But in the books after that (and particularly by the time you get to Going Postal)? There’s barely a Vetinari scene without him, and there's a major increase in the number of scenes with just the two of them. Suddenly Drumknott is whispering information - and even corrections - in Vetinari’s ear, Vetinari is monologuing to him about philosophy and asking for his opinion, they're doing a double-act to keep visitors on their toes during meetings. They're a team, not just a politician and his secretary.

And I'm thinking about how, after the events of The Truth, Vetinari must have dug for the details on everything that happened. And he must have learned, either from the Watch or Drumknott himself, that Drumknott saw a man who looked like Vetinari attack him, and still argued for Vetinari’s innocence in the incident. That Drumknott chose to distrust the evidence of his own eyes before he would even consider distrusting Vetinari.

How rare must that be, for one of the most powerful political figures on the continent? To have earned that sort of loyalty and trust from someone, that the thought of betrayal never even crossed his mind?

I drew three pictures for a project with cards featuring Discworld characters 😋

Vetinari's teen daughter (from my ai fic (no, i’m not ashamed 🗿)

Coming back to drawing VetVimes turned out to be quite a therapeutic experience. Anyway - look, looook! I've changed the designs a bit, and now everyone finally has proper brow ridges (Ahahah). I might make a comparison post later. After all, almost two years have passed, and for once, I'm actually happy that the progress is visible.

I was going to post this yesterday, but then I thought it didn't quite fit the Valentine's Day theme😅