Yes, how much I hated them, they're just written so well!
And your other point also hits home, I've read or listened to pretty much all of the discworld books at least three times by now and I love it when I come across a character without a name who is just used as a throwaway joke in an earlier book, and then to realise that they are fully fleshed out in the later books.
And your other point also hits home, I've read or listened to pretty much all of the discworld books at least three times by now and I love it when I come across a character without a name who is just used as a throwaway joke in an earlier book, and then to realise that they are fully fleshed out in the later books.