[zluty-spendlik]

Edmund: Its so strange to see another human in Narnia that isnt my sibling, but im glad youre here

Caspian: I can imagine

Edmund: I mean, finally theres someone who understands all of the human culture who I can talk to without bickering, but still, when I saw those two Telmarine guys I was like "JESUS CHRIST THERES MORE", haha, you know?

Caspian: ... yeah...yeah I get it, I understand everything... everything human- just a quick question uh... whats a jesus christ?

Edmund: s-

Edmund: sorry what

-

Peter: oi mate could you pass me a bo'lo'wa'er please

Caspian, crying: SOMEONE TELL ME WHATS HE SAYING

-

Lucy (on the dawn treader): Well thats quite a storm, its raining cats and dogs out there!

Caspian: ... I...Im pretty sure its raining water

-

Susan, struggling to string her bow: *quietly* fuck

Caspian: whats a 'fuck'?

Susan, whos bared witness to all of his confusion and had to explain everything for the past 72 hours: I dont have time for this

[zluty-spendlik]

In addition:

Caspian: Ed whats a 'fuck'

Edmund, already sitting down for a talk: oh I absolutely have time for this

[mierstaer]

“I’m slowly forgetting their faces.”

[mierstaer]

at the edge of the world, beyond the silver sea.

“He never talks about it, but we all know he has never forgotten that voyage to the world's end. I'm sure in his heart of hearts he wants to go there again.” - The Silver Chair, C.S Lewis.

[mierstaer]

famous last words

(inspired by tvotd by c.s lewis, chapter 12 : the dark island)

[milkydeath]

More older pevensies doodles

[western-woods]

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. [insp]

[sannel]

To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern sky, I give you King Peter the Magnificent.

Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. May your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens.

An amazing art by CrazyTom.

P.S. Art is published with permission of the author. Please, do not repost!

[tending-the-hearth]

rewatching "voyage of the dawn treader" and i think there's something so beautiful about caspian's quarters having paintings of the pevensie siblings covering the walls, like the implication is that the dawn treader was probably built during the time between pc and votdt, so the idea that caspian wanted his quarters to have reminders of his dearest friends just makes me emotional, he's such a golden age nerd i love him a lot

edit: AND i just noticed there's quotes above each painting, like "once a king or queen of narnia, always a king or queen of narnia" and other quotes from the book so i also FULLY think caspian "golden age rulers are my friends and i'm a history nerd" pulled quotes from the historical records kept by the pevensies during their rule to add to those paintings

[aimeecarreros]

[longlivethewindandthewaves-deac]

C.S. Lewis: oh and yeah, the stars are actually people who are functionally immortal (unless bitten by a witch who's shapeshifted into a snake) and come down to earth for rest periods wherein they look like normal humans and eat fire-berries until they can go be stars again, but they can be banished too and become magicians—

me: hold on

C.S. Lewis: keep up, there are also sea people (not mermaids) who have entire civilisations underwater, with dark purple hair and ivory skin, and they ride giant seahorses, and are very aggressive—

me: wait a second

C.S. Lewis: aren't you listening, because there is also a world underneath Narnia with many different sections, including one where Father Time sleeps until the end of the world, and a world underneath that called Bism where gems live and can be juiced like fruit—

me: just hang on a minute

C.S. Lewis: so you don't want to hear about how a centaur feeds both stomachs?

[rosegardeninwinter]

you may not think I’m brave but every day I have to see people disregard all of Susan Pevensie’s complexity in favor of “Aslan was just not a girl’s girl I fear 💅🏻✨” “Lewis was a misogynist” “it’s religious propaganda” and I am being so resilient about it … like I am genuinely begging you people to have a modicum of analytical integrity … have you never wrestled with a once-held belief? have you never struggled to find the balance between your autonomy and your connection to your family? have you never made a mistake in your priorities? have you never wanted to hurry up and grow up and perhaps lost a part of yourself in the process?

that’s what Susan is

but no, we have to invent the most uninspired, surface level take on her story possible and peddle that as the big takeaway of a book series that hardly ever gives you such an on-the-nose “moral”

be fr

[uncannyforest]

"have you never wanted to hurry up and grow up and perhaps lost a part of yourself in the process?"

[paulgadzikowski]

Lewis once answered a fan letter that Susan's story was his own story of losing then finding his faith. He said he never wrote Susan's story because it wasn't a children's story and didn't belong in the Narnia series; then he invited his correspondent to write it. There's an old Twitter thread about it here on Tumblr. And a later reblog comment offers this:

[high-tides]

"even a traitor may mend" baby you were TEN and heavily manipulated which does not a traitor make! you and lucy did the exact same thing: trusting that the first person you met who was kind to you could be trusted. yours just happened to lie.

[aimeecarreros]

[zannolin]

one aspect of the narnia films i feel like we don't talk about enough is they're funny too. they're so well written because they're incredibly earnest and heartfelt and brutally sad at times, but they also know just when to drop a funny line to catch you off guard and make you laugh. some of my fav moments:

edmund "perhaps we've been incorrectly labeled" pevensie

"we could all use the fresh air :)" "it's not like there isn't air inside."

[while preparing to run for their lives] "do you think we'll need jam?" "only if the witch serves toast!"

followed by "you should have brought a map" "there wasn't room next to the jam!"

"everyone's staring at us." [the most little sister voice ever] "maybe they think YOU look funny."

peter, full angst mode: "don't you ever get tired of being treated like a kid?" edmund: "...we ARE kids."

they're literally being pulled into another world and edmund's like shut up i'm NOT holding your hand peter

caspian saying he thought peter would be older and peter immediately being like WELL if you like we can just come back in a few years—

"you are a mouse." "*sigh* i was hoping for something a bit more original." -> "you're a mouse." "you people have no imagination."

reepicheep preparing to kill caspian and asking trufflehunter if he has a good reason for interrupting vs nikabrik immediately saying "he doesn't. go ahead."

[sannel]

To the glistening eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy the Valiant. To the great western wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant southern sun, Queen Susan the Gentle. And to the clear northern sky, I give you King Peter the Magnificent.

Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. May your wisdom grace us until the stars rain down from the heavens.

An amazing art by CrazyTom.

P.S. Art is published with permission of the author. Please, do not repost!

[mierstaer]

at the edge of the world, beyond the silver sea.

“He never talks about it, but we all know he has never forgotten that voyage to the world's end. I'm sure in his heart of hearts he wants to go there again.” - The Silver Chair, C.S Lewis.

[mierstaer]

it’s so weird to me to hate/blame one of the pevensie sibling and uplift/love the others because like !!! they would kill for each other !!! they gravitate around each other like planets would in a solar system !!! they’re one big package with “do not separate” written on it !!! peter’s the sky susan’s the sun edmund’s the moon lucy’s the stars !!! they could be right in the middle of a battle fighting for their lives and still looking out for each other !!!