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Redwall art envisioned as an 80's animated film look. (Milt Kahl / Don Bluth) --- I know nothing abt Redwall. I havent read the books and know very VERY little of its lore. Years ago I remember seeing a tv series but never finished it.

More redwall doodles

Redwall doodles

Martin is learning how to rizz

tsarmina the magnificent, queen of mossflower !! 🐈🌲

So it's been a hot second since I took a break from my full series reread, but I found myself once again thinking about Outcast of Redwall and the raw deal that Veil Sixclaw got.

What kills me is that before the poisoning, the one thing Veil got in trouble for--the only thing, in fact--was stealing. This kid didn't even get into fights, he just stole food from the kitchens, which as Bryony points out is normal Abbey kid behavior. Another character shoots back that stealing is something most kids outgrow implying that the fact that Veil hasn't is suspicious, which is frankly a wild thing to say to the great grand-daughter of Gonff the Mousethief.

(In a kinder version of events, the adults in Veil's life might have shaken their heads with long-suffering fondness and remarked that he was following in his adopted ancestor's footsteps.)

The whole point of Redwall is that it's the woodland utopia where no one goes hungry and everyone has what they need, which is why kids stealing pies off the windowsill is no big deal... except when Veil does it, apparently. Veil's the one that gets physical punishment when he's suspected of stealing--not even proven! I can't recall off the top of my head any incidents in the rest of the series of corporal punishment in Redwall beyond idle threats that the kids know not to take seriously. But Veil gets scrutinized from the moment Redfarl and Skipperjo pick him up out of the mud and they and Bella look at this literal infant and say "oh yeah, he's gonna be evil for sure."

And then a thought occurred to me: it's generational trauma.

Most of the characters in Outcast are two generations removed from the characters in Mossflower. Bella of Brockhall is in both books. Verdauga and Tsarmina are still within living memory. Until the end of Outcast, as far as she knows, Bella lost her entire family to vermin warlords. Mossflower opens on a scene in which a ferret kicks in the door of a family of subsistence farmers, threatens their children with slavery, and takes all their food as taxes leaving them with none for the winter--and the Stickles were the last holdouts. The other farmers in the area had already run off to join the resistance at that point, so this kind of treatment was normal.

And we're left with a close-knit society of people who've grown up with this shared history, with a venerated authority figure who still carries the scars and memories of what they lost--and suddenly another warlord comes within a hairsbreadth of discovering the peaceful society they built in the aftermath, and leaves behind a starving neglected baby whose first impression is eating frogspawn in the mud and biting his rescuers while being the spitting image of the warlord they just narrowly avoided.

All of that gets thrown into this caustic mixture of fear and paranoia that gets projected onto a literal baby and results in their completely out of pocket response to a child taking food from the kitchens in the We Share Everything Abbey.

It also might explain why Bryony, who's young enough to be three generations removed and may have been born after most of the survivors of Kotir had already passed, is the only one who isn't scared and suspicious of Veil on sight.

Beginning my little personal sketch project

it them boys

i forgot that Logalog is from Mossflower... not Legend of Luke. But that's fine. I really wanted to draw him.

“A burning brand shows the way, and each day your flame grows brighter. There is none like you, Matthias. You have the sign of greatness upon you. One day Redwall and all the land will be indebted to you. Matthias, you are a true Warrior.”

-Brian Jacques

who says i am dead, knows not at all i am that is two mice within redwall

(redbubble - matthias - martin - warrior) (ko-fi)

I AM THAT IS

Just realized I should probably post about my own Redwall OCs holdup

Flimmock Wembdon Thustlebush

- he/him

- A hare with the Long Patrol

- A bit more flippant with the rules than he probably should be and is constantly in trouble for it

- Really does love his work though

- Preferred weapon is the spear

Rugla Dinn

- he/she

- A squirrelthief

- Often stops by Salamandastron for a good meal and a quick visit with the boyf (Flimmock) in exchange for relevant scouting information

- Master of accents

- Preferred weapon is the dagger

Wylun Streamroamer

-they/he

-They,,, roam the streams. And rivers. The last name is really on the nose.

-They have a boat! They collect a bunch of doodads and bits and bobs and keep them in there

-terrible at stealth. What with all the bells he adorns himself with

-quarterstaff/straight up fists user

-just a friendly guy!

Thank you for your time 🙏🙏

Hit me up with ur Redwall ocs I wanna practice drawing Creatures

Commission of Lord Brocktree from the Redwall series (with a custom weapon) for a client on Instagram. This was so much fun. :)

Thinking about that post talking about Martin and Tsarmina being foils of each other

inaccurate memories)

Martin with woodlanders: the "quiet kid" of the group. Compliments everyone's skills. Just glad to be here.

