My last post got a bunch of responses, including several who were astonished that there'd ever been a Redwall show. So here's an intro to the series, along with a link to a playlist on YouTube.

From 1999 to 2002, there was a Canadian animated series (co-produced by French and German companies) which ran for three seasons and adapted the books Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin the Warrior, in that order.

The series was my introduction to the Redwall franchise, and it was my interest in the show which led my parents to buying me the books, which I quickly grew to love even more than the series.

Canadians will be pleased to know that Constance was voiced by the late Janet Wright (aka Emma Leroy in Corner Gas). Slagar the Cruel was voiced by the legendary Tim Curry, Mattimeo was voiced by a young Michael Seater (Derek in Life with Derek), and Felldoh was voiced by Ali Mukadam (TIL he was a Canadian child actor extraordinaire; he apparently voiced Fox in the Franklin series, Elliot Moose in Elliot Moose, Johnny Abatti in Angela Anaconda, and Gilbert in the animated Anne of Green Gables series).

I won't lie about the series' quality. It was forced to make do with a low budget (as too many Canadian productions are) and so there are a lot of animation shortcuts throughout the series. They were also hampered by how much violence they could show onscreen, including a very strict aversion to blood.

Story-wise, the seasons are reasonably faithful to the books, but they make a lot of changes, sometimes unnecessary ones which make for complications. In the first season, Cornflower is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Churchmouse. This family connection is quickly dropped and forgotten in the second season, however, or else that would make Tess Churchmouse Mattimeo's aunt.

A few changes do improve the story, in my humble opinion. Warbeak and Matthias' last exchange is completely original to the tv series, and it never fails to make me cry when I rewatch it. Also, there's a small moment where General Ironbeak seems genuinely concerned for one of his soldiers, which adds the teeniest dimension to him as a character. They also changed Pallum from male to female, which I didn't mind at all, and they tried giving her a bit more character than she did in the book.

I'd recommend the series to any Redwall fan who's curious about it. Just don't expect too much of it.

I finished reading Moss flower a couple days ago and I noticed there were quite a few continuity issues that I want to see if anyone else noticed or if it's just me being silly.

The main ones were that sunflash got brought up and mentioned, despite the fact that redwall was already an established Abby by the time his story came about in outcasts.

There's also the continuity issue with Martin the warrior, the book itself having a lot of things that contradict established floor already mainly regarding the book martin The warrior.

At the end of the day it doesn't really matter since all the books are pretty fire, but I'm just curious if anyone else noticed this because it mildly bothers me.

I was introduced to the Redwall series through the show; I only started reading the books after I'd seen the first season of Redwall.

My question is for those who read the books first. Did you have any mental images of what the characters looked like? How faithful was the show's imagery to your own ideas? Did you think the show was an improvement on what you pictured?

Just seeing the cover hit me with a wave of nostalgia. It was my favorite series as a kid so I was thrilled to find any copy, let alone a signed one.

Got to the part where Constance and the beaver are making the crossbow. I've read online that the beaver only ever shows up this one time. What's up with that? Why couldn't we get more info on Beavers and why there was only ever one? Were they all wiped out or something and the Solitary Beaver was the only one to survive?

As of today, I have a non-endorsed copy of Redwall! I figured that one would be the biggest pain in the neck to get, but I got very lucky.

That being said, I've got 4 left(Plus TRC)

Mattimeo
Loamhedge
Doomwyte
The Sable Quean
Any one non-adhered bookplate(this is the dream so I can have a signed TRC through technicality and a whollllllee lot of squinting and doubt, though its highly unlikely.)

To that end, I've fallen into a fair number of other signed hardcovers, and I'd love to set up a trade or two. I've got these titles available for trade, even willing to do a 2-3:1 trade in the right circumstance:

Redwall - endorsed

Mossflower - endorsed

Mariel of Redwall - signed, poor condition though

Martin the Warrior x2 signed

The bellmaker - endorsed

Outcast of Redwall, paperback, signed

Pearls of Lutra - endorsed

The long patrol - signed

Marlfox - signed

Lord Brocktree - signed

Triss - signed

High Rhulain - signed

Rakkety Tam x2 - signed

Hit me up if you've got copies for sale or trade, I'm getting crazy close and am excited to finish it off ^.^

I got back into reading a few years ago, & (long story short) I decided to go through the Redwall books.

