User blog comment:Galadriadhar/Essay: Laterose and Martin the Warrior/@comment-1629161-20091103215342

I think that Rose's death was important ( though I was very sad to see her die). We are touched by this part, and see the tenderness and love from Martin a somewhat reserved character. Rose's death changed Martin, making him more responsible and careful. I wish they could have gotten married and lived in Redwall, etc, but it seems that Brian Jacques's choice helped define Martin's character and also evoke strong feelings from readers. As for romance in Redwall- romance is there, certainly less conspicous, but often pure, child-like and loving- think of the faithful Gonff and Columbine, and the caring relationship of Matthias and Cornflower- I got several of these points from an excellent article in Terrouge on Redwall romance - sorry for the long post, and there has been many great points in this disscussion