2/5/2023

2/5/2023

Another year without him and another year blessed by his books. Today, I’d like to revisit the anniversary of Brian Jacques’ death. Redwall will always care for me, and I will never forget that. Rest in peace and in our memory.

Today we remember the life and death of Mr. Brian Jacques.

I started reading Redwall a couple years after he died, so I remember his death, but I never felt it the way I know many people did. Nevertheless, his life and legacy have touched me greatly. Redwall has given me joys and opportunities I never would've gotten otherwise, it's been with me when I need it most, and it's shown me what is good in the world.

"Jacques was a natural storyteller. He told touching stories of the responses he got from young readers, with tears springing to his eyes. He revelled in being recognised within Liverpool. He was generous to his readers and his city, including becoming a patron of the Royal school, a role which he valued highly. He was intensely proud of his success and worked tirelessly to maintain it." -Jacques' obituary in The Guardian, Feb. 8 2011

Thank you for everything you've done, Mr. Jacques. God be with your family today. Long live the world you've created.

2/5/2022

P.S. the first photo I included is of Gonff Prince of Mousethieves and Martin the Warrior, who are Jacques' self-insert character and the most iconic character of the series, respectively. The second, of course, is Brian himself.

Made the mistake of pulling out Long Patrol to look something up real quick, ended up getting absorbed in just reading the first few chapters because even all these years later it's still very well written.

Cornflower sketch ✍️

Bragoon: Plan F. We follow Plan F, right now.

Horty: Is that the one where we run away?

Saro: Not at all. It’s the one where we beat a dignified emergency retreat.

Bragoon: You’re thinking of Plan G, Horty. They’re similar.

Those annotations I did to Martin’s I-Am That Is poem!

I’m not gonna write them all out now but it’s good stuff

basil stag hare is transmasc and i will not be taking notes

“ah well. hare’s the family name, doncha know. my parents named me basil, though the old mater wanted me to be called columbine agnes. always longed for a young lass, she did.”

“noble creatures, stags. did i ever tell you i wanted to be one? a magnificent royal stag with great coat-hanger antlers. so i went down to the jolly old river one night and christened meself stag. had two toads and a newt as witnesses, yknow.”

TRANSMASC SHIT