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it them boys

i forgot that Logalog is from Mossflower... not Legend of Luke. But that's fine. I really wanted to draw him.

#not my art #LOVE #big fan of how theyre drawn here

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run lil’ tiny fuckin’ mouse run

One of the few things I’ve gotten done recently because I keep bouncing between different artwork and writing like I’m a bunny doing the thing where they boing and twist in the air when they’re excited

#not my art #!!!!

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tried messing with a new-ish watermark that's just a revamp of my old one. What are the thoughts on it?

#not my art #looks GAY!!!! (awesome)

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I AM THAT IS

#not my art

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WIP - "Scud at Work" (2023) - 005 Micron Black on Bristol Paper

#not my art #!!!

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"...Remembering..." (2024) - 005 Micron Black, Red Paint Sharpie, Black Sharpie, Black Ballpoint Gel Pen on Bristol Paper

#not my art #i really liek dis.. scratches my brain smile

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Finished colouring my favourite character in The Scout and definitely deserved a better ending

#not my art #dis looks sooo good

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Long time no Redwall :) Wanted to draw the two to see if I still could!!

#not my art #HEART EYES

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1-4th wolves i’ve played in wolfquest ! only sunset is still alive but not for long .

cruicead is roean’s daughter, and her son starling is set to continue their legacy when saga comes out :D

flax was my first ironwolf, little did i know i wouldn’t be able to play the game on anything but iron/accurate in a few months LOL.

#not my art #wolfquest #cutesit beasts..

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#not my art #wolfquest

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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!

#not my art #SO SILLAY <3

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bf bought redwall books for me… ^_^ thought would be niceys to upload some photos

#uses art blog as personal blog / redwall blog #excited to read both…!!! #i also just collect the books in general yay (says as he has only like 7) #gonna get books i havent read first ^_^ unless taggerung or salamandastron tempt me too much #maybe i should have personal rambleys tag #nory squeaks #<- tempt unless i cant fink of smth better

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Martin the Warrior is a masc he/him lesbian and his relationship with Rose of Noonvale is Yuri. Change my mind. Oh, right. YOU CAN'T.

#beautiful world

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Bolo Scrimpaw rambly thoughts

Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout spoilers below

Even though it’s been around a week since I finished the game, the Scrimpaw’s storyline still disappoints me so much. I love Bolo and Valo and they’re two of my favourite characters in the entire game but the way we didn’t even get an ending to their storyline irks me. It doesn’t even have to be a happy one, just one that has a proper conclusion.

Given the climate and attitude of the Redwall world, their storyline was probably going to end poorly regardless especially given Bolo’s thought process and the fact that the game implies he knows about Veil, but it was one I wish was discussed more. In universe, it makes sense that nobeast really talks about Bolo after he betrays the group, but the entire time afterwards the only thing on my mind was worrying about what will happen to Bolo and Valo.

Objectively speaking, Bolo’s decision was still a very poor one, but it was one that was clearly very emotionally driven and has been weighing on his mind for a while. Looking at the events in his perspective, it’s reasonable (not excusable, just reasonable) why he did what he did. Other vermin animals don’t like his family and most woodlanders are still very distrustful, which justifies the fact that his first reaction to strangers is to treat them with hostility. Joining up with a vermin horde at least ensures some level of kinship and protection that he doesn’t have. I’ve also noticed that all of the weapons are kept in his room and Mila mentions Bolo saving her from a bird, so he’s most likely the “defender” of the family and one of the ones who screens any strangers along with his father.

Something that also bugged me throughout the game was the way Liam (I’m unsure how much dialogue changes between Liam and Sophia so for disclosure, I played as Liam) kept insisting that Mila wasn’t vermin because she was good and that Redwall Abbey will trust her. From what we’ve seen in the books, that’s an objectively dangerous assumption to make, even if the end of the game shows that they are willing to trust Mila. However, I still have a problem with Liam trying to deny Mila’s “vermin-ness”. I didn’t think much of it at first because Redwall uses vermin interchangeably to mean both the vermin animals and evil beasts (which says something in of itself) but then Liam almost mistakingly calls Mila and her family “vermin” in front of her face in the Winsome Wraith, thus implying that it’s used as both here too. Laban and Liam’s optional conversation before crossing the river supports this too, Laban still calls them vermin even though he doesn’t have malice towards them. It bugs me because at the end of the game, Liam’s takeaway is that Mila and Valo are the exception to the rule “all vermin are evil” when that rule still shouldn’t be a thing in the first place. I realise this is essentially a large societal issue in the Redwall world and something that can’t be easily changed in like, two days (from my math, the main story takes place in about four days with the Scrimpaw’s being met in the third day), but Liam’s insistence that Mila and Valo aren’t vermin while still saying that all vermin are dangerous still feels wrong to me. Liam shutting down Glimber when he suggests that Mila may be turned down annoys me too.

This ties into my thoughts about Bolo in the way that, his thinking isn’t wrong. Mila and Valo may be the exception to the rule but the rule still exists. By default, because he’s a stoat he’ll always be seen as dangerous. Most of all, he’s just a teenager. He’s obviously not going to make good decisions, in fact he picked a very stupid and selfish one, but I still don’t hate him for doing what he did.

The sections at the Winsome Wraith show a deeply distrustful character while his worries are brushed aside as teenage moodiness. Most of his anger in his sections stems from his distrust of Liam and it’s not helped that most of your dialogue options keep bringing up the fact that nobeast trusts his family, his living conditions aren’t that great, or his mom is dead. The fact that the mice are being actively hunted doesn’t help either.

There’s so much ideas that could be explored with Bolo but unlike Valo and Mila, he vanishes for most of the third act so we don’t get as much insight or dialogue opportunities with him. In the end, he isn’t even given a proper ending. Some mouse just says that they’ll search for Mila and Valo while Bolo‘s mostly an afterthought. Again, the reaction is justified considering what he did but if anything, he should have a more fleshed out ending because of what he did. Good, bad, I don’t care, just a better payoff.

Anyway, Bolo Scrimpaw my beloved, you’re my 2nd favourite character from The Scout, I wish we got more insight into him, and I like him a lot more than Veil don’t @ me

#heartbroken that tumblr wont let me comment #ANYWAY.. summary of my deleted message #i NEED to finish the lost scout… it just takes me forever to finish any game at all #bolo does sound like a better veil to me in what i expected/wanted for veils story #i was really excited to see stoats actually be characters in the game! (a bit ago… im really REALLY slow at gaming) #maybe ill play as sophia since its been like a year since ive last opened it . or steam in general (ik theyre repackaging it in one game) #excited to meet bolo… ^_^

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scribbles of a mousey and .......... razzid and shekra

#my art #sorry i still have the humor of a 12 year old

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a doodle of my beautiful princess razzid

#im reading the rogue crew rn yay ^_^ #... i havent actually read all the books . forgive me #my art #redwall #razzid wearat #trying softer brush than the usual and it feels niceys #but sometimes it is like “hey who drew this .” #i know hes earless but uhmmm..

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tempting to go back to the url salamandastron…

#my fav n first book… #ik ravennory is prob better bc im ravennory everywhere else (…. just discord) #ill probably just save the url on anotha blog ^_^