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today at work one of my colleagues asked me if i could only listen to three songs for one year, which three songs i would choose. so naturally my first choice was the extended version on the battle OST. and he looked at me all weirdly and asked: 'from the narnia movie?' and i said: 'yes' and he and another colleague laughed at me. sorry that you don't know what good music is i guess......

#sorry who asks this kind of question then laughs as people’s answers #respect people’s music taste dipshit #plus the Narnia soundtrack is phenomenal

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I am not okay

#they greatest thing I’ve seen this week #narnia #narnia cast

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#awe #❤️❤️❤️#narnia

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN dir. Andrew Adamson (2008)

#she was absolutely unreal for this #susan pevensie

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Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA 2005 - 2010 | dir. Andrew Adamson & Michael Apted

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narnia has actually way too many completely devastating concepts in it that are not explored At All

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We talk a lot about how in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Pevensie children live full adult lives as kings and queens of narnia before stumbling out of the wardrobe by accident and being children again after like 15+ years. But I’ve never seen the same level of analysis devoted to how in Prince Caspian they return to Narnia and discover that over 1,000 years have passed in Narnia since their last visit.

Imagine undergoing the grief of losing an entire life you lived in another world, being forced back into the body of a child and to grow up all over again without the ability to even talk about what happened in the decades you lost. Every person you knew and loved, vanished, leaving no indication they were ever real and no guide for how to move on.

But returning to that world where you were a King or Queen and discovering that centuries have passed without you and that the people you lost are not only dead, but mostly aren’t even remembered? That’s almost worse.

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That series is really something for “worldbuilding threads picked up and never touched again” too like

in the silver chair it’s confirmed that deep underneath the earth in narnia there’s a molten, fiery abyss world called Bism that is apparently populated and also apparently gemstones are living creatures that live there, and what we understand as diamonds, emeralds, rubies etc. are just the discarded husks of once living creatures

Jadis is actually not originally from Narnia, but accidentally gets sent there at its creation (making her one of the oldest beings in narnia) and she annihilated all life in her world of origin. she also very much does go to literal actual London and terrorize people. she is like 7 feet tall and can tear iron with her bare hands like it’s taffy.

Jadis makes it “Always winter and never Christmas”…what the FUCK is her beef with Father Christmas. I know it’s supposed to be like a metaphor or some shit but I’m imagining what exactly the fuck must have happened between them for jadis to specifically want to prevent him from coming to narnia to the extent that her powerful seasonal-change-stopping magic also includes a “fuck that guy in particular” clause.

like think about it, Jesus is not a thing in narnia, he’s just aslan. and aslan did not get born. ergo, the origin of such a concept as Christmas is the entity Father Christmas. Christmas is not a religious holiday to Narnians it has no symbolic meaning it is just specifically the time of year when Father Christmas fucks around across the landscape giving children gifts, such as very deadly real weapons. There’s no reason for him to do this. It’s just what he does. And Jadis fucking hates it.

another thing from the magicians nephew that is never brought up again is that Polly and Digory don’t go directly to Narnia, they end up in this intermediate place between the worlds that’s like a forest full of pools leading to other worlds, potentially infinite other worlds, and they end up in Narnia pretty much at random.

I think it’s also confirmed that Archenlanders were originally from Earth, and are the descendants of a small group of people who traveled to Narnia by accident and got stuck. One wonders why Aslan didn’t whisk them back out. Or why being too old wasn’t a problem for them.

I think this is early installment weirdness but there are Roman gods in narnia. ?????

stars are sentient???

narnia is flat. this is not actually an unresolved thread but I don’t think it’s common knowledge even though in one of the books they literally sail to the edge of the world. caspian specifically thinks it’s super cool that the earth is round

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I LOVE the whole concept of Bism. Like Lewis really just said oh yeah there’s a whole world under Narnia where people live and jewels are alive too actually you wear dead ones in your jewellery and then no one ever spoke about it again, not even the fandom

No wonder this series infuriated Tolkien so much. Lewis just threw paint at a wall and jokingly asked the man who’d spent a decade on a single painting if he liked it.

