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Dec 16, 2010 13:03

As you all may remember, I spent some time over the summer watching The Tudors while at the same time I was reading Jakob Burkhardt's classic of Renaissance history. Well, one day all of that collapsed into my head (with a little Guy Gavriel Kay thrown in for flavoring) and came out the other side as an idea for a Narnia story. It's nowhere near ( Read more... )

narnia, not paid by the word

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lame_pegasus December 16 2010, 21:20:45 UTC
One word: wow.

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dodger_sister January 3 2011, 03:41:46 UTC
I spent some time over the summer watching The Tudors while at the same time I was reading Jakob Burkhardt's classic of Renaissance history.

You are a nerd and it is a good thing I love you anyway. ;)

On to other things -

At first I was like, "This is depressing, omg, what is she doing?" but then you got to this - Susan opened for her and found herself caught in a timeless moment. Ages passed around them, the sea ever changing and unchanged, while the surged together, their boundaries blurring and coming undone.

- and it was beautiful and lovely, then the next paragraph painted a gorgeous picture that I can totally see in my head - Susan's hands pierced ocean's limit, pulling her into the air beyond. She gasped, eyes dazzled by the brilliant sunlight that sparked off of water and air alike.

Also I really liked Peter and Susan's small but perfect and totally in-character interactions with each other in this.

Oh, Narnia, home sweet home.

PS: I would say write more, but I know you will when you can, right?

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