User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/The Prophecy Fulfilled/@comment-2142396-20150712201724

Hurrey! Prepare for a mega-long comment covering everything since I last commented! ;D

If there anyone who throws reunion parties better than Daskars, it’s the Lukes. :D Oh uh… Adkar is there? I kind of hoped he’ll be killed in ‘A War from Inside’, considering we know that both Fragorl and Ferran would survive. At least now he’s dead, though his death is pretty disturbing… it kind of kindles my personal paranoia. 0_o

Something Whegg had said really touched me there. “…they stole a great treasure from me … one I never deserved ta 'ave.” Was he talking about Regina? Does it have something to do with ‘Echoes of Hope’? ;) *gets excited*

I loved the face-off between Yar and Yaz. It felt very much like a logical way to end their lives’ journey. And I loved that Yar had the courage to protect her little friends, even though she is a very shy bird.

Oh dear… Glowingsparks is blind? That’s sad, I hoped none of Luna’s children would inherit her blindness. :( Also, I wanted to ask if Midnight and Diamond got together. It was mentioned that Midnight likes him in FWC, but that’s only how far it got. So, did they? ;)

Mask’s story wasn’t what I expected it to be, and I’d even say that his ‘I knew they wouldn’t listen to me, so I didn’t warn them’ position was wrong… In some way, it was partly his fault the holt was destroyed.

Lotor will never learn, will he? If someone told me I have only two tries to do something, I would try to make the best of it – like combining the forces of the Doomwytes and Lotor’s horde instead of sending Doomwytes as attempt number one and the horde as number two. Or at least telling Rigvar that there are only two tries. But that’s Lotor. Someone should tell him that overconfidence killed more people than all the Redwall warriors combined. But he and Doomwytes come up with some of the best insults. ‘Misbegotten wren’? ‘Sparrow-spawn’? ‘Simple son of a rat’? ‘Mutilated robin’? These things make my day, really!

Poor Einar, nail-laden missiles must’ve hurt a great deal. Argulor isn’t helping his case, either. I wouldn’t eat anything after that, too. :( And then Gonff couldn’t find better time for treasure hunting… Well, with Doomwytes away from their cave, I guess that was the best time, actually. ;) I admit I didn’t care much for Einar at first, but in the end he grew on me. I think what attracted me most was that he wasn’t a hero – he is greedy, and cowardly, and just wants to be left alone. And yet in the end, he was strong enough to make the right choice. I certainly love his ‘just shoot him’ plan, clear and simple!

I want to compliment you on that move with Lotor using Flitcheye herbs. I never saw this twist coming, and it’s so devilishly clever! Rose vs Lotor was such a powerful scene. I could just feel Rose’s determination and bravery as she went against such an enemy knowing how little chances she had. And Lotor fell on his own knife paw! Ah, the beautiful irony!

Hehe, and when Martin told his son that he had brought him a grandfather, I immediately imagined Rose saying, “And I brought you a new daughter!” :D The epilogue was beautiful. I especially loved when Sayna said that in the end, it wasn’t her story, but their combined story.

I still wish we could learn more about Kari… A rat living together with mice and marrying mouse in the end, her story sounds very interesting.

On the editing note: in the end of chapter 39 there are paragraphs that are repeated twice, them being: ‘Iona was, honestly bewildered. "What? That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard, an' lemme tell you, I've heard some lame ones. But get back to your prison? Come on weasel, what do you take me fer?"’ and ‘Lotor sneered. "I don't employ my abilities for anybeast but me .. and certainly not for lice-ridden sparrows."’

Also, I’ve seen your picture of Sunflash and Zarya, and first of all, it’s awesome! I love your designs for both badgers. :) Does ‘Zarya’ really means ‘sunrise’ in Japanese? Because it means ‘dawn’ or ‘sunrise’ in Russian and some other Slavic language, and when I saw it, I was like ‘wow’… I tried to do some research but couldn’t find out whether it’s just a coincidence or if this word was ‘imported’ into Japanese language from Europe. Anyway, it’s pretty cool. ;)