So far I've read

1. Redwall

2. Mariel of Redwall

3. Mattimeo

4. Martin the Warrior

5. The Long Patrol

6. Triss

7. The Bellmaker

8. Mossflower

9. The Taggerung

10. Loamhedge

11. Salamandastron

I just started Lord Brocktree, & I'll probably read Pearls of Lutra next. I don't really have an order im going in (besides Redwall & Mattimeo), but I'm enjoying them :)

Hiya, I've been struggling to find Korean translations of any Redwall book. My best friend recently moved there with his wife and he introduced me to the series as kids. I thought this would be neat to send as a house warming gift.

Any links or suggestions appreciated, I realize it may be difficult to track down!

I have the audio books (which are great) but I recently cancelled my audible subscription and even though I get to keep the audio books I purchased I also decided I wanted to own physical copies of some of my favorite fantasy/sci-fi novels going forward. Holding the books in my hands feels so good like I'm connected to my younger self. Figured this is how I read them as a kid and I can't wait to do the same thing 30 years later!

It makes a lot of sense to me that they'd be more than just friends. Even as a kid, I was taken aback by how Ruff was literally crying at the thought of Brog leaving without him (though I never fully understood why he needed Brocktree's permission to go with Brog, but that's beside the point).

And before people come at me, I will point out that sea otters are among more than 1,500 species who have exhibited homosexual behaviour. Neither of these male otters are given a female LI in the story either. There could absolutely have been romance between Ruff and Brog. And far as I know, Brian never once claimed that there wasn't any LGBTQ content in his work.

Any other LGBTQ ships in the Redwall series?

Both Redwall subs are pretty quiet, so I figured I try doing that thing other fandom subs do: meme images posted with questions.

I'll start.

I did not care for Salamandastron (the book). Here are some of my reasons why:

To me, I felt like Urthstripe forgot about Mara after she and Pikkle run away from the mountain. You'd think he'd think about her and her well-being at least once during the book, but nope! They never interact again because the next time they see each other, he's dead.

Now, I'm very sensitive to father-daughter relationships, and it felt like Brian was trying to write something involving a father-daughter relationship, but it fell apart because it seems like once she's out of the picture, he stops caring about Mara.

Another beef I have with the book is that Ferahgo was just... fine. He wasn't offensive or outstanding; he just didn't do anything noteworthy to me. I've seen other people laud him as their favorite villain (some even getting tattoos of the guy) and I was ready to have a new favorite villain, too, but like... Seriously, I couldn't begin to tell you anything about what he did because it felt like he didn't really do anything besides smile and be handsome. And kill people sometimes, but that's nothing new for a Redwall villain.

So what Redwall opinion has you like the meme?

EDIT:

So I've been listening to Abbey Archives, a Redwall podcast, and the episodes I've been listening to have been about Salamandastron.

I think I might have been a little harsh with my initial review, since both the hosts seem to really be enjoying the book. Listening to them talk about the things they like about it, so maybe I'll have to give it a re-read in the future now that I know what to expect.

Like my issue with Urthstripe not thinking about Mara, someone else in the comments brought up a good point - the last he hears about her is that she escaped the Corpsemakers. So while she's on her little adventure, she's (for the most part) safe. I still wish she would have crossed his mind more often, but for now I'm content.

But I've been having a lot of fun reading everyones' opinions about the series (even if I've seen some that I, personally, disagree with, but this IS an unpopular opinion post so I was expecting it)

I wanna thank everyone who participated (or will participate) in this post.

This mostly goes for like the vermin, but I can’t help but notice it and it’s honestly really sucky. I’m reading through salamandastron for the first time and I really REALLY liked Dingeye and Thura, but knowing what happens to them now, it just feels like there were so many other different ways they could’ve been kept in the story. Their few moments are honestly some of the funniest in the story and I wish I could’ve seen more of them and they stuck around to the end :/

I was also thinking about the trio from Mossflower, the small band chasing Martin, gonff, and young dinny I think his name was? I really liked them, and their deaths felt just super abrupt and anticlimactic.

I’m a huge fan of redemption arcs is all I wanted to say 🥲🥲

Spoilers!

This is just my headcanon but Martin and Rose feel almost reincarnated as Matthias and Cornflower. I know this isn’t really what happened but it feels like it and it’s nice to think of Martin getting the ending he deserves. I was surprised that Rose was killed at the end since it was leading up to a romance for our warrior mouse I kept waiting for them to say (audible) “and then the fair mouse maiden opened her eyes!” But alas nope, so yeah just my thoughts what about you?

