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I know it says "frog" in the title. But the amphibian theme and the noble, Victorian-Edwardian trappings bring to mind an alternate universe where Toad is actually brave and competent, and singlehandedly plans to retake Toad Hall from the weasel army...
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Thanks so much for comment,it's my honor that you take interest in this picture.You mean the "Wind in the Willows",hey that's my favorite story.As I child I watched it's stop motion animation,and read the novel later. The battle of Toad Hall,haha,I still remember it. Toad, Mole,Water Rat and Badger storm the hall,take the weasel army by totally surprise.Β I remember that the weasel army is armed with rifles, and the Toad band is also armed with pistols,but strangely enough,not a single gunshoot is shot,and the battle is fight by bludgeon...
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Hmm... Think in the book, the weasels relied on the ferrets to provide the guns, and the ferrets bailed on them thinking they were about to be overrun by a horde of toads. And given that Rat and Badger are Edwardian countryside gentlemen, looking at illustrations from the time they got muzzle loaders, so only got a total of eight shots to work with. And even fewer in the film since Badger brings a single coach gun.
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Thanks a lot for this thoughtful reply,it's very well said.And consider that this story is generally a light-hearted ones for kid,so it would be unlikely to have a gun battle that cause casualties.
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The show was pretty dark, with the chief weasel on one occasion attempting to maim Badger (and very nearly losing his own leg in the process), Mole nearly dying after eating a toadstool, and the utterly horrifying prospect of the weasels playing lawful evil and actually finding legal ground to have Badger evicted. The latter especially devastating since it deals with the double-edged sword of society, with Badger pointing out that if the law does not also protect those who abuse it, it's worthless. But yes, except for an opening shot or two, outright gun combat has little room in a story chiefly about animals in boats.
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Oh,yes,there is only one shot,a warning shot,fired by a ferret.and no one was hurt.
Yes,you are right.The story is deep in some aspects,but I do not remember reading the part of Mole nearly dying after eating a toadstool,how strange...And if I my memeory is right ,Mole and Rat also witness an apparition of Pan,they bow down to worship him.But at the previous chapter,the animals sing christmas carol ,that's weird...And the Toad happily enjoyed a meat stew contains no less than seven animals...including hare and rabbit.
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Yes, that was only in the series: Think it was in season 2 that Mole accidentally eats a bottlecap -and while not mentioning it specifically, the animators recreate the symptoms of kidney collapse in graphic detail. The entire population of Riverbank and Wild Wood team up to produce a remedy (the only exception is Otter, who is mentioned but does not appear, as the puppet had been lost at the time). Even the weasels, coaxed by the Chief who feels personally uncomfortable with the idea of somebody dying from poison.
There's a similar change from the book in The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, where it is shown clearly that the weasels join in the search for Portley. The Chief reveals that he has a son who is friends with the Riverbank cubs, and even gets a bit sentimental over how his boy innocently associates with "the nobs" while the adults have a strained relationship.
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Thanks for this lengthy reply,it's really informative and a pleasure to read.The TV seriese before,but it seems has more plots than the novel.It's a quite high grade animation series.
Portley is an otter cub?
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Aye, Portley is Otter's son. He appears a couple of times in the book and is a main character in The Willows in Winter, but he only appears in two episodes of the series.
I am actually very unnerved by stop motion, especially featuring "human" characters, so have not seen much to compare to. But from what I gather WitW was one of the most complex productions ever.
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Sorry for the much delayed reply,my friend,I am quite busy these days,and catch a cold that make things worse.
Yes,I can remember the search for Portley,and they find him resting under Pan's protection.
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Not a worry, get well soon.
Think Pan in the animation was a genius adaptation, with how there is a lot of activity in the scene although almost nothing moves and Pan's presence is only hinted with the inert statue. Reminds of the sibyl from I, Claudius, which would've been a fairly recent inspiration at the time.
It makes for a scene that all children may not have understood in context, but certainly remembered as significant.
