We return to Rincewind and Twoflower on their amazing adventure, just as I return to the internal struggle of cutting out valuable story moments for the sake of the page count.
"For most readers over the decades, “Thunderbolt” Ross has been the preeminent figure representing the military, and always holding that military role in opposition to super-powered people. But from years of being so close to the fire in essence, he’s been burned–he’s become the thing he fought for so long. And he completely did it to himself, he can’t blame anyone else. It leaves him in a very interesting place for a character.
We'll get back Loeb's run later, but here's what came after it and I think we'll all agree, this is sooo much better.