Rose's Death - Poll

[WildDoogyPlumm]

I surprised someone actually chose the second option!
I was neutral.

Well, Shadowed One, I'm guessing you voted She's a sucky character? How anyone could vote that, I've no idea. And she had her faults - They just weren't AS obvious. She was too headstrong, for one.

'Twas me...hope I didn't offend you or anyone else.  But everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

[The Skarzs]

While it was tragic, I've never really been one to get too upset over stuff like that. When my grandpa died , I didn't cry ( <--- very stoic person here) when almost every pet we had died, i wasn't sad either. Neutral is probably my best bet here. 

[Cornflower MM]

Well, like I said, she was headstrong, very stubborn, and once she's made up her mind, it's like, "I don't care! I'm doing it anyway." There's a difference between that and stubborn, just so you know.

[Vilu Daskar]

I didn't really care that she died

[Ungatt Trunn]

I didn't really care that she died

Reasons?

[Sable]

This was a neutral for me. Martin the Warrior is a prequel. As soon as Rose came on the scene it was clear that something was going to happen to her, because Martin shows up in Mossflower alone. Her days were numbered right from the start.

Like Osu said, Rose's death was sad, but not in the ordinary way. It was sad because it was suddenly very clear to every reader how Martin ended up the way he was in Mossflower, not because Rose was a hugely compelling character. The really heartbreaking deaths are the ones where the reader has grown to love the character (see Cregga's death after being in three books) or where the character dies just when their life is about to get better (Urthstripe, anybody?). Rose's death was sad because of it's effects; on Brome, on Noonvale, and especially on Martin.

The real emotional punch from her death comes when you read the opening of Mossflower and see what it's done to Martin.

[Ungatt Trunn]

@Sable: I never thought of it that way. Rose's death must have been more of a relization shock than something sad for BJ's readers.

[Tam and Martin]

@Sable: I never thought of it that way. Rose's death must have been more of a relization shock than something sad for BJ's readers.

I was the same. I wasn't SAD but I as SHOCKED. It came as such a surprise.

[Ungatt Trunn]

@Sable: I never thought of it that way. Rose's death must have been more of a relization shock than something sad for BJ's readers.

I was the same. I wasn't SAD but I as SHOCKED. It came as such a surprise.

Yea, shocked can be misunderstood as being sad sometimes.

[MatthiasMan]

She was my favorite character out of all the books. She was even awesome in the TV show. I wish that she and Martin could have built Redwall together.  I admit, I really like her. I dunno why. I guess it's like how my sister's best friend thought Link from Zelda was cute.  But still, I wish she hadn't died. It was the saddest out of all the books. WHY Jacques, WHYY?

[Lord Stonepaw]

I was neutral. She was an okay character. 

[Gonff the Mousethief]

I was reading in class when I saw this part and my teacher had to ask me what was wrong

[Ungatt Trunn]

I was reading in class when I saw this part and my teacher had to ask me what was wrong

LOL, wow.

[Iamthatis]

And what did you tell the teacher.

[MatthiasMan]

Yes, what did you say, I must know.