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Ah,yes,the Wind in the Willows has something much deeper than most children can understand.The legal eviction of the Badge is one example,and the Rat's "mid-life crisis" after meeting with the Sea Rat is another.
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The eviction of Badger was quite the peculiar episode. Didn't particularly like its mixing of human and animal characters, but Badger's thoughts on the rule of law carried it - and the twist, with the Wild Wood having been granted in perpetuity to the Badgers by Julius Caesar, sets up the mythology of the series as it develops from the book. It establishes in detail that while Badger is the only one of his kind at present, badgers have shaped the shaped the landscape for 2000 years, and it is the work of his ancestors that eventually saves the area from development.
Come to think of it, I seem to recall in one episode Badger expresses admiration for the Romans, viewing them not as invaders but as a culturing influence: "They gave us laws to live by". Thought at first this might be Victorian sentiment (Badger presumably being a generation older than the others), praising might making right and the progress of civilization. But perhaps it may have been a family memory of Roman contact, though he is not personally aware of the details.
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There definitely seems to be a strong frog theme recently and its rather fun, I love the powder flask with the frog on it as well as the hands. Another nice still life picture .
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A thousand thanks,my friend,frog is one of my favorite animals and I think they looks like funny little human at some degree.
Thanks for noticed all the details,your comment means a lot to me.
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Nice to meet you and thanks so much!
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Ha! I can see one of those primer caps! For a very little I don't have a four finger frog hand! I used to like shooting and explosive stuff when I was young! Luckly my black powder formulas were good only for my mother's plants. I didn't know Onegin's story... I took a look at the sinopsis and I think you've made an exelent job mixing it with the frog prince... yes, sometimes we don't feel ourselves as part of human species... negligible as a frog . Maybe a pair of duelling pistols could be a plus, but all the things fits well... funny ad dramatic at the same time! Β I you are a cultured man and humorous too... and a bit romantic, ha, ha.... sad to you!
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Wow,yes,thanks so much my dear friend,I am happy that you noticed the details.It's a percussion or caplock pistol,so it use primer caps.Your comment is very well said,I think that culture,humor ,kindness, romantic is almost worth nothing today,no one will value these features anymore,a man is not a man but a frog if he had no money,or as you call,dinheiro.
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Well, the world changed a lot... sometimes things looks very weird, no? But as a romantic you tend to dramatize things... a true gentleman is valued today as rare specimen, ha, ha! 'Dinheiro' is not everything... look at Mr Onegin, still a frog despite all his money and position. And about culture, I like the parody of forbidden fruit... you can stay in paradise as an ignorant but once you taste the knowlegement, there's no way back, for the good or for the bad, there isn't a choice anymore... fortunatelly, today we have prozac, paroxetin and many other encapsuled Edens...
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Thanks for your thoughtful reply,it's quite well said!
you are indeed a very wise man,so please don't mind my stupid ravings,haha!
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Me, wise man? Ha, ha! No way! But thanks! And don't worry... I can understand your points...
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I am a depressed misanthropes,so At least you are wiser than me ,my dear friend!
And the conversation with you also inspired me with some new ideas of drawing.Like,the paradise of ignorant and the forbidden fruit of knowledge...
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All the artifacts and memories a frog needs to make his final decision, I guess.
Really nice illustration!
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Thanks so much,nice to meet you sir!Yes,the frog here is about to make a critical decision.It's like "Frog Prince" meets " Evgene Onegin".
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I am so happy to hear from you again,my dear friend!Thank you so much for comment!
I like frogs,they looks very like humanΒ to me.
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Love your work, really strange, funny and eerie at the same time.
Life is hard if you're a frog...
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Ha,thanks so much for this precious comment,it means a lot to me.It's a result after I mixed up "The Frog Prince" and "Eugene Onegin" in my mind.
I think life is hard for almost all (excepet for a few) ,whether you are a frog or not.
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You should make a Crime and Punishment one with frogs haha. I already see it
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Oh,that' s a good idea and it will definitely hilarious!
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