The obvious candidates are Shift, Tirian, and Susan, and in a weird indirect way I actually sort of want to see Susan's no longer being a Friend to Narnia as the reason for its destruction: if the Kings and Queens of the Golden Age had remained united, what had Narnia to fear?
Oh, god. That isn't the Susan story I want to write, but if anybody has written it, I want to read it. Not a "happily ever after" where they stay united and she remains a Friend to Narnia, but a story in which her fall (after having been pushed) is foregrounded as the betrayal that hasn't been paid for. There's something terrible in that idea, and I would pay money to see somebody explore it.
Digory and the other six all get together on their own initiative, and Tirian's vision of them ("I am Peter the High King") and Peter and Edmund actually go dig the rings up from under the house in London, and I for one wouldn't wager much on Peter's having stayed out of Narnia forever once they had the rings, even if they had planned to send Eustace and Jill ahead first. It's really hard to avoid the impression that Aslan takes matters into his own hands--paws--to forestall the Pevensies doing what they think they ought; it almost seems like Aslan ends the world of Narnia to keep Peter and his siblings out of it except on his, Aslan's, terms.
And I also want to read THAT fanfic -- the one where the Pevensies and the others break back into Narnia and take the world on their own terms. I don't know that you can do it without making Aslan into a villain, which would cause a great many people to pillory you in the square . . . but the thought of them becoming active agents in the fantasy, as adults instead of children, makes me go squishy inside.
ETA: Heck, now that I think about it, the two ideas aren't incompatible. The Pevensies et al. break back into Narnia, figure out that Aslan has set things up to destroy the place, and subsequently rebel against his will, reaching out to Susan and standing with her in an attempt to save Narnia from its own creator, who sacrificed their sister's sense of wonder for his own eschatological ends. Or something like that. It would be a damned novel by the time you were done, but it could be awesome.
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Date: 2011-03-29 19:48 (UTC)Oh, god. That isn't the Susan story I want to write, but if anybody has written it, I want to read it. Not a "happily ever after" where they stay united and she remains a Friend to Narnia, but a story in which her fall (after having been pushed) is foregrounded as the betrayal that hasn't been paid for. There's something terrible in that idea, and I would pay money to see somebody explore it.
Digory and the other six all get together on their own initiative, and Tirian's vision of them ("I am Peter the High King") and Peter and Edmund actually go dig the rings up from under the house in London, and I for one wouldn't wager much on Peter's having stayed out of Narnia forever once they had the rings, even if they had planned to send Eustace and Jill ahead first. It's really hard to avoid the impression that Aslan takes matters into his own hands--paws--to forestall the Pevensies doing what they think they ought; it almost seems like Aslan ends the world of Narnia to keep Peter and his siblings out of it except on his, Aslan's, terms.
And I also want to read THAT fanfic -- the one where the Pevensies and the others break back into Narnia and take the world on their own terms. I don't know that you can do it without making Aslan into a villain, which would cause a great many people to pillory you in the square . . . but the thought of them becoming active agents in the fantasy, as adults instead of children, makes me go squishy inside.
ETA: Heck, now that I think about it, the two ideas aren't incompatible. The Pevensies et al. break back into Narnia, figure out that Aslan has set things up to destroy the place, and subsequently rebel against his will, reaching out to Susan and standing with her in an attempt to save Narnia from its own creator, who sacrificed their sister's sense of wonder for his own eschatological ends. Or something like that. It would be a damned novel by the time you were done, but it could be awesome.