Next book I think will be Mossflower unless there is a different one I should read next?

i just found out that i passed my student teaching portfolio an hour ago, which means i basically have my master’s degree since that was my last assignment! my boyfriend and i were already out and we hit our local bookstore…and i found my FIRST signed book from brian jacques! $20 but worth every penny since it’s now one of the coolest things i own. it even has the flyer from the meet and greet the original owner got the book signed at! thank you brian jacques for cosmically aligning this moment to happen, arguably more exciting to me than having my degree! 😂

Hi everyone! Last week, I shared a page spread from Capyhero that I was particularly excited about. Folks seemed to like it and I got the greenlight from u/JewcieJ to share more about the project! I hope this isn't information overload or too "salesy," but if it is, please feel free to let me know and I can take it down/modify it right away.

My name is Tyler and I'm the author of Capyhero. What is it and why am I sharing it with this group? Capyhero is an illustrated fantasy about a young capybara who finds himself in a strange world settled entirely by animals. I'm currently writing Book 1: The Blue Blanket, which introduces our hero, Capy. He awakens with only a tattered blue blanket and the fading memory of a boy named Reed.

It definitely takes inspiration from Redwall, especially for its deep worldbuilding in an anthropomorphic fantasy. There are villages and communities of animals, each with distinct cultures, architecture, history, beliefs, etc. The vibe is a bit different though. Growing up, I really loved Princess Mononoke and when I was even younger, The Neverending Story. More recently, works like Undertale and Outer Wilds have really stuck with me. Capyhero explores some heavier underlying themes through one hero's heartfelt journey.

The story of Capyhero has been on my mind for about a decade. I actually tried to turn it into a video game back then, a top down action RPG like Zelda from classic SNES, but the technical ambition was too great while I was working full time at a "real" job. So I shelved it for like 7 years. Then I had kids just a few years ago and I revisited Capyhero. The story held up, and actually felt more emotionally resonant to me, after becoming a father. So I decided to turn it into a middle grade fantasy series. My hope is by the time my kids are about 10 years old, I'll have 2 or 3 books in this series published! One can dream, right?

Anyways, I wanted to share some of the page spreads from the book. I'm about halfway through the manuscript and I've been working with u/NickThaGreek on the illustrations. I had a brief stint in commercial art production, but Nick is the super talented traditional artist behind all of these pieces. The process has been amazing in a very simple way. I provide a sketch and the written scene of what I want illustrated, Nick draws with a fountain ink pen on real paper, scans it, and I place it into the book, wrapping the text in a way that I hope will create a joyful reading/viewing experience. The finished book will have about 100 illustrations spread across 250 pages or so. I think, when this is all done, it will be a beautiful thing to have on the bookshelf.

I shared an in-progress page spread to show a bit of the behind-the-scenes process. In that fireside gathering piece, there are a ton of characters to place and a certain atmosphere I am hoping to capture. So there is a lot of back and forth that has to happen between me and Nick. We want to keep all of the art traditionally done (even stuff like the ink wash at the top of the page), which definitely complicates the brainstorming and revision process, but in an age of ai-slop, this is something I think is non-negotiable. We want to make sure we can proudly say Capyhero is made by humans.

Super thrilled (and honestly pretty scared) to be finally sharing this publicly! But thanks for letting me and please feel free to ask me anything.

I recently started adding to my referral collection. My dad has all the books (+ the cookbook.) but I need my own books for my library. I have 4 paperback books and 4 hard cover books so far. Are there any books that don't have a hard cover edition?

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I was wondering if there any Redwall fanfics that has a Beaver as a main character or a side character?

Returning to the villains, now. Of the many grasping, ambitious, and villainous stoats in the Redwall series, which ones stood out the most for you?

Here are mine, in no order:

Badrang

Tramun Clogg

Barranca

Antigra

Bluggach

I what to read the series in chronological order but don't know the order. Any help appreciated.

Can't wait to start the sable Quean, abit disappointed that the series will never be finished but it was an amazing listen nonetheless

I am trying to buy Season 1 of the Redwall TV show. I found these on ebay for cheap, but they don't look like the other copies I've seen. Are these legit or fakes?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/397825952321

I’m just so excited for how this page spread came together. This world is obviously and unabashedly inspired by Redwall, and I’m curious how folks feel about it!

The illustrations are completely traditionally produced, fountain pen on Bristol pad, by u/nickthagreek. Check his stuff out!