Nanny and Granny are two of an age, they just happen to fill two of the roles of the perfect witch triangle that is the best hope for witches to work in- The Maiden, the Mother, and the "other one", for no one really wants to be thought of as the Crone. Granny still qualifies as the Maiden since her romance with Mustrum Ridcully was so starcrossed, though as she has been known as Granny for politeness sake for so long she sort of seems older then Nanny, but they were girls together. Magrat is probably Nanny's "replacement", Agnes is probably Granny's, at least in Lancre.

Tiffany may be Granny's replacement as the most powerful leader of witches, who of course say they are equals and only ever admit that Granny is their leader when they don't have to. She will take over the vacancy left by her Grandmother, who was probably a witch of a special sort, one so powerful she wasn't even known to be a witch.

Tiffany has a much wider world view then her grandmother, but she is probably going to marry that boy who gave her the Horse, she will need all the experience she can get to manage to bridge the world she grew up in with the world she will live her adult life in.Someday there will be someone who needs Granny's cottage and someone who needs Nanny's. But who knows if those stories will be told here on the round world.

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I don't even remember this thread. Each time I was collecting my thoughts into a post, I found I'd already made it.

Mrs G
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I have a prediction for Midnight, but i hope I'm wrong.

Its hinted that Midnight will be the last of the Witch series.

In the last couple of books at that feature Granny and Tiffany there are plenty of references to Witches going 'to the bad', such as Black Alice, when they become too powerful. Indeed, the established older witches seem to wonder why this hasnt already happened to Granny.

I think that whatever the threat in Midnight, the strain may push Granny over the edge into 'the bad' and Tiffany will be the only Witch with the power and guile to subdue her.

Maybe the protaganist will be Esk, but i think that this is a red herring.

I've given this alot of thought, as Granny is easily my favourate character in the whole of literature.

Could someone please come up with reasons why i could be wrong and stop me fretting

I'm not sure Terry would ever deliberately write a final Witch book. I like the idea of Granny battling against going bad though.

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Casadamo, I hadn't thought of that, but it makes a lot of sense! Good theory.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.

I don't think there could ever be a 'final' witches book. Even if (some of) the witches we know about go 'bad', there will still be other witches, who carry on doing the things witches do. They may not be the main feature of a novel, but they'd still be filling their particular niche in Discworld life.

I hope you're correct because i love the witches storyline.

I just worry that because of Terry's illness he may be getting to the point where he's thinking of wrapping some of them up. He cant go on writing forever; we're already seeing less books being released more slowly.

I good ending to a franchise would be more satisfying than leaving it unfinished.

Evil Granny Weatherwax, now there's a scarey prospect.

Talking about wrapping up...

Were the Watch Books officially "wrapped up" by Thud!?

It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.

Not officially, but despite liking the book a lot, many people felt that Vimes' stories were mostly told.

"Hoher Sinn liegt oft im kindischen Spiel." (Friedrich Schiller)

Paul Kidby has completed the final artwork for ISWM and there is a strong rumour is that it could be on the shelves around late June/early July. But you know what runours are like

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, just like grandpa. Not screaming and panicking like his passengers.
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Nice

It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.

Cool! Thanks, Jock.

Mrs G
The Garner who cares.