Ponder Stibbons - Revision history

Dougnewham at 06:22, 3 April 2024

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	{{Character Data		{{Character Data
	\|title= Ponder Stibbons		\|title= Ponder Stibbons
	\|photo= ~~Pond2~~.jpg\|240px\|''© Paul Kidby''		\|photo= Pond2a.jpg\|240px\|''© Paul Kidby''
	\|name= Ponder Stibbons		\|name= Ponder Stibbons
	\|age= 24 in {{TLC}}		\|age= 24 in {{TLC}}

Perditax: Removed derailing speculation

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	It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.		It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.

	Following the events of ''Lords and Ladies'', Ponder excitedly asks [[Mustrum Ridcully]] for permission to stay on in [[Lancre]], ostensibly to carry out field-study on [[the Dancers]] and their "''iron-loving''" properties. Ridcully has picked up on a gnomic comment made by Granny Weatherwax about "there's young [[Diamanda]] going to be up and about any day now,". He sighs and grants the request. When [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] raises an eyebrow, Ridcully's response (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger wizard unsuccessfully pursued a ''much'' younger witch) is: "''well, I couldn't say no, could I?''" To which Granny Weatherwax shrugs noncommittally and (perhaps thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger witch ran too fast for a ''much'' younger wizard to keep up with her) replies: "''it may come to something, or it may come to nothing''." It is fair to say that at this point Ponder has never even met Diamanda and has no inkling she exists. His reasons for remaining in Lancre are therefore likely to be 100% genuine and academic. Even though history has a way of repeating itself, nothing more is said about any sort of summer romance or interaction between the two, if ever there was any. Perhaps Granny and Mustrum are holding the possibility open, as something that could be instructive to both? As Ponder would have been back at [[Unseen University]] in time for the start of the next term, we have to surmise - if anything happened at all - it was a summer holiday romance. However, this does not preclude the possibility that in sixty years' time, Archchancellor Stibbons might be ruefully remembering a summer and a girl...

	In {{SOD4}} he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.		In {{SOD4}} he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.

AgProv: Ponder's graduation peers.

2016-10-07T23:26:35Z

Ponder's graduation peers.

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	Ponder Stibbons can usually be found in the [[High Energy Magic Building]] where he spends his time fiddling with the fabrics of time and space. He also finds it quite convenient that the senior fellows avoid going there. He is the creator (instigator? bemused attendant?) of the University's super-computer [[Hex]] which is also located in the High-Energy Magic Building.		Ponder Stibbons can usually be found in the [[High Energy Magic Building]] where he spends his time fiddling with the fabrics of time and space. He also finds it quite convenient that the senior fellows avoid going there. He is the creator (instigator? bemused attendant?) of the University's super-computer [[Hex]] which is also located in the High-Energy Magic Building.

	His first appearance is in {{MP}} where he is a student at the Unseen University. His ascension to the [[faculty]] is a result of knocking over a bottle of ink on his final exam and taking the absent [[Victor Tugelbend]]'s instead - an exam that happened to contain only the question "''What is your name?''" One wonders if he's ever thanked Victor for the record test score of 100%.		His first appearance is in {{MP}} where he is a student at the Unseen University. His ascension to the [[faculty]] is a result of knocking over a bottle of ink on his final exam and taking the absent [[Victor Tugelbend]]'s instead - an exam that happened to contain only the question "''What is your name?''" One wonders if he's ever thanked Victor for the record test score of 100%. Other student peers included [[Adrian Turnipseed]] and "Crusty" [[Trussett]].

	When he reappeared in {{LL}} he had become a member of the faculty as [[Reader in Invisible Writings]], investigating the ''in potentia'' books in [[L-space]]. He is now also Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic, in charge of developing all kinds of equipment and heading research activities in the High Energy Magic Building ({{TLH}}) and Praelector. Shortly before the events of {{UA}} he also acquires the title Master of The Traditions; he now holds twelve positions at the university, thus giving him twelve votes on the college council, which he effectively controls as he is a majority all by himself.		When he reappeared in {{LL}} he had become a member of the faculty as [[Reader in Invisible Writings]], investigating the ''in potentia'' books in [[L-space]]. He is now also Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic, in charge of developing all kinds of equipment and heading research activities in the High Energy Magic Building ({{TLH}}) and Praelector. Shortly before the events of {{UA}} he also acquires the title Master of The Traditions; he now holds twelve positions at the university, thus giving him twelve votes on the college council, which he effectively controls as he is a majority all by himself.

