#t b h .... grath longfletch is basically fma scar but a) a girl and b) an otter and c) shoots arrows

[kkoraki]

the more I think about it, the more I realize that redwall is absolutely horrific about a lot of classic fantasy tropes

like everyone knows the narrative is fantasy-racist but like damn

my favorites were always the books that got closer to being subversive like the ruthless hares and badgers (female characters included!) in The Long Patrol + other Salamandastron books, Marlfox bc the girls got to be heroes and the villains were attractive (I’m not a villain fan but Jacques leaned HARD on the ugly=evil trope), Triss bc female warrior, Taggerung bc slightly more morally ambiguous, Pearls of Lutra and The Bellmaker bc actually avoided the fantastic racism somewhat (also sexi female warriors GRATH and mariel)