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Holy shit there is a lot about Narnia I don’t know.

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Writer’s block? Why not try peppering panpsychism into your atheist-turned-christian young adult literature and never addressing it again?

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So many fics, so little time.

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Fun fact about the woods between worlds thing and what the inspiration behind it was:

This is an illustration of it from the book.

And THIS is a forest full of shell craters from WW1. Which C.S Lewis fought in as a teenager.

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I’m sorry @stargirl-and-potts I couldn’t leave your tags there 🥹

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And they did and do bring joy to me. I desperately wanted a sentient lion that I could ride through the woods on and come to castle where he would breathe life into creatures turned to stone.

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The first time I watched Prince Caspian, I was a little dubious about the romance plot. But it’s my third time watching it since it came out. And honestly? The Caspian/Susan romance works fine if you think of it like a summer camp romance. It’s not the love of their life, but it’s a rite of passage. And really, who hasn’t had one of those teenage short term summer romances that consist mostly of holding sweaty hands and blushing over stolen kisses? The kind of romance that fades away within a few weeks after the end of camp because the other person lives in a different city?

The movie shows that Susan struggles to connect with people her own age. It must be hard to be mentally 30 and physically 15. Her walls are high and thick. She is a fortress unto herself.

Caspian is punching a bit above his weight class, if we’re being honest. (He’s got high standards, our boy. First Narnia’s most legendary Queen, then an actual lived-in-the-sky star. I suppose when you look like Ben Barnes, you can get away with that kind of thing.)

But he’s sweet and sincere and Susan gradually lets down her guard. That last bit of reserve melts in time for her to have a bit of a moment with him (which is a nice easy way for the movie’s creators to show to us that she’s ready to take down her walls, let people in and connect with the larger world around her.)

Granted, by the Last Battle, she will have taken that lesson too far, but the lessons that bring her back to Narnia aren’t lessons that she can learn in Narnia.

#susan pevensie #caspian x #narnia

Can’t wait for Ben Barnes’ concert to become a core memory for me this January. AHH IM SOO EXCITED!

#ben barnes

Is it just me or does anyone else think “bearded”Ben Barnes and “non-bearded” Ben Barnes give off different energies?

#ben barnes #I know it’s the same man but for some reason he is two different versions of himself in my head #also if someone could pin the energy each give off that would be fantastic

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Hey audiobook lovers! If you currently in the search for a good pick-me up listen and are a fan of WWII historical fiction like mwah, then I highly suggest giving Dear Mrs. Bird a try because not only is it a silly, heartwarming, comedic tale, it is also narrated by Anna Popplewell who is simply tremendous as a narrator. I can’t tell how many times I’ve laughed out loud because of her expressionate and excellent reading. She brings so much life to the characters it’s amazing. Highly highly recommend.

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Also if I may add: there are name drops of Edmund and Peter in the story so it’s kind of a funny coincidence, for those of whom who love Narnia just as much as I do.

#anna popplewell #narnia #audiobooks #dear mrs bird

Hey audiobook lovers! If you currently in the search for a good pick-me up listen and are a fan of WWII historical fiction like mwah, then I highly suggest giving Dear Mrs. Bird a try because not only is it a silly, heartwarming, comedic tale, it is also narrated by Anna Popplewell who is simply tremendous as a narrator. I can’t tell how many times I’ve laughed out loud because of her expressionate and excellent reading. She brings so much life to the characters it’s amazing. Highly highly recommend.

#anna popplewell #books #dear Mrs bird

I don’t think Susan gets enough credit for how much power she had over Prince Rabadash in the HHB. Like she had him BEGGING ON HIS KNEES for her at one point in the book. Do you hear me? ON HIS KNEES. WHINNING. And she wasn’t even in the room! Ha! What a Queen!

#pardon the pun #susan pevensie #narnia #the horse and his boy