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Anon reads Don Quixote (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Wasn't it a donkey? I think it was named Rocinante? Idk, I read it like 16 years ago.

Edit post-Wikipedia: it was a workhorse, not a donkey, but I nailed the name. I've wondered in the past if Geralt's horse Roach in The Witcher was a nod to Rocinante

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I for some reason thought Don Quixote rode a donkey too... Where'd that come from?

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think his "squire" had one, so maybe they get conflated XD

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 5 days ago

Sancho Panza rode the donkey, Dapple. Though Don Quixote does "ride" the donkey a few times. Rocinante is his usual mount.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Kind of, maybe? But probably not.

In the original, Geralt's horse's name is "Płotka" - has technically the same meaning as Roach (a small, cheap kind of fish), but the term is also sometimes used for easy, inconsequential and irrelevant things.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Good to know! It'd be a cool reference, but I guess it wouldn't really fit with Geralt's character. He's pretty far off from Don Quixote XD