Subject: re: Hobb who?
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Posted on: 2011-08-19 13:39:00 UTC
...I can't say I've read the books, but color me intrigued...
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Hobb who? by
on 2011-08-19 02:24:00 UTC
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I just read the sporking of "Among the Roses", and I'm kind of intrigued by the manner in which the Sue got dispatched. Namely...
"Foxglove shoved the Sue out into the clearing. The mouse staggered and whimpered, trying to keep her balance, and turned slowly round, sobbing as she took in the evil stares of the creatures surrounding her. They drooled or leered or licked their lips, and brandished weapons or ugly rat-head-shaped lanterns.
One or two started up a low, sinister chant. It was quickly picked up by the rest, a few at a time, and steadily increased in volume.
“One fine morsel, see the brat run,
Rip out her heart until her life is done.
Peck out her eyes and do a good job,
Peel off her skin …”
The agents joined in gleefully with the final line.
“… and give her to Hobb!”
The Sue bolted, the Hobbers following at a comparatively leisurely pace, singing the eerie rhyme as they went. They knew every route through these woods, they knew their prey couldn’t escape, and they weren’t going to tire themselves out too much to enjoy the fun at the end. Meanwhile, the agents portalled out."
Who the heck is Hobb?!? And where can I find out more about this guy? -
re: Hobb who? by
on 2011-08-19 13:39:00 UTC
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...I can't say I've read the books, but color me intrigued...
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Answer by
on 2011-08-19 03:35:00 UTC
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Hobb is from a series of books called The Deptford Mice; it's about anthropomorphic rodents, sort of like a very dark Redwall. Hobbers are a group of creatures that worship three evil rat gods, the Raith Sidhe, and Hobb is the worst one. I've never actually read the series myself, so I'm not sure if they show up in The Deptford Mice or the prequel series, the Deptford Histories, or both, but there you are. So, Burnsey and Fox gave the Sue to a bloodthirsty and fuzzy cult.
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Yep, that's them - they're in both trilogies. by
on 2011-08-19 15:13:00 UTC
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The song is from "The Oaken Throne", in the second book of the Deptford Histories, in which Hobb actually makes a personal appearance. Hobb, according to the book, is an enormous red-furred rat with goat's horns and hooves, the size of a large tree. Freaky bugger. The other two members of the Raith Sidhe (pronounced "rayth shee") are Mabb and Bauchan. Mabb is a rat goddess with a third eye on her forehead who visits her followers in dreams, and Bauchan is the trickster god who can shapeshift into whatever he wants but is generally portrayed in the rats' icons as a headless rat (because he can wear whatever head he likes). Their sacrificial victims are skinned alive and eaten.
I'm quite keen to sacrifice another Sue to Suruth Scarophion at some point. Scarophion is a snake god, capable of destroying the whole world if he ever gets free from the imprisonment the heroes' ancestors put him in, and his followers kill their victims with a particularly horrible poison which slowly melts them into puddles of black goo.
Yes, these books are supposed to be for kids. -
For kids?!? Really?!? by
on 2011-08-19 21:22:00 UTC
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Wow... talk about nasty. My OCs are going to be having nightmares about this...
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Hey, when I was twelve, I thought they rocked. by
on 2011-08-20 12:38:00 UTC
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Then again, this is me we're talking about ...
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Small comfort... by
on 2011-08-21 01:46:00 UTC
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I take it that you don't have vorophobia (the fear of being eaten)?
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Not really. by
on 2011-08-21 10:06:00 UTC
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It's suffocation and drowning that get to me. Brr :(
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Sentient sacrifice, eh? by
on 2011-08-19 05:21:00 UTC
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Hoo boy... yeah, I'm not sure if I want to imagine what Hobb is like if he wants victims sacrificed to him in that sort of fashion. *shudders*