Thread for Things That Made You Frown Today

[DCSL]

I still love Key West. The rest of Florida... Eh. I could take it or leave it. The places I hate most intensely are New Jersey and Houston. Except the Paramus mall in Jersey. Still love that even though it's closed on Sundays.

[Delias]

I still love Key West. The rest of Florida... Eh. I could take it or leave it. The places I hate most intensely are New Jersey and Houston. Except the Paramus mall in Jersey. Still love that even though it's closed on Sundays.

I have managed to get pulled over every single time I have driven in jersey. Fuck jersey, too.

[msconstrew]

I still love Key West. The rest of Florida... Eh. I could take it or leave it. The places I hate most intensely are New Jersey and Houston. Except the Paramus mall in Jersey. Still love that even though it's closed on Sundays.

I have managed to get pulled over every single time I have driven in jersey. Fuck jersey, too.

Fuck you both. Jersey 4 lyfe.

[Latrinsorm]

The Redwall series agrees.

Taggerung! Zann Juskarath Taggerung!

I am scared to look to see if there is Redwall rule 34 because it must be out there.

Those were pretty much my favorite books when I was a kid. At least until Muriel, and then I was like "why is this bitch fighting with a piece of knotted rope? fuck this."

Mariel. And if you weren't put off by her being thrown into the ocean and surviving what would be a multiple day trip by ship (while unconscious!) I fail to see how improvised weaponry would really bother you. I think we both know what the real problem you had with that book was.

Racist.

[DCSL]

I never got into Redwall. I thought about it but I honestly would have skipped around shamelessly to the otter parts.

[Delias]

Taggerung! Zann Juskarath Taggerung!

I am scared to look to see if there is Redwall rule 34 because it must be out there.Mariel. And if you weren't put off by her being thrown into the ocean and surviving what would be a multiple day trip by ship (while unconscious!) I fail to see how improvised weaponry would really bother you. I think we both know what the real problem you had with that book was.

Racist.

I... really don't remember it that well, since I read it when it came out, when I was like 9.

[Latrinsorm]

I never got into Redwall. I thought about it but I honestly would have skipped around shamelessly to the otter parts.

For you I would recommend Mossflower and the aforementioned Taggerung, because they are quite literally 130% otter parts due to entangling otters in the villainous encampments.

I... really don't remember it that well, since I read it when it came out, when I was like 9.

You have broken my heart, Mr. Elias.

[Delias]

For you I would recommend Mossflower and the aforementioned Taggerung, because they are quite literally 130% otter parts due to entangling otters in the villainous encampments.You have broken my heart, Mr. Elias.

Will it mend if I told you that I used to name my snow forts after forts in the various Redwall books? We had one that was all kinds of tunnels... shit, what was it called. Loamhedge or something. I remember it vaguely.

Nevermind. My memory is shot.

[Latrinsorm]

Will it mend if I told you that I used to name my snow forts after forts in the various Redwall books?

My heart swells, tender and joyous.

We had one that was all kinds of tunnels... shit, what was it called. Loamhedge or something. I remember it vaguely.

Nevermind. My memory is shot.

As GI Joes to the shop vac, we exist in a capricious and openly hostile universe. Our only hope is for quick, imminent death and cessation of sorrow. All is lost. All is lost.

[Kastrel]

I never got into Redwall. I thought about it but I honestly would have skipped around shamelessly to the otter parts.

Its pretty good for what is written as a kids book . . . surprisingly complex and elaborate, and I definitely found it a challenging read when I was little.

I think what ended up killing it for me was as I continued to read books, I had this feeling that it was all too formulaic. Each book basically told a self-contained story that was pretty much the same as the others, you just swapped out the main characters and maybe added in one theme or unusual element, such as "Oh, there is an outcast this time!" or "This time, the story is Martin himself!".

This may have been hurt by the fact that none of the ones I read were following immediately before or after another, so there was virtually no coherent "overarching" storyline . . . there was just ALWAYS an Abbey full of friendly woodland creatures, there was ALWAYS a Salamandastron with badass badger soldiers, and there was always a bunch of rats and ferrets trying to ruin their shit. But since I never picked up on any continuity between the books other than "There once was a mouse named Martin!", I just got bored.

I suppose if I had read them in chronological order, or had been a little older when I started, it might have been a little more coherent to me.

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