Count Magpyr and Lacrimosa Magpyr, Carpe Jugulum, Discworld book 23

#discworld #carpe jugulum #count magpyr #lacrimosa magpyr

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mythosblogging · 3 years

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This week saw the birthday of British author, Terry Pratchett, so we're delving into the Discworld, and taking a look at his novel Carpe Jugulum - featuring a turf war between the (fan favourite) Lancre Witches, and the encroaching Count Magpyr and his vampire family.

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haltraveler · 7 years

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The best thing about Euron Greyjoy is that he's not so much a George R. R. Martin villain as a Terry Pratchett villain who happened to wander into the wrong story and decided “eh, fuck it, I live here now”.

#euron greyjoy #euron crow's eye #Discworld #Terry Pratchett #sir terry pratchett #reacher gilt #count de magpyr #carcer dun #jonathan teatime #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #house greyjoy #george r.r. martin #grrm #game of thrones #got #a feast for crows #a dance with dragons #the winds of winter

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duran-duran-less-official · 2 years

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Granny Weatherwax: I know you like I know myself, and one of the things I know is that you ain't going to hurt a hair on that child's head ... So all I'm really here for, d'you see, is to see whether you get justice, or mercy.

Granny Weatherwax: So here's my offer, you see. You hand back Magrat and the baby, and we'll chop your heads off.

Count Magpyr: And that's what you call justice, is it?!

Granny Weatherwax: No, that's what I call mercy.

#Discworld #Carpe Jugulum

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noirandchocolate · 3 years

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Count Bela de Magpyr

Founder of the de Magpyr dynasty, he built their family home, Don’tgonearthe Castle. The Count had definite views on virtually everything: he saw just about everything in terms of black and white. Always immaculately dressed, Count Bela established a fashion for Vampire attire that lasted for hundreds of years, until the all-black look came in with Count Kryptofer von Windschatten.

--Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, “The Ankh-Morpork Archives” (illustration by Paul Kidby)

(This gentleman is obviously based off Bela Lugosi’s Dracula, and it’s cute to say he ‘saw things in black and white.’)

#terry pratchett #gnu terry pratchett #discworld #paul kidby #stephen briggs #the ankh-morpork archives

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aquitainequeen · 4 years

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At this stage, I’m thinking Dracula 2020 also did a shout out to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld vampires, what with Dracula being naked after shape-shifting and those easily opened curtains that would make Old Count de Magpyr envious.

#dracula 2020 #bbc dracula #dracula netflix #terry pratchett #discworld

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wowheadquarters · 5 years

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Their favorite vampire in fiction

For a lovable anon. A light problem: I don’t know enough about vmpires. No, I know actually enough about vampires. I just don’t know many vampires.

Anduin: Alucard from Castlevania. He hopes this doesn’t need any explanation. Mainle because he hasn’t got one.

Ghost Varin: Count Dracula. A timeless classic.

The Council of Three Hammers:

Muradin: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He’s... conflicting. Moira: Edward Cullen (and the whole Cullen family actually) from the Twilight Saga. They sparkle. Falstad: The younger Count Magpyr from Carpe Jugulum, who was very modern and getting rid of the hurtful traditions. Not that he likes him, he’s just a sympathetically clever vampire, and that’s good for a change. Hmm... Maybe he likes Margolotta better, she isn’t, you know, a comic relief. He isn’t sure.

Tyrande: The Vampiress, a player character in Sacred. Her second favourite character to play, right after the Seraph. Tyrande has a thing for supernatural ladies.

Mekkatorque: Okay, Rose Hathaway was, technically speaking, a dhampir, but that is still kind of vampire, and even so the Vampire Academy rocks.

Velen: Smiling Jack from Vampires: The Masquarade, particularly his apperance in Bloodlines.

Genn: Silas from the Graveyard Book. He had read it when he was very young and hadn’t realize that Silas wasn’t human at the time. He was told at much, much later age. He didn’t take the news well, but you know how such revelations are.

Aysa: Carmilla, another timeless classic, even older than Dracula. And si it just her, or is it down the lesbian alley, too?

Alleria: The Girl from A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. The lack of a name is where the appeal starts.

Turalyon: Serana, you know, from Skyrim? He’d like her even better if she just.. was less of a jabber.

Jaina: Flandre Scarlet from Touhou Project. (One day, Jaina is going to beat all of those games. Not today, mprobably not tomorrow, but one day, surely.)

Thrall: Louis from the Inverview with the Vampire.

Spirit of Vol’jin: Claudia from the Interview with the Vampire. He watched the movie together with Thrall. while Thrall has a thing for nice hair, Vol’jin hoards murder-children.

Ghost Garrosh: Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries. Yes, yes, he had read it, now shut up and go about your business!

Baine: Dio Brando. Perhaps you’d watch JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure with him? No? Dio is an awesome character to hate, he’s Baines favorite!

Sylvanas: Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy from the Witcher, more know as the Sweet Precious with Mandragora Moonshine and the Face of a Tax Collector.

