User blog comment:Argulor/Why the subplots?/@comment-9124274-20130524183110/@comment-1859920-20130524202032

You're right there, but if you think about it, time would pass very slowly and monotonously. You know, whether the story skipped from day to day or went through every day in its entirety. The same scenery and dealing with some of the same characters over and over would change the course of the series. If that were to happen, than there would be predominant, more primary characters who would become the spotlight of the storyline, and Redwall would just become the scenery, background building, and backdrop. Whereas, if you have storylines that leave and return to he abbey, with it's inhabitants, hero's, and main characters taking refuge in and fighting for it, the abbey maintains its importance. As no matter how many hero's, villains, battles, storms, and sieges, Redwall Abbey outlasts them all.