User blog comment:FlinkyTheStoat/Essay:The Grey Irish Stoat? Flinky - A Character Study/@comment-1859920-20120125042336

I like this. I Also have wondered about Flinky and thought about such a good char he was. I have a few other things to say on your discussion though. First, NO Redwall chars whatsoever, are Irish. If you mean what I think you mean, than the correct word is either a highlander, borderer, or someone from the Northlands(northern mountains). Also, I think you're example from page 43 is illiterate. I don't believe that Filnky "showed genuine respect to goodbeast warriors". I think his "respect" for them was motivated purely by fear from what he had heard of them and what he believed them capable of. That being said, I love your lengthy essay and wish I had the time to make one myself. I also wanted to point out that the book Loamhedge is really much better than you make it sound. It might, as you say, have twisted Parts in it, but I think the hero Lonna and villan Ragga( however you spell it) were actuly very good chars, especially if you've listened to the audiobook, and that Flinky really doesnt have an accent at all as well as not really standing out amongst the other chars.