Lor'themar: Count Orlok, more known as Nosferatu, but Lor’themar likes to confuse people.

Gallywix: Milda. Sure, she is real and maybe you don’t consider her a vampire, but she’s been sipping his blood for years now, that is to say she’s really getting on his nerves.

Ji: Coun von Count of the Sesame Street. Ji needs a lot of comic relief in his life to deal with... all of this (vaguely gesturing at everything).

Thalyssra: Marceline. The Vampire Queen! When she sees her, she gets a boost of dopamine! Aaand, that’s it, she is all out of good rhymes now. She’s from Adventure Time, but you probably know that.

Mayla: Viago in What We Do In The Shadows. Have you seen it? He is such a precious!

Geya’rah: Meier Link from Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Honestly, it’s such a great movie, you should watch it too, maybe?

Talanji: In case you have seen or read Monster High, you probably have an opinion on it on your own. Talanji loves Draculaura, it’s the best pun.

Taedal: I seriously hope your guess was Blood Queen Lana’thel and that you bet a lot of money on it. Because in case you did, you are now quite ritch.

+Bonus Kel’thuzad: Edgar Markov. When he was banned as a Magic the Gathering Commander, Kel’thuzad switched to Hearthstone.

#I know like half of them actually and the rest is froum scrounging wikipedia #note: It's just Edgar Markov not Edgar Allan Markov #VHD:B is great by the way

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monstrous-tournament · 10 months

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Igor² vs. Igor⁷

Well of courth you know which Igor ith which - ithn't it obviouth? Oh, all right, if you feel you mutht, you can peek under the readmore and read the footnoteth.

²This Igor is the loyal servant of Bela de Magpyr, a vampire aristocrat of the old school. Igor knows that the true way of life for a vampire nobleman is to be a good sportsman, and so he assists Count Bela De Magpyr in making Don'tgonearthe Castle a good place for adventurous young men from recently attacked towns to have a good time hunting for the Count. Igor is in charge of making the doors creaky, making the candles dribbly, and making the dungeons dusty and full of cobwebs, taking dust to scatter on the floor and whipping the spiders into work when necessary. When Count Bela De Magpyr goes to sleep and his nephew takes over the Count title, the Castle, and decides to be a modern vampyre, Igor becomes very disgruntled. This Igor, like others, is a good transplant surgeon. He has a dog named Scraps Thcrapth who has parts of different dogs, including two tails. Other than being loyal to Count Bela De Magpyr, Igor's deepest emotional attachment is to Scraps.

⁷This Igor enjoys his work at the Lady Sybil Free Hospital, and aids in many operations. He has been able to set up a lightning collector that can retain the charge for a day after a thunderstorm, to give a life sustaining jolt to dying patients. When he recognizes the nature of one mortally wounded patient who is rushed in but recovers before Igor can even treat him, Igor warns his friend Trevor that "many strange things come from Überwald" and that he should expect to hear screaming in the near future if Mr. Nutt (said patient) stays around. His case is not helped by Trevor pointing out that Igor also comes from Überwald. Another blot on this Igor's record would be a disturbing rumour that a few of his experiments have gone wrong in the past, including a winged hamster bending the bars and escaping its cage…

#monstrous tournament #bracket #igor bracket #round 1 #igor

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sayitwithsarcophilus · 7 years

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Fantasy Casting for Carpe Jugulum

For some alternate universe in which all actors are alive and at the right ages at the same time.

Agnes Nitt: Amber Riley or Adele

Rev. Mightily Oats: Riz Ahmed

King Verence II: Zach Woods

Magrat: Angel Coulby

Nanny Ogg: Miriam Margolyes

Granny Weatherwax: Maggie Smith

Count de Magpyr: Raul Julia

Countess de Magpyr: Rose Byrne

Vlad de Magpyr: Tom Hiddleston

Lacrimosa de Magpyr: Cara Delevigne

Bela de Magpyr (”The Old Count”): Christopher Lee

Igor: Burn Gorman

The Nac Mac Feegle: Stephen Farrelly + motion capture

Shawn Ogg: Rupert Grint

and a cameo from Peter Dinklage as Casanunda

#Discworld #fancasting

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mythosblogging · 3 years

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From Dracula to Twilight, vampires have enjoyed a comfortable popularity in fiction for over a hundred years. Along with werewolves and zombies, they make up some of the core creatures of classic horror. Whether they are dressed in evening gown and cower from sunlight, or live in America and glitter like a disco ball, the vampire is a familiar figure in fiction.

It should therefore come as no surprise that Terry Pratchett should make them the key focus of his 23rd Discworld novel, Carpe Jugulum. A satirical author and prolific writer, Pratchett has a reputation for taking key staples of fantasy novels such as elves, dwarves, witches and even trolls, and reimagining them in comedic, nuanced, and emotionally developed ways. Carpe Jugulum is no exception, and the vampiric Magpyr family take centre stage as the quirky and sinister antagonists, determined to drag their clan, somewhat reluctantly, into the Century of the Fruitbat.