Comments | rthstewart: International Women's Day meme: Aravis, Jalur, the Rat, the Boy, and the Trickster

rthstewart

International Women's Day meme: Aravis, Jalur, the Rat, the Boy, and the Trickster

Mar 12, 2011 00:56

For min023 , elouise82 , and LoTL (also, a while ago, Syrena asked for some of this too,

Aravis, the Rat, the Boy, and the Trickster, with added Jalur. As I'd had multiple requests for Aravis, I combined this into a couple of pieces. None even come close to being 100 words. Aravis takes some getting used to, and alters even over the course of this short piece ( Read more... )

jalur, meme madness, the trickster, aravis, feel the f-list love

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metonomia March 12 2011, 19:35:14 UTC

“How are you different?” Jalur stared at the Tarkheena’s face and inhaled again to be sure. “You smell and look like a Human to me. You stand on two legs, you have two arms, and you have hair on top. You are Human.”

Aravis leaned forward. “But, I am the only Calormene in Archenland,” she whispered.

“And I am the only Tiger,” Jalur whispered back.
YOU. YOU ARE THE MOST AWESOME.

“Smuggling yourself home with Rabadash’s army was quite the feat.”

“Though it’s not as if I need the Trickster’s blessings anymore. Maybe I’ll ask him to return blessings to who Bree and I raided from.”

<333 can I rec this on the racism in narnia thread? And have I ever mentioned that I love Jalur?

The Queen Lucy was again dancing with that Archenland soldier. The man had summoned considerable courage in order to approach the Queen and thank her for the marksmanship that had saved his life.

this is too much win, you made my day :)

rthstewart March 12 2011, 20:23:39 UTC

Oh, rec away. Obviously I was influenced by Animus' comments that Cor/Shasta isn't punished for what he did and Aravis is, and I've obviously thought a lot about race in my writing. There's a whole head canon part where Briony talks to Aravis about females fighting. In my head, it is the Trickster who demands that Aslan punish Aravis for the harm done to one of his poor people. Aslan agrees because he knows the Trickster would exact something worse and he does see the benefit in Aravis learning of the pain her actions to cause to her "lessers."

Jalur is a bit too chatty here, for him, but he needed to be to satisfy the prompt, and Aravis is a bit all over the place. I've never thought of writing her before, so I'm sort of testing characterizations. But, I do like the idea of her trying to Leave IT ALL Behind, and then realizing that Calormene is still part of her and that the god she never believed in or worshiped, the Trickster, has a claim on her.

wingedflight21 March 12 2011, 22:37:56 UTC

Oh boy, I love what you have done here with Aravis! Poor girl, having such a difficult time with trying to decide how to handle being in a different country - the first conversation with Jalur is absolutely adorable (only tiger! awww) and I love the bits with the Trickster and Cor was kidnapped by a desert tribe!? :D

rthstewart March 13 2011, 02:48:37 UTC

Jalur is probably talking too much for him, but he really just doesn't get why skin color would be an issue. I mean, all tigers' stripes are different but they are still tigers, right? RIGHT??

varnafinde March 13 2011, 15:47:26 UTC

In Rabadash's saddle bag?
There's potential for the whole story ...

rthstewart March 14 2011, 00:58:41 UTC

I'm not sure if Willa is being literal or metaphorical there. But yes, that is all part of the Trickster story. I can't quite work out why she decides to do that -- except that she doesn't trust some faction of the Calormenes who have convinced Rabadash that he's been made a fool of. I would assume the Narnians have a whole network there and further if she's traveling with them, there's not much she can do to warn the Narnians and Archenlanders. Or, perhaps she's relying on Aravis and Shasta to convey the warning and with no time and few options decides to stick to the Army and learn what she can. Rat ANGST!

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rthstewart March 14 2011, 00:59:51 UTC

Jalur is fun to write. he's so cranky.
Thanks so much!

Yes! anonymous March 17 2011, 21:22:09 UTC

Thank you so much for these snippets of Aravis! That book is one of my favourites (I love proud, silly Bree, perhaps being a proud silly person myself sometimes), and I'm so happy you're touching on them a bit.

And, oh, yes, yes yes yes yes, Jill as Afro-Caribbean would be soooo good! Enough white bread! I am enchanted with the Russell household, you see, and can't quite get enough of Asim. I loved the many-hued mob in Liverpool. It brings Narnia much closer to the ground, somehow, when War Drobe is more like reality.