Dream last night. Vetinari was dying of old age, and had to laid a plot to make sure the best person for the job succeeded him as Patrician - Vimes. That Vimes and the heads of all guilds and the entire aristocracy would hate it was just a bonus to give him something to gloat over as he passed away.
Waking up: it makes a scary amount of sense. There is nobody else remotely like Ventinari, so his successor needs to have strong qualifications that don't remotely resemble those of the current Patrician. Vimes would be miserable in the job, and do it well.
Vimes would be miserable in the job, and do it well.
Problem is, based on Night Watch, Vimes is about the same age as Vetinari, so it's not much good for long-term planning.
I think Holli had the best idea I've seen yet: Vetinari is grooming Moist von Lipwig as his successor.
Yeah, Holli's characterizations made me go, oh yeah, of course.
Ooo, Moist would be a great successor.
It's my canon until Pterry says otherwise.
Possible Jane Austen portrait.
I finished Thief of Time, and then I thought, "I wonder how many books I have until the next Susan one," so I checked.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ISN'T A NEXT SUSAN ONE
I think this needs to be in my closet: [link]
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE ISN'T A NEXT SUSAN ONE
I know! I want to see Susan trying to navigate a romance!
