Did the magic of Redwall "die away" for you?

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Delthion

#15
May 07, 2019, 03:44:29 AM
No, I haven't been able to find them.
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Sebias of Redwall

#16
May 07, 2019, 03:46:50 AM
You should maybe try reserving them at a library. That's what I did.
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MathLuk

#17
May 07, 2019, 03:49:26 AM
Quote from: Sebias of Redwall on May 07, 2019, 03:38:21 AM
That's the truth. Do you write poetry? That was good.  :)
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Sebias of Redwall

#18
May 07, 2019, 03:50:39 AM
Quote from: MathLuk on May 07, 2019, 03:49:26 AM
The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan.
At first I thought that you meant that you wrote that.  :P
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!

MathLuk

#19
May 07, 2019, 03:51:18 AM
I modified his phrase.
By what strange trick of fate do our paths cross anew?


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Sebias of Redwall

#20
May 07, 2019, 03:52:55 AM
Quote from: MathLuk on May 07, 2019, 03:51:18 AM
I modified his phrase.
Ah, I see.
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!

MeadowR

#21
May 08, 2019, 02:11:17 PM
I understand, Ungatt. I didn't start reading the books quite as young as a lot of people here, so they were never particularly magical books for me; however I clearly had a like for them. A few years later I had stopped reading them and hadn't completed my collection. Then a few years into my twenties I picked them up again and decided to finally complete my collection and joined this forum, which got me back into it again to an extent. As you say, getting older the formulaic plots are harder to ignore, and you're almost gagging for more greyness to the characters, yet I still feel the book series has something that bit more special than so many other Young Adult series. When I reread them, in between all the 'grown up' books I read, I still get an amount of enjoyable from them.

You may find yourself picking them up again in your twenties and appreciating them once again, with the understanding that you just won't ever get quite the magical feeling as you first did. :)
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DanielofRedwall

#22
May 08, 2019, 02:45:06 PM
Quote from: MeadowR on May 08, 2019, 02:11:17 PM
You may find yourself picking them up again in your twenties and appreciating them once again, with the understanding that you just won't ever get quite the magical feeling as you first did. :)
That's exactly where I am at right now. I am currently re-reading Mossflower, and I definitely find myself falling in love with the world once again, but I don't think anything can compare of my love for it from about the ages of 9-13.
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Sebias of Redwall

#23
May 08, 2019, 04:35:50 PM
Quote from: DanielofRedwall on May 08, 2019, 02:45:06 PM
That's exactly where I am at right now. I am currently re-reading Mossflower, and I definitely find myself falling in love with the world once again, but I don't think anything can compare of my love for it from about the ages of 9-13.
That's pretty accurate for me as well. (Though my love for Redwall is still pretty strong because of reading/writing fanfics)
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!

The Grey Coincidence

#24
May 08, 2019, 06:46:10 PM
The magic never 'died' for me. It kind of went to sleep, and then came back with force and then I started writing for Redwall and then that lead me here...
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One-Eye the wildcat

#25
May 08, 2019, 09:08:43 PM
Quote from: Ungatt Trunn on May 06, 2019, 06:52:48 PM


I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience? Has Redwall lost it's "magical touch" as you've grown older? Not asking if/saying that it became bad. Just asking if it wasn't the same for you as the years progressed...

No, redwall is still awesome.
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Sebias of Redwall

#26
May 09, 2019, 05:31:21 PM
Quote from: The Grey Coincidence on May 08, 2019, 06:46:10 PM
The magic never 'died' for me. It kind of went to sleep, and then came back with force and then I started writing for Redwall and then that lead me here...

Quote from: One-Eye the wildcat on May 08, 2019, 09:08:43 PM
Quote from: Ungatt Trunn on May 06, 2019, 06:52:48 PM


No, redwall is still awesome.

^^^^ What they said.
"I can only speak two languages. English and rubbish." ~Brian Jacques

"No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly."

"Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success - in vain: preparing always only the soil for unexpected good to sprout in."

~JRR Tolkien

Long live the RRR!

MathLuk

#27
May 09, 2019, 05:37:46 PM
Redwall is still nascent for me. So many more books to read (and write)...
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Hazelsqueak

#28
May 10, 2019, 10:27:45 AM
My mom read the books to me out loud when I was a dibbun. They were a lot more magical and exciting back then (just like everything). Now as a biggun, I'm rereading the series and I actually think it is fun to see the stories in a different light. The magic is still there, just more hidden. You have to concentrate a bit harder to get those feelings back.

So, no, the magic didn't die away for me. I won't let it. :) 
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