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Glorious 25 of May
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The Glorious 25 of May is a yearly fandom holiday in the Discworld fandom. The holiday celebrates Discworld and helps raise awareness for alzheimer’s research. Fans typically celebrate the holiday by creating fanart, fanfiction, and other fanworks, as well as wearing lilac (both the colour and the flower).
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| Event: | Holiday |
| Participants: | Fans of Discworld and particularly the City Watch (Discworld Sub-Series) |
| Date(s): | May 25 |
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| Fandom: | Discworld |
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In The Books
In the Discworld books The Glorious 25 of May is a holiday celebrating the people’s revolution. The revolution took place in the book Night Watch, one of the most popular Discworld books in the fandom[1]. In universe the holiday is symbolized with lilac flowers.
Wear The Lilac
After Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with alzheimer’s many fans use the holiday to spread awareness for the disease by wearing lilac flowers[2].
Fan Reactions
love discworld fandom we’re all just chilling quietly until the Glorious 25th Of May when everyone goes nuts reblogging pictures of lilacs and eggs and the same few words and then back to business as usualcubistemoji, 2022 [3]
Example Fanworks
Fanart
- “Damn! Damn! Damn! Every year he forgot.” by zagreuses-art
- And a hard-boiled egg by murphysletsdraw
- Truth! Justice! Freedom! by wilga-art
- it’s time to remember again by higgsbison
- It’s the 25th of May and once more today has crept up on me by mariana-oconnor
Other Holidays
May 25 is also Towel Day in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fandom and Geek Pride Day.
References
- ^ discworldbooksbracket Congratulations to Night Watch for winning the Discworld books bracket June 15, 2023 (retrieved June 15, 2024)
- ^ Match It For Pratchett March 21, 2008 (retrieved June 15, 2024)
- ^ Original tumblr post by cubistemoji, Archived version, with additions by others. Posted 25 May 2022