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The problem of Susan this the problem of Susan that why does no one talk about the fact that all the past protagonists die in a train crash AND ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT

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My Roman empire is that time this 13 year old girl threw an arrow so hard it went through a man's armor and into his chest 🙂

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There’s been a little deliberation over the ages of the Pevensies, so I just thought I’d clarify. According to C. S. Lewis’ timeline for Narnia, Peter was born in 1927, Susan in 1928, Edmund in 1930, and Lucy in 1932. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe takes place in 1940. Prince Caspian is in 1941, Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 1942, and then The Last Battle takes place in 1949.

Because they don’t specify birthdays, we can assume Peter is 13 at his first appearance, Susan is 12, and Lucy is 8. The only odd point is Edmund, because in Prince Caspian his birthday is established as likely being late summer. I could be wrong, but I think LWW takes place in early summer, making Edmund still 9 at the time. 

In Prince Caspian, then (though if we knew their exact birthdays, these ages could differ,) Peter is 14, Susan 13, Edmund (just turned) 11, and Lucy 9. At the beginning of the next book, then, Edmund is either just turned 12, or about to turn 12, while Lucy is 10.

Finally, in The Last Battle, Peter is 22, Edmund is (just) 19, and Lucy is 17. (But then again, those ages could change depending on their actual birth dates. Edmund is the only one I’m constantly sure about.) Anyways. I hope this helped!

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Susan is my favorite Pevensie, not for who she was in the books, but rather for the symbol she became. Her ending is ambiguous, open-ended. We do not know if she found her way back to Narnia and, more importantly, Aslan. We only know that she drifted from and lost her faith. But C.S. Lewis made the point to say that her damnation is not a forgone conclusion. And that is so important to me.

The Chronicles of Narnia are, without a doubt, a Christian allegory, possibly the most famous and widely read Christian allegory in modern times. And there is a character who has lost her faith but whose story does not end with it gone forever. She is not damned for having lost her faith. She suffers for it, yes, but her suffering is not the end, simply the middle, with possibility and hope on her horizon should she choose it.

That is possibly one of the most important messages of The Chronicles of Narnia, especially in this day and age when more and more young people are setting aside their faith (usually after bad experiences, which, hey, if you need space from toxic interpretations of God's Word, I don't blame you).

The important thing to remember is, turning away now does not prevent your return, however and whenever you find your way back. God's love is neverending and He will not turn away those who come to Him in good faith, no matter how long they were gone (and don't let anyone ever tell you any differently).

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Things that made the battle scene in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe still the best battle scene I’ve ever seen:

Epic scenery

The MUSIC

The moment the music stopped and you just hear bodies colliding and shouts and the clatter of weapons. So chilling

How Peter’s battle strategies clearly reflect his experiences and values; he uses the griffin’s to essentially bomb the witch’s army and keeps Edmund safe out of range on the cliff. He uses the air space over the enemy as an important battle field which is often forgotten in fantasy battles (but was such a big deal in blitzed London)

The variety of of creatures in each army. The film uses this as a moment to world build on who lives in Narnia and establish what they value by who’s side they’re on

It emphasises how each unique creature is built different and how that effects the battle. A good example is how the tiny guy with the sword takes down the rhino (it’s a split second scene where the rhino looks like he trips but he was actually attacked)

There a unicorn, like, come on

Again, the silence that comes when the music stops just before the two armies collide. Exquisite

It’s not an overly gory battle, and it’s not made to look super grey or gritty, but it doesn’t glorify it either. It’s made to look epic but also terrible - there’s broad daylight and colour in each shot but the music adds weight to the deaths that happen

Just a huge amount of fantasy creatures that don’t look like robots. Those fauns look genuinely nervous

The way Peter consults the other leaders like the griffin and Oreius. He respects them

Peter’s glance over his shoulder to Edmund for reassurance

The way Edmund gives him a nod. SO cool.

It demonstrates how they’re both kings and although Peter is leading the army Edmund is also playing a vital role in the battle

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I am definitely in love with Edmund fighting with Peter's sword, and Lucy with Susan's bow in the final fight with the sea serpent in the Dawn Treader movie. That connection to their siblings in a time of horror and darkness, even as they move forward and commit new deeds of bravery with the old and storied weapons. Very, very nice touch.

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The Chronicles of Narnia || Poster Series (2/3)

PRINCE CASPIAN (2008) dir. Andrew Adamson

Insp.

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Narnia Headcanons

- Edmund and Lucy were the only two to ever marry as king and queen of Narnia.

- Susan was married three times on earth. Her first marriage wasn't thought through and ended in amicable divorce after two years (they remained close friends throughout their lives), her second ended with her husband's death, and her third husband outlived her by three years. They were named Ned, Alexander, and Henry.

-Susan didn't remarry until nearly 10 years after Alexander's death (he was killed in a car accident). She had two children with him, Peter Edmund and Wren.

- meeting Henry was an unexpected but happy accident. She had twins with him: Christopher, and Charles.

- Peter Edmund took the most after Susan. Wren took after her uncle Edmund quite a bit though and liked to carry his picture around when she was little.

- Christopher was a lot like his late uncle Peter but Charles was like Lucy mixed with Eustace, which often led to interesting situations.

