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A Short Interlude on the Dawn Treader by Pen [PG13]
Fandom: Narnia
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bantha_fodder
Pairing: Caspian/Lucy, suggestive Edmund/Lucy (not explicit)
Why this must be read:
This story adheres much closer to the style and tone of the books than you usually find in Narnia fanfiction; I think Lewis's style does not lend itself to the closeness fandom tends to seek with its characters. But sometimes employing a particular stylistic measure can bring something unexpected out of characters and situation, and this is so in "A Short Interlude."
While children's novels tend to rely on the concepts of purity and innocence, such virtue tends not to hold up to adult perceptions and desires. It's all well and good to think of the Kings and Queens of Narnia during the Golden Age being good and right and virginal rulers, but given the many years they lived and grew in Narnia, it is seemingly impossible to believe that adults retained the simple innocence of their childhood selves. And the children themselves were each other's main support.
I am not going to make a case for incest, because I'm not interested in trying to defend a topic as divisive it is. But I will note that in this story, it is plausible enough without being explicit, and asks some important questions about the characters that I think are worth asking.
The Golden Age of Narnia was undoubtedly when the four Pevensie's were the Kings and Queens at Cair Paravel. Edmund was realistic, and knew that he would never be so successful, satisfied or happy in his life again. Every Narnian loved King Edmund the Just (the girls alone would have made it worthwhile; beautiful, flexible girls dying to make love to King Edmund. But he loved Narnia more than he could ever love any of them), almost as much as they loved his sister, Queen Lucy the Valiant. Tales of Lucy's beauty and valour had drifted down the ages of Narnia, until stories were told of a pixie-like Queen of soft-spun hair bound carelessly (but perfectly, because they always are in such stories) behind her head, flying to the rescue of all injured Narnians. One need only call, and Queen Lucy would come.
Edmund was not trying to be cynical, because Lucy was perfectly loveable without being a queen and a legend, but he hoped Caspian saw more than the Legacy of Queen Lucy the Valiant when he kissed her.
A Short Interlude on the Dawn Treader
Author on LJ:
bantha_fodderPairing: Caspian/Lucy, suggestive Edmund/Lucy (not explicit)
Why this must be read:
This story adheres much closer to the style and tone of the books than you usually find in Narnia fanfiction; I think Lewis's style does not lend itself to the closeness fandom tends to seek with its characters. But sometimes employing a particular stylistic measure can bring something unexpected out of characters and situation, and this is so in "A Short Interlude."
While children's novels tend to rely on the concepts of purity and innocence, such virtue tends not to hold up to adult perceptions and desires. It's all well and good to think of the Kings and Queens of Narnia during the Golden Age being good and right and virginal rulers, but given the many years they lived and grew in Narnia, it is seemingly impossible to believe that adults retained the simple innocence of their childhood selves. And the children themselves were each other's main support.
I am not going to make a case for incest, because I'm not interested in trying to defend a topic as divisive it is. But I will note that in this story, it is plausible enough without being explicit, and asks some important questions about the characters that I think are worth asking.
The Golden Age of Narnia was undoubtedly when the four Pevensie's were the Kings and Queens at Cair Paravel. Edmund was realistic, and knew that he would never be so successful, satisfied or happy in his life again. Every Narnian loved King Edmund the Just (the girls alone would have made it worthwhile; beautiful, flexible girls dying to make love to King Edmund. But he loved Narnia more than he could ever love any of them), almost as much as they loved his sister, Queen Lucy the Valiant. Tales of Lucy's beauty and valour had drifted down the ages of Narnia, until stories were told of a pixie-like Queen of soft-spun hair bound carelessly (but perfectly, because they always are in such stories) behind her head, flying to the rescue of all injured Narnians. One need only call, and Queen Lucy would come.
Edmund was not trying to be cynical, because Lucy was perfectly loveable without being a queen and a legend, but he hoped Caspian saw more than the Legacy of Queen Lucy the Valiant when he kissed her.
A Short Interlude on the Dawn Treader
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