rangers apprentice side blog

I made this blog solely because I didnt want to post horse halt on main

[ghost-gathering]

Introduction

Hey y’all, welcome to my rangers apprentice blog. I’ve loved the series ever since I was a kid, but only really joined the fandom recently.

Some things to know about me:

Call me Jay or Mug

Pronouns: they/he

Age: 22

Hobbies: writing, art, role play/dnd, listening to music, crafting/jewelry making

Other fandoms: legend of Zelda, our flag means death, Baldurs gate 3

Dni: terfs, racists, abelists, homophobes/transphobes. Y’know, all the basic stuff

I hope y’all have a good time here! But considering the cursed things I make I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t, lol

[sparrow-writes-draws]

I still don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that Will and Horace’s most popular ship name is whorace. Like whore-ass. 10/10 no notes whoever came up w it is a literary genius

[itsthenovelteafactor]

I just found out John Flanagan passed away - his Ranger’s Apprentice books were hugely influential for me getting into fantasy, and were really a staple of my childhood. My parents read the first one or two to me before I got too excited to wait and read the rest on my own, and I had a Ranger’s Cloak I’d always wear to Renaissance Fairs.

I got to hear him speak once at a Barnes and Noble event and remember how funny and genuine he was. Someone asked a question about character names, and he said something to the effect of, ‘your main characters names are the ones you’re going to write the most often, so they should be as few letters as possible’ that always made me smile reading about Will and Halt.

Very sad to hear of his passing, and incredibly grateful for the tremendous legacy he left behind.

[ragingadhd]

Wow. Don’t even know how to start this. I knew this day would come eventually, yet it still feels so surreal.

I can’t accurately express how much of an impact Flanagan’s stories have had on my life. From giving me exciting stories to read at recess, to fueling my interest in storytelling and media analysis, to forging new friendships, to exploring Europe, to inspiring me to create my own work. My current long-term project wouldn’t even exist if it hadn’t started with me playing around with RA characters and my own OCs.

Though my thoughts on the RA and TRR series have grown more cynical over the years, I keep turning back to them. There’s a magic in those words that will never fully fade, even when every character has been met, every surprise spoiled. These books have had such a profound impact on me and it hurts to think no more is coming.

My heart goes out to his friends and family. I’m sure they don’t need me to tell them this, but he created something incredible. Rest in peace, John Flanagan.

[ranger-melany]

I didn't expect my day to start with the news that our Head Ranger, John Flanagan, has passed away. As I shared it with others, I then got to know he passed away two months ago.

Dear John, thank you for all you've done and for the world that you created. Ranger's Apprentice has meant a lot to me and helped me when I felt lost. You'll be greatly missed. Rest in peace, beloved Head Ranger🍂

(articles underneath the cut)

In Memory of John Flanagan (article)

[thelittlebantamrooster]

I've been wanting to do this scene for a while, and @that-one-enby-ranger-2000 suggested I do this back in my word blog. Here it is. I'm back to my old background-hating ways, because there's so much more I could have included in the picture, but I didn't want to detract from Will and Halt in the infamous Boar Scene.

[that-one-enby-ranger-2000]

Hey Halt, make my cherry coke

[ragingadhd]

[ghost-gathering]

Is Horse Halt a Centaur?

yes

no

Voting ended onFeb 5

[ghostskies]

Horse Halt this and Horse Halt that. When, I beg you, is Centaur Halt that Crowley can hug and hold hands with instead of reins?

@ghost-gathering

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Afsgshshhshshdgsgsg

[artsysurvivor]

[ID in ALT]

Horse Halt.

OG by @ghost-gathering. [Link to DTIYS post here] uhh yeah.

[ghost-gathering]

Omg I'm obsessed XD

Seriously I love this. Crowley's abs??? The background?????? And of course horse halt himself.

[that-one-enby-ranger-2000]

The only reason Halt can handle eye contact is because even though it makes him uncomfortable, it also makes the person he's looking at uncomfortable when he stares into their soul and he gets joy from that

[wyn-n-tonic]

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[ghost-gathering]

DTIYS

Calling all artists, or even non artists for that matter! I’m opening up a DTIYS based on this here drawing known quite fondly as “Horse Halt.” I’m excited to see what yall come up with! If you decide to participate, please either reblog this post with your addition or tag it as #horse halt dtiys

I plan on participating as well eventually with my own redraw of this piece! Though that may take some time on my part lol

Legend has it that horse Halt grants any who draw him the ability to draw good horses…

[001x456]

fanfic writers and fan artists are carrying fandoms. they are the backbone of fandoms.

thank you fanfic writers and fan artists

[permettez-moi]

You know, the more I think about Halt being a royal, the more things start to make sense, and some are just plain fun.

1. He's a good tactician, which we write off to him being a ranger, but he propably had some war training, especially the tactics of it.

2. Technically speaking, he should probably be able to use a sword, yet another classic thing for your fantasy medieval royal to know.

3. Halt can propably sing, as it is a respectable skill to have.

4. Fashion. Halt knows, or used to know Hibernian fashion to a T.

5. He is multilingual! My best guess is - Hibernian - Araluen - a decent amount of celtic and pictic - and maybe a hand full of gælic, as a treat

6. I've said it once, and I'll say it again, he knows royal and high society protocol and rules. He just chooses to ignore them

7. Halt used to wear some make-up

8. His ability to pick up on lies and social nuance, propably due to training in high society.

[iwanttobepersephone]

Propaganda for you to make Halt O'Carrick a pagan:

OAK TREES ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN IRISH PAGNISM!!!!! Not only is the oak king associated with the yearly turn of the Wheel, but oak trees are also considered to be 1 of the 7 Airig Fedo, or Lords of the Wood, which are very valuable and spiritually important trees (no, I'm not kidding)

Halt being Hibernian (Irish) is very important to his story, which can probably go unsaid, but sometimes you have to spell things out. Why not double down on his culture? Give him an Irish accent, an Irish (birth) name, an Irish haircut, and why not an Irish religion while you're at it?

Irish chieftain and eventually kings would be sworn in underneath spiritually important trees (yeah, it's trees again), and given that Halt was an Irish king, we can assume that the Irish practices still remained. And if the Irish pagan practices remained, why not the actual Irish pagan religion?

Fun fact: Lineage was SO important in Irish tradition that, in meetings called by kings, you were not allowed to speak at all unless a bard could declare your lineage before you. So, Halt going and insulting Duncan's lineage in book 3? Way bigger deal than in canon. Like. Massively big deal.

Ogma, a god and the champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann, created the Irish alphabet Ogham because he wanted to prove he could. Come on guys, tell me Halt wouldn't love that.

C'mon. Don't be a coward. Do it. Make him pagan. I beg of you. All of you. Literally just look at a Wikipedia that's good enough

Yes I know that in Book 8 Halt was very judgemental of the people who fell for Tennysons cult, and yes I know there were very atheistic undertones to that, but come ON that's just so boringgggggggg

[solarishashernoseinabook]

Ranger's Apprentice fans will be like "we are sooooo much more enlightened than flanagan we don't rely on stereotypes" and then point to the only irish character who drinks maybe twice in a dozen books and say "that one's an alcoholic lol"