Big Bang Fic: The Red Leather Trousers Escapade (10/17)

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Title: The Red Leather Trousers Escapade (10/17)
Author: wingedflight21
Rating: K+
Word Count: ~24K
Disclaimer: The Chronicles of Narnia do not, never have, and most likely never will belong to me.
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Occurs in an AU of The Silver Chair.
Author's Notes: A huge thanks to snitchnipped, rthstewart, and especially accidentalsquid as well as anyone else who helped me through

Comments

[edenfalling]

D'aww, they are so cute. *beams happily at the universe* I like Eustace's notion that his thoughts might run out of his ear if he tipped his head sideways, and the story about Rillian and the moose is hilarious. Also, this Eustace and Jill got married in Narnia? Neat. Though goodness, that must be awkward to manage back in England in children's bodies.

[wingedflight21]

I'm so glad you're enjoying this! Also that you picked up on the line about the thoughts - it's one of my favourite in the whole fic.

And yes, in this verse Eustace and Jill got married in Narnia. I've been having fun playing around with the idea in a bunch of half-finished one-shots. It would be such an awkward situation to return to England after that - bad enough to be stuck in children's bodies, right?

[rthstewart]

Besides she's MY WIFE! You are so sneaky. So did he? take them off?

Like Liz says, I love the way Eustace describes the thoughts going round in his head.

[wingedflight21]

Well, I do think the lady (er, man) doth protest to much in this case, but I shan't say anymore than that. ;)

And yes, this was how I managed to get Jay off my tail about the whole Operation Mongoose thing. :P

[rthstewart]

So he DOES protest too much!

WE NEED THIS OUTTAKE (PS, I'll review the rest tonight. I loved this story to bits! It is so much fun and you write Jill and Eustace so well!)

[wingedflight21]

Hahaha, I don't know, I think I'll need some more pressure before chancing writing THAT outtake. Ha. Ha. ;)

And thank you so much! I had so much fun writing it (I mean, pain and tears and stress etc as well, but the fun's the important part) so it's so gratifying to hear that you're enjoying it. Thank you!

[autumnia]

A moose, a moose! And of course he would out-drink the King of Narnia.

And Eustace seems rather defensive in his note to Lucy. I would expect it if the letter went to Edmund, but I think Lucy would be ah... more open about things and not presume too much. :-)

[wingedflight21]

What is it about moose that make them such fun to put into these sorts of situations in Narnia, right?

And as I mentioned above in the reply to rth, the note to Lucy really seems to be a case of "the lady doth protest too much." I agree with you that Lucy would probably be more open about it, but in this case I think it's more a matter of who's sending the letter/writing the note as opposed to who's receiving it. :)

[snitchnipped]

Now who’s the lopsided one! And yes, one vote here for the Operation Mongoose outtake…

BUT, I will settle for a verse of two of the Ballad of the Red Leather Trousers instead.