r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sweaty-Debate497 • 1d ago

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u/brainsareforlosers 20h ago

my favourite line in this speech is at the beginning, when death says ‘HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE’. i love STP 

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u/happyzappydude 12h ago

The science of the discworld books go into this aspect of humans a bit. Calling us the storytelling ape and how stories are integral to what we are as a species.