#gonff

[wuddshipp]

Hey there, cat. Its them. Ya bois

[halfnekoslair]

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!

[incorrectredwallquotes]

Martin: We have to split up. Gonff: Split up? Split up?! When you split up, the monster hunts you down one at a time. Starting with the good looking comic relief guy: ME!

[stearleart]

Bluth inspired Martin the warrior

Digital illustration of Martin the Warrior from Brian Jacque's Redwall.

[octoagent-ray]

what if I posted legend of luke redwall characters in gacha club and made them do little silly things and uhm they existed and

[localcryptidsteg]

Its Mouse Day my dudes

[captainmirefleck]

blorbo bingo, veil and gonff!!

Yay thanks for the ask!

VEIL MY BOY VEIL!!!

Ahhhh Veil, that poor kid always got the short end of the stick from both the characters in-story and the narrative as a whole. I could fix it with the power of fanfiction. His narrative arc in his own book was crowded out by Sunflash’s (and I love Sunflash but Veil doesn’t even appear until 2/3 of the way through his own book and his arc isn’t given the space it needs to breathe). I am so defensive over that poor kid, he probably wasn’t more than 13/14 and when a kid is always maligned as an outcast and criminal he’s going to behave like that! I don’t blame him for any of the stealing—and frankly, when mice (such as Gonff) are treated as harmlessly mischievous for stealing but a ferret is treated as inherently evil for the same thing, that bothers me. Veil wasn’t evil he was just 13 and lonely, and he deserved a full character arc that made sense and didn’t just reaffirm species essentialism.

Gonff!

Ok. The thing is, I like Gonff! He’s a great little dude! I love his friendship with Martin and his Robin Hood routine! But none of the boxes on the chart really align with any of that. He’s pretty well loved in both the story and fandom. No notes, love him.

[incorrectredwallquotes]

Martin: Are you suggesting we go back home? Boar: It's the smart thing to do. Gonff: Do we look smart to you?

[stearleart]

Redwall Martin 13/12/23

Digital depiction of Martin from Brian Jacque's Redwall Series! I drew this with Krita.

[octoagent-ray]

oh my goodness gracious me

guess who just finished playing the Redwall mobile game "the lost legends of redwall"

I'm specifically coming on here bc nobody is talking about it and it's got some of my favourite characters ever, probably because it's a game and you can feel a lot more in tune with the characters or something yadda yadda

anyways I just went through such an emotional roller-coaster with the last story specifically. for some context it's another version of the "escape the gloomer" Redwall mobile game. I have so much emotional attachment towards the main otter Gillig I literally can't stop thinking about him, I used to play escape the gloomer all the time but I never got to finish it because you have to pay to play most of the game- but literally as soon as I saw "Gillig" in the description for the story I was like "WAIT A MINUTE YOU MEAN MY BOY?? MY SWEET ANGEL WHO CAN DO NO WRONG???!"

I love this stupid little otter so much

But anyways here's spoilers so if you were planning on playing this pls scroll past

The ending literally shook me to my core

Do you understand how many times I died trying to succeed in this mission 😭 I swear I was sat debating over which option would get me in the least trouble at every decision. And can I just say for a moment how much shit Gillig went through, attacked by snakes, cats, insane water rats and probably more?! And I also want to say that Skipper calls him KID. HE'S ONLY A WEAN, I know that media does that where they say kid just because one person is older, and it's not always because the person is an actual child. But I can't think of anything that hinted towards how old this little guy is (obvi ik that its an older time period and all the other characters were probably incredibly young when fighting huge searats and stuff *stares directly at Matthias* but let me cook)

All of the gloomer fight scenes had me SWEATING. every scene had me on the edge of my seat. Especially in the final battle where they're fighting underwater and the gloomer bites to bone in Gillig's shoulder and he states that it goes numb and he can't feel it. I was so worried for him the whole time.

AND THEN AT THE END SKIPPER JUST PULL HIM TO THE SIDE AND BASICALLY SAYS HE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THAT FOR NOTHING. My jaw dropped so fast like bro is not serious rn, but I forgive Skipper because he didn't know the bloody gloomer lived and he said he wouldn't have sent him down there if he'd known.

Also Skipper is such a good leader man I love him, AND THE WHOLE STORY WAS BASICALLY GILLIG TRYING TO MAKE SKIPPER PROUD. When Skipper said he was proud at the end I was Joyous, I'm proud of him too Skipper.

