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I doubt he ever did anything like that as an accident.

Wow

Huh. This also would have worked pretty well as a description of Fred Rogers.

That he'd give it all up in a heartbeat for Angua makes them the greatest love story on the Disc

Oh Carrot. And I don't know if Vimes ever decided if he's sometimes doing it on purpose.

The fact that Angua is just that little tiny bit unsure that Carrot isn't really a mastermind manipulating everything to his favor instead of a goof who manifests God fortune through sheer force of belief always made me chuckle.

Yeah, he's ordained by the rules of narrative on the Disc to be the heir to the throne of Ankh

Oh shit yeah! Wow I forgot about that.

I think he is probably the only exception to ACAB. Completely incorruptible.

Don't look for the guy who can pull the sword from the stone. Look for the guy who put it into the stone...

You're not the only one to have noticed that! See the first entry here:

I forget which book it's in, but there's a scene where he traces the path of a bullet or musket round using a piece of thread (that he borrowed from the seamstresses guild)

He is my model for playing Paladins in D&D

And I think the only person with a comparable effect is Cohen, which is why the end of the The Last Hero is so great. 🗡️

One of my oddest favorite things about Carrot is that one short story from when he was still a Corporal. For a fan (like me) who thought he had read *all* the books, getting one more story out of nowhere? That, as they say, is the way to do it.

I love him so much! And am also amazed that I think I like Vimes even better. The Watch books are truly my favorite of all the wonderful series

I think of this passage often when I see Mamdani trying his best to make NYC a little better than he found it.

I loved the sly joke at the end of Guards! Guards! -- after all the harmful garbage wrought by people yearning for a fated, rightful king to return and save them -- that Carrot is that king, but he'll do more good as an officer of the peace than he will on a throne, so that's where fate put him.

I'll settle for a hard boiled egg

Possibly the greatest moment in that book, and one of the best in the series overall.

You’ll believe a man can ̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶ ̶ have genuine faith in humanity.

Carrot is the hero we need

Hm. I'M Not sure if you would be interested but I do a Discworld Podcast and was stuggling to.find someone interested in talking about the Last Hero

That scene and the whole argument about how anyone could pull a sword from a stone but it would take the true king to push it in (with obvious foreshadowing) might be my two favorite set ups for how others see carrot.

That's "The Code" right there in all it's glory

Their "Are we the baddies" moment.

I think The Last Hero is next in my queue :)

I think in Guards, Guards he's written as good-willing but daft (arresting the dragon and that). Someone else mentioned the bit in MAA where he gets let inside the Fools' Guild by saying the truth but knowing how his words are going to be heard - I don't think that's *quite* the same character.

Without some other characters noticing even