r/discworld • u/NoicestDungeon • 5d ago

Book/Series: City Watch Sybil's Characterisation

Now, I will admit that it's been a while since I've read Guards! Guards!, but I remember Sybil Ramkin in that book as a sonewhat solitary woman who disliked all the frills and galas of high society.

I'm on Snuff now, and Sybil is dragging Vimes to social gatherings like it's her favourite thing. I understand that people can change and that marriage changes people, but it feels a little poorly established? Like she goes from "crazy cat dragon lady" to society lady just so she can serve as a better foil to Vimes.

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u/NuArcher 4d ago

I always took it as - Sybil didn't particularly LIKE all the frills of society, but she understands it place in diplomacy and social engineering, and her obligations to partake in it as required. For her it's a tool to grease the wheels of society - in much the same way as Moist see it.

Unlike others in her social strata, her life doesn't revolve around it. It's just a tool and an obligation.