Old Dickens: books

2015-11-05T15:42:16Z

books

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	\|books= {{MP}}<br>{{LL}}<br>{{IT}}<br>{{H}}<br>{{TLC}}<br>{{TLH}}<br>{{UA}}<br>{{SOD1}}<br>{{SOD2}}<br>{{SOD3}}<br>{{UA}}<br> {{SOD4}} {{RS}}		\|books= {{MP}}<br>{{LL}}<br>{{IT}}<br>{{H}}<br>{{TLC}}<br>{{TLH}}<br>{{UA}}<br>{{SOD1}}<br>{{SOD2}}<br>{{SOD3}}<br>{{UA}}<br> {{SOD4}}<br>{{RS}}
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Sharlee at 13:23, 9 July 2015

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	\|relatives= ~~It was revealed in~~ {{TLC}} that he was raised by his aunt.		\|relatives= {{TLC}} tells us that he was raised by his aunt. {{UA}} further reveals that Ponder never knew his father.
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	\|marital status= Never married but '''''may''''' have had a holiday romance of the shuffling and slightly embarrassed "''...errrm....''" kind with [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]] while on study-leave in [[Lancre]]. On the other hand, he might not...		\|marital status= Never married but '''''may''''' have had a holiday romance of the shuffling and slightly embarrassed "''...errrm....''" kind with [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]] while on study-leave in [[Lancre]]. On the other hand, he might not...

Old Dickens at 02:15, 9 August 2014

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	{{Character Data		{{Character Data
	\|title= Ponder Stibbons		\|title= Ponder Stibbons
	\|photo= Pond2.jpg\|''© Paul Kidby''		\|photo= Pond2.jpg\|240px\|''© Paul Kidby''
	\|name= Ponder Stibbons		\|name= Ponder Stibbons
	\|age= 24 in {{TLC}}		\|age= 24 in {{TLC}}

AgProv: Rewrite after contextual criticism. I still suspect they might have, though. It's just that there's no objective proof in the Canon.

2014-04-21T20:40:29Z

Rewrite after contextual criticism. I still suspect they might have, though. It's just that there's no objective proof in the Canon.

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	\|marital status= Never married but may have had a holiday romance of the shuffling and slightly embarrassed "''...errrm....''" kind with [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]] while on study-leave in [[Lancre]]		\|marital status= Never married but '''''may''''' have had a holiday romance of the shuffling and slightly embarrassed "''...errrm....''" kind with [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]] while on study-leave in [[Lancre]]. On the other hand, he might not...
	\|books= {{MP}}<br>{{LL}}<br>{{IT}}<br>{{H}}<br>{{TLC}}<br>{{TLH}}<br>{{UA}}<br>{{SOD1}}<br>{{SOD2}}<br>{{SOD3}}<br>{{UA}}<br> {{SOD4}}		\|books= {{MP}}<br>{{LL}}<br>{{IT}}<br>{{H}}<br>{{TLC}}<br>{{TLH}}<br>{{UA}}<br>{{SOD1}}<br>{{SOD2}}<br>{{SOD3}}<br>{{UA}}<br> {{SOD4}} {{RS}}
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	It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.		It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.