Sorry 4 the long post I can't help myself sometimes 😔💔

Shout out to Gloria for carrying our ass across the finish line and basically carrying the entire plot. ❤️❤️❤️

[lostmidnightwriter]

Redwall Abbey's peaceful life: *disturbed*

Martin the Warrior's ghost:

[boredkitt545]

Mossflower was actually my introduction to Redwall, followed closely by Pearls of Lutra (My mom saw cute animals on the covers, and figured the books were appropriate for young me. Under most circumstances they probably wouldn't have been, but my first foray into reading for fun was Bruce Coville, so I was no stranger to sociopathic villians lol)

Both books have a main character named Martin, so I went into Lutra expecting my babies Ashleg, timbal, and Gonff to be in there. Gonff and Timbal were Martin's ride-or-dies, and I figured there was no way they were going to leave my og fave morally grey vermin out of the next book! I remember being sooooo disappointed when I found out that Lutra had an entirely different cast of characters!

Mossflower has so much going for it, like I’m not even being biased because my blorbo is in it. I will die on the hill of it being Best Redwall Book for several reasons.

-It’s as early Redwall as you can get without actually being Book 1. As such, it avoids a lot of subjects and patterns that would later become repetitive tropes… but it also avoids the Book 1 jankiness of horses and human structures and the implied existence of Portugal. The world as we will come to know it feels more or less fully realized here. The abbey’s not here yet, but its foundation literally is- and we also get our first look at Salamandastron and the extent of Mossflower Wood as a whole.

-It has some of the most solid protagonists around. The legendary hero Martin is here, but he’s at a low point for most of the story and has to work his way up to that legacy! And this is where he does it, this is what future Redwallers remember him for, not the events of Martin the Warrior. Also, Gonff is here? Hello? Maybe the single most charismatic character in the series? Not to mention Dinny, how often does a humble mole actually get to go on a quest in these books?

-This isn’t even getting into how badass all the rest of the woodlanders are, too, but… they absolutely are. This is a small band of rebels that’s been driven from their little houses, they don’t have the luxury of those huge sandstone walls to protect them, but they’re still fighting like hell and outsmarting their enemies to boot. Some of them are seasoned fighters, but some of them are just ordinary families, all banding together to take back their homeland. And they keep it up the whole time! They’re not just waiting around for a guy with a sword to tell them what to do!

-The villains are probably the most nuanced in the whole series. Seriously. There are four whole wildcats here (don’t forget Sandingomm!) and only ONE of them is unquestionably evil. It’s absolutely implied that Verdauga was a fearsome warlord in his day, but if nothing else, he raised ONE kid who turned out to be about as Lawful Good as you can get, and he actually scolds Tsarmina for being mean to her brother!! I wish we could have spent a little more time with Verdauga, honestly, I have so many questions for this man.

-There are a decent handful of morally grey characters here, actually. Chibb spies for the woodlanders, but he’s not the most dependable and is motivated by payment more than sympathy to their cause. Snakefish allies with our questing heroes, but he minces no words in warning them that he’ll just as soon eat them if it comes down to it. Even Argulor is really just out here looking for a bite to eat and can you really blame him, because ashleg is a snack

-Tsarmina herself is irredeemably cruel, but even still there are multiple facets to her. On one hand, she’s scary- big and powerful and ready to rip into anything/anyone with her bare claws. At the same time she can be a clever strategist when she wants to be- poisoning her father and framing her brother, and later manipulating two of her obstacles, Argulor and Bane, into taking each other out. And still yet it can be kind of funny to watch her in action, as she gets humiliated by the resistance on multiple occasions. And maybe there is even a little pathos there, as we see her mind start to slip, and get some glimpse into the deep fear and paranoia that completely overtake her at the end.

-There are just great supporting characters on both sides. Mask is amazing, Fortunata is fantastic. And yeah, Blorbo Supreme Ashleg is here, and I don’t NEED to write a whole essay about him to promote Mossflower as a whole but… having him here is nice! It helps!! May we all follow his example and pursue happier lives for ourselves!!!

-Mossflower laid the foundation for so many events and characters of later books. I mean yeah, it’s a prequel. It’s there to support the first book and by extension, everything that comes after. But so many other great titles in the series have a direct line to Mossflower, from Outcast to Long Patrol to Lord Brocktree and more. Did you enjoy those books? You’re welcome. The threads were already there, just waiting to be expanded upon.

-at one point a wooden leg gets used as a projectile weapon and if you don’t think that’s the best thing ever, I don’t know what else to tell you buddy

[redwalltournaments]

Do Not Separate, Winner

Unsurprisingly I believe, our winner for best set of friends in all of Redwall is of course Martin & Gonff!

Next tournament is Best Wielder of Martin’s Sword That Is Not Martin. I should get the first round up in the next couple of days!

[stearleart]

Gonff The Mousethief 27/09/23

Digital depiction of the irrepressible Gonff, the mousethief, from Brian Jacque's story, Mossflower.

[morsemarten]

2024 is their year! I'm sure of it!

Martin The Warrior/Gonff The Mousethief 2016

Cryptic riddles, stolen pies, and merry flute music for everyone.