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| - In the first episode, Lord Valentine meets with Lady Amelia to confess his love to her, but she rebuffs him. Lord Valentine protests this however, and demands to know the reason behind her rejection. She reveals that she is Lord Valentine's long-lost sister, and the episode ends on that note. During the second episode, Lord Valentine attempts to woo Lady Amelia, and while she is about to reveal something, she loses the nerve and flees. Valentine calls after her, but she is gone, and the episodes ends after Valentine gives up on calling after her.
- The book is a follow up to Witches Abroad. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick return home to the little mountain kingdom of Lancre, where they discover that amateur practitioners of witchcraft have weakened the fabric of fantasy. Elves manage to break through, and must be defeated. According to Pratchett himself, this is one of the few Discworld novels that cannot stand on its own; one needs to have read the previous two books in the Witches sub-series, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad, to have a proper understanding of the characters and their relation to each other.
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| - The book is a follow up to Witches Abroad. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick return home to the little mountain kingdom of Lancre, where they discover that amateur practitioners of witchcraft have weakened the fabric of fantasy. Elves manage to break through, and must be defeated. The plot turns on Magrat's wedding to King Verence II, and her misgivings about it. The plot includes several elements of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, and quotes lines from various folk songs about elves. The sub-plot includes the Unseen University wizards, mainly Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, the Bursar and the Librarian. According to Pratchett himself, this is one of the few Discworld novels that cannot stand on its own; one needs to have read the previous two books in the Witches sub-series, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad, to have a proper understanding of the characters and their relation to each other.
- In the first episode, Lord Valentine meets with Lady Amelia to confess his love to her, but she rebuffs him. Lord Valentine protests this however, and demands to know the reason behind her rejection. She reveals that she is Lord Valentine's long-lost sister, and the episode ends on that note. During the second episode, Lord Valentine attempts to woo Lady Amelia, and while she is about to reveal something, she loses the nerve and flees. Valentine calls after her, but she is gone, and the episodes ends after Valentine gives up on calling after her. The third episode begins with Lord Jack, Valentine's older brother, confronting Valentine on supposedly sneaking around, in addition to being involved with "that wench...a pirate's daughter", and how the affair is killing their father. Jack then threatens his brother, saying that if their father dies, he will inherit the family fortune and cut Valentine off from his family's wealth. The younger lord storms off, as Jack cackles and repeats his threat: "that and worse." Episode four begins with Jack pleading to his mother on what to do about Valentine. The mother begins to scheme, telling Jack that Lady Amelia must be stopped from further "blinding" her son with love, even if it goes as far as murder. Jack's "Mama" dismisses him telling him to do what must be done, and as Jack leaves, the episode ends. The beginning of episode five opens with Valentine arguing with his older brother, promising that he will marry Lady Amelia no matter what. Jack and Valentine begin dueling with swords, and then Lady Amelia arrives, pleading for the brothers to stop fighting. The fight quickly ends as Valentine kills Jack accidentally, and as both Lord Valentine and Lady Amelia lament over Jack's passing, the episode concludes. Episode Six begins with Valentine and Amelia being taken to Jack and Valentine's mother. She threatens that they will pay for Jack's death. Offering Amelia some wine and Valentine realizing that it's poison he takes it from her and drinks it himself, ensuring that Amelia will live instead. A fire breaks out from the wine being thrown into the fireplace, and both the mother and Valentine perish, allowing Amelia to escape a fiery death. The season finale reveals that Lady Amelia did, in fact survive the fire and she reminisces about Lord Valentine and how he helped her become the woman she is now. She also reveals that she has since had Valentine's child, describing the child as his "greatest treasure" to her. The season finale ends as she hears Lord Valentine's voice one last time in her mind: My Lady..." Amor e Damas seems to be a Brazilian version of Lords and Ladies in a modern setting. The episodes opens with Lorenzo and Amélia in their apartment, expressing their love for one another as well as for their unborn child. Suddenly a woman named Marina bursts in, and declares her love for Lorenzo. He cannot contain himself either, and expresses his love for Marina while telling Amélia he doesn't love her anymore. The two women begin fighting verbally, leading to them fighting physically. Amélia then begins to give birth, apparently due to her getting so worked up. She then gives birth to the Curupira, a creature of Brazilian folklore; the episode closes on all three of them looking shocked at what they had just witnessed. Note: a rough translation of the episode can be found in the About tab on the Amor e Damas video page (link HERE).
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