	Following the events of ''Lords and Ladies'', Ponder excitedly asks [[Mustrum Ridcully]] for permission to stay on in [[Lancre]], ostensibly to carry out field-study on [[the Dancers]] and their "''iron-loving''" properties. Ridcully~~, who~~ has ~~noticed~~ a ~~certain understanding growing up between Stibbons and~~ [[~~Lucy Tockley\|~~Diamanda]], and ~~who in this respect is older and wiser~~, sighs and grants the request. When [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] raises an eyebrow, Ridcully's response (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger wizard unsuccessfully pursued a ''much'' younger witch) is: "''well, I couldn't say no, could I?''" To which Granny Weatherwax shrugs noncommittally and (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger witch ran too fast for a ''much'' younger wizard to keep up with her) replies: "''it may come to something, or it may come to nothing''."		Following the events of ''Lords and Ladies'', Ponder excitedly asks [[Mustrum Ridcully]] for permission to stay on in [[Lancre]], ostensibly to carry out field-study on [[the Dancers]] and their "''iron-loving''" properties. Ridcully has picked up on a gnomic comment made by Granny Weatherwax about "there's young [[Diamanda]] going to be up and about any day now,". He sighs and grants the request. When [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] raises an eyebrow, Ridcully's response (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger wizard unsuccessfully pursued a ''much'' younger witch) is: "''well, I couldn't say no, could I?''" To which Granny Weatherwax shrugs noncommittally and (perhaps thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger witch ran too fast for a ''much'' younger wizard to keep up with her) replies: "''it may come to something, or it may come to nothing''." It is fair to say that at this point Ponder has never even met Diamanda and has no inkling she exists. His reasons for remaining in Lancre are therefore likely to be 100% genuine and academic. Even though history has a way of repeating itself, nothing more is said about any sort of summer romance or interaction between the two, if ever there was any. Perhaps Granny and Mustrum are holding the possibility open, as something that could be instructive to both? As Ponder would have been back at [[Unseen University]] in time for the start of the next term, we have to surmise - if anything happened at all - it was a summer holiday romance. However, this does not preclude the possibility that in sixty years' time, Archchancellor Stibbons might be ruefully remembering a summer and a girl...

	As Ponder ~~was evidently~~ back at [[Unseen University]] in time for the start of the next term, we have to surmise it was a summer holiday romance. However, this does not preclude the possibility that in sixty years' time Archchancellor Stibbons might be ruefully remembering a summer and a girl...

	In {{SOD4}} he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.		In {{SOD4}} he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.

Old Dickens at 01:49, 7 January 2014

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	Which either means that Terry has written Ponder as greater than he initially comes across, or that two similarly inquisitive minds have both been struck by the terrible thought that the entire universe is empirically knowable and understandable, quantifiable by immutable laws but that the current state of art/science/knowledge/technomancy is not enough for us to actually discover those laws. This is the heartache of all who truly ''ponder'' (hah!) on the Great Mysteries. For those of us who don't, of course, it's quite enough that we know how to make beer and kebabs - or at least that somebody does, and that we are at liberty to partake of them.		Which either means that Terry has written Ponder as greater than he initially comes across, or that two similarly inquisitive minds have both been struck by the terrible thought that the entire universe is empirically knowable and understandable, quantifiable by immutable laws but that the current state of art/science/knowledge/technomancy is not enough for us to actually discover those laws. This is the heartache of all who truly ''ponder'' (hah!) on the Great Mysteries. For those of us who don't, of course, it's quite enough that we know how to make beer and kebabs - or at least that somebody does, and that we are at liberty to partake of them.


	[[Category:Discworld characters\|Stibbons, Ponder]]		[[Category:Discworld characters\|Stibbons, Ponder]]
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	[[Category:Supporting characters\|Stibbons, Ponder]]		[[Category:Supporting characters\|Stibbons, Ponder]]
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	[[de:Ponder Stibbons]]		[[de:Ponder Stibbons]]

Old Dickens: punctuation

2013-09-21T02:57:17Z

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	When he gets the full attention of the fellow wizards he usually completely fails in explaining the topic. Maybe he is unable to verbalise his complex thoughts. On the other hand this may be because it is rather hard to explain quantum physics to someone with the attention span of a 4-year-old. Ponder Stibbons is quite popular with the younger students. He is the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic and Project Co-ordinator for pretty much all the research projects happening at UU.		When he gets the full attention of the fellow wizards he usually completely fails in explaining the topic. Maybe he is unable to verbalise his complex thoughts. On the other hand this may be because it is rather hard to explain quantum physics to someone with the attention span of a 4-year-old. Ponder Stibbons is quite popular with the younger students. He is the Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic and Project Co-ordinator for pretty much all the research projects happening at UU.

