#rats of nimh

[theshehulkproject]

Every once in a while the books subreddit makes me laugh out loud.

[barnlarn]

A few sketches of Justin from Rats of Nimh :)

[citiirose]

🟡 Frankentober Day 12 🟡

Rattober- Fearsome Rat

[gayboss-too-close-to-the-sun]

I wanted to do a book boyfriend tag, so I made one.

First book boyfriend: Edmund Pevensie

Favorite book boyfriend: Rohan from Knightley Academy. I don’t know why I love him this much but I spent most of my childhood madly in love with him

Unattainable book boyfriend: Royce Melborn from Riyria Revelations (he is, unfortunately, very taken. I pine after him regardless)

Low standards book boyfriend: Snotface Snotlout from How To Train Your Dragon

High standards book boyfriend: Justin from The Rats of Nimh. He was a Good Boy and his death made me very sad :((

Most recent book boyfriend: HAP (Hysterically Angry Puppet) from In the Lives of Puppets

[dire-straits-fn8ic]

All of these Rat cards in Wilds of Eldraine are making me remember the books I loved in my childhood about anthropomorphic rats and mice

[luncalxartwork]

Discounted Commissions Open

https://lunacalxcommission.carrd.co/ I have discounted commissions open for anyone who is interested. I also do character design and references sheets.

[heepthecheep]

It bothers me when people compare Tailchaser's song and Warriors and act like they're so similar when they're really not?

To me Tailchaser's Song is most similar to Watership Down, being a single novel of epic proportions, with a large focus on the fictional language/mythology, large overall battle that must be won that's not initially present at the beginning of the story but that the plot builds up to through other conflicts.

To me, Warriors is most similar to series like Wings of Fire (arc structure, novellas, etc), Redwall (Length), Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Conflict and age) and Silverwing (how our characters actually perceive the world). Actually, I think it's most similar to the various Ginga manga than anything else.

While Felidae is known for it's graphic violence, it's also not comparable really, besides featuring cats and a cat-cult. These cats are fully aware of how humans work, and at the same time, they often act more cat-like.

While writing this up, I realized that there's a distinct subgenre within Xenofiction that I'm going to refer to as "dog stories". A "dog story" is told from the perspective of a dog, but it's actually about the people in the dog's life rather than the dog itself. In essence, the story could be told from the perspective of a sentient air fryer and very little would change. Popular examples would be "A dog's purpose" and "The art of racing in the rain" amongst others. Of course, not all stories about dogs are "dog stories" but many of them are.

Also, I'm realizing that mice are super popular for Xenofiction, except most just make them tiny humans living parallel to humanity. This isn't a bad thing as many of them are pretty good stories (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM, The Tale of Despereaux , The Rescuers, Etc), while birds outside of owls are very very underrepresented (except for Swordbird, which as a kid I thought sucked. Which is funny because I was and still am into Warriors) ...Unless you count Raptor Red?

[thefuzzhead]

Be sure to reblog and spread this to get the most widely agreed decision.

[silvsarts]

warmup for today :))

[siravalon]

Funny mouse book/movie

[l-ultimo-squalo]

The Secret of NIMH (1982) dir. Don Bluth

[galaxythedragonshifter]

The Princess bride but as rats

[angstandhappiness]

Nice

Captain of our hearts

[floofy-nerd]

It's amazing that all it takes to make an absolutely perfect character design is to make a rodent wear red. Give that mouse a ruby cloak. Give that rat a vermillion hat. Presto. Nothing can top that. This is a fact. How many rodents do you know that wear red?

[titleknown]

I gotta say, given the involvement of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Secret of NIMH universe has the potential for the funniest fucking government agency scandal ever.

"You made the rats sapient and then you tried to commit genocide on them?!"

[godzilla-reads]

The trifecta of perfect mouse stories 🔺

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Redwall by Brian Jacques