#redwall mattimeo

[knightofthenewrepublic]

Just the warrior family, casually ending villains’ careers!

[grimewart]

tim curry fox freak

[spanakorizzo]

[incorrectredwallquotes]

Cornflower: I say "Please" and "Thank you" in front of Mattimeo all the time, and he never repeats it. Cornflower: But I call Warbeak "Ass-faced motherfucker" ONE TIME...

[stearleart]

Badger Lord in the making

Digital illustration of a future badger lord of Salamandastron from Brian Jacque's Redwall series.

[trashrat11]

The true villain of Mattimeo

[moonybadger]

🐭♥️🐭 Redwall Mouse love 🐭♥️🐭

I was planning to do more Redwall pairings before posting, but I got impatient lol

[pitviperofdoom]

Another fun character archetype in the Redwall series: the often unusually competent toddler that helps drive the plot.

In Redwall it was Sam Squirrel, in Mossflower we had pretty much all the Stickle kids, and now in Mattimeo there's Rollo Bankvole. Sam pretty much carried the plot of Redwall with half his paw jammed into his mouth; Ferdy, Coggs, Spike, and Posy basically played different parts in springing Gingivere from Kotir's dungeon, and Rollo's already out here solving the riddle of the week with baby logic.

I love it. It's not like the series is short on Kid Heroes otherwise, Mattimeo's nothing but kid heroes, but for some reason BJ kept having babies and toddlers play key roles his plots, and it's so good every time. Can't wait to read about baby Dumble beating up crows in Salamandastron.

[rose-of-redwall]

Thoughts on Slagar

I was talking with my lovely partner about Slagar the Cruel. He hasn't read the books, but he's absorbed enough from my ramblings and things to form his own thoughts (:)). Slagar always seems to be a fan favorite of those who only know just some about Redwall, which I think is great. Slagar is great (awful).

The conversation started with me saying "Do you remember Chickenhound/Slagar?"

He says "Of course. He's the one with the cool checkered mask right?"

"Yes he's the one with the mask. So, same dude [Chickenhound and Slagar (spoilers, haha)], right? I HATE Chickenhound, but I think Slagar is so great I love him."

So that's point one, I think it's kind of funny about me. Slagar is so fun and evil and camp, but I will just never ever forgive Chickenhound for being stupid and the worst.

Then, boyfriend had some really interesting thoughts that I'd like to share! Thoughts from a new audience, if you will.

"The checkered mask and cape is so cool because it completely conceals the very defining features of a fox, like the shape of the head and the bright orange color, but it does it by replacing it with such a striking pattern that it also erases the shape of him. But it’s so unique and so bold, even more so than a fox. He stands out so much yet is so mysterious and anonymous. Very fey." I said, "AND it conceals his broken face. So it replaces something he hates with something recognizably scary but also costumey. I don't know how to explain, but it’s powerful and monstrous because it’s so fun but at the same time he’s so cruel." Boyfriend says: "It does more than that, it makes him a new kind of beautiful. (I’m just projecting and romanticizing though it’s your book you know more.)"

I wanted to share because I thought this was so interesting! Thank you, goodbeasts all!

[total-fucking-freakshow]

Slagar the Cruel but like more vibrant

[redwalltournaments]

This is now my blog for any Redwall themed tournaments I feel like doing or that anyone else may suggest. Best Villain and Most Tragic Death have been done elsewhere but anything else is fair game.

Same mod as @incorrectredwallquotes

Starting out simple with best Redwall book. In order to make the math pretty I’ve included The Great Redwall Feast and A Redwall Winters Tale, additionally the semi-finals will feature triple contestants. Polls will last a week to get some traction.

Match Ups Round 1:

Redwall vs. Eualia Winner: Redwall

Lord Brocktree vs. Marlfox Winner: Marlfox

The Long Patrol vs. Mariel of Redwall Winner: Mariel of Redwall

Rakkety Tam vs. Martin the Warrior Winner: Martin the Warrior

Triss vs. A Redwall Winters Tale Winner: Triss

Mattimeo vs. Outcast of Redwall Winner: Mattimeo

Salamandastron vs. High Rhulain Winner: Salamandastron

Pearls of Lutra vs. Doomwyte Winner: Pearls of Lutra

The Bellmaker vs. Mossflower Winner: Mossflower

The Great Redwall Feast vs. The Sable Quean Winner: The Sable Quean

Loamhedge vs. The Taggerung Winner: The Taggerung

Legend of Luke vs. The Rogue Crew Winner: Legend of Luke

Match Ups Round 2:

Redwall vs. Marlfox Winner: Redwall

Mariel of Redwall vs. Martin the Warrior Winner: Martin the Warrior

Triss vs. Mattimeo Winner: Mattimeo

Salamandastron vs. Pearls of Lutra Winner: Pearls of Lutra

Mossflower vs. The Sable Quean Winner: Mossflower

The Taggerung vs. Legend of Luke Winner: The Taggerung

Match Ups Round 3:

For this round only one contestant will be eliminated, the remaining two contestants will swap competitors and move onto the semi-finals.

Redwall vs. Martin the Warrior vs. Mattimeo Eliminated: Mattimeo

Pearls of Lutra vs. Mossflower vs. The Taggerung Eliminated: Pearls of Lutra

Match Ups Semi-Finals

Contestants have swapped competitors to avoid going against the same book as the previous round.

Martin the Warrior vs. The Taggerung

Redwall vs. Mossflower

Finals

Martin the Warrior vs. Mossflower

[asongaboutpirates]

Marvel can try all they want but they'll never match the plot twist of children book author Brian Jacques when it was revealed that Slagar the Cruel was, in fact, Chickenhound. Ten-year-old me was shook.

[swan2swan]

Yeah I believe that was Taggerung? RedWall had so many good stories.

100% that one

And, yeah, it had a lot of good stories, but the brilliance of that one was that SO MANY of the stories had those Convenient Reunions. Those Earned Happy Endings. The end of suffering.

That one said "Lol, nope. NOT THIS TIME. Also we're killing off a character from a prior book for the first time since Mattimeo."

[spanakorizzo]

More redwall doodles

[incorrectredwallquotes]

Mattimeo: Let's all agree that going up the stairs on all fours is actually the best experience on earth. Jube: Conversely, going down the stairs on all fours is actually the most terrifying experience on earth.

[stearleart]

Standing his ground

Digital illustration depicting Matthias, from Brian Jacques' Redwall, standing his ground against some villain or other.