#Aravis

[demigodofhoolemere]

In the vein of this poll, I’m also curious how everyone in the Narnia fandom is pronouncing Aravis, because I’ve definitely seen different ones.

[mary-maud]

Do not by any means destroy yourself, for if you live you may yet have good fortune, but all the dead are dead alike.

C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

[meadow-roses]

Shifters wip doodle dump XD

[grandboute]

On est pas trop mal...

#aravis #hauteSavoie #alpes #frenchAlps #alps #laMontagneCaVousGagne #mountains #montagnes #ninieSbirthday #tardevant #paccaly #balme

[somewhereincairparavel]

Oooh, fun!

🍭, Narnia, and Aravis×Cor lollll

ahh I haven't read the horse and his boy in SO long so bear w me if it's not long or deep enough or if te has any inaccuracies, especially because the Cor/Aravis romance is actually quite mild since Lewis doesn't really write romance and kept them lowkey until the end when he said they got married when they were older to continue their bickering in an easier way lol.

Cor (Shasta)/Aravis are super cute because they're the definition of an old married couple from the very beginning, they are both brought up tough but still have their differences. You'd think that aravis, a girl who always wanted to be a warrior but was suppressed because calormen women tend to be forced into a teen marriage, and cor, who was also raised in a stiff, restrained and poor sort of background and didn't exactly have much freedom since he only knew his small town until bree came by, would actually immediately click or have a love at first sight kind of situation, but I like how Lewis still had them quarrel. Just because two people have similar struggles of freedom and similar goals, doesn't mean they'll automatically get along. my favourite scene is when after shasta comes back as cor, the prince, aravis is so awkward around him. because all that time, aravis was considered the "superior one" as she was from a noble class and seemed more experienced in leading the way, and shasta was the "poor inexperienced peasant" but aravis didn't know how to act around him anymore because she didn't want him to think that she was only being nice because he was a prince. I firmly believe aravis started seeing shasta in a different light when he launched himself at the lion (not knowing it was aslan) to protect aravis and her horse hwin. one nice thing to note about their relationship, is that it's interracial, I love that aravis, the queen of archenland, has calormene blood running through the archenland royal house, considering how bad of a reputation the calormenes have had. Now they play a part in one of the good lands of narnia, because of aravis.

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[artist-issues]

I love your post detailing greta gerwig's changes in her adaptation of little women, but isn't Narnia definitely flavored with some universalism? In the Last Battle, a worshipper of Tash ends up in heaven because he's like "truly seeking the face of God" essentially even if he knew Aslan by the wrong name because his culture only exposed him to Tash. Also, I was raised protestant so I don't know if catholics have a different idea about what counts as universalism or not, but basically I'm not so sure if this will get in the way of her working on the films, especially if she does the Magicians Nephew. Unrelated, I wonder how they're going to go about adapting the Horse and his Boy without it being lambasted for racism etc lol

I think "flavored" with Universalism is a good way to describe The Last Battle--and only The Last Battle, and only that bite of the meal that deals with the young Calormene. Because my understanding of Universalism is that they believe all people, regardless of their beliefs contradicting Biblical Christianity, go to heaven and are not condemned for choosing to be god-of-their-own-life.

You can't quite look at C.S. Lewis' entirety of work and believe he was a Universalist in that sense. He certainly believed in the Biblical truth of Hell. Otherwise, specifically in Narnia, there would be no "Darkness on Aslan's Left Side" that all the creatures who fear and hate him disappear into at the end of the world. That seems like a pretty straightforward representation of Judgement.

I think the whole thing with Emeth the Calormene is interesting. From the language Lewis uses, it seems like he's trying to say something about the posture of a heart more than the name one swears by. Emeth is confused that he's been allowed into the True Narnia because "all my life I have served Tash." But Aslan basically looks at the heart; he says if Emeth had been serving Tash, his deeds and his heart would match Tash. It actually seems more like Emeth didn't know who Tash was at all, or he would have been performing vile works to please Tash. Aslan also says Emeth would never have kept "seeking" for so long if his heart had been serving Tash, which implies that Tash is easier to know than Aslan.

All of that is fascinating (I do think it is the theologically weakest, if not worst, part of the Chronicles of Narnia series.) But I don't think it has anything to do with Universalism as we know it today. Unitarian Universalism is just "Believe whatever you want as long as your belief system doesn't judge other people's belief systems, and you'll be fine with 'God.'" Lewis certainly didn't subscribe to that unbiblical worldview, even with the Calormene in the Last Battle.

