Wow, thanks for that. I can't really get enough of Narnia analysis, which is yet another reason why I'm so excited about the movie.
I get what papersky is saying, but much of my perception is coloured by what I thought about the books when I was younger versus what I think of them now. I liked TLB, although it wasn't my favourite, probably as an early manifestation of my love for apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic literature. I didn't find Tirian as interesting as Caspian, but the slow decay of Narnia was lovely.
Nor did Susan's fate bother me, initially, because I didn't see her betrayal as stemming from sexuality (I was too young to make that connection), but rather from (as many people in the thread point out) from becoming boring and mainstream. As an outsider-type myself, I'd always identified more with Lucy and been picked on by girls like Susan, so I felt a sense of geek vindication. Anger at Lewis came later.
I'm going to have to do an entire Narnia post -- probably in the context of seeing the movie. I meant to reclaim my collection from my parents' place when I was up there the other day, but it'll have to wait for another visit.
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Date: 2005-12-14 02:09 am (UTC)I get what
Nor did Susan's fate bother me, initially, because I didn't see her betrayal as stemming from sexuality (I was too young to make that connection), but rather from (as many people in the thread point out) from becoming boring and mainstream. As an outsider-type myself, I'd always identified more with Lucy and been picked on by girls like Susan, so I felt a sense of geek vindication. Anger at Lewis came later.
I'm going to have to do an entire Narnia post -- probably in the context of seeing the movie. I meant to reclaim my collection from my parents' place when I was up there the other day, but it'll have to wait for another visit.