Sorry, a double negative coupled with the possibility of sarcasm means I'm not sure whether you're saying that you found it VERY readable in terms of story, or that you can't read it in terms of appearance.
If the latter, then as bizarrohulk mentions clicking on it will take you to the original page on DeviantArt.
However, in the interests of goodwill, I'll try and post it directly, and retain the link.
Though I don't know if I can fully invest myself in cutesy, light-hearted things involving open flames and er, potential death. I'm still somewhat traumatized by Disney's rendition of "The LIttle Match Girl"...
Yeah, the only thing I disliked about that story was that the Little Matchstick Girl should have been the first one encountered. The three agents of hope match up so well to the Three Ghosts of Christmas, that I'm surprised they didn't do them in the right order.
Nah, she's the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Ghost of Christmas Present is Santa Claus, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is one of the defeated bad guys (I think the Evil Queen from Snow White), since even the wicked have hopes (and indeed, their hopes are just come to fruition more often than most). More specifically, she represents the hope for revenge.
The point of the Matchstick Girl in the story is that hopes die or are killed quite easily. Santa Claus represents the hope of justice (toys for the good, coal for the bad).
The most amazing thing about stuff like the Hogfather is how Pratchett can present such ridiculous material that has such brilliant and moving undertones throughout. Death's speech to Susan at the end, for example. Pratchett is a master of addressing deep concepts within a seemingly silly lark.
Indeed, things like Vimes speech about people (and especially coppers) taking the law into their own hands at the end of "Snuff", or the ancestor worship theology in "Nation"
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If the latter, then as
However, in the interests of goodwill, I'll try and post it directly, and retain the link.
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MURDERER!
Anyway, cute story. I especially like them "holding hands" via a rock held between them.
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Though I don't know if I can fully invest myself in cutesy, light-hearted things involving open flames and er, potential death. I'm still somewhat traumatized by Disney's rendition of "The LIttle Match Girl"...
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"The Hogfather brings presents. There's no better present than a future."
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(said in best Christopher Lee voice... I mean no disrespect to Ian Richardson, but to me Death will ALWAYS be Christopher Lee)
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And this is him as a slip of a thing 43 years ago
And youtube has many more treasures, from Man of La Lancha to Mack the Knife to Name your Poison (which was penned by Richard "Rocky Horror" O'Brien.
Sir Christopher Lee.... must be a serious contender for "Most awesome person currently walking the planet"
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The point of the Matchstick Girl in the story is that hopes die or are killed quite easily. Santa Claus represents the hope of justice (toys for the good, coal for the bad).
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The feels...
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*curls up into a ball*
the feels....