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Brian Jacques' Works (Spoilers) => History, Legends and Myths => Topic started by: Blaggut on February 27, 2014, 05:28:59 PM

Title: Foxes!
Post by: Blaggut on February 27, 2014, 05:28:59 PM
I've always wondered this. Foxes are much to big to be in redwall, right? I mean, they could make a fair match to a badger lord! And they can't be baby foxes, because Ferahgo was old. So why are they in redwall? They're not uncommon, either. Was there some kind of nomadic midget fox tribe from over the seas of... Somewhere????   ???
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Rusvul on February 27, 2014, 05:38:38 PM
Animal size seems as if it's been rebalanced. A mouse can whack a fox or a ferret upside the head. A shrew can easily kill a stoat.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Tam and Martin on February 28, 2014, 06:59:17 PM
Right. He decreases the size of some animals and increases the size of others to make them fit in with the series.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Blaggut on March 03, 2014, 09:28:54 PM
But what about the one scene where Timbalisto sits on The Taggerung's shoulders at redwall to see sumthin?
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: 321tumbler on March 03, 2014, 11:14:12 PM
Maybe Timbalisto was short for a beast and Taggerung was pretty tall.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Vilu Daskar on March 05, 2014, 12:44:03 AM
Yeah I think it said that Tagg was big and Nimbalo was small
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Blaggut on March 05, 2014, 07:15:54 PM
Ok.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Kitsune on March 31, 2014, 09:27:53 PM
I never imagined Redwall animals to be exactly their own size. I imagined creatures like mice and squirrels to be slightly smaller and wildcats, badgers and foxes to be slightly larger. Otherwise, Martin would have no chance against Tsarmina.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: HeadInAnotherGalaxy on April 01, 2014, 10:44:41 PM
Quote from: Blaggut on February 27, 2014, 05:28:59 PM
I've always wondered this. Foxes are much to big to be in redwall, right? I mean, they could make a fair match to a badger lord! And they can't be baby foxes, because Ferahgo was old. So why are they in redwall? They're not uncommon, either. Was there some kind of nomadic midget fox tribe from over the seas of... Somewhere????   ???

Ferahgo vaz a Weasel, mate. Nae a fox.

WEASELS RULE!!!
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Romsca on April 10, 2014, 03:36:57 AM
Quote from: PluggFiretail on March 31, 2014, 09:27:53 PM
I never imagined Redwall animals to be exactly their own size. I imagined creatures like mice and squirrels to be slightly smaller and wildcats, badgers and foxes to be slightly larger. Otherwise, Martin would have no chance against Tsarmina.

You mean the other way around? ;)
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: The Skarzs on April 10, 2014, 03:52:55 AM
Yeah. . .
In my story stuffs all sizes have been modified, but any creature that should be bigger is bigger, including but not limited to foxes.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Kitsune on April 10, 2014, 04:27:10 AM
Quote from: Romsca on April 10, 2014, 03:36:57 AM
Quote from: PluggFiretail on March 31, 2014, 09:27:53 PM
I never imagined Redwall animals to be exactly their own size. I imagined creatures like mice and squirrels to be slightly smaller and wildcats, badgers and foxes to be slightly larger. Otherwise, Martin would have no chance against Tsarmina.

You mean the other way around? ;)
*just slightly smaller than other animals
*just slightly larger than other animals
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: UNKN0WN on April 13, 2014, 07:11:37 AM
Quote from: The Skarzs on April 10, 2014, 03:52:55 AM
Yeah. . .
In my story stuffs all sizes have been modified, but any creature that should be bigger is bigger, including but not limited to foxes.

Shrinking and expanding sizes...
...is that similar to slowing and speeding up time?  ;D
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: The Skarzs on April 13, 2014, 02:42:14 PM
What are you, some kind of critic nut?
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: Deyna the Warrior on September 13, 2014, 05:17:02 PM
Actually, there are a lot of foxes where I live, and they're way smaller than everyone (including me) thinks. Even so, they must have been re-sized, because a mouse (or a mole or a shrew or a squirrel) is still no match for a fox in the real world.
Title: Re: Foxes!
Post by: The Skarzs on September 13, 2014, 05:44:07 PM
Precisely.