I don't know what you mean about the Magician's Nephew.

The real problem with Greta Gerwig is not that she claims Unitarian Universalism. It's that she can't tell a story that is faithful to the original books; she has to transpose it into her own values. So, for example in what we're talking about, if she were doing "The Last Battle," she'd certainly cut out The Darkness on Aslan's Left Side scene, and maybe even reduce the whole conversation between Aslan and Emeth to "all are welcome!" But the main thing she'll do is elevate Susan, Lucy, Jill, Aravis, and Polly to a disproportionate degree.

Finally, I would just say, I'd love for somebody to explain to me what makes The Horse and His Boy racist. (With a reminder that nobody on this website knows my race, so nobody can claim that race-based unconscious bias is what's keeping me from seeing it.)

Lewis invented his own race that, yes, is heavily influenced by Western-Arabian-Nights-interpretations of Middle Eastern cultures. But the Calormenes don't serve Allah, they serve Tash and other gods. The Calormene characters are not all ugly. The Calormen food is not all disgusting. Aravis is a Calormene, and she is a heroine and a main character. Not even every Calormene is even evil, or the enemy of Narnia, though the nation is. What, just because a non-white nation is depicted in Narnia and you can see what culture their fantasy culture is based on, that makes it racist? How? Because Lewis doesn't even write all Calormenes as good or evil, he writes them as humans. Explain to me how that's racist.

(I mean, not you, @childlessoldcatlady, I'm enjoying answering this question. I just meant, someone explain it, now that I'm on the subject. Thanks for the question. I'm Protestant, too.)

[ewa-jednak-chce-spac]

Congratulations to Scroldie fans

Your ship won Shasta x Aravis and Phux with in my second true ultimate shipping tournament and advanced to the fourth round!

Shasta x Aravis and Phux fans, don’t weep, because your ships remain awesome!

[tiredarts-main]

I’m so allergic but she’s so worth it

[postcard-from-the-past]

Rhododendrons Chalet and Restaurant by the Col des Aravis, Savoy region of France

French vintage postcard

[wingedflight]

Garden Variety

Written for Glenstorm63 in the Narnia Fic Exchange 2023!

Relationship: Aravis & Lasaraleen

Tags: Post-HHB, Espionage, Court Politics, Personal Growth

Summary: Seven years after her midnight escape, Aravis returns to the Tisroc's Garden.

Excerpt:

The Tisroc’s Garden looks different in the daylight.

For seven years, Aravis has carried only a confused impression of this place: gray lawns, hissing fountains, and long black shadows. She thinks of it as a dark place, its silence broken by the thudding pulse in her ears, its air heavy with the stink of Lasaraleen’s perfumes. How long had it taken to cross from the palace entrance to the little waterside gate? Hours , it had felt like, and her mind had taken this to suppose that the garden must be twice as large as the old palace itself.

Now, looking out over the geometric layout of the trees and flowers around white walkways and shallow water channels, Aravis feels that she has entered a different garden altogether. The air smells sweet, and easily carries a contemplative melody from the musicians’ pavilion. And though the Tisroc’s Garden is still impressively large, it is nowhere near the unending length that has haunted her nightmares for years.

A blackbird alights on a nearby branch and tilts her head. “You’re hesitating.”

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[mary-maud]

For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there's hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land.

C. S. Lewis, The Horse and his Boy

[meadow-roses]

After all those years living inside a volcano, the mountain air feels colder than he remembers, but it sure feels nice

[grandboute]

On ne s'en lasse pas...

#aravis #jardinAvecVue #yaute #alps #mountains #frenchAlps #hauteSavoie #montagne #alpes #rando #hiking #summer #grandBo #ninieSbirthday #randonnee #view #serenity #peaceful #friendship

[who-canceled-roger-rabbit]

Aravis and Lasaraleen are the original "Me vs. Other Girls, but make it gay" ship

[elykrindon]

BONUS:

Did these at the same time as the others but Tumblr only allows 10 images per post.

Aslan - Rose (amethyst roses on a golden crown of thorns)

Jadis - Spikes or Blades (instead of a plant, her crown looks more of death than any poisonous plant)

Lord Digory Kirke -  Apple Lady Polly Plummer - Crocus High King Peter Pevensie - Oak Queen Susan Pevensie - Daffodil King Edmund Pevensie - Birch Queen Lucy Pevensie - Yarrow Lord Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Blackthorn Lady Jill Pole - Daisy King Cor - Alder Queen Aravis - Orchid Characters from The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis done in faber-castell watercolors on hue&ai mix media pad.