The journey has a very Lord of the Rings feel to me. An unlikely band of heroes, adventuring across the land, in search of a great evil that they must defeat.
I know you've finished the book, Jake, so there might be another instance, but I wanted to point out that when Martin is fighting the leader of the Gawtrybe, he's under the influence of the bloodwrath.
I liked the Warden. He was a little obnoxious, but he seems to have an interesting alignment. Lawful for sure, but I can't quite peg him as neutral or good.
Clogg is probably my favorite character. He's a bad guy, but is a lot more diverse than Cluny and Badrang. The voice actor also does a really good job. Maybe he can kill Martin for me and stay alive long enough to kill Mathias.
Rofl I find Clogg comical with his cloggs and his braids. He has a tendency to lose food. I would think Badrang would be more diverse than Clogg since he started out like Clogg and changed to be more land based.
Rowanoak and Ballaw (Tibbar) have the same voice actors as the badger and rabbit in Redwall. I think they be their ancestors. Especially since both rabbits go "what, what" all the time. I have no idea what that is supposed to mean, though.
The wot wot is a typical hare speech pattern throughout the entire series and I don't think voice actors mean anything as far as history since I think the audio books just grab people that Jacques knows to do voices.
It's funny that the assassins killed each other, which in turn helped the slaves escape the second time (third time?). Also, I bet no one would have escaped if Clogg hadn't came along. He has Badrang too distracted.
Brian Jacques loves the trope of having prisoners rescue the leader or someone the leader cares about, which in turn the leader allows the prisoners to go free.
The cliffhanger at the end made me finish the entire book immediately after.
ReplyDeleteI see the cliffhanger did it's job well.
DeleteI know it won't happen, but I wish Martin would get thrown off the cliff. I can't stand the voice actor.
DeleteYou can't fault the character for the voice actor.
DeleteI don't mind his personality. Typical eager hero type. But yeah, voice actor is absolutely terrible.
DeleteThe journey has a very Lord of the Rings feel to me. An unlikely band of heroes, adventuring across the land, in search of a great evil that they must defeat.
ReplyDeleteKind of a common trend with this series. At least one character adventuring across the land. Maybe a parallel plot at the abbey or something.
DeleteI'm glad they didn't spend very long in each unique area. LotR gets dry, with long spells in the exact same boring places.
DeleteI know you've finished the book, Jake, so there might be another instance, but I wanted to point out that when Martin is fighting the leader of the Gawtrybe, he's under the influence of the bloodwrath.
ReplyDeletehttps://redwall.fandom.com/wiki/Bloodwrath
DeleteSo that's a recurring theme across multiple books of the series?
DeleteIt's mostly just a berserker blind rage type thing.
DeleteI liked the Warden. He was a little obnoxious, but he seems to have an interesting alignment. Lawful for sure, but I can't quite peg him as neutral or good.
ReplyDeleteCan you be lawful when you are the law?
DeleteI'd assume that means you have to be lawful. Unless you are a bad enforcer of said law.
DeleteMy question is more of can you be considered an enforcer of the law when you are the law itself.
DeleteJudge, jury, and executioner?
DeleteClogg is probably my favorite character. He's a bad guy, but is a lot more diverse than Cluny and Badrang. The voice actor also does a really good job. Maybe he can kill Martin for me and stay alive long enough to kill Mathias.
ReplyDeleteRofl I find Clogg comical with his cloggs and his braids. He has a tendency to lose food. I would think Badrang would be more diverse than Clogg since he started out like Clogg and changed to be more land based.
DeleteI liked the dynamic between Clogg and Badrang, but he in particular didn't stand out to me notably.
DeleteYeah, but Badrang is completely bad. Clogg has enough personality to make mistakes and be more interesting in general.
DeleteThere's a facet of Badrang's character I'd like to make note of, revealed late in part 3.
DeleteRowanoak and Ballaw (Tibbar) have the same voice actors as the badger and rabbit in Redwall. I think they be their ancestors. Especially since both rabbits go "what, what" all the time. I have no idea what that is supposed to mean, though.
ReplyDeleteThe wot wot is a typical hare speech pattern throughout the entire series and I don't think voice actors mean anything as far as history since I think the audio books just grab people that Jacques knows to do voices.
DeleteI noticed that, but I was curious if that was just a trend shared by all rabbits.
DeleteI feel the need to correct that Basil and Ballaw are Hares, not rabbits.
DeleteIt's funny that the assassins killed each other, which in turn helped the slaves escape the second time (third time?). Also, I bet no one would have escaped if Clogg hadn't came along. He has Badrang too distracted.
ReplyDeleteHe definitely has Badrang distracted and I kept expecting someone on the good side to wind up drinking the poison.
DeleteThat was a very comical bit. An extreme coincidence that barely managed to happen.
DeleteBrian Jacques loves the trope of having prisoners rescue the leader or someone the leader cares about, which in turn the leader allows the prisoners to go free.
ReplyDeleteYou mean like the sparrows and the pygmy shrews?
DeleteYeah, that definitely seems like a trope. Curious if that's going to be a once per book sort of thing.
DeleteI haven't noticed it specifically, but I'm not sure.
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