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EULALIAAAAA!!!!! (Redwall Thread)
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Wikipedia wrote:Redwall is a series of fantasy novels by Brian Jacques. It is the title of the first book of the series, published in 1986, the name of the Abbey featured in the book, and the name of an animated TV series based on the books Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin The Warrior, first aired in 1999. The books are primarily aimed at children, but have fans of all ages.
The characters in the books are all anthropomorphic animals of some sort, almost all of whom are capable of speech (with a few exceptions like the horse in Redwall), which Jacques renders as various dialects of English. With a few rare exceptions, such as the monitor lizards from The Pearls of Lutra and the Jerbilrats of Loamhedge, the flora and fauna in the Redwall books are all native to Brian Jacques' home nation of Britain.
Despite the fact that Redwall is a fantasy series, it contains no elements of magic. Occasionally, elements of the supernatural or paranormal appear, mainly in two forms. First, the ghost of Martin the Warrior will often appear in dreams or visions to one of the woodland creatures (usually, but not always, an Abbey-dweller) and impart information. The information is always accurate (though often in the form of a riddle that is solved by accident) and is of a nature such that it must have come from the ghost of Martin the Warrior and could not be the result of a creature "solving" a mystery in its sleep and dreaming about Martin the Warrior on its own. Also, some creatures in the books are called "seers" and claim to be able to see the future. While some of these "seers" turn out to be frauds, others such as the seers of Loamhedge, Taggerung and Lord Brocktree are quite real and play a key part in the turning of events in these books. Virtually all of the seers, both real and fraudulent, are vermin, who are generally considered more primitive and superstitious than woodlanders and other goodly creatures. However, in the book Tribes of Redwall Mice, both Martin the Warrior and Abbess Germaine can foresee the future. Also present is the sword of Martin the Warrior, which is believed by many creatures to be magical. This sword was forged from a meteorite's metal at Salamandastron by Badger Lord Boar The Fighter.
Wikipedia wrote:A typical book in the Redwall series details a particular period in the history of Redwall Abbey. In all but a few cases, the book is about the inhabitants of Redwall and the surrounding Mossflower Woods. Usually, there are at least two different stories going on. For example, a typical book may relate the story of a small expedition by a group of woodlanders, as well as the story of a large group of Redwallers at home fending off a vermin horde. Because of the widely spaced storylines (chronologically speaking), very few creatures are mentioned in more than one or two novels, except in a passing historical sense. One notable exception is Martin the Warrior, who appears in all books, even if, most of the time, only in spirit form or no more than as a passing historical mention. Also, Martin's sword appears in all of the novels. Though he is not mentioned by name in Lord Brocktree, Martin does appear, referred in Brocktree's dream as "a young mouse bearing a beautiful sword".
Wikipedia wrote:Other recurring elements and characters in the Redwall series include Badger Lords and Badger Mothers, "Dibbuns" (the Redwall name for toddler woodlanders), the Skipper of Otters, Foremoles, helpful birds, mouth-wateringly detailed descriptions of (almost entirely vegetarian) food, and one or more Log-a-logs (a Log-a-log is a leader of a tribe of shrews).
So far, the published books are:
Redwall (1986)
Mossflower (1988)
Mattimeo (1989)
Mariel of Redwall (1991)
Salamandastron (1992)
Martin the Warrior (1993)
The Bellmaker (1994)
Outcast of Redwall (1995)
The Pearls of Lutra (1996)
The Long Patrol (1997)
Marlfox (1998)
The Legend of Luke (1999)
Lord Brocktree (2000)
The Taggerung (2001)
Triss (2002)
Loamhedge (2003)
Rakkety Tam (2004)
High Rhulain (2005)
Eulalia (2007)
Doomwyte (2008)
Mossflower (1988)
Mattimeo (1989)
Mariel of Redwall (1991)
Salamandastron (1992)
Martin the Warrior (1993)
The Bellmaker (1994)
Outcast of Redwall (1995)
The Pearls of Lutra (1996)
The Long Patrol (1997)
Marlfox (1998)
The Legend of Luke (1999)
Lord Brocktree (2000)
The Taggerung (2001)
Triss (2002)
Loamhedge (2003)
Rakkety Tam (2004)
High Rhulain (2005)
Eulalia (2007)
Doomwyte (2008)
This thread is to discuss how kickass the novels were and how they influenced our childhoods
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until you realized they were the same story over and over again
The only one I remember differing from the formula was The Legend of Luke
Thanks.
So I have three books to get. I haven't read one since Loamhedge.
I loved those books but I haven't looked at them since, like, 3rd grade
I wonder how they've aged
I loved those fucking hares so damn much
i can't remember anything about them besides they had cool covers
Who wants some fucking vittles. I do, fuck yes I do.
Most platoons in action movies and shit have that one snarky british guy
They were all that guy
Mine is a tie between Taggerung, and Pearls of Lutra (sentimental reasons, it was the first one I read).
Also, the moles were awesome too
Badgers vs. Rats?
Badgers would fucking sit on rats.
Boi gum oi shoor loiked my vittles
bo hurrr hurrr hurrrr
It had potatoes and shrimp and shit in it, I think it was an Otter thing.
It tasted like shit.
I want to know where the horses and wagons came from in that one book, don't remember the name.
well yeah, otters are terrible cooks
Mine was GABOOOOLLLL
sometimes the "sal-a-mandastron" chant runs through my head
I stopped at Taggerung and never looked back, because that one, specifically, was like a direct copy of a story in which some rat was taken into Redwall and turned out to actually still be bad.
I think the moral of the story in both books was that it is impossible to be anything but what a stereotype makes you.
also, yeah, I seem to recall Long Patrol being a good one.
That one and like...The Bellmaker or whatever were my favorites.
"A and B the C of D".
There's a whole wiki article on Log-a-Log.
ZING
I just looked at a list of all the books and it turns out I only read about half the series before I decided I was done with it. I guess I caught up to him, and waiting for a new book to come out was too much for my tiny brain. the last one with a familiar title is marlfox, from 1998.
I still remember a few scenes from these books almost 10 years later. I don't even remember most scenes from real life that happened 10 years ago.
BLOODWRATH
Westleys?
Errol Flynns?
Fuckin' moles
Big, strong, unintelligible speech.
Yup, that's Chewie.
Cary Grant perhaps?
Midge Manycoats.