Spoiler warning: This video is based on and contains plot spoilers for @eds-gryff's fanfic, ‘Alliance’ (first book in the ‘Alliance’ series, all links below) and includes sequences that represent the ending of that storyline with a teensy glimpse at their future later in the overall Alliance series.
Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia
Pairing: Edmund / Sanya [OC] (Edmanya)
Song: ‘Poison & Wine’ by The Civil Wars
This video is dedicated to @eds-gryff and I’m also posting this on the 1-year anniversary of the day that I started reading this series. :D
Well, I don’t think I’ve ever read fanfic for a pairing with an OC before and, when I first joined the Narnia fandom, I certainly never expected to be so invested in any pairing that wasn’t Caspeter. But I quickly came across eds-gryff work through her Caspeter edits and manips and soon became obsessed with her amazing Edmanya manips/edits as well. This prompted me to start reading ‘Alliance’ and gosh, was it a ride. I think I read the whole series over 4-5 months and I can honestly say that this series and characters have come to mean so much to me since then.
Sanya is an amazing character in her own right. And Edmund, a character who I didn’t fully connect with as much as the other Pevensies when originally rewatching these movies in 2023 but one whom I have come to appreciate so much more through her writing. Also, the way that eds-gryff wove their story into canon so seamlessly is absolutely amazing. It really felt like Sanya was there all along in canon, just slightly out of frame (or off the page). And I can’t not mention her versions of Peter, Caspian, Susan and Lucy and other original characters such as Jem, Selene, Seraphina, Sameer, Bonnie… the list goes on… I adored all of them!
So, as for the video itself… this is a mix of some moments where I’ve tried to represent specific scenes from the fanfic itself—some of which were definitely inspired by eds-gryff’s incredible manips and others that I cobbled together from other scenes in the Narnia and Aladdin films (eg. Marwan Kenzari as Jafar is standing in for Rabadash instead of his official faceclaim, Shahid Kapoor)—and others where I have just put two scenes together simply because they look like their backgrounds match while also working with a particular lyric. :)
I hope you all enjoy!
The Alliance Series:
- Alliance
- The Heirs
- Moonshine
- Fairytale?
- eds-gryff’s Instagram (for all the Edmanya edits)
Additional footage used from:
- This promo Naomi Scott did for Chloé Nomade perfume
