Well, technically speaking...

Fanfic writing challenge! by Voyd on 2013-07-31 06:48:00 UTC Reply

Okay, I believe I should mention this first: the fandom is Redwall. That said...

I CHALLENGE THEE!

Something I'd kinda be interested in seeing is a Redwall fanfic where the villain is something that's truly huge.

Nope, bit bigger.

Keep going.

Bingo!

Yes, I want to see a Redwall fanfic where the villain is a freaking bear.

Now, you have two options. You can make it smaller and turn it into some kind of barbaric warlord, a la Gulo the Savage...

...OR you could keep its normal size, and make it out as some kind of primal force of destruction. This one seems more interesting to me, but hey, whatever you want to do works, yes?

ARE THERE ANY THAT ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE?

Any more takers? (nm) by Voyd on 2013-08-02 17:11:00 UTC Reply
I used to go down this line. by Legacy on 2013-07-31 18:45:00 UTC Reply

Yes, I too have felt the urge to create a simply enormous villain for Redwall.

My final decision usually settled somewhere around 'Siberian Tiger,' but I can't say I ever wrote the fic, as I decided that Siberian Tigers were WAY out there and probably shouldn't be brought into Redwall.

Especially since my earlier ideas involved using *elephants* to knock down Redwalls' red walls.
Bear by platypus on 2013-07-31 17:48:00 UTC Reply

Perhaps. However, I must first find what species of bear were formerly native to the British isles. Scotland for instance, had bears until they were hunted to extinction.

Well, keep in mind by Voyd on 2013-07-31 18:12:00 UTC Reply

The animals don't necessarily have to be native to Britain. I'm fairly certain wolverines are American animals, and monitors don't live on the British Isles either.

Redwall Animals by Storme Hawk on 2013-07-31 18:26:00 UTC Reply

Also keep in mind however that your two examples are both said to have come 'from a far away land' or something similar in the two books they appear in. Brian Jacques specifically made it so that the animals in the books were mainly British animals.

I'm interested though. Do you mind when in the chronological timeline this happens? Or even where it happens?

Re: chronology by Voyd on 2013-07-31 19:30:00 UTC Reply

So long as it's after the death of Cregga, chronology doesn't matter.

May have to utilize the Otters of Green Isle. (nm) (nm) by Storme Hawk on 2013-07-31 20:07:00 UTC Reply

Bear again by platypus on 2013-07-31 18:49:00 UTC Reply

The irony is that I jus found out that a brown bear subspecies did live in the UK, having gone extinct due to overhunting 1,000 years ago. So did wolves. It make the bit about Urgan nagru having skinned a frozen wolf less funny in an historic sense. I invision a riddle about an ancient evil.

Well, technically speaking... by platypus on 2013-07-31 18:25:00 UTC Reply

True, there is Gulo gulo luscus of North America, and Gulo gulo gulo of Europe, and Asia. However, due to the northern habitat of both species, and the ambiguity of how close to the north pole the landmass that makes up most of the Redwall world is, on could argue that their equivalent of Russia is in the uppermost northlands, making it at least semi-plausible that a wolverine could lead an army out of his natrual continent. Now imagine Gulo as a Russian.

I Needed an Excuse Anyways by Star Albatross on 2013-07-31 08:02:00 UTC Reply

Seeing as how I've been intending to attempt a Redwall FanFic fur quite some time now, I'll Attempt Your Challenge.

No Guarantees of Course, I am Quite Easily Distracted, But I'll Do My Best. Love Redwall!

I Like the "Primal Force of Destruction" idea, quite brilliant. Unless I have a better idea, I'll run with that.