Anyways, you know the scene at the beginning of Prince Caspian at the train station when Peter is in A Fight? Obviously I hate the reason they gave for why he was fighting, but there was always something about the scene itself that still felt right to me. And thus I present a more in-character reason for Peter to be in that seemingly stupid fight:
I think it would be true to say that the core motivation in this scene is that Peter is trying to reclaim what it means to be King, much like was said in the film. However, “He bumped me and tried to make me apologize,” is… nothing like High King Peter at all. Peter wouldn’t hit someone for simply being rude to him - in fact, in a situation like this, I doubt Peter would make the first hit at all.
But what if there was another boy - smaller, younger, weaker - getting picked on by a group of bullies? Maybe Peter would consider walking past, Susan’s words echoing in his head: you’re not a king here, these aren’t our people. But that’s not Peter.
So he steps in, and tells the bullies to stop. They snicker. “Move along, this isn’t your business.” Peter tells them again, aware his voice isn’t as commanding as it once was. Again, the bullies laugh. “What are you going to do? Make us?” Peter stands firmly between them and their victim.
They hit him first. He’s just one boy, they think, not any bigger or stronger than we are. Besides, he got in our way. Who does he think he is? We’ll teach him a lesson.
Peter thinks, at least it’s me instead of him.
When Susan sees this, she’s frustrated. How many times has she told Peter, (and the rest of them, too,) that this is foolish? They’re in this world, now. They’re not kings and queens any longer.
When Lucy sees, she understands. If they cannot take care of their people, they will take care of these instead. But Lucy is small, and has no dagger, and she knows she won’t be much help to Peter now. Still, she wishes.
And lastly, when Edmund sees, he doesn’t need to understand. All he needs is to have his brother’s back. He trusts Peter’s reasoning, and the fight is unfair. There’s no judgments to be made, only action to be taken.
This happens a lot, not only in this year, but in the years afterwards. Peter doesn’t go looking for fights, and he never starts them, but he can never walk away from someone in need, either. Peter doesn’t hit first, but, however unwise it may be, he’ll usually hit back.
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