#the ruins of gorlan

[xxlucyxlolaxx]

Where are you Ranger's Apprentice fans?

Did I get black listed from fans or something? no one interacts with me anymore?

[permettez-moi]

In the Ruins of Gorlan, Halt is talking to Will about the boar, and asks/says' something along the lines of 'I don't suppose you have seen many boar hunts?'

And listen, listen, I know Flanny doesn't do much planning ahead so it's all coincidence.

But ofcourse Halt would've seen many boar hunts! At the court! Maybe even participated! His parents might not have taught him how to yield a sword, but, boar hunting is with a spear for fancy people! Pr maybe he'd sit on Declan and just watch from a little distance!

[iwanttobepersephone]

So apparently my mom is gonna read the ruins of gorlan now???? To understand why I love it so much????????

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

[brittanybwrites]

Taking this one slow and it’s good so far.

[ss-hikaru]

I decided to read this cos both my mum and little brother said they liked it. An unusual consensus 😝

It was a very comfy read. While obviously written for a much younger audience, it managed to hit that balance of simplicity without being braindead and therefore enjoyable as an adult reader.

I was a little surprised how easily the bad blood between Will and Horace was settled, but it wasn't a bad thing. It made sense in hindsight as this is very much a set-up novel.

Feels to me that the series will follow the five orphans as they grow up. I love series that do that, so hoping this is the case 😊

[destielblamscilesinfinity]

Hard to remember I like Halt when my boy Will gets worked so hard in Gorlan. I know, part of his training.

[portuguesedisaster]

Re-reading one of my childhood favourites and 20s Carol 100% agrees with late 00s/early 10s Carol: Halt is really cool.

[ragingadhd]

I think this was already sorta addressed in Ruins of Gorlan but I can’t stop thinking about how fucking funny this sequence of events is. Will doesn’t know jack shit about his parents and wants to go to battleschool to feel closer to his father in some way. He is (somewhat brutally) rejected from battleschool. He becomes Halt’s apprentice and he’s like “hey do I get to learn sword fighting? It’s kinda the only thing I have to remember my dead father” and Halt is like “bitch thinks rangers carry swords lol”. And then the next fucking ranger Will meets has a fucking sword.

[findingcrow]

I need EVERYONE to shut up and start TALKING ABOUT THE BOAR SCENE. Book one. Ruins of Gorlan. The first time Will is in real danger, the first time we see WHY he was chosen as a rangers apprentice. The first time that Halt, stern-faced, greybearded, Mr “I hate everything except for coffee and my horse”, Mr “why do apprentices ask so many questions”, shows that he sees Will as more than just an annoying 15 year old. The first time that we get proof that Halt and Will’s relationship is more than mentor & apprentice, that it’s father & son. Will puts himself in the line of danger to save a boy who’s been bullying him for his whole life, and instead of crying out for help and breaking under the pressure of being about to die, he keeps fighting and accepts it. And Halt saves him and Will can’t help the tears of relief that come over him, he can’t help but bury his face in halts cloak. Halt literally jumps off Abelard and hugs him and holds him tight and doesn’t let go. It’s the first time Halt remembers that Will is always going to be in danger. And how Will reacts to Halt saving him shows that even though Halt hasn’t shown any kind emotion to him at all, Will considers him a safe place, a safe person. I hate them and this series they make me sick and it’s awful and it’s all I can ever think about

[biggestqiblifan]

Ruins of Gorlan scene

Anyone going to talk about how Halt dead-ass jumped off Abelard to go comfort Will? This scene needs to be talked about more often.

Alright, here I go with another ranting/tangent.

When we had the boar scene, Will proved the reason why he was a ranger's apprentice. Even though he was going to flipping die, he still fought, he accepted it and went to protect the one guy that had made his life in the Ward a miserable existence, bullied him all ward his life. It sucks that that isn't mentioned more, but anyways, when the first boar came out, Halt neutralized it and basically did nothing.

But then, the second boar came on out, Halt not only killed it, but went to comfort Will. Not giving a fig about what others thought, especially about his tough-guy appearance. He let Will cry into him.

Now, I don't think people get how important physical connection is to a child. Growing up will strangers and adults who don't understand you like your parents would've, if they had been alive, the only touch and hugs that I think the ward kids would've gotten was from each-other. But it's not the same as having an adult hug and support you.

Imagine how comforting it must've been for Will to get that. And Halt too. This scene shows how close Halt already felt to Will, he doesn't connect or comfort anyone like he does with Will. This helped further their father/son relationship. Awesome. But, what did Halt get out of it?

For Halt to rush over like that, imagine how scared he must've felt. Also, not only was it the raw fear of Will dying, but I like to think that Halt was terrified that he'd fail Will's parents.

Also, Halt has been living on his own for several years. And, Ferris had been the favorite, so Halt must've been ignored at sometimes. So this connection was good for both of them.

I mean, when Will went off, Halt felt like he had no purpose. He was just mopin' around, missing his son.

So, this is where we first see Dad Halt. I don't think that the other Battleschool peps comforted Horace the same way Halt did. Halt just dropped everything and ran to protect his boy.

Gotta love that.

Halt would do anything to keep Will from harm. As proven over and over.

How proud do y'all think Halt was of Will after he got over the attack of nearly losing Will. I swear he had a heart-attack.

[xxlucyxlolaxx]

Ranger's Apprentice fans, please vote!

You have one Audible credit, what would you pick? I own these books in paperback (except oakleaf bearers.) and I did listen to them first. "borrowed from someone." Now I have a credit I could use...and not sure what to pick.

[permettez-moi]

Okay so, I'm currently listening to the ruins of Gorlan audiobook, and I find that I notice very different things when listening to it rather than reading

Some things so far:

Aralds apparent suprise at Lady Pauling laughing with the bunny prank. I choose to believe this is not, in fact, Arald being suprised Pauline thinks this funny, as they have known eachother for very long, but more so that Arald is suprised she can't diplomatically surpress it

HALT WAS WEARING HIS CLOAK WHEN WILL STOLE THE PAPER AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE BARON!! You cannot tell me it didn't hide his face full of fears and uncertainty when Will didn't immediately accept his offer, especially because of the sense of debt he undoubtedly has toward will.

[ghost-gathering]

Day 11: risk

[unrestraineddog]

"The Ranger's Apprentice" turns 20 this year!

The first book (the ruins of gorlan) was first released in Australia on November 1, 2004.

I feel.. old.

[rangertessadarling]

it’s so funny to me that the only intimidating villain in this whole goddamn series is morgarath lol

there are like 15 books now, there’s a new villain almost every book— if not ever 2-3 books. but the only one that got good ground on the intimidation factor was Morgarath. why is he the only fucking scary villain in the series make it make sense 😭😭😭