SPOILERS Going Postal Discussion *Spoilers*
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raisindot said:
Tonyblack said:
I agree - Moist is not a particularly sympathetic character to start with, but he grows during the book and discovers a side of himself that he didn't realise he had. He realises that he can use his 'talents' for good purposes instead of just taking advantage of people. 
By the end of the story, he may have become a respectable businessesman, but, from a moral point of view, his only major change is that instead of grifting on a small scale for petty self-satisfaction, he grifts on a large scale not because he really cares about the Grand Trunk, but because he wants to pull the ultimate gift on the penultimate grifter, Reacher Gilt. Moist's grift is a personal vendetta, not a righteous crusade, and he's the first to admit it.
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I thought Moist was brilliant. Despite the vast array of characters from the DW series, Moist is one of my favourites. OK, he is a swindler, a con man, a thief, a habitual liar, he cheats, he robs, (OK, fair enough, I can see why some might find him despicable), and generally takes what he can from the unsuspecting marks he finds. However, one thing that these marks generally do suspect is that they are getting something for nothing. That they may well just be actually getting that nice big fat sausage to go with the sizzle. Moist played on this greed, (Forgery not withstanding of course 
), and exploited it. (One of the reasons the BBC series Hustle was so popular).
And of course, in his own words he's not Reacher Gilt. That's important.
), and exploited it. (One of the reasons the BBC series Hustle was so popular).And of course, in his own words he's not Reacher Gilt. That's important.
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