Hogfather bathroom scene

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Hogfather bathroom scene


Another thought from the podcast, the bathroom. I'd wondered about that. I went back to the text a few weeks ago and pondered it through. In conclusion I think TP intended (whether it worked or not is, as usual, another matter of course) it as contributing to


1.Imagery. 


Theme of doors, locked ones in particular. Dr Downey has 2 visits in succession without use of the best protected door ever (auditors and Téatimé), and the gold goes into a locked vault. Téatimé appears to enter the "bar" without coming through the door, and he is obsessed about opening the tower door even though he has accomplished his commission of dealing with the HF. Susan inadvertently goes through locked doors at the UU and the YMPA. Death looks out through a locked door at the shack to ask Albert how to open it. The children come through the nursery door, Susan deals with the bogey in the cellar behind a shut door. Inconsequential unless coming and going through doorways is a theme.

Plot - the finding of the verruca gnome leads directly to Ridcully going over to consult Hex.


2. Characters. 


Wizards are weather cocks, litmus paper, of what's going on in the magic world as spelled out in Soul Music.


3. Plot. 


A Place for Ridcully to find the verruca gnome, put it in his pocket,  and go to consult Hex with it. Makes the link with other appearances of household gods. Knowledge about them shoehorned in just for the pleasure lol


4. Feature vehicle 


Fan popular mention of B.S.J. and a (probably) coarse allusion. 

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