History Heartwarming / Jingo

* The two sons of the feuding fishermen at the beginning have a brief moment of pure understanding that transcends cultural boundaries: being embarrassed about their parents.

* Vetinari giving Colon and Nobby the traffic job promotion. Granted, they are being KickedUpstairs but its the kind of job that they love and its pretty evident that he's giving them a reward for their help.

* It is a small thing, but... Lady Sybil has been occupying her mind with knitting socks for Vimes.

* This may be a minor one, but I really like the relief of the Klatchian commander:

* Both Vimes and Vetinari agreeing that provisions should be made for the families of the dead soldiers.

-->"'Commander' is rather a mouthful. So I have been reminded that a word that originally meant commander was 'Dux'."

* At the end [[TheStoic Vetinari]] [[NotSoStoic knocks over his chair]]. Why? Vimes has called his defusion of the war being "bought and sold" in regards to the volunteer soldiers. And that's the man who was calm and quiet while [[Discworld/MenAtArms being shot]]. There are few things that can make [[MagnificentBastard Vetinari]] lose his calm, and we just learned [[BerserkButton one of them]].

* In a morbid way, the order of alternate-timeline deaths related by the Dis-organizer is an example of Fridge Heartwarming. Detritus dies immediately after Cheery, suggesting he went berserk and demolished the troops who'd killed her without thought for his own defense: a fitting gesture for the troll, who hadn't had the chance to similarly avenge his dwarf friend Cuddy all those years ago. Constable Visit falls as the imp starts to stutter "death of" over and over, which may indicate that "Washpot" spent his last moments fighting side-by-side with other minor Watch members, no longer kept at arms' length for his proselytizing nagging. Dorfl expires just before Carrot, implying that the golem fell while heroically defending the man who'd given him his freedom. And Carrot himself dies just before Vimes does, quite probably by TakingTheBullet for his Commander, much as he'd done for Vetinari in ''Men At Arms'' and for Angua in ''Feet Of Clay''.

* In a morbid way, the order of alternate-timeline deaths related by the Dis-organizer is an example of Fridge Heartwarming. Detritus dies immediately after Cheery, suggesting he went berserk and demolished the troops who'd killed her without thought for his own defense: a fitting gesture for the troll, who hadn't had the chance to similarly avenge his dwarf friend Cuddy all those years ago. Constable Visit falls as the imp starts to stutter "death of" over and over, which may indicate that "Washpot" fell while fighting side-by-side with other minor Watch members, no longer kept at arms' length for his proselytizing nagging. Dorfl expires just before Carrot, implying that the golem fell while heroically defending the man who'd given him his freedom. And Carrot himself dies just before Vimes does, quite probably by TakingTheBullet for his Commander, much as he'd done for Vetinari in ''Men At Arms'' and for Angua in ''Feet Of Clay''.

* In a morbid way, the order of alternate-timeline deaths related by the Dis-organizer is an example of Fridge Heartwarming. Detritus dies immediately after Cheery, suggesting he went berserk and demolished the troops who'd killed her without thought for his own defense: a fitting gesture for the troll, who hadn't had the chance to similarly avenge his dwarf friend Cuddy all those years ago. Constable Visit falls as the imp starts to stutter "death of" over and over, which may indicate that "Washpot" fell while fighting side-by-side with other minor Watch members, no longer kept at arms' length for his proselytizing nagging. Dorfl expires just before Carrot, implying that the golem fell while heroically defending the man who'd given him his freedom. And Carrot himself dies just before Vimes does, quite probably by TakkingTheBullet for his Commander, much as he'd done for Vetinari in ''Men At Arms'' and for Angua in ''Feet Of Clay''.

* At the end [[TheStoic Vetinari]] [[NotSoStoic knocks over his chair]]. Why? Vimes has called his defusion of the war being "bought and sold" in regards to the volunteer soldiers. And that's the man who was calm and quiet while [[MenAtArms being shot]]. There are few things that can make [[MagnificentBastard Vetinari]] lose his calm, and we just learned [[BerserkButton one of them]].
-->“I'm bought and sold, aren't I?” said Vimes, shaking his head. “Bought and sold.”\\
“Not at all,” said Vetinari.\\
“Yes, I am. We all are. Even Rust. And all those poor buggers who went off to get slaughtered. We're not part of the big picture, right? We're just bought and sold.”\\

“Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!” He hesitated, and then shrugged. “And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent.”

“Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!” He hesitated, and then shrugged. “And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent.”

* At the end [[TheStoic Vetinari]] [[NotSoStoic knocks over his chair]]. Why? Vimes has called his defusion of the war "being bought and sold" in regards to the volunteer soldiers. And that's the man who was calm and quiet while [[MenAtArms being shot]]. There are few things that can make [[MagnificentBastard Vetinari]] lose his calm, and we just learned [[BerserkButton one of them]].

* It's mixed with a bit of embarrassment and an uncomfortable feeling, but it's still strangely heartwarming when the crossdressing Nobby, having been denied access to the pub, is approached by the Klatchian women who include him in their group without a second thought.

-->'Er... how long do yo uthink my legs are?'

--> "Good evening, Sir Samuel, and may I say what a nice scarf you're wearing."