#sarobando

​Me, Saro, Bragoon, Springald, and Fenna:

Also thinking about Springald's mentee/mentor relationship with Sarobando, who is definitely also queer. They relate as the two squirrels on this journey, and I think through queer aspects of their identity, and they're both women.

Bragoon and Saro are definitely a couple, no one can convince me otherwise. I don’t care that they’re an otter and a squirrel (respectively). I’m convinced that they’re a couple. After all, look at all the evidence…

● they ran away from Redwall TOGETHER as dibbuns and still haven’t parted ways.

● Bragoon apparently willingly gave up the position of Skipper (a very important and powerful position among otters) just so he and Saro could continue adventuring together

● If I remember correctly, Saro is the only one to ever call Bragoon ‘Bragg’

● the friends they’ve made in their travels automatically assume that the two are still traveling together

● they will call just about anybeast 'mate’ in person, but when referring to somebeast as 'mate’ in conversation it’s almost always in reference to the other

● they only ever use 'my mate (name)’ for each other, and it’s always used positively

● I’ve listened to the audio book 3 times in the last week, and I could swear that they use a different tone when referring to each other or talking together

● They accept each other unconditionally

● They sleep close enough for Bragoon to move his tail fractionally and have Saro feel it (also how he only had to touch her ear for her to wake up)

● Bragoon’s line about never going anywhere without Saro