The Talk: Difference between revisions

** There were two attempts by the older witches in the Lancre Coven to explain it to Magrat (who's almost a [[Chaste Hero]]ine). In ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', Granny Weatherwax quickly decides (as she did with Esk in ''[[Discworld/Equal Rites|Equal Rites]]'') that she's not up to the task, being a [[Celibate Hero]]ine herself. In ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', the decidedly non-celibate Nanny Ogg makes a more spirited attempt which is completely misunderstood ("After the wedding, is what I'm hinting about." "Oh, ''that''. No, most of that's being done by a caterer."), although it later transpires that Magrat was deliberately winding her up (and instead has sent away for a book on the subject, which turns out to be on ''martial arts,'' not marital arts). Verrence instead gets his information from [[Casanova|Casanunda]] and [[Bawdy Song|an interesting song sung by Nanny Ogg]]. They eventually also manage to get a proper book on marital arts; Nanny finds it one day while snooping around in the Royal bedroom. She spends a few productive minutes drawing mustaches on the pictures, which leads to Verence asking where he could buy some false mustaches. They apparently figure it out eventually, as ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]'' starts with the birth of their daughter.

** In ''[[Discworld/The Last Continent|The Last Continent]]'', a group of wizards have to try to explain to the God of Evolution what sex is. It leads to a very, very amusing conversation, and gets even more awkward for the wizards when the normally straitlaced housekeeper, Mrs. Whitlow, volunteers to explain "the facts of life" to the God (and prompts the wizards to wonder, out of morbid curiouity, what Mr. Whitlow's life was like).

** Subverted in ''[[Discworld/Mort|Mort]]'' when the ancient Arch-Wizard Albert tells the titular character that ".. there's some things a lad ought to be tole before he's sixteen." Mort is about to explain that he ''already'' knows about The Talk, but then Albert clarifies he wasn't talking about that.

*** [[Call Back]] in ''[[Discworld/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'', when Albert has a very similar conversation with Mort's daughter, Susan.

** In ''[[Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight|I Shall Wear Midnight]]'', Tiffany finds herself having to ''give'' the talk to Letitia, who doesn't believe her.