#possibly because he has that almost sinister Kingly charisma

[burnsopale]

 I am deeply intrigued by Sir Terry Pratchett’s master/pet kink. I choked on my cereal when Gaspode told Angua that Carrot was now her “master”, and if he called her she’d have to choice but to go to him. Didn’t expect Pratchett to be horny on main. It’s ballsy. Mad respect.

And he didn’t just repeat it in Jingo, having her say the same thing plainly to Vimes, but by using dog-imagery with Vimes as well (Everyone is somebody’s dog, Vetinari’s terrier etc), he links the concepts, and so Vimes’ relationship with the Patrician becomes kinky as well. The coming and going on command also has a parallel; Vimes thinks twice (once in Feet of Clay when Vetinari dismisses him from his bedside, and once in the Prince’s tent in Jingo) that Vetinari can turn him on and off like a switch.

There is also, a little more tenuously, the characterisation of the guild dogs as dogs who are always afraid that they are “bad dogs” deep inside, and Vimes’ similar feeling that he’s just a “collection of bad habits”. But I’ll have to read Fifth Elephant and beyond to see if that connection gets stronger or weaker.

Didn’t expect you to go there, Sir Terry, but I’m into it.

#Discworld #Samuel Vimes #Angua #Gaspode #Havelock Vetinari #I mean kinky fanfiction aside this really does intrigue me #The way it is carried out is so unusual #Angua and Carrot are dating #she matter-of-factly knows herself to be his dog #possibly because he has that almost sinister Kingly charisma #He doesn't treat her like his dog though it's all on her side #Then there's Vimes whose two most potent relationships (to his wife and to his boss) both involve him being equal parts terrified awed and #defiant? rebellious? what the right word here #Like he's all Yes Sir and No Sir and Yes Dear and No Dear and then #he'll turn around and unexpectedly put his foot down or just refuse to obey #At least to the end of JIngo I haven't read Fifth Elephant yet