Susan Sto Helit

if you don't read Terry Pratchett books, this is not going to mean much to you, but Susan is Death's grand-daughter. she's also a school teacher, a strict one who never fails to be obeyed, but who's also capable of taking her class to different corners of the Discworld without physically ever leaving the classroom (a skill i would so like to possess) and who can stop time and walk through walls.

i was just re-reading Thief of Time when it occurred to me that, apart from her supernatural abilities and her general lack of social life, i'm quite like her. there was this part of the text where it explained about her being sensible and how she often hated that aspect of her personality, because often, being sensible didn't even mean you were doing the right thing. and somehow, it just rang so true. which of course doesn't stop us sensible people from being sensible (because someone has to).

due to her special skills and family history, Susan has had trouble finding love. in this book, however, she meets Lobsang, the son of Time and just as mixed up, and at the very end, there is a hint that something might come out of that. so i'm waiting for the next instalment of Susan's life, to see where that takes her.