#Rabscuttle

[virusvisal]

I finished reading Watership Down recently and some of the parts I enjoyed the most were the epic tales of El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle, so tonight I made this silly drawing with book highlighters.

[blueylovesssanimating]

Some of my Watership down designs :D

[b-plot-butch]

stealing prince rainbow’s carrots all by yourself handsome?

[r7inyz]

I LOVE WATERSHIP DOWN i yell as they drag me back to the asylum

[ritzcuit]

yeah

shoutout to when i reread tales from watership down for the first time in years. and i was fucking rendered catatonic by the sheer right hand mannery of rabscuttle x el-ahrairah

[andietries]

Just finished my reread of Watership Down (this time in English) and I have so many thoughts about it. But mostly is about how intricately the humans’ actions translate into the rabbits “lore”

-The white blindness said to have been brought from the depths by the Black Rabbit of Inlé. When the myxomatosis was actually created to control the wild rabbit population but ultimately altering the European local fauna forever

-Efrafa as a symbol of madness and control

-El-ahraira and Rabscuttle stories being true in the way the leaders of the burrows survive the way they can while helping and being inmortalized the only way the rabbits can do

[lepurcinus]

Then I finally took a look at the WD graphic novel. Since I found it uploaded online on a site.

I would have liked to read it in physical, still, I'm resigned to the fact that this may not happen for a long time. Anyway, I read the novels in online version anyway.

It's definitely the most faithful visual adaptation we'll have in a long time. And that's something I really appreciate, especially being so tired of adaptations that don't quite get the tangent and go for "too dark" "or too cutesy funny" without giving a good balance. There are all the important characters there, they have their specific moments. The scenes are also beautifully done, both in the quiet moments and in the more harrowing ones.

The art style is beautiful, the authors managed to make realistic rabbits but at the same time stylized and recognizable from each other. Although I admit that like some of the comments I also found that at some moments I got confused about who was who due to certain characters with very similar colorations, besides the fact that the body types do not vary much for rabbits that are not close-up. But that's a minor complaint.

On the other hand, my biggest complaint is basically the same sin from which the movie suffers from.

-Having to have cut segments, sequences and characters out of the story. Which, in addition to missing out on important things also makes several parts feel very rushed, not all of it unfolding at the same time.

Sure, I don't need the novel to be +600 pages long and I understand it's hard (almost impossible) to have every detail perfectly. But still, I regret again not being able to see Nildro-hain nor my boy Speedwell physically in an official way, same for Avens. Also I felt the lack of Silverweed and Thethuthinnag (although there was a female near Hyzenthlay who seemed to be her, but she is never named) and some other. But hey, we finally got to have Buckthorn and Acorn in all their glory and that's something I appreciate.

But as I say many sequences feel like they happen too fast, despite the inclusion of the characters many times we don't really see them participating either and several things boil down to just being things you know because a character narrated it and not because you saw them doing it directly. It all came to me in a rather fleeting way.

Plus elimination of important elements for something in the story or a character, again to have discarded the part of Woundwort's story, not even said in an indirect way or as a slight narration. The explanation of why he is the way he is and why he does what he does is lost again, so again he just comes off as a evil rabbit who is bad just because. To give an clear example.

Now yes, what I never forgive is THE LACK OF THE STORIES WHERE ARE MY STORIES?

I'm seriously not lying it's possibly the most underrated part of this whole story, it's always overlooked in adaptations without leaving room to show it's true importance in all of this. It's my favorite part of this whole book that got me hooked on it in the first place and I can never win on this 🫠.

I appreciate again the inclusion of the first El-ahrairah story and the very slight mention of The King's Lettuce. As well as finally being able to see a visual version of the black rabbit story (still cropped and with the notable absence of Rabscuttle).

Also love the detail of taking into account what Richard said on Reddit and having shown King Darzin and his people as beavers. (On the other hand, I wasn't a big fan of the design Frith was given in the stories, I'm sorry, that silly and cute look clashed with me a bit. I would have preferred him to be faceless, I kept seeing him as a giant happy face Emoji or one of those anti-stress balls that you squeeze with your hand.)

But still, it feels so empty. Again Fiver giving the idea of the dog doesn't feel as epic without having heard Rowsby Woof's story, plus again following the form of showing Fiver convulsed directly saying what Hazel should do instead of the sequence of Hazel having shared the vision and the voice calling him to do it.

Incidentally and as a silly detail, I was a bit annoyed that when Fiver scares Vervain it was with Vervain seeing a vision of the dog rather than the ghosts of the rabbits he killed in the past, which certainly gives me a bit of a cringe. But like I said, it was just personal annoyance.