	Ponder Stibbons can usually be found in the [[High Energy Magic Building]] where he spends his time fiddling with the fabrics of time and space. He also finds it quite convenient that the senior fellows avoid going there. He is the creator, (instigator? bemused attendant(?),) of the University's super-computer [[Hex]] which is also located in the High-Energy Magic Building.		Ponder Stibbons can usually be found in the [[High Energy Magic Building]] where he spends his time fiddling with the fabrics of time and space. He also finds it quite convenient that the senior fellows avoid going there. He is the creator (instigator? bemused attendant?) of the University's super-computer [[Hex]] which is also located in the High-Energy Magic Building.

	His first appearance is in {{MP}} where he is a student at the Unseen University. His ascension to the [[faculty]] is a result of knocking over a bottle of ink on his final exam and taking the absent [[Victor Tugelbend]]'s instead - an exam that happened to contain only the question "''What is your name?''" One wonders if he's ever thanked Victor for the record test score of 100%.		His first appearance is in {{MP}} where he is a student at the Unseen University. His ascension to the [[faculty]] is a result of knocking over a bottle of ink on his final exam and taking the absent [[Victor Tugelbend]]'s instead - an exam that happened to contain only the question "''What is your name?''" One wonders if he's ever thanked Victor for the record test score of 100%.
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	It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.		It's possible that his unusually high work ethic for a wizard stems from a guilt need to ''be'' as clever as they all think he is - it could also come from the fact that every time he tried to go out during {{MP}} he had a spate of very bad luck, culminating in a Thing from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]] falling on him. It's mentioned in {{TLC}} that Ponder is afraid of heights.

	Following the events of ''Lords and Ladies'', Ponder excitedly asks [[Mustrum Ridcully]] for permission to stay on in [[Lancre]], ostensibly to carry out field-study on [[the Dancers]] and their "''iron-loving''" properties. Ridcully, who has noticed a certain understanding growing up between Stibbons and [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]], and who in this respect is older and wiser, sighs and grants the request. When [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] raises an eyebrow, Ridcully's response, (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger wizard unsuccessfully pursued a ''much'' younger witch,) is; "''well, I couldn't say no, could I?''" To which Granny Weatherwax shrugs noncommittally and, (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger witch ran too fast for a ''much'' younger wizard to keep up with her,) replies; "''it may come to something, or it may come to nothing''."		Following the events of ''Lords and Ladies'', Ponder excitedly asks [[Mustrum Ridcully]] for permission to stay on in [[Lancre]], ostensibly to carry out field-study on [[the Dancers]] and their "''iron-loving''" properties. Ridcully, who has noticed a certain understanding growing up between Stibbons and [[Lucy Tockley\|Diamanda]], and who in this respect is older and wiser, sighs and grants the request. When [[Esmerelda Weatherwax]] raises an eyebrow, Ridcully's response (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger wizard unsuccessfully pursued a ''much'' younger witch) is: "''well, I couldn't say no, could I?''" To which Granny Weatherwax shrugs noncommittally and (thinking of a long-gone summer when a younger witch ran too fast for a ''much'' younger wizard to keep up with her) replies: "''it may come to something, or it may come to nothing''."

	As Ponder was evidently back at [[Unseen University]] in time for the start of the next term, we have to surmise it was a summer holiday romance. However, this does not preclude the possibility that in sixty years' time, Archchancellor Stibbons might be ruefully remembering a summer and a girl...		As Ponder was evidently back at [[Unseen University]] in time for the start of the next term, we have to surmise it was a summer holiday romance. However, this does not preclude the possibility that in sixty years' time Archchancellor Stibbons might be ruefully remembering a summer and a girl...

	In {{SOD4}}, he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.		In {{SOD4}} he has persuaded the University to fund his [[Great Big Thing]], but it malfunctions slightly and drags a Roundworld librarian through L-Space into the Discworld.

	Among his more ambitious projects are:		Among his more ambitious projects are: