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[bedlamsbard]

Oh my God, I have just realized that my OTP is Peter/Narnia.

Possibly the rest of you realized this before I did. (Once More for the Ages, anyone?)

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Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. ('TWAS CRACK. D:) I really don't get that. It was sort of like, "Look, the painting came to life! Let's all fall into Narnia now!" There really was nothing that needed to be done. Unless the crisis was Caspian's head in dire need of a little deflating.

Really? No fandom venturing? BUT THAT'S ALMOST ALL THE JOY OF IT. *rolls eyes* Not cool, not cool. Peter is too much of the archetypal hero from Lewis' writings (no offense to him!), so yeah, he's kinda....blah. CHALLENGES ARE KEWL.

(Oh, dear. What am I going to do with you?)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Given the fact that Caspian gets visitors not once, not twice, but THREE times during his reign (if we're counting PC as part of his reign), it makes him look like the most incompetent king ever. (Actual title reserved for Tirian, of course. Oh, yes, hand your country over the invaders; we're lucky Peter was probably HIGH OFF BEING IN ASLAN'S COUNTRY or he would have administered a beat-down.)

No fandom venturing. I get to the point where other people's characters/'verses make no sense, because it's completely at odds with my view of the canon. It hasn't been that big of a deal in previous fandoms, but in Narnia, well, my view is at right angles to the majority of fandom, so...there we go. I get too annoyed to concentrate on the stories.

(EARTH MAGIC. 'Tis awesome. Although Trumpkin probably thinks Peter's high and the rest of the Pevensies are just like, "OMGWTF we thought that was just a superstitious legend, not acctual magic." Peter: "APPARENTLY NOT.")

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

I was seriously suprised that Peter didn't go and berate Caspian (at the very least) for all those weird things that he let happen.

*sigh* True, true, it's like that with Next Gen in the Harry Potter fandom. Each author has a different characterization of the Next Gen kids, 'cause they're mostly just a list of names on a sheet of paper.

(EARTH MAGIC? WTF?)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

High off Aslan's country. It's the only reasonable explanation. Either that, or he was a simulacrum created to fool everyone because he really survived the train crash and is in a hospital bed with Susan crying over him at this very minute.

(I, um, yeah. See, it's also called the eldest bond, and it directly ties a ruler to the earth, and there's a possibility that after the White Witch some of Narnia's oldest residents weren't really in the mood for anyone else to screw with the weather and the land and, you know, actively harm Narnia, so they bound Peter to Narnia with blood and magic. And since Narnia was healthy during the Golden Age -- repairing itself after the damage the White Witch had done -- it wasn't a big deal. Anyway, most people who knew about it just thought it was superstition, a placebo, nothing to really worry about. Until Peter went back to England and had the most HORRIBLE headaches for a week, and then came back to Narnia and got hit with everything horrible that had happened to Narnia for a thousand years. So, um, we're left with me writing stuff like this:

He’s not in his body anymore. What he feels isn’t human at all, and there are no words to describe it – but he knows it, and it’s as familiar as his sword.

Narnia.

She’s not sentient, not exactly, but she is alive, and he can feel her rousing around him, overjoyed at his return. This is what was missing in England: the feel of something else in his mind, the familiar comforting purr of his country, her depthless love. He tastes: green growing things, the beat of hooves on the earth, the rush of water, the flutter of wings. He feels: confusion, anger, fear, pain. He sees: the forests burning, blood spilling, the dry death, the living put to the sword. He knows: death, terror, despair.

Hope.

An overwhelming presence: you’re here!

Yes. I won’t leave again. He shapes the thought as clearly as he can. Tell me what to do.

No words, but an impression. Fix this. Heal us.

Us. Because the blood and bones of Narnia are the blood and bones of the High King, bound by his life freely offered and a magic as old as Narnia itself. The spell is sixteen and a thousand years old, and he only now understands it.

*facepalm* I just...yeah. Yeah. I got nothin'. Um. Peter/Narnia 4Eva! *waves flag*)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

*simultaneous facepalm and sigh* Oh dear, your Peter/Narnia obsession.

XD I really liked it though, it was a great piece of work! :D

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I almost have a thousand words of Peter/Narnia. And then I went, "No, honey, you have to go work on your actual stories now," but there will probably be more. Oh God. I don't know if I can bear to post this to a comm for fear of getting laughed at.

Of course, it starts out like this:

Narnia…slumbers. There’s no other word for it, and even that’s not right. Peter’s skin itches, but it’s not that, it’s – it’s beneath his skin. Inside his head.

His country is sick, and wounded, and it hits him like a blow to the heart. It’s not that he’s forgotten what this feels like, because it’s the sort of thing that can’t be replicated in England, it’s that he’s never felt this before because his country has always been safe and healthy.

Not now.

He’d barely noticed it back at the ruins of Cair Paravel, but with every step he takes into Narnia’s interior it gets worse and worse. He tastes bile in the back of his throat. His head is pounding. His vision is blurring. He can barely walk in a straight line.

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Well, it's brilliant writing, so I'm sure you'll get commended for that. But as for the "pairing?" I'm not quite sure how people will take to that. XD

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I could always list it as gen and bring in my Aslan conspiracy theory. Aslan is totally opposed to this, by the way. And then Narnia doesn't let Peter leave! The Door in the Air closes on the Pevensies and Aslan throws a hissyfit and Caspian goes, "Well, shit."

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

Wait, which part does Aslan oppose? The contents of your conspiracy theory, or the idea of you having one? Well, I'd like to see something as AU as Narnia keeping the Pevensies in Narnia! Very entertaining notion. :D

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Er, earth magic. Because it's outside of his control, and binds Peter to Narnia despite what Aslan might otherwise wish. He doesn't want Peter to be as connected to Narnia as he is; he knows that he's barely keeping a hold on Peter and if there's something that binds Peter otherwise, Peter will always choose Narnia over Aslan.

Vague plot bunnies aside, this will, I think, be the first fandom I don't go AU in. (You have no idea how tempted I am to AU The Last Battle, though. Peter and Edmund instead of Eustace and Jill! Or Peter and Edmund and Eustace and Jill. *vaguely bemused*)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

...Wait, what do you mean, "Peter and Edmund instead of Eustace and Jill! Or Peter and Edmund and Eustace and Jill?"

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

In The Last Battle, where Eustace and Jill end up in Narnia? At that point in time, Peter and Edmund have the Rings, so they could conceivably go to Narnia if they touched them with bare skin. And I'm convinced that they could have taken care of the problem in approximately five minutes flat and still had time to give Tirian a stern talking-to.

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

....but, everyone dies. They all go to Aslan's Country, but no one really goes to Narnia. I mean sure, they all do, but it's not just Eustace and Jill trying to save Tirian. *is confused*

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

That would be one of the parts I'd change. *waves "Narnia Lives!" flag*

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

*rolls eyes and grins* You are so very different from all the other fanfiction writers in this fandom. Hehe, it's terribly refreshing though. I'd love to see a Narnia Lives AU! :D

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

The Last Battle makes me want to hit things, so to put up with it I'd have to AU it or choose not to acknowledge its existence. I prefer the latter. (Every other one of my major fandoms I've gone AU; with my last fandom, I started out AU.)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[lassiterfics.livejournal.com]

PSH. WHATEV. I have seen Edmund/his torch, and yours actually has thought in it, and you know how I feel about your writing. *ENABLES* I take to this pairing JUST FINE.

I like the notion of the Narnians taking things into their own hands. Is earth magic dark or just a manipulation of Deep Magic? Or is it inherently dark because it is a manipulation of Deep Magic, and whatever goes against Aslan or binds you to other things than Aslan is Evil & Dark?

I'll be honest, when you said 'earth magic' I was thinking, um, the planet Earth, or at least Our World, and when I figured out it was dirt and soil and stuff, I was like, "Ohhhh... That makes more sense." *is out of the fantasy loop*

This whole notion certainly puts whole new dimensions on Peter's movieverse crankiness.

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

...wait, weren't we just talking about how Narnia was LESS cracky than HP? *wide eyes*

Deep magic, or even older, I'd bet. And it's not dark, but it's not "light", either, although I lean more towards the latter just because there's not all that much you can do with it that's not good.

I wonder what the Deep Magic is, really.

(And I have a Theory about Cair Paravel tied to earth magic, too.)

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[lassiterfics.livejournal.com]

Oh, one Edmund/torch and one Peter/the land isn't enough to outcrack HP. It's a start, but Narnia's got a lot of work to do. I THINK THE TREES HAVE SLEPT LONG ENOUGH, DON'T YOU?

Ya, what it is and its tenuous relationship with Aslan.

Of course you do! <3 I can see where that comes around. Cair Paravel during the 100 Year Winter must've been creepy as hell.

Re: part two! but only by a little bit more.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD. *horrified* Stop! Stop now!

And where Aslan's coming from killing the Emperor-over-the-Sea's appointed, uh, hangwoman, too.

I am sneakily plotting how to work this into a story -- I think it might be Caspian and Edmund during a PC missing scene, where Caspian muses on rebuilding Cair Paravel and asks about the plans. And Edmund laughs. "There aren't any plans -- or at least, if there are, they were lost long before our time. The story is that Cair Paravel rose from the ground in a single night, fully constructed, and that the castle doors wouldn't open until the kings and queens of prophecy set foot in Narnia. Now I don't know how accurate that is, but Cair Parevel's, well -- it always has liked Peter best, just like Narnia herself."