Another silly detail, I adored how there were certain important features in the rabbits' gesticulation, mainly how Cowslip had such an unnatural movement moving his paws in a more humanoid way. Although at other moments I missed again the lack of showing the rabbits making use of body language before the spoken one (but this is something all adaptations suffer from and if I get bored enough I might do a post about it)

Beyond this or anything else I could say, I'm satisfied with the result. I still say it's possibly the best adaptation we're going to get in a long time, I highly recommend giving it a chance, you won't regret it regardless. Even with what I said, it better captures the true essence of what WD is more than the animated adaptations have managed.

If Tales is ever adapted to this same format, I'd be more than happy to read it (I might even like it better)

I'd say it's even a great start for new people to get to know WD and give it a facelift after the years of infamy it has suffered. I have nothing more to say, a beautiful job and very well done, it's what WD deserved all this time.

[lightthewaybackhome]

Watership Down by Richard Adams My rating: 5 of 5 stars 2024: I completely missed that last year was my 30th anniversary of when I first read this wonderful book. I will say that reading it yet again this year, I continue to have the same reaction: tears and loneliness when I finish. This book is like getting to go home and then having to leave over and over and over. A couple of new things this year: First, I decided that I'm going to alternate each year between the audiobook and the paperback. The years I read HP I'm going to use the audio book. Second, I somehow missed that Adams served in WW2 in the past, but always felt like he must have based on the way he wrote the rabbits. Lo and behold, it's in the introduction and I feel like an idiot. He did serve in WW2. You can really feel it in the book. Third, I was struck by the end when they listened to the doe tell a story about El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle and it's Hazel and Fiver's story. They had been woven into El-ahrairah's myth. For some reason that really stood out to me as something exquisitely beautiful. I'll miss my friends until next September. 2023: my goal was to read this book as quickly as possible, just really focus and soak it in. Man, I love this book. Every time I read it, I love it even more. The warrior story, Hobbit, Englishness of it all. It's just so good. 2022: Much like Lord of the Rings and Band of Brothers, this book feels like coming home. It's turned into one of my coziest reads and feels like very old friends. Each time I read it now, I'm struck by the WW2/Hobbit feel of it. The free rabbits stand up to the power-hungry tyrant and succeeding. Then, making life better for everyone. I love this book. 2021 re-read: finishing this on a cold, wet, lat November evening was perfect. This is the first time in years that I've read the book instead of doing an audio book. It took me a while to read it not in the narrators's voice, which made the reading slow going. Once I adjusted, I was fine. I love this book more every time I read it. It's such a perfect blend of fairy-tale, horror, nature documentary, and English warriors. I don't know why I'm always surprised by how hobbitish it is. The whole book is a bunch of Hobbits. Also, this time I was able to translate Bigwig's insult of Woundwart almost subconsciously. I just started laughing. I had to look one word up, but yeah, I just translated the Lapine into English. Again, just like reading Harry Potter, I don't understand how anyone who has read this book is buying into the idea that we can give up freedoms for safety without it becoming tyranny. It's never for the greater good. Love this book. Love it. ----- Third read through, so probably 4th or 5th time I've read this book. There were beautiful scenes that really stood out sharply, and I giggled at the creative cussing. But really, I just love everything about this book. ---- I just finished this book again as part of my Annual Autumn Reading. I love this book so much. I think I love it cause it's like reading a whole book just about hobbits. This is one of those books I love because I hate finishing it. I hate it. It just, I just cry and cry because it's like all my friends have kept running without me. ---- A beautiful story. probably one of my top five favorite books. Parts of it remind me of Lord of the Rings while others remind me of Band of Brothers. It has that very British Country feel that I love along with the mixture of happy and sadness, youth and old age, and then Just a hint of war. Beautifully done. View all my reviews

[paulinawoodpecker]

Watership down: a horror story

Coming soon

Cast:

Sandlefords:

Hazel: James corden

Fiver: Jacob tremblay

Bigwig: Trevor white

Blackberry: rob paulsen

Pipkin: Ciara bravo

Dandelion: Jospeh Balderrama

Hawkbit: frank mele

Clover: Diane Keaton

Bluebell: timothee chalamet

Sliver: Sam smith

Holly: Tom cruise

Toadflax: don cheadle

Violet: Anne Hathaway

The threarah: Hugh jackman

Speedwell: viola davis

Acorn: Tiffany haddish

Buckthorn: Jim Carrey

Cowslip’s Warren:

Cowslip: Alec Baldwin

Strawberry: Alex Kelly

Silverweed: Ryan gosling

Efrafra:

General woundwort: Gary Martin

Hyzenthlay: pippa Bennett Warner

Campion: Joe mele

Vervain: Seth rogen

Orchis: sean Austin

Blackavar: Jung kook

Groundsel: Chris hemsworth

Thethuninnang: Emma stone

Nelthilta: Katie Higgins

Vilthurill: Julia Roberts

Chervil: Pedro pascal

Mystical characters:

Frith: Ed Sheeran

El-ahrairah: will smith

Rabscuttle: Ryan renolds

Prince rainbow: Adam James

The black rabbit of inle: Lizzo

Hufsa: Tom Kenny

King Darzin: Keanu reeves

Rowsby wolf: Justin Timberlake

Yona the hedgehog: Gwen Stefani

Other voices:

Keehar: Peter capaldi

Laurel: SIA

Boxwood: Anna Kendrick

Haystack: Renee Rapp

The mouse: Cathy Ang

Flyarith: Angela basset

Stone crop: Dwayne Johnson

Spartina: Andra day

Granite: Ethan hawke

Shale: Tom holland

Feldspar: Michael Peña

Bark: Margot Robbie

The weasel: will Farrell

[regexkind]

The light which surrounds me is not colourless. It has more colours than the mind can comprehend.

The light which surrounds me is not bright. It has more brilliance than the eye can perceive.

The light which surrounds me is not silent. It is ringing with tones the ear cannot bear to hear.

I screw up my nose and put my paws over my ears and say:

"There is no God but El-ahrairah, and Rabscuttle is His messenger!"

[arley-ology]

Who's gonna be the Rabscuttle to my El-ahrairah

[godzilla-reads]

WATERSHIP DOWN BOOKISH ASKS

El-ahrairah: How many followers do you have?

Rabscuttle: Who is your bookish bestie IRL?

Frith: Do you think audiobooks are real books?

Hazel: Who is your bookish bestie online?

Fiver: What makes you more nervous- running out of things to read or dying before you finish your TBR?

The Threarah: Have you ever changed your initial opinion about a book after writing a review?

Bigwig: Do you have a book you enjoy that not many people do?

Dandelion: Do you write at all? How do you share your stories?

Speedwell: How fast do you usually read?

Silver: How many books do you average a month?

Acorn: How many books did you read in 2023, 2022, 2021- if you remember or have records?

Blackberry: What book would you recommend to a child?

Captain Holly: What book are you avoiding reading at all costs?

Bluebell: Have you ever laughed out loud while reading?

Strawberry: Do you think trigger warnings are helpful in the book, even if it might spoil it?

Pipkin: Do you tend to read bigger or smaller books? Or are you averaging in the middle?

Keehar: What’s your opinion on translated books? Do you have a favorite country that you read a lot of books from?

Clover: What book has fundamentally changed you?

General Woundwort: What book do you hate that everyone seems to love?

Campion: What does it take for you to change your opinion on a book you’ve already read?

Hyzenthlay: Do you think reading is a rebellious act?

Thethuthinnang: What book do you want to recommend to everyone you meet?

The Black Rabbit of Inlé: How do you feel about Death of the Author?

Have fun!!

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

It'd be funny if the four dark devas were named after warrior cats in this au

They're probably named after watership down characters, he's got El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle, I imagine he'd only have one or two because its not technically his talent anymore

[miss-bvnny]

El-ahrairah and her Rabscuttle.

[r7inyz]

making my way through watership down i love el-ahrairah and rabscuttle

[lepurcinus]

I notice how many of the fanarts and fan designs I've seen of El-ahrairah take as a base the design from the movie, if not directly the same or have repeated elements such as the golden spirals around the body. And that's not a complaint, it just shows how peak that design is and I love those arts as much as anyone. But it's funny to me because I always imagined El-ahrairah looking like a very normal rabbit outside of a couple of details, in fact, due to a translation error in my language I always imagined him with black or very dark fur. And to this day I still like to see him that way because the dark fur would contract with the white tail and starlight ears giving them more prominence. (Damn I wish I could draw well enough to show how that design looks).

Something similar with Rabscuttle, I always saw him being smaller than El-ahrairah and looking rather more typical, with dark grey fur and also looking somewhat distressed. The few fanarts of him that I saw show him the same size (or bigger) and very similar to El-ahrairah.

And by the way, thanks Graphic Novel for depicting him more naturally, I don't feel alone xd.