SPOILERS Commander Sir Samuel Vimes

[FluffyVixen]

I have a sort of love-hate relationship with Vimes. As I read Guards-Guards and Men at arms and currently midway thought Feet of clay I watched with great fascination Vimes rise from the gutter (literal and metaphorical). He is a GREAT cop, possibly the best. He is not smart but he is smart enough to see where and when he is not smart enough. And I can't love him enough for all that... BUT. Every time Vimes goes on his over-the-top egalitarian rumbling my inner voice keeps saying "just shut up already, please", same goes for his fatalism.
Still, one of my favorite parts of the entire series is men at arms culmination, specifically Vimes overcoming and destroying the gonne.

 

[raisindot]

You're still in the early development of Vimes' character. In Men at Arms, Carrot was the protagonist. At that time, Pterry hadn't fully decided whether Carrot or Vimes would end up being the main "cop" of the series. Feet of Clay is the first Watch novel where the Vimes of future novels begins.

 

[=Tamar]

I have never felt that Carrot was the protagonist of MAA. I feel that it is more Angua's book, Angua and Cheery. Carrot goes through some development, and so does Vimes. Really, I think that the true central character of MAA is the Night Watch itself.