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I don't know if anyone's ever said this, but it's something that I think about constantly.

So everyone knows that Narnia has a lot of Christian undertones. And Aslan is supposed to represent Jesus. However, I actually think that Aslan is a much better representation of the Old Testament God.

Jesus sat with sinners. The oppressed. Struggling children. People whom society threw out. And he didn't cruelly scold or punish them, only offered kind guidance and encouragement to start anew.

God in the Bible is all about brutal righteous punishment and showing people their punishments for wrongdoing instead of gently guiding them. Aslan does just that. He punishes Aravis by brutally scratching up her back & shoulders. He sends the Pevensies to war and expects them to learn a lot of lessons by themselves. He crowns them (an honour) and then leaves them to figure everything else out. He gives Jill vague signs but expects her to decipher them almost completely alone. In PC, he doesn't even show up for Caspian. He puts Eustace through a physically painful transformation.

Where Jesus would patiently sit with each individual person, God uses almighty power to hurry them along (sometimes by fear).

Of course there are exceptions in the series, such as Aslan talking to Edmund, but that is implied to be a scolding more than anything else, as Edmund comes out of that conversation very downtrodden. He expects Lucy to come find him in PC and rewards her when she does, while admonishing her siblings for not believing he was there. But even when he does talk, it is a lot more reminiscent of God than Jesus (in my opinion).

Just some food for thought.

fortheloveofgrantaire

i don’t think i’ve ever put a ton of thought into the christianness behind narnia before but yeah this makes a lot of sense to me. aslan for sure feels more old testament god than jesus when you put it like that

cossie-fauchelevant

I'm not religious at all, but I always like to try and understand why the author writes a certain way. I've read the Bible. Jesus is chill. Aslan is certainly not chill 😭.

cossie-fauchelevant

Ugh I will never stop thinking about Edmund Pevensie in LWW.

That poor child. That poor, poor child.

Actually I want to rephrase his situation a little bit. Imagine if Edmund was a girl and the White Witch was a man. Would people be calling her a traitor? Saying she betrayed her family just for candy? Or would they be calling it a textbook case of grooming because that's what it is? (Giving gifts, making promises, slowly entrapping someone so when you show your true colours they can't easily escape)

That whole situation is so creepy when you actually think about it (especially when you get older). She's an opportunistic predator who would have preyed on any one of the siblings (it's tragic that she got the most vulnerable one). Jadis is smart and I'm convinced she would have been able to charm each and every one of them. It's just chance that Edmund fell into her lap and he was an easy target. My heart hurts and I feel sick whenever I think about the fact that he was only 10. I know I talk about this a lot but it makes me want to cry.

#Saw a would’ve could’ve should’ve edit with Edmund and watched about a millions times #Like yes he was fucking groomed say it louder for the people in the back

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Think I’m the luckiest man alive. I was so overwhelmed yesterday I couldn’t even look at my phone. I can’t believe the response and the kindness from strangers, I’ll be here as long as you’ll have me

why am I just now finding out Noah has a tumblr and he’s soft launching set list changes by saying “*song bame* tonight queen?” I’m laughing so hard why is he like this

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Fenway’d so hard my pants ripped and my skims were exposed to 38,000 people. Let’s do it twice more

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Oh cool a bidet can’t wait to feel intimidated by the one place that’s always felt like home

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My kingdom for loustat this season

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kind of want to get more into the Narina series despite the fact it’s a blatant allegory for Christianity and I’m not religious in the slightest. Narnia just has such a hopeful vibe to it that it’s still encouraging even outside of whatever CS Lewis intended

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