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- Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:28 am
- Forum: The Horse and His Boy
- Topic: The Problem of Aravis
- Replies: 35
- Views: 23100
The Problem of Aravis
There is a particular scene which has come to bother me more over time, in part because I've heard other readers discussing implications which I honestly would not have thought of as a child. That is Aravis's scars received from Aslan, and his explanation of why. I do understand that it was, at leas...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:55 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
Well... It's possible that Jadis' war was about destroying an opposing ideology. But I'd give equal credit to the possibility that a woman who would go out of her way to uncover a kill-all weapon, is the sort of woman who is interested in taking or maintaining power whether or not she particularly h...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:54 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
Ah, alrighty.
I'm not sure if my fic ideas are up to 100--I shall need to count sometime--but I do think I know the feeling.
I am glad that the thread can be of some use in your brainstorming.
I'm not sure if my fic ideas are up to 100--I shall need to count sometime--but I do think I know the feeling.
I am glad that the thread can be of some use in your brainstorming.
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:53 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
^_^ You say you're writing a fic about this... I'm a bit curious who is the main character. Are you mostly focusing on Jadis, or her sister, or a bystander in one of their armies? I've had a Charn-fic percolating in my head, also--but not focused on the Last War. And I'm not sure how soon it would b...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:52 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
Is it? Perhaps even "evil" characters have a code of honor. Jadis approved her ancestor's murder of his nobles apparently on the basis that he believed they were plotting treason. She thought there was a proper order to things--magicians with the proper look and blood were to be respected,...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:52 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
On the Jadis/sister conflict... I don't think the sister was a saint, but I'm not sure how dark she was, either... it might have been black and black morality, or black and gray-ish morality, so to speak. Like, the sister could have been sick and tired of watching her men get slaughtered, and convin...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:51 am
- Forum: The Magician's Nephew
- Topic: Charn
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18142
Re: Charn
Well... I think polytheistic is a given. Maybe also some theocratic overlap with minor magic-blooded royalty being used as priesthood (thus able to manufacture miracles to bolster the faith and fear of the commoners), and possibly ancestor-worship of the jinn who helped birth the royal line? I would...
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Narnian Discussions
- Topic: Too old for Narnia
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13907
Re: Too old for Narnia
I've got an idea, and I'm trying to figure out how to say it right. It's not coming well into its words. But basically, I think oldness may not be the same thing as grown-ness or maturity. I don't know if there is anything to support this aside from Susan, but if "old" meant something more...