I find it amusing that more than once I've seen this picture of A'tuin, the space turtle from Discworld, used to represent Maturin, the space turtle from Stephen King's books. I don't remember Maturin having elephants or a disc-shaped world on his back!
All these people worried about the flat earth and not a single one worried about the real issue here: Our turtle here, is it a male or a female? Because the outcome when it finds another wandering turtle can be extremely different depending on this.
Weren't they trying to establish that in the first Rincewind book? I thought they determined it to be unknowable, but it has been a long time since I read it.
After the 🐘🐘🐘🐘 it's all Turtle. But The Great A'Tuin doesn't stand on anything. It/She/He/They swims through space, with a purpose and destination unknown to us.
22 Comments
basic_user@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 120d
Good ol' A'tuin
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 120d
I find it amusing that more than once I've seen this picture of A'tuin, the space turtle from Discworld, used to represent Maturin, the space turtle from Stephen King's books. I don't remember Maturin having elephants or a disc-shaped world on his back!
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 120d
At least it's better than when they cast Paul Bettany as Maturin in that movie opposite Russell Crowe. He's not even a turtle, he just studied them.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 120d
They're both based off a real life series of deities from like Hinduism to some Chinese folk stuff to American Indian tribal lore.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 15 pts · 120d
All these people worried about the flat earth and not a single one worried about the real issue here: Our turtle here, is it a male or a female? Because the outcome when it finds another wandering turtle can be extremely different depending on this.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 119d
I do believe the Great A’Tuin is male but don’t think he’s ever seen another turtle
toynbee@piefed.social · 1 pts · 118d
Weren't they trying to establish that in the first Rincewind book? I thought they determined it to be unknowable, but it has been a long time since I read it.
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 13 pts · 120d
If I may, could you add to the transcript that its a flat planet on the backs of elephants on the back of a turtle, in a reference to discworld?
RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 120d
updated
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 120d
Thanks!
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 120d
GNU Sir Terry
warbosstodd@piefed.social · 11 pts · 120d
"See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth"
"On his shell he holds the Earth."
"His thought is slow, but always kind."
"He holds us all within his mind."
"On his back all vows are made;"
"He sees the truth but mayn't aid."
"He loves the land and loves the sea,"
"And even loves a child like me."
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 120d
Wait, the turtles don’t go all the way down?!?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 120d
After the 🐘🐘🐘🐘 it's all Turtle. But The Great A'Tuin doesn't stand on anything. It/She/He/They swims through space, with a purpose and destination unknown to us.
sundray@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 120d
There’s just the one but he’s pretty big.
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 119d
A metamodern reference?! Noice.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 120d
Every time I've seen this, it's been on my phone and I've always thought it was the shadow of a drone.
Now I'm seeing it on a bigger screen and can finally tell what it is.
melfie@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 120d
I knew it!
DandomRude@piefed.social · 2 pts · 120d
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 120d
So moon turtles are a thing now?
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 119d
Always have been
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 118d
i thought it was only moon rabbits who lived on the moon. /j
Wilco@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 120d
I knew the world was flat! F U Round Earthers! Now the 4 elephants on the back of a turtle did surprise me.