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O N E  D A Y …

you will be old enough

to start reading fairytales again.

happy belated birthday @kuweiyulbo ♥

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Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death. And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.

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Peter referencing the youngest Pevensies struggles

Parallels & References 4/?

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Welcome to the Golden Age: Narnia Magazine - Modern AU

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Narnia v Harry Potter

I’m going to compare these two serieses for a couple reasons. One of them is because I see people comparing them a lot, with their other-worldly aspects and the other is because of something J. K. Rowling once said about Susan being disregarded for “finding sex.”

J. K. Rowling is a very talented writer and I could never have created the rich world she did, however I’d like to point out a few things wrong with her books in this post, so you were forewarned.

C. S. Lewis started his 7 book series in the late 40s and finished them in the later 50s. In this time there was not a loud cry for female representation, however in the first book a little girl finds Narnia, followed by her family. Both Lucy and Susan are considered smart and never disregarded for being girls or being girly, which they both are. Polly and Digory chronologically come first, and with them, Polly is very smart and not used for Digory’s character development, at least not any more than he for she. This pattern continues throughout the series, the only female character that could have been just used for male character development is Ramuda’s daughter (Lilliandil in the movie, we call her Noor), and many minor male characters played similar roles in the story.

We all know there are 7 Harry Potter books. They all revolve around a male character. Multiple female characters are used to further Harry’s story. Many. Cho Chang is used after Cedric’s death, Ginny is used to make Harry Grow Up And Protect Her, Luna is used to show that Harry is both a Good Person and to move along his story. Hermione is used so many times I’m not sure I can narrow it down to a single incident. The first one was probably when they fought a troll in the bathroom, though.

Unlike in Harry Potter, there is a nearly equal amount of male and female characters in the Narnia books. For instance, the main characters in LWW are the two girls and two boys. As far as I’ve seen, female characters are not used at all in that book to further male character development. Almost all the girls in Harry Potter are used to further his character development. Also, it’s been pointed out that the female characters are treated poorly, particularly the woc. For instance, Cho Chang isn’t even a Chinese name! As an adult writing an incredibly popular children’s series, Rowling should have done a little research and at least named one of the few woc properly. She also shames the twins for being interested in looks and divination. Not all girls are photo copies of Hermione, and it’s stupid to empower only one type of girl.

Moving on to Lewis again, all of his characters have both flaws and good points. Female and male, and if there’s a female character, she has development of her own and isn’t a love interest, even if she falls in love later. Aravis, for instance, is a rather self-centered brat at first but she changes over time and is always considered brave and “true as steel”. She becomes such an amazing friend and person, as does Cor, after his development, that eventually Cor and her find themselves in love. Harry, on the other hand, seems to be about the only one developing. Sure, the other characters grow, but all his relationships are only really about him. (Ginny, Hermione, Luna, Cho Chang, etc,.)

now, on the subject of Susan: Susan, throughout the series, is never. Never. Made fun of for being too girly. It’s also very obvious that she’s respected by everyone who meets her. Corin literally fought someone who said something nasty about her. People mainly, including Rowling, say that Lewis was sexist because of one comment: “All she’s interested in nowadays is nylons, lipstick and party invitations.” This comment was made by Jill. On Jill: Interesting character, Jill. Brave, smart, albeit forgetful (ironically ). As far as we know, Jill never had much of an interest in looks. She was more like Aravis than Lasaraleen. Remember what Lewis said about them? Something along the lines of both of them liking different things and both thinking the other silly for it. “For what you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of person you are.” (C. S. Lewis) Jill was a person who wasn’t interested in her looks, while Susan was. That’s the kind of people they were. And another thing about Jill, she didn’t know Susan very well. Susan struggled with faith throughout the entire series. In Prince Caspian, she was the last to see Aslan for a reason. And if Susan has distanced herself from Narnia, Jill probably wouldn’t be a part of her life and wouldn’t have seen the young woman who struggled with faith her entire life.

Lewis wasn���t sexist, especially not in his Narnian works. However, Narnia WAS written in the 40s-50s and that’s why it doesn’t match up to our more modern ideals. We’ve come further than that now! But Rowling, on the other hand, was a single mother near the turn of the 21st century when she started writing Harry Potter. Why is it that that’s so and yet sexism managed to seep into her writing?

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By Your Side, by Anonymous

Happy Birthday @fourcrowns

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King Edmund, the Just

(He learned viciousness in school hallways and a wintry land. No matter how much you may mend, no matter how just you become, no matter how good—and he did all of these things—you never outrun the knowledge of the shadows, and he uses this to advantage.)

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Didn’t I tell you about the football field in the bathroom cupboard?

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newthomally’s TMR make me choose: Gally or Teresa

“Yeah. Nobody’s perfect, man.” 

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Modern!Narnia | Magazines

for @rhindons

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little edmund things | looking at baby sis lucy like she’s the most precious thing in the world

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insp

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#HE KNOWS

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Pevensies & Caspian // Dark AU

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face/hair touching appreciation post.

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cards: Artemis