- Alexander was the only one Susan told about Narnia and he believed her immediately. His grandmother had been present when Jadis was in London and she was always convinced the witch was one of the fey, so it made sense to him.

- Edmund married Ariane the daughter of minor Archenland nobility. She is described by historians as, "tall, thin, and very plain with red hair and covered head to toe in freckles. Lady Ariane had a sharp tongue, was extremely stubborn, and argued as easy as she breathed. The king adored her."

- Ariane wasn't able to have children. She and Edmund unofficially adopted Aravis, who wasn't really sure what to make of the two at first.

- Lucy married the son of the governor of the Lone Islands, a man called Soren. He was described as being dark haired and quiet. He was exceptionally gentle and he and Lucy grew to love each other deeply.

- Lucy had one daughter named Una, who was later called Princess of the Ruins by rude Telemarene scholars. Narnians called her Queen Una the Wise.

- Soren died after a long illness, shortly before the Telmarens took over. Una fled to Archenland and lived in Exile there with her aunt Ariane.

- Ariane never got over Edmund's disappearance and often wandered around the countryside looking for Aslan, so he could bring her husband back. She died of old age surrounded by her niece, adopted daughter, and grandchildren.

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Susan loved Narnia so much that she chose to forget it, because that hurt less.

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nothing is funnier to me than Edmund plucking (who he thinks is Prince Corin) out of the streets and then forcing him to hold hands all the way back to the lodgings so he doesn’t run off again

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(Un)believers

Edmund and Susan were always alike. The doubters, the black sheep, the shadows. They grew close in Narnia, and closer still after.

I. Edmund says, “We are kids,” and Peter replies, “Well, I wasn’t always.” Edmund and Susan exchange a glance - a glance that says they’ve had this conversation before. A glance that says “No, but we are now. We will learn to live with it.” They’ve stayed up way too late and found each other pacing the halls, and they have gone to sit in the Professor’s yard where they can see they sky so clearly that they can almost pretend it’s the Narnian stars looking back at them. “We’ll go back one day,” Edmund insists. He still sounds old. He still looks 10. “And if we don’t?” Susan whispers, barely daring to voice her fears. Edmund sighs, and the wind blows cold all of a sudden. “Then I suppose we’ll learn to be kids, again. It doesn’t mean it’s over. ‘Once a King, always…” but he can’t finish the thought. The words catch in his throat. He doesn’t feel like a king. But he still believes he will be one again, and with him, Susan lets herself believe it, too.

II. Peter tears his shirt and begins fashioning it into a torch, and Edmund and Susan exchange another glance. They’re almost laughing. Susan knows, though Peter apparently doesn’t, that Edmund holds his torch in his bag. It’s so like Peter, of course, to forget something like that; he doesn’t keep track of the What and the When - only the Who. Peter would look after his siblings to the death of him, but not the way Susan would - not the way a mother would. Edmund and Susan both know this. They don’t judge him too harshly as he wraps the tatters of his shirt around a stick, but they do laugh. Edmund begins reaching for his torch, and Susan already knows it’s coming. She knows her brother. She knows Edmund.

III. They don’t know what Aslan’s How is until they enter the main chamber. Susan sees the table, and her breath catches in her throat for a moment. Edmund stops breathing altogether. He never dared to visit it, after Aslan’s sacrifice, and Susan had never dared to go there again. She knew he had risen again gloriously. But she also knew that his blood still stained the crack of the table. The two of them see the stone, and they see the image carved above it, and they turn to each other - with awe and with fear. They believed they’d come back - scarcely dared to believe - but not to this place. They each remembered the sacrifice; the terror of that night; Susan remembered the Lion’s eyes rolling back, and Edmund remembered the fear of going off to war. They don’t exchange words - all their words have already been exchanged - but their eyes find each other again. They each know what the other is thinking.

IV. Edmund watches Susan say goodbye, and makes a joke about not understanding, but he does, better than even she does. The goodbye comes easy, but the leaving is hard, and as he watches Peter reach out to reassure their sister, Edmund knows she might not snap back this time. Susan believed, but it was hard to believe, and Edmund had heard this in nearly all their late night conversations. He didn’t know if she could take leaving again; leaving for good. He didn’t know what she might do. And as they made their way through the doorway Aslan opened, Edmund was scared - not for himself. Hardly even for Peter, who was leaving, too. Susan said goodbye and for the moment believed everything would be alright. Edmund knew better. Edmund knew Susan.

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Oh God what if they make Rabadash hot

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Uncommon Peter Screencaps: LWW

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Yeshua said to him, “T’oma, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” John 20:29

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You know… the one thing that makes me genuinely sad about the Pevensie’s deaths in The Last Battle, (besides viewing it from Susan’s perspective, of course,) is just knowing how hard they would have fought for Narnia; how willingly they would have DIED for Narnia. They didn’t go out in a blaze of glory, fighting for what they loved… it was a railway accident. Not a war, and not a final stand. A train.

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Once there were four children

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I've always loved the decision to make Peter "angsty" in Prince Caspian.

First because it makes him a more complex and interesting character.

Second, it's nice to have heroes that are not always likable.

Finally, if I went from being an adult to a kid again, I'd be royally pissed too.