The Non-Problem of Susan

[lil_shepherd]

From Tumblr, by Inksploch, one of the very, very best pieces of writing on Susan Pevensie (and very much a 'fuck you, C.S. Lewis) that I have seen.

Have a linkhttp://lil-shepherd.tumblr.com/post/69679228299/tessellation29-ink-splotch

Comments

[fjm]

I am afraid that I always thought Lewis simply managed good continuity: that Susan is evident in both The Horse and His Boy, and Prince Caspian. And I never did subscribe to the Pullman interpretation. So I can't match this Susan with the Susan of the books (now Jill....), but it's still an awesome piece of writing.

[lil_shepherd]

Susan is sensible in 'Prince Caspian' - indeed, one of the things I hate about that book is the idea that blind faith trumps intelligence.

[sabethea]

Lovely. Yes. I want to write this Susan.

[shiv5468]

Could have done without the anti English sentiment

[lil_shepherd]

I didn't see that in this piece. The writer is plainly American and it's canon (I think - mentioned in 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader') that Susan visited the US with her parents, so her alternate history is on a 'write what you know' basis. All the writer says is that England reminded Susan too much of Narnia...

[shiv5468]

They say it was too small.

[lil_shepherd]

Well, it is small...

[lil_shepherd]

Or...

When I was young I read your books and was too naive to notice your appalling message and once I did it rankled for years...