Martin when there's something resembling vermins on the horizon: Let the world burn!

The funny thing is that from my childhood I remembered Martin the Warrior as this self-isolated stoic hero. Quiet and calm. Mostly. But he is actually as unstable as Tsarmina. Ready to yell and wreak havoc at any sign of danger. Why didn't I remember this? When I re-read books I was like why are you doing this you are only making it worse!!! 80% of the time.>w< But it's more fun this way.

I'm re-reading Mossflower now. And I feel like talking about the characters and sketching them. But I'm not sure if it's worth spending time on. This fandom looks pretty dead to me. But I still love my crazy dangerous mice!

I can be normal about Vilaya (lie)

Zwilt The Shade and Vilaya  from “The Sable Quean”.

It's freezing where I am right now, which got me thinking--a while back there was chatter about Martin, being from the North, having a particularly thick and fluffy winter coat. As someone with thick and fluffy hair, I am very aware of how dry winters can get. Static inevitably happens. So not just the best bedhead, but also inevitably fluffy and staticky. Accidentally shocking himself while cleaning his sword. Less-accidentally zapping Gonff when passing him a scarf. Just. Staticky Martin.

It is -20 (F) where I am and also have enormously fluffy hair, and so I am right there with you. I spent 10-15 minutes trying to wrestle it this morning before I gave into a hat. 

I am CERTAIN that this is a huge problem for fluffy Redwallers, especially the northerners. Little balls of fur napping together when one of them yelps and the other is all apologies. Squirrel tales become electric weapons. It is also confirmed that Martin is young, and so having fluffy, staticky hair would be the CUTEST (no wonder all the baddies underestimate him). 

all I can think about today is how bad I wanna see a sequel to Taggerung where he's older and him and Nimbalo work out their traumas together and unwittingly fall in love and also along the way there's an insane amount of violence because it's a Redwall story

I’ve been being so normal about Redwall today

(Humans ur mice Humans ur mice Humans ur mice)

Og Rakkety Tam textpost

Horty: don’t worry I’m not homophobic, I’m an ally Horty: that’s why I experience same sex attraction, so I can better understand gay struggle Martha: because you’re an ally? Horty: because I’m ally

Hon Rosie: Listen, Tarquin is great and all but does he have a life plan? Thyme: Rosie, Tarquin doesn’t even have a day plan. I once found a note he wrote to himself that simply said ‘put on pants’ followed by a question mark.

Ok Jumblr,

Can I headcannon a character as Jewish even though they’re fairly explicitly not Jewish?

For context, this is Cornflower Fieldmouse

She lives next to Redwall Abbey, and her husband Matthias is an apprentice monk there when they meet.

Later he becomes a warrior but stays tied to the abbey and swears to protect them. So basically he’s still a monk but he’s a warrior monk now.

They have a kid later, which breaks the vow of celibacy, but this is never addressed so I assume he’s just exempt because he’s a ✨warrior monk✨ (it’s possible this is talked about in the later books as I’ve only read the first two out of twelve as well as seeing all three seasons of the show).

But anyway, it is a CRIME that this woman is not Jewish. Can she be Jewish in my heart, as a treat? Or would that be weird because she’s very heavily implied to be a mouse Christian? (Jesus is never mentioned, the devil is implied through Cluny the Scourge, and they mention G-d in passing, but the only other biblical adjacent figure is Martin the Warrior who is Matthias’ predecessor)

Purely self indulgent character design for Marlfoxes (from Brian Jacques' Redwall novels)..... They're described as 'mottled' and I've never seen anyone show that!

(based off our grey foxes, because they have really fun designs)

WHOOPS THAT’S WHAT I GET FOR DOING THE TAGS BEFORE FINISHING THE BOOK 💀💀. You’re so right, that makes perfect sense.

Brian Jacques, every other paragraph: Sister Armel is PRETTY and INNOCENT and PRETTY and also PRETTY did I mention that she’s PRETTY, a PRETTY maid

Brian Jacques, every other paragraph: Sister Armel is PRETTY and INNOCENT and PRETTY and also PRETTY did I mention that she’s PRETTY, a PRETTY maid

Do your civic duty and vote for Redwall 🙏🙏

Round 1, Poll 8: Redwall vs Warriors

To vote in this poll, you must simply ask yourself what kind of furry you grew up to be (please don't come for me I was a warrior cats kid)

Remember to reblog for a bigger sample size!

Tarquin: If a beautiful woman disagrees with me I will immediately change my views. I have no principles.

Rosie: Well, maybe you should have principles.

Tarquin: You're right maybe I should.

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love this little guy