A big rambly rant on Narnia

[caramelsilver]

Narnia fandom really has two fandoms. If you don’t believe me, then you are not in the Narnia fandom. It took me awhile to understand this and it took me even a longer time to get to terms with this. As a reader I think it’s great, but as a writer it makes me very frustrated because I don’t know which camp I’m in. Let me explain

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[katakokk]

OH GOD I know what you're talking about. I don't know if you've seen some of my more recent fic (my narniaexchange and some England!fic) but when I posted the England!fic over at FF.net the first thing I got was backlash for being OOC (because Peter wasn't a perfect gentleman and because Lucy was angry). And while at the same time I enjoy some of the book canon, it's inconsistent and unrealistic, and with the movies there's just a greater reality and depth.

I don't even want to post my narniaexchange over at FF.net for fear of what the book canon elitists will think. :/

[caramelsilver]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thinks so.

I didn't know you posted on ffnet! Also have I missed one of your fics? Link?

I knoooow! I was actually scared of posting my narniaexchange fic there. They HATED the fact that Lucy got drunk.

And yeah, I love the books, but the movies gives me character development!! And for some reason Lewis wasn't very fond of character development.

[katakokk]

Oh god how would they take Jadis in my narniaexchange? *hides at thought*

Um, I'm on my brother's iToucb right now so I can't link directly, but if you go to my fic journal, suridasu, and scroll down the first one is called "the only things that echo" (Lucy POV) and the companion piece is "our lost kingdoms" (Peter POV).

And yeah, Lewis' characters don't really grow except for when made necessary by plot (Edmund's redemption, but we don't really get to see that, not really).

[caramelsilver]

I think they would either love it or be so shocked they won't know what to say. (I, at least, thinks its awesome!)

Then I shall go and read those now.

Edmund is the most dynamic character in the whole series- which is also why I like him the best.

[katakokk]

I feel like it would shock them. I think I'll just leave them to their bookverse stories.

Yay! :)

So very, very true. That's why he's my favorite too. Well, that, and Skandar Keynes does a really awesome job playing him and also, I'm shallow. ♥

[caramelsilver]

There's nothing wrong with being shallow. But while I love Edmund I can't look at Skandar in a sexual way because he's younger than me and that's just weird. But I do believe that under eye-candy in the dictionary there's a picture of William Moseley.

Writing review as we speak=)

[katakokk]

Well, yes, but he's older than me so I can see him in that way. I understand what you mean about not being able to see guys younger than you in a sexual way, sort of. Heard of Justin Bieber? He's my age, so not really younger than me, but he looks like a guy I knew in 5th grade and yet people older than me are obsessed with him. *shakes head* WillMo is pretty too! :)

:D