Varia

[yakalskovich]

From the Political Department:

There's an interesting article in Telepolis about the perspectives arising from the elections in the USA:
http://www.telepolis.de/deutsch/inhalt/mein/18755/1.html

And because it's an article written by an American living in Germany, there is actually an English language version online as well, so everybody who's interested can partake of the intellectual challenge and diversity that is Telepolis, for once:
http://www.telepolis.de/english/inhalt/co/18754/1.html

And the title page of the current SPIEGEL:



From the Department for Systematic Madness:

There is a web site that lists conspiracy theories, all and any conpiracy theories, and allows them to make their cases. The PHP system doesn't quite run ideally, yet, but the content is fun:
http://www.weltverschwoerung.de

(in German only, sorry!)


From the Department for Weather Madness:

Our RL weather seems inspired by the early winter we've been having in Bonk in the discworld_rpg. Today, when I rode the train to work, the weather was fine here in Haidhausen, started to drizzle in Berg-am-Laim; there was a hailstorm in Trudering, a snowstorm in Gronsdorf, falling snow in Haar and nothing again in Vaterstetten where I had to get off. My bike's saddle was a bit wet, that was all. But for tonight, frost is predicted, and snow might actually stay on the ground. And it's only November 9th! That's what I get for going on and on about the snowfalls in Bonk.

fabulous_papaya, please let's go on about the thaw that follows soon, as soon as Otto is through with his werewolves!


From the Department for Creative Redirect:

I can still draw, I find! I have done the drawing of young!Sam I wanted to do for dreamkin, and then I've drawn a new little vampire about whom I totally don't know who he could be; suggestions are welcome!

The usual: the iconses are free for gackage if I get credited, and link to a large version of the drawings while a small version is behind the cut that follows:






"Little Sam Vimes", from this log for the Discworld RPG, for Dreamkin, whose birthday was more than a month ago but who was still owed something!




"The Little Monster"




From the Department for Standing Offers:

I've got a few requests for Hogswatch fics yet, but if anybody would like to have something written, the offer is still open! You tell me the particulars, and I'll do it, as long as it's a fandom I know.

Comments

[yakalskovich]

Let's say Mikhail and Sergei come back and demand to be interviewed as well? Then there shall be trouble. Angua can easily post that as having happened...

*is evil*

And you shall have both Lupine and Dasha along to Ankh-Morpork, to say nothing of the cubs.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_angua/]

They could try to force Otto to print their manifesto in the Times. Would Otto actually go into the mountains looking for them?

[yakalskovich]

Well, I don't think he would - just bring them to the town, and then we shall see what transpires.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_angua/]

Right, but they wouldn't come to town either, too risky. How about they send Angua a letter demanding to see the man from the Times? Since she's from A-M and all.

[yakalskovich]

Hmm - they could come to the human town openly with some followers, banking on the Baroness' wolves being thoroughly beaten, and nobody wanting to start an all-out war.

Letter would be an alternative, of course.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_angua/]

But I wrote that they were the ones who got beaten, and are now lying low. Which makes more sense - small faction versus the Big Clan. But they could conceivably be gathering reinforcements outside town.

I think the letter is more viable, written and mailed at the Bonkian PO by someone skulking about in human form.

[yakalskovich]

If they were beaten, they wouldn't be about at all; they're just temporarily set back. Erm. This is how people make that out, right?

I rather meant the faact that the werewolves are morally and politically defeated by the vampires this time around, and that M+S could use that situation for their ends.

But yes, the other variation works as well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_angua/]

Ok, right, I'll try and type up a post tonight, but it may have to wait till about six hours from now because I'm falling asleep (SAD! SAd I tell you!).